gruag
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾˠuəɡ/
Noun
gruag f (genitive singular gruaige)
- Galway form of gruaig
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 130.
Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish *grúac.
Noun
gruag f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- hair
Synonyms
- folt
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish *grúac.
Noun
gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)
- wig
- the hair of the head, especially of a female (used less frequently than falt)
- Dath na gruaige ― Color of the hair
- anything resembling hair
- lock of hair
- woman
- wife
Derived terms
- gruagag f (“little wig; small lock of hair”)
- gruagaire
- gruag-bhréige f (“wig”)
- gruag-Muire f (“goldilocks”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
gruag | ghruag |
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