grideall

Irish

Alternative forms

• greadal, greadall, greideal, greideall, greille, grille

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman gredil, variant of Old French greil, from Latin crāticulum, diminutive of crātis.

Noun

grideall f (genitive singular gridille, nominative plural gridillí) or
grideall m (genitive singular gridill, nominative plural gridill)

1. griddle (pan)

Declension

Feminine noun (standard)

Declension of grideall (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative grideall gridillí vocative a ghrideall a ghridillí genitive gridille gridillí dative grideall gridill (archaic, dialectal) gridillí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghrideall na gridillí genitive na gridille na ngridillí dative leis an ngrideall leis an ngridill (archaic, dialectal) don ghrideall don ghridill (archaic, dialectal) leis na gridillí

Masculine noun (dialectal)

Declension of grideall (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative grideall gridill vocative a ghridill a ghridealla genitive gridill grideall dative grideall gridill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an grideall na gridill genitive an ghridill na ngrideall dative leis an ngrideall don ghrideall leis na gridill

Derived terms

• arán gridille (“griddle-cake”)
• cáca gridille (“griddle-cake”)
• císte gridille (“griddle-cake”)
• iasc gridille (“griddled fish”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of grideall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
grideall	ghrideall	ngrideall

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) “grideall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grideall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “grideall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024