gréasach

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From gréas (ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation; decorative design, pattern, figure; needlework, embroidery) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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gréasach (genitive singular masculine gréasaigh, genitive singular feminine gréasaí, plural gréasacha, not comparable)

  1. patterned, embroidered, ornamented
  2. skilled in embroidery

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish grésach (lasting, perpetual, constant, habitual, adjective). Compare de ghréas (habitually, continually, perpetually).

Adjective

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gréasach (genitive singular masculine gréasaigh, genitive singular feminine gréasaí, plural gréasacha, not comparable)

  1. (literary) habitual, continual, perpetual

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gréasach ghréasach ngréasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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