grìbhean
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish gríb (“griffin”) + -an (compare Irish gríobhán).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grìbhean m (genitive singular grìbhein, plural grìbheanan)
- griffin
- Synonyms: grìbhinneach, leòmhann-chraobh
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| grìbhean | ghrìbhean |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “grìbhean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gríb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language