gruag

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾˠuəɡ/

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige)

  1. Galway form of gruaig

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

Further reading

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. hair

Synonyms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
gruagghruagngruag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

  1. wig
  2. the hair of the head, especially of a female (used less frequently than falt)
    Dath na gruaige ― Color of the hair
  3. anything resembling hair
  4. lock of hair
  5. woman
  6. wife

Derived terms
  • gruagag f (“little wig; small lock of hair”)
  • gruagaire
  • gruag-bhréige f (“wig”)
  • gruag-Muire f (“goldilocks”)

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

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “gruag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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