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Irish
Etymology 1
From greim, greama (“grip, grasp, hold”) + -igh.
Verb
greamaigh (present analytic greamaíonn, future analytic greamóidh, verbal noun greamú, past participle greamaithe)
- (transitive) attach, fix, fasten; make fast, secure
- (intransitive) become attached, adhere, stick
- (transitive) grasp, seize; secure, obtain; grapple with
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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greamaím
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greamaíonn tú; greamaír†
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greamaíonn sé, sí
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greamaímid; greamaíonn muid
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greamaíonn sibh
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greamaíonn siad; greamaíd†
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a ghreamaíonn; a ghreamaíos / a ngreamaíonn*
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greamaítear
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past
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ghreamaigh mé; ghreamaíos
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ghreamaigh tú; ghreamaís
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ghreamaigh sé, sí
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ghreamaíomar; ghreamaigh muid
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ghreamaigh sibh; ghreamaíobhair
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ghreamaigh siad; ghreamaíodar
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a ghreamaigh / ar ghreamaigh*
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greamaíodh
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past habitual
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ghreamaínn / ngreamaínn‡‡
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ghreamaíteá / ngreamaíteᇇ
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ghreamaíodh sé, sí / ngreamaíodh sé, s퇇
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ghreamaímis; ghreamaíodh muid / ngreamaímis‡‡; ngreamaíodh muid‡‡
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ghreamaíodh sibh / ngreamaíodh sibh‡‡
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ghreamaídís; ghreamaíodh siad / ngreamaídís‡‡; ngreamaíodh siad‡‡
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a ghreamaíodh / a ngreamaíodh*
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ghreamaítí / ngreamaít퇇
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future
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greamóidh mé; greamód; greamóchaidh mé†
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greamóidh tú; greamóir†; greamóchaidh tú†
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greamóidh sé, sí; greamóchaidh sé, sí†
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greamóimid; greamóidh muid; greamóchaimid†; greamóchaidh muid†
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greamóidh sibh; greamóchaidh sibh†
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greamóidh siad; greamóid†; greamóchaidh siad†
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a ghreamóidh; a ghreamós; a ghreamóchaidh†; a ghreamóchas† / a ngreamóidh*; a ngreamóchaidh*†
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greamófar; greamóchar†
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conditional
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ghreamóinn; ghreamóchainn† / ngreamóinn‡‡; ngreamóchainn†‡‡
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ghreamófá; ghreamóchthᆠ/ ngreamófᇇ; ngreamóchthᆇ‡
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ghreamódh sé, sí; ghreamóchadh sé, sí† / ngreamódh sé, s퇇; ngreamóchadh sé, s톇‡
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ghreamóimis; ghreamódh muid; ghreamóchaimis†; ghreamóchadh muid† / ngreamóimis‡‡; ngreamódh muid‡‡; ngreamóchaimis†‡‡; ngreamóchadh muid†‡‡
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ghreamódh sibh; ghreamóchadh sibh† / ngreamódh sibh‡‡; ngreamóchadh sibh†‡‡
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ghreamóidís; ghreamódh siad; ghreamóchadh siad† / ngreamóidís‡‡; ngreamódh siad‡‡; ngreamóchadh siad†‡‡
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a ghreamódh; a ghreamóchadh† / a ngreamódh*; a ngreamóchadh*†
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ghreamófaí; ghreamóchthaí† / ngreamófa퇇; ngreamóchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go ngreamaí mé; go ngreamaíod†
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go ngreamaí tú; go ngreamaír†
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go ngreamaí sé, sí
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go ngreamaímid; go ngreamaí muid
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go ngreamaí sibh
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go ngreamaí siad; go ngreamaíd†
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—
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go ngreamaítear
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past
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dá ngreamaínn
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dá ngreamaíteá
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dá ngreamaíodh sé, sí
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dá ngreamaímis; dá ngreamaíodh muid
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dá ngreamaíodh sibh
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dá ngreamaídís; dá ngreamaíodh siad
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—
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dá ngreamaítí
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imperative
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greamaím
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greamaigh
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greamaíodh sé, sí
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greamaímis
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greamaígí; greamaídh†
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greamaídís
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—
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greamaítear
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verbal noun
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greamú
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past participle
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greamaithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
greamaigh
- inflection of greamach (“biting, inclined to bite”):
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greamaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “greamaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “greamaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025