gruag

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige)

  1. Galway and Ulster form of gruaig

Mutation

Mutated forms of gruag
radical lenition eclipsis
gruag ghruag ngruag

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 270, page 95

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular , plural )

  1. hair

Synonyms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gruag ghruag ngruag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Pronunciation

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

  1. (Lewis) wig
  2. (Uist) the hair of the head, especially of a female
    Synonym: falt
    Dath na gruaige ― Color of the hair
  3. anything resembling hair
  4. lock of hair
  5. woman
  6. wife

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of gruag
radical lenition
gruag ghruag

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gruag”, 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), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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