grys

See also: Gryś

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch grijs.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grys (attributive gryse, comparative gryser, superlative grysste)

1. grey/gray

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French gris, from Vulgar Latin *grīsus, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.

Alternative forms

• gris, grice, greys, greyis, grijs, griis, gryse, grise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡriːs/

Noun

grys (plural gryses)

1. gray, grey
2. grey fur

Descendants

• English: gris (obsolete)

References

• “grīs, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 2

Noun

grys (plural gryses)

1. Alternative form of gris

Etymology 3

Noun

grys

1. Alternative form of gras

Middle French

Noun

grys m (uncountable)

1. gray

Adjective

grys m (feminine singular gryse, masculine plural grys, feminine plural gryses)

1. gray

Descendants

• French: gris

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡrɨːs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡriːs/

Noun

grys

1. Soft mutation of crys.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crys	grys	nghrys	chrys
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.