gruagach

Irish

Etymology

gruaig +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠuəɡəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠuəɡa(x)/

Adjective

gruagach (genitive singular masculine gruagaigh, genitive singular feminine gruagaí, plural gruagacha, comparative gruagaí)

1. hairy, shaggy

Declension

Declension of gruagach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gruagach	ghruagach	gruagacha; ghruagacha²
Vocative	ghruagaigh		gruagacha
Genitive		gruagaí	gruagacha	gruagach
Dative	gruagach; ghruagach¹	ghruagach; ghruagaigh (archaic)	gruagacha; ghruagacha²
Comparative	níos gruagaí
Superlative	is gruagaí

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

Noun

gruagach m (genitive singular gruagaigh, nominative plural gruagaigh)

1. hairy goblin, brownie
2. Bigfoot (a very large, hairy, humanoid creature said to live in the wilderness areas of North America)
3. Shaggy uncouth person.

   Synonyms: glibire, stothaire

4. pintail

   Synonym: lacha stiúrach

Declension

Declension of gruagach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gruagach gruagaigh Vocative a ghruagaigh a ghruagacha Genitive gruagaigh gruagach Dative gruagach gruagaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gruagach na gruagaigh Genitive an ghruagaigh na ngruagach Dative leis an ngruagach don ghruagach leis na gruagaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gruagach	ghruagach	ngruagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gruag (“hair”) +‎ -ach; girls and young women in the old days of the Highlands went bareheaded before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white kerchief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuəkəx/

Noun

gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean)

1. (chiefly poetic) maiden, girl, young woman

   Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, maighdeann, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn

   "Gruagach Òg an Fhuilt Bhàin" ― "Young Maiden of the Fair Hair"

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
gruagach	ghruagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.