grád

See also: grad

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grád, borrowed from Latin gradus.

Noun

grád m (genitive singular gráid, nominative plural gráid)

grade; degree, class
(nautical) rating

Declension

Declension of grád

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	grád	gráid
Vocative	a ghráid	a ghráda
Genitive	gráid	grád
Dative	grád	gráid

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an grád	na gráid
Genitive	an ghráid	na ngrád
Dative	leis an ngrád don ghrád	leis na gráid

Derived terms

grádach (“graded”)
grádaigh (“to grade; to rate, scale; to graduate, calibrate”)
díghrádaigh (“to degrade”)

íosghrádaigh (“to downgrade”)
grádán (“grade, gradient”)

Etymology 2

Verb

grád

(dialectal) first-person singular present subjunctive of gráigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grád	ghrád	ngrád
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡraːð/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *gʷrādus.

Noun

grád n (genitive gráda, nominative plural grád)

love, affection, fondness, charity

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

grádaigidir

Descendants

Irish: grá
Manx: graih
Scottish Gaelic: gràdh

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin gradus.

Noun

grád n (genitive gráid, nominative plural gráid)

grade, degree
rank, order

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
grád	grád pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngrád
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 grád (‘grade, degree’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 grád (‘love, affection’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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