grág

See also: grag

Irish

Alternative forms

• gráig

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from Old Irish grác.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠɑːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠaːɡ/

Noun

grág f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural grága)

1. caw (cry of a crow), croak
2. bray (cry of a donkey)
3. squawk (shrill noise)
4. raucous cry

Declension

Declension of grág

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative grág grága Vocative a ghrág a ghrága Genitive gráige grág Dative grág gráig (archaic, dialectal) grága

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghrág na grága Genitive na gráige na ngrág Dative leis an ngrág leis an ngráig (archaic, dialectal) don ghrág don ghráig (archaic, dialectal) leis na grága

Synonyms

• (caw): cágaíl

Derived terms

• grágach
• grágaíl
• grágaire
• grágarsach

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grág	ghrág	ngrág
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grág”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grág”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “grág”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024