gríosach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish grísach. By surface analysis, gríos +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɾʲiːsˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɾʲiːsˠa(x)/

Noun

gríosach f (genitive singular gríosaí)

1. glowing embers, hot ashes

Declension

Declension of gríosach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative gríosach vocative a ghríosach genitive gríosaí dative gríosach gríosaigh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ghríosach genitive na gríosaí dative leis an ngríosach leis an ngríosaigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghríosach don ghríosaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• déan gríosach (“to wreak havoc”)
• bagair gríosach (“to threaten havoc or destruction”)
• ón tine chun na gríosaí (“out of the frying pan into the fire”)

Adjective

gríosach (genitive singular masculine gríosaigh, genitive singular feminine gríosaigh, plural gríosacha, comparative gríosaigh)

1. glowing hot

Declension

Declension of gríosach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gríosach	ghríosach	gríosacha; ghríosacha2
vocative	ghríosaigh		gríosacha
genitive		gríosaí	gríosacha	gríosach
dative	gríosach; ghríosach1	ghríosach; ghríosaigh (archaic)	gríosacha; ghríosacha2
Comparative	níos gríosaí
Superlative	is gríosaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gríosach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gríosach	ghríosach	ngríosach

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gríosaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 385
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gríosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN