greis

From Middle High German grīs, from Old High German grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

Doublet of regional gries (“grey”). Also cognate with Dutch grijs, French gris.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁaɪ̯s/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

greis (strong nominative masculine singular greiser, comparative greiser, superlative am greisesten)

1. (of a person) aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile

   sein greiser Vater ― his aged father

2. (of hair) grey (also generally implying very old age, not usually of people in their 40s or 50s)

   Synonyms: grau, grauhaarig, ergraut

   das greise Haupt seines Vaters ― his father’s grey-haired head

• Greis
• vergreisen

• “greis” in Duden online
• “greis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲɛʃ/

greis

1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of greas

From Middle Irish gress, from Old Irish do-grés, do-gress, from Proto-Celtic *grend-, *gred-, suggested by Strachan to be from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”).^[1] However, compare greas (“to hasten”).

greis f (genitive singular greise, plural greisean)

1. while, moment, short time

• mòmaid

• greis gnìomhachais