See also: Greis

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German grīs, from Old High German grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (grey).

Doublet of regional gries (grey). Also cognate with Dutch grijs, French gris.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁaɪ̯s/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Adjective edit

greis (strong nominative masculine singular greiser, comparative greiser, superlative am greisesten)

  1. (of a person) aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile
    sein greiser Vaterhis aged father
  2. (of hair) grey (also generally implying very old age, not usually of people in their 40s or 50s)
    Synonyms: grau, grauhaarig, ergraut
    das greise Haupt seines Vatershis father’s grey-haired head

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • greis” in Duden online
  • greis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

greis

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of greas

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
greis ghreis ngreis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish gress, from Old Irish do-grés, do-gress, from Proto-Celtic *grend-, *gred-, suggested by Strachan to be from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (to turn).[1] However, compare greas (to hasten).

Noun edit

greis f (genitive singular greise, plural greisean)

  1. while, moment, short time

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References edit

  1. ^ Strachan: Compensatory Lengthening of Vowels in Irish