grís

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See also: gris and gris'

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Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

Noun

grís m (genitive singular gríss, nominative plural grísir)

  1. piglet
  2. pig (slovenly person)
  3. a lucky guess

Declension

Declension of grís (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grís grísinn grísir grísirnir
accusative grís grísinn grísi grísina
dative grís grísnum grísum grísunum
genitive gríss gríssins grísa grísanna

Derived terms

Irish

Noun

grís m

  1. genitive singular of gríos

Noun

grís f (genitive singular gríse)

  1. Alternative form of gríos (“hot ashes, embers”)

Declension

Declension of grís (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative grís
vocative a ghrís
genitive gríse
dative grís
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghrís
genitive na gríse
dative leis an ngrís
don ghrís

Mutation

Mutated forms of grís
radical lenition eclipsis
grís ghrís ngrís

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

References

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Same source as grían (“sun”). Matasović specifically reconstructs Old Irish *gʷrīnsos for this term, deriving it from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).[1]

Noun

grís f

  1. heat, fire, embers, hot ashes
  2. (figuratively) glow, ardour, valour, passion

Derived terms

  • grísach
    • Irish: gríosach

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of grís
radical lenition nasalization
grís grís
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngrís

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷrīns-/*gʷrenso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 147

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