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gríosach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish grísach.[1][2] By surface analysis, gríos +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gríosach f (genitive singular gríosaí)

  1. glowing embers, hot ashes

Declension

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Declension of gríosach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative gríosach
vocative a ghríosach
genitive gríosaí
dative gríosach
gríosaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghríosach
genitive na gríosaí
dative leis an ngríosach
leis an ngríosaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghríosach
don ghríosaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

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Adjective

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gríosach (genitive singular masculine gríosaigh, genitive singular feminine gríosaigh, plural gríosacha, comparative gríosaigh)

  1. glowing hot

Declension

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Declension of gríosach
singular plural (m/f)
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

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Mutated forms of gríosach
radical lenition eclipsis
gríosach ghríosach ngríosach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 grísach (noun)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 grísach (adjective)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136

Further reading

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