greasáil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From greas (attack) +‎ -áil

Verb

greasáil (present analytic greasálann, future analytic greasálfaidh, verbal noun greasáil, past participle greasáilte)

  1. drub, beat (up), thrash, tan someone's hide

Conjugation

Noun

greasáil f (genitive singular greasála)

  1. verbal noun of greasáil

Declension

Declension of greasáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative greasáil
vocative a ghreasáil
genitive greasála
dative greasáil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghreasáil
genitive na greasála
dative leis an ngreasáil
don ghreasáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of greasáil
radical lenition eclipsis
greasáil ghreasáil ngreasáil

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

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