grei

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese grey, gree, from Latin grex. Doublet of grea.^[1]

Cognate with Portuguese grei and Spanish grey.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡrej/, /ɡrɛj/

Noun edit

grei f (plural greis)

association, society (group of people)
(Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
(historical) group of vassals or subjects
(literary) nation

References edit

“grey” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“grey” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“grei” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“grei” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “grey”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse greiðr, cognate Icelandic greiður.

Adjective edit

grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greit, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiere, indefinite superlative greiest, definite superlative greieste)

References edit

“grei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse greiðr, cognate Icelandic greiður.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡrɛɪː/, [ɡrɛ̝ɪ̯ː], [ɡræɪ̯ː], [ɡra̝ɪ̯ː]

Adjective edit

grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greitt, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiare, indefinite superlative greiast, definite superlative greiaste)

simple, easy; straightforward
Dette var ei grei oppgåve
This was an easy task
practical; useful, good; OK
Er denne organiseringa grei?
Is this setup good?

Det er ikkje greitt
It is not OK
nice, kind
Dei er greie personar.
They are nice people.