gruaim

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gruaim f (genitive singular gruaime)

  1. gloom, despondency
  2. dejection, the blues, sadness
  3. ill humor, surliness
  4. frown

Declension

Declension of gruaim

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gruaim
Vocative a ghruaim
Genitive gruaime
Dative gruaim

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghruaim
Genitive na gruaime
Dative leis an ngruaim

don ghruaim

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gruaim ghruaim ngruaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

Further reading

  • “gruaim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gruaim f

  1. churlishness, dudgeon, frown, gloom, grimace, scowl, sternness

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

gruaim m

  1. moroseness, sulkiness

Mutation

Mutation of gruaim
radical lenition
gruaim ghruaim

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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