anghrá

Irish

Alternative forms

• anghráchas

Etymology

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

Noun

anghrám(genitive singularanghrá)

1. eroticism(quality of being erotic)

   Synonym:earótachas

Declension

Declension ofanghrá(fourth declension,no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative anghrá vocative aanghrá genitive anghrá dative anghrá forms with thedefinite article case singular nominative ant-anghrá genitive ananghrá dative leis ananghrá donanghrá

Derived terms

• anghrách(“erotic”,adjective)

Mutation

Mutated formsofanghrá

radical	eclipsis	withh-prothesis	witht-prothesis
anghrá	n-anghrá	hanghrá	t-anghrá

Note:Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall(1977) “anghrá”,inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla,Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• “eroticism”,inNew English-Irish Dictionary,Foras na Gaeilge,2013–2025