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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch grijs.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grys (attributive grys or (chiefly figurative senses) gryse, comparative gryser, superlative gryste)
- grey/gray
- very old and long ago
- bleak, sombre
Inflection
Inflection of grys
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predicative
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attributive
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independent
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partitive
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| singular
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plural
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| positive
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grys
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grys, gryse
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gryse
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gryses
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grys
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| comparative
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gryser
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grysere
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gryseres
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grysers
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| superlative
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gryste
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grystes
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French gris, from Vulgar Latin *grīsus, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
grys (plural gryses)
- gray, grey
- grey fur
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
grys (plural gryses)
- Alternative form of gris
Etymology 3
Noun
grys
- Alternative form of gras
Middle French
Noun
grys m (uncountable)
- gray
Adjective
grys m (feminine singular gryse, masculine plural grys, feminine plural gryses)
- gray
Descendants
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡrɨːs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡriːs/
Noun
grys
- Soft mutation of crys.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.