Gráinne

grainne gràinne gráinne Irish ga:+ (miotaseolaíocht) Etymology Possibly a derivative of ga sga grán grain if originally the name of an agricultural goddess or a derivative of ga mga gráin awfulness, horror if the original sense was she who inspires terror. Pronunciation ga /ˈɡɾˠɑːɲɪ/ Waterford,Cork ga /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲə/ Kerry ga /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/ Connacht ga /ˈɡɾˠaːn̠ʲə/ Ulster Proper noun f Ghráinne ga 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. ga female, traditionally anglicized as en Grace, which is however etymologically unrelated. Mutation References smaller 114 A Dictionary of First Names Patrick Hanks Flavia Hodges Oxford University Press 1990 0-19-211651-7 141