gruaig

Irish

Alternative forms

• gruag (Galway, Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠuəɟ/
• (Aran, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠuəɡ/ (corresponding to the form gruag)

Noun

gruaig f (genitive singular gruaige)

1. hair (mass)
2. locks (of hair)

Declension

Declension of gruaig (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative gruaig vocative a ghruaig genitive gruaige dative gruaig forms with the definite article singular nominative an ghruaig genitive na gruaige dative leis an ngruaig don ghruaig

Derived terms

• aisiríoch gruaige
• barr gruaige
• bearradh gruaige
• ceann gruaige
• clibín gruaige
• cochall gruaige
• cóiriú gruaige
• coirnín gruaige
• craobh ghruaige
• cúl gruaige
• dlaíóg ghruaige
• dlaoi ghruaige
• dos gruaige
• duailín gruaige
• dual gruaige
• eangach ghruaige
• fáinne gruaige
• fáiscín gruaige
• feistiú gruaige
• gainne gruaige
• grágán gruaige
• gruagach
• gruagaire
• gruaig Mhuire
• larcán gruaige
• líontán gruaige
• loca gruaige
• lomra gruaige
• lúb ghruaige
• mapa gruaige
• mothall gruaige
• ola ghruaige
• puirtleog ghruaige
• raca gruaige
• rimín gruaige
• scoth ghruaige
• scuab ghruaige
• silíní gruaige
• stolla gruaige
• stoth gruaige
• táclaí gruaige
• táth gruaige
• triomadóir gruaige

See also

• folt
• ribe

Mutation

Mutated forms of gruaig

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gruaig	ghruaig	ngruaig

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “gruaig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 575; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gruaig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN