gréas

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: gréa, gréât

Verb

gréas

second-person singular past historic of gréer

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grés (“handicraft, workmanship, ornamentation, artistic work; needlework, embroidery, female accomplishments; poetical composition, a work of art, a poem; work, doings”).

Noun

gréas m (genitive singular gréasa, nominative plural gréasa or gréasanna)

ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation
decorative design, pattern, figure (on cloth, etc.)
needlework, embroidery
(literary, artistic) composition

Declension

Declension of gréas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gréas	gréasa
Vocative	a ghréas	a ghréasa
Genitive	gréasa	gréas
Dative	gréas	gréasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an gréas	na gréasa
Genitive	an ghréasa	na ngréas
Dative	leis an ngréas don ghréas	leis na gréasa

Variant plural: gréasanna

Derived terms

gréasach (“patterned, embroidered, ornamented; skilled in embroidery”, adjective)
gréasaí m (“shoemaker, bootmaker; cobbler”)
gréasaigh (“ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern”, transitive verb)
gréasán m (“web; woven fabric; tissue, tracery; complicated system, network; tangle; tangled problem; raster”)
gréasobair m (“pattern work; ornamental sewing, fancy-work”)

Related terms

gréasaíocht f (“shoemaking”)
gréasú m (“ornamentation, embroidery”)

Verb

gréas (present analytic gréasann, future analytic gréasfaidh, verbal noun gréasadh, past participle gréasta)

(transitive) Alternative form of gréasaigh (“ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern”)

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	gréasaim	gréasann tú; gréasair^†	gréasann sé, sí	gréasaimid	gréasann sibh	gréasann siad; gréasaid^†	a ghréasann; a ghréasas / a ngréasann; a ngréasas	gréastar
	past	ghréas mé; ghréasas	ghréas tú; ghréasais	ghréas sé, sí	ghréasamar; ghréas muid	ghréas sibh; ghréasabhair	ghréas siad; ghréasadar	a ghréas / ar ghréas*	gréasadh
	past habitual	ghréasainn	ghréastá	ghréasadh sé, sí	ghréasaimis; ghréasadh muid	ghréasadh sibh	ghréasaidís; ghréasadh siad	a ghréasadh / ar ghréasadh*	ghréastaí
	future	gréasfaidh mé; gréasfad	gréasfaidh tú; gréasfair^†	gréasfaidh sé, sí	gréasfaimid; gréasfaidh muid	gréasfaidh sibh	gréasfaidh siad; gréasfaid^†	a ghréasfaidh; a ghréasfas / a ngréasfaidh; a ngréasfas	gréasfar
conditional		ghréasfainn / ngréasfainn‡‡	ghréasfá / ngréasfá‡‡	ghréasfadh sé, sí / ngréasfadh sé, sí‡‡	ghréasfaimis; ghréasfadh muid / ngréasfaimis‡‡; ngréasfadh muid‡‡	ghréasfadh sibh / ngréasfadh sibh‡‡	ghréasfaidís; ghréasfadh siad / ngréasfaidís‡‡; ngréasfadh siad‡‡	a ghréasfadh / ar ghréasfadh*	ghréasfaí / ngréasfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go ngréasa mé; go ngréasad^†	go ngréasa tú; go ngréasair^†	go ngréasa sé, sí	go ngréasaimid; go ngréasa muid	go ngréasa sibh	go ngréasa siad; go ngréasaid^†	—	go ngréastar
subjunctive	past	dá ngréasainn	dá ngréastá	dá ngréasadh sé, sí	dá ngréasaimis; dá ngréasadh muid	dá ngréasadh sibh	dá ngréasaidís; dá ngréasadh siad	—	dá ngréastaí
imperative		gréasaim	gréas	gréasadh sé, sí	gréasaimis	gréasaigí; gréasaidh^†	gréasaidís	—	gréastar
verbal noun		gréasadh
past participle		gréasta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

gréasta (“ornamented, embroidered, patterned”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gréas	ghréas	ngréas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"gréas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 grés” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.