See also: greas

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gréas

  1. second-person singular past historic of gréer

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish grés (handicraft), possibly from Proto-Celtic *gʷrensu-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (to be warm). The sense evolution would have been from "heat" to "zeal" and finally to "work."[1]

Noun

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gréas m (genitive singular gréasa, nominative plural gréasa or gréasanna)

  1. ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation
  2. decorative design, pattern, figure (on cloth, etc.)
  3. needlework, embroidery
  4. (literary, artistic) composition
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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷrīns-/*gʷrenso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 147

Etymology 2

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Verb

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gréas (present analytic gréasann, future analytic gréasfaidh, verbal noun gréasadh, past participle gréasta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of gréasaigh (ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern)
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  • gréasta (ornamented, embroidered, patterned, adjective)

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gréas ghréas ngréas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.