anghrá

Irish

Alternative forms
  • anghráchas

Etymology

From an- (“great, excessive”) +‎ grá (“love”).

Noun

anghrá m (genitive singular anghrá)

  1. eroticism (quality of being erotic)
    Synonym: earótachas

Declension
Declension of anghrá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative anghrá
Vocative a anghrá
Genitive anghrá
Dative anghrá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-anghrá
Genitive an anghrá
Dative leis an anghrá

don anghrá

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
anghrá n-anghrá hanghrá t-anghrá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anghrá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “eroticism”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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