garraí
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɑˈɾˠiː/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾˠiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡaːɾˠi/[1] (as if spelled gárraí)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Irish garrda,[2] from Old Norse garðr (“enclosed space, yard”),[3] from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“court, yard, enclosure”), from *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”). Doublet of gort.
Noun[edit]
garraí m (genitive singular garraí, nominative plural garraithe)
- garden
- Synonym: gairdín
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Chuaidh sé ionns’ ar an rígh ⁊ fuair sé é ar shuidheachán san gharrdha, ⁊ d’iarr sé airgiod air.
- He went unto the king, and found him seated in the garden, and he asked him for some money.
- small (enclosed) field, plot
- yard, enclosure
- ring, halo
Declension[edit]
Declension of garraí
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: garranta (Cois Fharraige)
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- biolar garraí
- cartlainn gharraí
- ceolaire garraí
- damhán garraí
- gamhain garraí
- garraí bláthanna
- garraí cabáiste
- garraí cáil
- garraí cistine
- garraí cúil
- garraí gabhainn
- garraí glasraí
- garraí luibheanna
- garraí margaidh
- garraí prátaí
- garraí scóir
- garraí tae
- garraíodóir
- garraíodóireacht
- leamhan tíograch garraí
- meirse gharraí
- seilide garraí
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
garraí f pl
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| garraí | gharraí | ngarraí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “garrda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Greene, D. (1973) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist and David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress[1], Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “garraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “garraí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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