gruaidh
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish gruad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare modern Irish grua), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gruaidh f (genitive singular gruaidhe, plural gruaidhean)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “gruaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gruad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language