gróigeán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cróigeán, grógán, gróigín, gruaigín[1][2]

Etymology

From gróig +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠoːɡaːnˠ/[3]; /ˈkɾˠoːɟaːnˠ/ (corresponding to the form cróigeán), /ˈɡɾˠoiɟanˠ/[4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɔːɟanˠ/[5], /ˈkɾˠɔːɟan̪ˠ/[6] (corresponding to the form cróigeán)

Noun

gróigeán m (genitive singular gróigeáin, nominative plural gróigeáin)

  1. a stack of drying peat (turf)

Declension

Declension of gróigeán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gróigeán gróigeáin
vocative a ghróigeáin a ghróigeána
genitive gróigeáin gróigeán
dative gróigeán gróigeáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gróigeán na gróigeáin
genitive an ghróigeáin na ngróigeán
dative leis an ngróigeán
don ghróigeán 		leis na gróigeáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of gróigeán
radical lenition eclipsis
gróigeán ghróigeán ngróigeán

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cróigeán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 269; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ “gróigeán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 130, page 31
  4. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974), The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1590, page 349
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 29, page 15
  6. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979), Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast

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