# grá
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Irish grá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɹɑː/
* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Noun

grá (uncountable)
* (Ireland) Love, affection.
** 2023 August 5, Lauren Murphy, quoting Graham Sweeney, “Sounds of Achill”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 11:He admits that, as a project, “it's a bit niche, but I think anybody who's been here develops a massive grá for Achill. […] ”

### Anagrams

* gar, Arg., RAG, Rag, Gar, RGA, rag, GAR, ARG, arg, agr-, arg.

## Icelandic
### Etymology

See grár.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /krauː/

### Adjective

grá
* feminine nominative singular positive degree of grár

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* grádh (superseded)

### Etymology

From Old Irish grád, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrātus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɾˠɑː/, /ɡɾˠaː/
* (Ulster, genitive) IPA: /ɡɾˠaːj/ (corresponding to the form gráidh)
* (Ulster, verbal noun) IPA: /ɡɾˠaːw/ (as if spelled grádhadh)
* Homophones: gnáth (Ulster and parts of Connacht), gráigh (one Connacht pronunciation)

### Noun

grá m (genitive singular as substantive grá, genitive as verbal noun gráite)
* love
    Tá grá agam ort. ― I love you.
* beloved person
    Tá mo ghrá caillte. ― My beloved is gone.
* (endearing) love
    Cur glaoch orm, a ghrá. ― Call me, my love.
* charity, beneficence
* verbal noun of gráigh

#### Declension
##### As substantive

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
grá
vocative
a ghrá
genitive
grá
dative
grá
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an grá
genitive
an ghrá
dative
leis an ngrá don ghrá :

##### As verbal noun

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
grá
vocative
a ghrá
genitive
gráite
dative
grá
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an grá
genitive
an ghráite
dative
leis an ngrá don ghrá :

#### Derived terms

* féinghrá m (“self-love”)
* folaíonn grá gráin (“love is blind”)
* grá don ailp m (“cupboard love”)
* grá mo chroí m (“my love”)
* grá na hailpe m (“cupboard love”)
* grámhar (“loving”, adjective)
* i ngrá (“in love”)
* scéal grá m (“love story”)
* tá grá agam dhuit (“I love you”)
* tá grá agam ort (“I love you”)
* tírghrá m (“patriotism”)

#### Descendants

* → English: grá
* →⇒ Fingallian: agra
* → Scots: gra

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 256, page 130
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
* ↑ 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 279, page 30
* ↑ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎ (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 8, page 6
* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 264, page 54
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 130, page 31
* 1 2 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 145, page 57
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 147, page 58

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 grád?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Norse
### Adjective

grá
* inflection of grár:
** positive degree strong feminine nominative/accusative singular
** positive degree strong neuter dative singular
** positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
** positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
** positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
** positive degree weak feminine/neuter singular
** positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural