gríosach
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish grísach. By surface analysis, gríos + -ach.
Declension
Declension of gríosach
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- déan gríosach (“to wreak havoc”)
- bagair gríosach (“to threaten havoc or destruction”)
- ón tine chun na gríosaí (“out of the frying pan into the fire”)
Adjective
gríosach (genitive singular masculine gríosaigh, genitive singular feminine gríosaigh, plural gríosacha, comparative gríosaigh)
Declension
Declension of gríosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gríosach | ghríosach | gríosacha; ghríosacha² | |
| Vocative | ghríosaigh | gríosacha | ||
| Genitive | gríosaí | gríosacha | gríosach | |
| Dative | gríosach; ghríosach¹ |
ghríosach; ghríosaigh (archaic) |
gríosacha; ghríosacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gríosaí | |||
| Superlative | is gríosaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gríosach | ghríosach | ngríosach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 grísach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 grísach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “gríosaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 385
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gríosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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