Gréc

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See also: grec, Grec, grèc, and grêc

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʲrʲeːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Noun

Gréc m (genitive Gréic, nominative plural Gréic)

a Greek (person)
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9^a22 (Wikisource link)
  Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
  Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two characters in those consonants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 207^b11
  Cit comṡuidigthi la Grécu ní écen dúnni beta comṡuidigthi linn.
  Although they are compounds in Greek (lit. “with the Greeks”), it is not necessary for us that they be compounds in our language (lit. “with us”).

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Gréc	Gréc^L	Gréic^L
Vocative	Gréic	Gréc^L	Grécu^H
Accusative	Gréc^N	Gréc^L	Grécu^H
Genitive	Gréic^L	Gréc	Gréc^N
Dative	Gréc^L	Grécaib	Grécaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

⇒ Irish: Gréagach

Etymology 2

From Latin Graeca (lingua).

Proper noun

Gréc f (genitive Gréice)

Greek (language)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Gréc^L	—	—
Vocative	Gréc^L	—	—
Accusative	Gréic^N	—	—
Genitive	Gréice^H	—	—
Dative	Gréic^L	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

grécdae

Mutation

Mutation of *Gréc*
radical	lenition	nasalization
Gréc	Gréc pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nGréc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “gréc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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