grianach

See also: gríanach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gríanach. By surface analysis, grian (“sun”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɾʲiənˠəx/, /ˈɟɾʲiən̪ˠəx/

Adjective

grianach (genitive singular masculine grianaigh, genitive singular feminine grianaí, plural grianacha, comparative grianaí)

1. sunny
2. pleasant, cheerful

Declension

Declension of grianach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	grianach	ghrianach	grianacha; ghrianacha²
Vocative	ghrianaigh		grianacha
Genitive		grianaí	grianacha	grianach
Dative	grianach; ghrianach¹	ghrianach; ghrianaigh (archaic)	grianacha; ghrianacha²
Comparative	níos grianaí
Superlative	is grianaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grianach	ghrianach	ngrianach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “grianaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 383
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grianach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gríanach. By surface analysis, grian (“sun”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲianəx/

Adjective

grianach (genitive singular masculine grianaich, comparative grianaiche)

1. sunny
2. colored by the sun
3. bright, shining
4. warm
5. airy
6. abounding in sunny spots

Mutation

Mutation of grianach

radical	lenition
grianach	ghrianach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “grianach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gríanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language