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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grádán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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.