Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish grúaim (gloom).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gruaim f (genitive singular gruaime)

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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 edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

Further reading edit

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

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish grúaim (gloom).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gruaim f

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

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

gruaim m

  1. moroseness, sulkiness

Mutation edit

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 edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language