greanadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish grenad (“engraving”).

Noun

greanadh m (genitive singular greanta)

1. verbal noun of grean
2. engraving
3. shapeliness; shape, figure

Declension

Declension of greanadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative greanadh Vocative a ghreanadh Genitive greanta Dative greanadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an greanadh Genitive an ghreanta Dative leis an ngreanadh don ghreanadh

Derived terms

• bior greanta m (“graver, burin”)
• greanadh adhmaid (“woodcut”)
• greanadh líneach (“line engraving”)
• greanadh pláta copair (“copperplate engraving”)
• greanadh turbheara (“drypoint (engraving)”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
greanadh	ghreanadh	ngreanadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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