garraí

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish garrda, from Old Norse garðr (“enclosed space, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“court, yard, enclosure”), from *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

Noun

garraí m (genitive singular garraí, nominative plural garraithe)

  1. garden
    Synonym: gairdín
  2. small (enclosed) field, plot
    Synonyms: gort, páirc
  3. yard, enclosure
  4. ring, halo
Declension
  • Alternative plural: garranta (Cois Fharraige)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • garraíodóireacht f (“(act of) gardening”)

Etymology 2

Noun

garraí f pl

  1. plural of garra

Mutation

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.

Further reading

  • "garraí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “field” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “garden” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “yard” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “garrda” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Greene, D. 1973 ‘The influence of Scandinavian on Irish’ in Bo Almqvist & David Greene (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, pp. 75-82
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