See also: grec, Grec, grèc, and grêc

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Noun

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Gréc m (genitive Gréic, nominative plural Gréic)

  1. a Greek (person)
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 207b11
      Cit comṡuidigthi la Grécu ní écen dúnni beta comṡuidigthi linn.
      Although they are compounds in Greek (lit. with the Greeks), it is not necessary for us that they be compounds in our language (lit. with us).
Declension
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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Gréc GrécL GréicL
Vocative Gréic GrécL GrécuH
Accusative GrécN GrécL GrécuH
Genitive GréicL Gréc GrécN
Dative GrécL Grécaib Grécaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
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  • Irish: Gréagach

Etymology 2

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From Latin Graeca (lingua).

Proper noun

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Gréc f (genitive Gréice)

  1. Greek (language)
Declension
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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative GrécL
Vocative GrécL
Accusative GréicN
Genitive GréiceH
Dative GréicL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Gréc Gréc
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
nGréc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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