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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish grúamda. By surface analysis, gruaim + -dha.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gruama
- gloomy
- morose
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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gruama
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ghruama
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gruama; ghruama²
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Vocative
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ghruama
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gruama
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Genitive
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gruama
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gruama
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gruama
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Dative
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gruama; ghruama¹
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ghruama
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gruama; ghruama²
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Comparative
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níos gruama
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Superlative
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is gruama
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¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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gruama
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ghruama
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ngruama
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grúamda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gruamḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 386
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gruama”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47