gríofa
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gríbda, from gríb (“griffin”). By surface analysis, gríobh (“griffin”) + -dha.
Adjective
[edit]gríofa
Declension
[edit]Declension of gríofa
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gríofa | ghríofa | gríofa; ghríofa² | |
| Vocative | ghríofa | gríofa | ||
| Genitive | gríofa | gríofa | gríofa | |
| Dative | gríofa; ghríofa¹ |
ghríofa | gríofa; ghríofa² | |
| Comparative | níos gríofa | |||
| Superlative | is gríofa | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- badhbh ghríofa (“griffon vulture”)
- madra gríofa (“griffon (terrier)”)
- míol gríofa (“crab-louse”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gríofa | ghríofa | ngríofa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gríofa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gríbda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gríofa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm