Agra

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈɡɹɑː/

Alternative forms

• a ghrá

Origin

From Irish a (vocative particle) + lenited form of grá ("love").

Full definition of agra

Noun

1. (Ireland) Dear, darling (as a term of endearment). from 18th c.
• 1847, Anthony Trollope, The Macdermots of Ballycloran:Kathleen, agra, … bring me a glass of sperrits, will you?
• 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Faber & Faber 2014, p. 21:But their mother sent our one notes. Give that to your mam a ghrá.

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