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gruaim

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gruaim f (genitive singular gruaime)

  1. gloom, despondency
  2. dejection, the blues, sadness
  3. ill humor, surliness
  4. frown

Declension

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Declension of gruaim

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gruaim
Vocative a ghruaim
Genitive gruaime
Dative gruaim

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghruaim
Genitive na gruaime
Dative leis an ngruaim

don ghruaim

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gruaim ghruaim ngruaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

Further reading

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  • “gruaim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gruaim f

  1. churlishness, dudgeon, frown, gloom, grimace, scowl, sternness

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Noun

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gruaim m

  1. moroseness, sulkiness

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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