grósaeir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English grocer, from Old French grossier (“wholesaler”).

Noun

grósaeir m (genitive singular grósaera, nominative plural grósaeirí)

1. grocer

Declension

Declension of grósaeir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative grósaeir grósaeirí vocative a ghrósaeir a ghrósaeirí genitive grósaera grósaeirí dative grósaeir grósaeirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an grósaeir na grósaeirí genitive an ghrósaera na ngrósaeirí dative leis an ngrósaeir don ghrósaeir leis na grósaeirí

Derived terms

• grósaeireacht f (“grocery”)
• siopa grósaera m (“grocer's, grocery shop”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grósaeir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN