greim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟɾʲəimʲ/, [ɟɾʲëimʲ]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ɟɾʲiːmʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɟɾʲɪmʲ/

Noun

greim m (genitive singular greama, nominative plural greamanna)

  1. grip, hold
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
      hug šē ǵŕīm eŕ.
      Thug sé greim air. (conventional orthography)
      He took hold of him.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
      n̄ā tōŕ hū hēn fȳ jŕīm lē ēn ńī.
      Ná tabhair thú féin faoi ghreim le aon ní. (conventional orthography)
      Do not put yourself under the hold of anything.
  2. bite
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
      ȷ ī mē ǵŕīm rān.
      D’ith mé greim arán. (conventional orthography)
      I ate a bite of bread.
  3. (sewing) stitch

Declension
Declension of greim

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative greim greamanna
Vocative a ghreim a ghreamanna
Genitive greama greamanna
Dative greim greamanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an greim na greamanna
Genitive an ghreama na ngreamanna
Dative leis an ngreim

don ghreim

 leis na greamanna

Derived terms
  • bain greim as (“bite”, verb)
  • gasghreim m (“stem stitch”)
  • gearrghreamannach (“captious”, adjective)
  • greamachán m (“holdfast; adhesive”)
  • greamacht f (“graft”)
  • greamaigh (“attach”, verb)
  • greamaire m (“pliers”)
  • greamán m (“grip, catch”)
  • greamannach (“biting”, adjective)
  • greim an tsiosúir m (“scissors hold”)
  • greim dearnála m (“darning-stitch”)
  • greim fáithime m (“hemstitch”)

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • grèim

Etymology 1

From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɾʲɤim/, /kɾʲeim/

Noun

greim m (genitive singular greime, plural greimeannan)

  1. bit, bite, morsel, piece of food
  2. grip, hold, clutch, grasp
  3. catch
  4. stitch, pang
  5. (neurology) seizure
  6. (pathology) pneumonia, pleurisy

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɾɤim/, /kɾeim/

Verb

greim (past ghreim, future greimidh, verbal noun greimeadh, past participle greimte)

  1. grip, grasp, clutch, cling, grapple
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