gráin

See also: grain, gràin, and gräin

Irish

gráin f (genitive singular gránach)

hatred (strong aversion), detestation, abhorrence
Tá an ghráin agam orthu. ― I detest them.
ugliness, disfigurement
Folaíonn grá gráin. (proverb) ― Love is blind. (literally, “Love veils ugliness.”)
hatefulness, loathsomeness
fearfulness, terror; ugly appearance

Declension of gráin (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	gráin
vocative	a ghráin
genitive	gránach
dative	gráin gránaigh (archaic, dialectal)

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an ghráin
genitive	na gránach
dative	leis an ngráin leis an ngránaigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghráin don ghránaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutated forms of *gráin*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gráin	ghráin	ngráin

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

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gráin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gráin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 380
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21