grinn

Irish

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Related to Dutch glimmen, English glint.[1]

Adjective

grinn

  1. perceptive, discerning; clear, accurate
Declension
Declension of grinn
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative grinn ghrinn grinne;
ghrinne²
Vocative ghrinn grinne
Genitive grinne grinne grinn
Dative grinn;
ghrinn¹		 ghrinn grinne;
ghrinne²
Comparative níos grinne
Superlative is grinne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

grinn

  1. genitive singular of greann

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
grinn ghrinn ngrinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “grinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page glinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”).

Adjective

grinn

  1. sweet, delightful, beautiful, charming, elegant.
    Abair gur grinn thusa! ― How sweet that you are!

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative grinn ghrinn grinne
Vocative ghrinn ghrinn grinne
Genitive ghrinn ghrinn/grinne glan
Dative ghrinn ghrinn grinne

Comparative/superlative: grinne

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