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grís

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See also: gris and gris'

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grís m (genitive singular gríss, nominative plural grísir)

  1. piglet
  2. pig (slovenly person)
  3. a lucky guess

Declension

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Declension of grís (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grís grísinn grísir grísirnir
accusative grís grísinn grísi grísina
dative grís grísnum, grísinum grísum grísunum
genitive gríss gríssins grísa grísanna

Derived terms

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Irish

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Noun

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grís m

  1. genitive singular of gríos

Noun

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grís f (genitive singular gríse)

  1. Alternative form of gríos (“hot ashes, embers”)

Declension

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Declension of grís (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative grís
vocative a ghrís
genitive gríse
dative grís
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghrís
genitive na gríse
dative leis an ngrís
don ghrís

Mutation

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Mutated forms of grís
radical lenition eclipsis
grís ghrís ngrís

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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Middle Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Same source as grían (“sun”). Matasović specifically reconstructs Old Irish *gʷrīnsos for this term, deriving it from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).[1]

Noun

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grís f

  1. heat, fire, embers, hot ashes
  2. (figuratively) glow, ardour, valour, passion

Derived terms

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  • grísach
    • Irish: gríosach

Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of grís
radical lenition nasalization
grís grís
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngrís

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷrīns-/*gʷrenso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 147

Further reading

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