Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish grúad n (cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow) (compare modern Irish grua), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (chin, cheek) (compare Welsh grudd (cheek; slope)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gruaidh f (genitive singular gruaidhe, plural gruaidhean)

  1. cheek
  2. countenance
  3. brow
  4. edge of a furrow
  5. profile
  6. temple of the head
  7. liver

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Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gruaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language