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
Declension of garraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative garraí garraithe
Vocative a gharraí a gharraithe
Genitive garraí garraithe
Dative garraí garraithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an garraí na garraithe
Genitive an gharraí na ngarraithe
Dative leis an ngarraí

don gharraí

 leis na garraithe
  • Alternative plural: garranta (Cois Fharraige)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • biolar garraí (“garden cress”)
  • cartlainn gharraí (“spearmint”)
  • ceolaire garraí (“garden-warbler”)
  • damhán garraí (“garden spider”)
  • gamhain garraí (“pet calf”)
  • garraí bláthanna (“flower-garden”)
  • garraí cabáiste, garraí cáil (“cabbage garden”)
  • garraí cistine (“kitchen garden”)
  • garraí cúil (“back garden”)
  • garraí gabhainn (“(cattle-)pound”)
  • garraí glasraí (“vegetable garden”)
  • garraí luibheanna (“herb garden”)
  • garraí margaidh (“market garden”)
  • garraíodóir (“gardener”)
  • garraí prátaí (“potato patch”)
  • garraí scóir (“allotment”)
  • garraí tae (“tea garden”)
  • garraí tosaigh (“front garden”)
  • leamhan tíograch garraí (“garden tiger (moth)”)
  • meirse gharraí (“garden celery”)
  • seilide garraí (“garden snail”)
  • 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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