gríosach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish grísach. By surface analysis, gríos + -ach.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgríosach f (genitive singular gríosaí)
Declension
editDeclension of gríosach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- déan gríosach (“to wreak havoc”)
- bagair gríosach (“to threaten havoc or destruction”)
- ón tine chun na gríosaí (“out of the frying pan into the fire”)
Adjective
editgríosach (genitive singular masculine gríosaigh, genitive singular feminine gríosaigh, plural gríosacha, comparative gríosaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of gríosach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gríosach | ghríosach | gríosacha; ghríosacha² | |
Vocative | ghríosaigh | gríosacha | ||
Genitive | gríosaí | gríosacha | gríosach | |
Dative | gríosach; ghríosach¹ |
ghríosach; ghríosaigh (archaic) |
gríosacha; ghríosacha² | |
Comparative | níos gríosaí | |||
Superlative | is gríosaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gríosach | ghríosach | ngríosach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 grísach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 grísach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gríosaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 385
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gríosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷʰer-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- Irish adjectives