Gréagachas

Irish

Alternative forms

• Heilléineachas

Etymology

From Gréagach (“Greek, Grecian”) +‎ -as.

Noun

Gréagachas m (genitive singular Gréagachais)

1. Hellenism (Greek character and culture)

   Synonym: Heilléanachas

Declension

Declension of Gréagachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Gréagachas vocative a Ghréagachais genitive Gréagachais dative Gréagachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Gréagachas genitive an Ghréagachais dative leis an nGréagachas don Ghréagachas

Related terms

• Gréagóir m, Heilléanaí m (“Hellenist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gréagachas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Gréagachas	Ghréagachas	nGréagachas

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gréagachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Hellenism”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Gréagachas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm