gréas

See also: greas

French

Pronunciation

Verb

gréas

  1. second-person singular past historic of gréer

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grés (handicraft).

Noun

gréas m (genitive singular gréasa, nominative plural gréasa or gréasanna)

  1. ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation
  2. decorative design, pattern, figure (on cloth, etc.)
  3. needlework, embroidery
  4. (literary, artistic) composition
Declension
  • Variant plural: gréasanna
Derived terms

Verb

gréas (present analytic gréasann, future analytic gréasfaidh, verbal noun gréasadh, past participle gréasta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of gréasaigh (ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • gréasta (ornamented, embroidered, patterned, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gréas ghréas ngréas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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