greas
See also: gréas
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish gress.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
greas f (genitive singular greise, nominative plural greasa)
- amount of anything done at a time
- spell (indefinite period of time)
- (literary) attack, onset
- (literary) injury
Declension edit
Declension of greas
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Verb edit
greas (present analytic greasann, future analytic greasfaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greasta)
- Alternative form of dreasaigh (“to incite”)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of greas (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
greas | ghreas | ngreas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- “greas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 gres(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “greas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 382
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish gressaid, from Proto-Celtic *gred-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreydʰ-, see also Lithuanian grìdyti (“to go, to wander”), Old Irish in·greinn, do·greinn (“to persecute”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
greas (past ghreas, future greasaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greaste)
References edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “greas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN