gráinnín

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gráinne +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠaːnʲi(ː)nʲ/[2], /ˈɡɾˠæːnʲi(ː)nʲ/[3] (corresponding to gráinín)

Noun

gráinnín m (genitive singular gráinnín, nominative plural gráinníní)

  1. diminutive of gráinne: little grain
  2. granule
  3. pinch (of salt, sugar etc.)
  4. tiny particle
  5. (medicine) granulation
  6. (veterinary medicine) cysticercosis, pork measles

Declension

Declension of gráinnín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gráinnín gráinnín
vocative a ghráinnín a ghráinnín
genitive gráinnín gráinnín
dative gráinnín gráinnín
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gráinnín na gráinnín
genitive an ghráinnín na ngráinnín
dative leis an ngráinnín
don ghráinnín 		leis na gráinnín

Mutation

Mutated forms of gráinnín
radical lenition eclipsis
gráinnín ghráinnín ngráinnín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “gráinnín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 202
  3. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959), Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 244, page 86; reprinted 1979

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