gríofa

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gríbda, from gríb (“griffin”). By surface analysis, gríobh (“griffin”) +‎ -dha.

Adjective

gríofa

1. griffin-like

   Synonym: gríobhach

Declension

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

• badhbh ghríofa (“griffon vulture”)
• madra gríofa (“griffon (terrier)”)
• míol gríofa (“crab-louse”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gríofa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gríofa	ghríofa	ngríofa

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) “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