greanadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish grenad (“engraving”).

Noun

greanadh m (genitive singular greanta)

1. verbal noun of grean
2. engraving
3. shapeliness; shape, figure

Declension

Declension of greanadh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative greanadh vocative a ghreanadh genitive greanta dative greanadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an greanadh genitive an ghreanta dative leis an ngreanadh don ghreanadh

Derived terms

• bior greanta m (“graver, burin”)
• greanadh adhmaid (“woodcut”)
• greanadh líneach (“line engraving”)
• greanadh pláta copair (“copperplate engraving”)
• greanadh turbheara (“drypoint (engraving)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of greanadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
greanadh	ghreanadh	ngreanadh

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greanadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grenad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language