gruag

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠuəɡ/

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige)

1. Galway and Ulster form of gruaig

Mutation

Mutated forms of gruag

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gruag	ghruag	ngruag

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

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. hair

Synonyms

• folt

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gruag	ghruag	ngruag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɾuək/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɾuɤk/, [ɡ̥ɾʉøk]

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

1. (Lewis) wig
2. (Uist) the hair of the head, especially of a female

   Synonym: falt

   Dath na gruaige ― Color of the hair

3. anything resembling hair
4. lock of hair
5. woman
6. wife

Derived terms

• gruagag f (“little wig; small lock of hair”)
• gruagaire
• gruag-bhréige f (“wig”)
• gruag-Muire f (“goldilocks”)

Mutation

Mutation of gruag

radical	lenition
gruag	ghruag

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gruag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language