gréasaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grésaide (“shoemaker, embroiderer”), from grés (“handicraft, workmanship, ornamentation, artistic work; needlework, embroidery”) (modern gréas).

Noun

gréasaí m (genitive singular gréasaí, nominative plural gréasaithe)

1. shoemaker, bootmaker
2. cobbler (Pangasius bocourti (basa fish), Pangasius pangasius (yellowtail catfish, Pungas catfish)
3. (in the plural) hand-made boots

Declension

Declension of gréasaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gréasaí gréasaithe Vocative a ghréasaí a ghréasaithe Genitive gréasaí gréasaithe Dative gréasaí gréasaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gréasaí na gréasaithe Genitive an ghréasaí na ngréasaithe Dative leis an ngréasaí don ghréasaí leis na gréasaithe

Derived terms

• gréasaíocht f (“shoemaking”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

gréasaí f sg

1. genitive singular feminine of gréasach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gréasaí	ghréasaí	ngréasaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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