grìbhean

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gríb (“griffin”) + -an (compare Irish gríobhán).

Pronunciation

Noun

grìbhean m (genitive singular grìbhein, plural grìbheanan)

  1. griffin
    Synonyms: grìbhinneach, leòmhann-chraobh

Mutation

Mutation of grìbhean
radical lenition
grìbhean ghrìbhean

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “grìbhean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gríb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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