de ghréas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish do grés (“always, perpetually, continually”), from grés (“continuance, practice”) (see greas (“indefinite period of time”)).

Phrase

de ghréas

1. (literary) habitually, continually, perpetually

Related terms

• gréasach (“habitual, continual, perpetual”, adjective)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gréas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 grés”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language