grá

See also: gra and grå

Irish

Alternative forms

grádh (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠæː/

Noun

grá m (genitive singular as substantive grá, genitive as verbal noun gráite)

love (with ar + the person or thing loved)

Tá grá agam ort.
I love you.
verbal noun of gráigh

Declension

As substantive

Declension of grá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

Declension of grá

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

Terms derived from grá

féinghrá m (“self-love”)
folaíonn grá gráin (“love is blind”)
grá don ailp m, grá na hailpe m (“cupboard love”)

grámhar (“loving, tender, affectionate; lovable, amiable”, adjective)
grá mo chroí m (“my love, my darling”, literally “love of my heart”)
i ngrá (“in love”)

scéal grá m (“love story”)
tá grá agam dhuit, tá grá agam ort (“I love you”)
tírghrá m (“patriotism”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grá	ghrá	ngrá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"grá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“2 grád?” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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