Gráinne

See also: grainne, gràinne, and gráinne

Irish

Etymology

Possibly a derivative of Old Irish grán (“grain”) if originally the name of an agricultural goddess or a derivative of Middle Irish gráin (“awfulness, horror”) if the original sense was “she who inspires terror”.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːɲɪ/
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/

Proper noun

Gráinne f (genitive Ghráinne)

  1. (Irish mythology) Gráinne or Grania, the daughter of King Cormac mac Airt, one of the central figures in the stories Finn and Gráinne and The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne.
  2. a female given name, traditionally anglicized as Grace, which is however etymologically unrelated.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Gráinne Ghráinne nGráinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 114
  2. Hanks, Patrick, Hodges, Flavia (1990) A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141
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