From Middle Irish grísach.[1][2] By surface analysis, gríos + -ach.
gríosach f (genitive singular gríosaí)
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gríosach (genitive singular masculine gríosaigh, genitive singular feminine gríosaigh, plural gríosacha, comparative gríosaigh)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gríosach | ghríosach | gríosacha; ghríosacha2 | |
vocative | ghríosaigh | gríosacha | ||
genitive | gríosaí | gríosacha | gríosach | |
dative | gríosach; ghríosach1 |
ghríosach; ghríosaigh (archaic) |
gríosacha; ghríosacha2 | |
Comparative | níos gríosaí | |||
Superlative | is gríosaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gríosach | ghríosach | ngríosach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.