gréasach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From gréas (“ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation; decorative design, pattern, figure; needlework, embroidery”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
gréasach (genitive singular masculine gréasaigh, genitive singular feminine gréasaí, plural gréasacha, not comparable)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish grésach (“lasting, perpetual, constant, habitual”, adjective). Compare de ghréas (“habitually, continually, perpetually”).
Adjective[edit]
gréasach (genitive singular masculine gréasaigh, genitive singular feminine gréasaí, plural gréasacha, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of gréasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gréasach | ghréasach | gréasacha; ghréasacha² | |
| Vocative | ghréasaigh | gréasacha | ||
| Genitive | gréasaí | gréasacha | gréasach | |
| Dative | gréasach; ghréasach¹ |
ghréasach; ghréasaigh (archaic) |
gréasacha; ghréasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gréasaí | |||
| Superlative | is gréasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gréasach | ghréasach | ngréasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gréasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “grésach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language