grádán

See also: gradan

Irish

Etymology

From grád +‎ -án.

Noun

grádán m (genitive singular grádáin, nominative plural grádáin)

  1. grade, gradient

Declension
Declension of grádán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grádán grádáin
Vocative a ghrádáin a ghrádána
Genitive grádáin grádán
Dative grádán grádáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an grádán na grádáin
Genitive an ghrádáin na ngrádán
Dative leis an ngrádán

don ghrádán

 leis na grádáin

Derived terms
  • fócasú grádáin ailtéarnaigh (“alternating-gradient focusing”)
  • grádán baraiméadrach (“barometric gradient”)
  • grádán geoiteirmeach (“geothermal gradient, geothermic gradient”)
  • grádán hiodrálach (“hydraulic gradient”)
  • grádán osmóiseach (“osmotic gradient”)
  • grádán poitéinsil (“potential gradient”)
  • grádán srutha (“stream gradient”)
  • grádán teirmeach (“thermal gradient”)
  • grádán tiúchana (“concentration gradient”)

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

References

Further reading
  • Entries containing “grádán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “grádán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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