gruagach (genitive singular masculine gruagaigh, genitive singular feminine gruagaí, plural gruagacha, comparative gruagaí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gruagach | ghruagach | gruagacha; ghruagacha² | |
| Vocative | ghruagaigh | gruagacha | ||
| Genitive | gruagaí | gruagacha | gruagach | |
| Dative | gruagach; ghruagach¹ |
ghruagach; ghruagaigh (archaic) |
gruagacha; ghruagacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gruagaí | |||
| Superlative | is gruagaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
gruagach m (genitive singular gruagaigh, nominative plural gruagaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gruagach | ghruagach | ngruagach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From gruag (“hair”) + -ach; girls and young women in the old days of the Highlands went bareheaded before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white kerchief.
gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean)
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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| Radical | Lenition |
| gruagach | ghruagach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |