grís

See also: gris and gris'

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kriːs/

  Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

grís m (genitive singular gríss, nominative plural grísir)

1. piglet
2. pig (slovenly person)
3. a lucky guess

Derived terms

• grísabúr
• grísakjöt
• gríslingur
• naggrís
• smágrís

 

Irish

Noun

grís m

1. genitive singular of gríos

Noun

grís f (genitive singular gríse)

1. Alternative form of gríos (“hot ashes, embers”)

Declension

Declension of grís

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative grís Vocative a ghrís Genitive gríse Dative grís

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ghrís Genitive na gríse Dative leis an ngrís don ghrís

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grís	ghrís	ngrís
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• gríss

Etymology

Same source as grían (“sun”). Matasović specifically reconstructs Old Irish *gʷrīnsos for this term, deriving it from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).

Noun

grís f

1. heat, fire, embers, hot ashes
2. (figuratively) glow, ardour, valour, passion

Derived terms

• grísach
  • Irish: gríosach

Descendants

• Irish: gríos
• Manx: grees
• Scottish Gaelic: grìos

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language