grúdaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gruadaire, from grutt (“malt”), from Old English grūt. Displaced native scóaire (“brewer”) from scó (“act of brewing ale/beer)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠuːd̪əɾʲə/

Noun

grúdaire m (genitive singular grúdaire, nominative plural grúdairí)

1. brewer

   Synonym: bríbhéir

Declension

Declension of grúdaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative grúdaire grúdairí vocative a ghrúdaire a ghrúdairí genitive grúdaire grúdairí dative grúdaire grúdairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an grúdaire na grúdairí genitive an ghrúdaire na ngrúdairí dative leis an ngrúdaire don ghrúdaire leis na grúdairí

Derived terms

• grúdaireacht

Related terms

• grúdaigh
• grúdlann

Mutation

Mutated forms of grúdaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
grúdaire	ghrúdaire	ngrúdaire

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) “grúdaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruadaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grúdaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “grúdaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024