gruagach

Irish

Etymology

gruaig +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠuəɡəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠuəɡa(x)/

Adjective

gruagach (genitive singular masculine gruagaigh, genitive singular feminine gruagaí, plural gruagacha, comparative gruagaí)

1. hairy, shaggy

Declension

Declension of gruagach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gruagach	ghruagach	gruagacha; ghruagacha2
vocative	ghruagaigh		gruagacha
genitive		gruagaí	gruagacha	gruagach
dative	gruagach; ghruagach1	ghruagach; ghruagaigh (archaic)	gruagacha; ghruagacha2
Comparative	níos gruagaí
Superlative	is gruagaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

gruagach m (genitive singular gruagaigh, nominative plural gruagaigh)

1. hairy goblin, brownie
2. Bigfoot (a very large, hairy, humanoid creature said to live in the wilderness areas of North America)
3. Shaggy uncouth person.

   Synonyms: glibire, stothaire

4. pintail

   Synonym: lacha stiúrach

Declension

Declension of gruagach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gruagach gruagaigh vocative a ghruagaigh a ghruagacha genitive gruagaigh gruagach dative gruagach gruagaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gruagach na gruagaigh genitive an ghruagaigh na ngruagach dative leis an ngruagach don ghruagach leis na gruagaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of gruagach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gruagach	ghruagach	ngruagach

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gruag (“hair”) +‎ -ach; girls and young women in the old days of the Highlands went bareheaded before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white kerchief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuəkəx/

Noun

gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean)

1. (chiefly poetic) maiden, girl, young woman

   Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, maighdeann, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn

   "Gruagach Òg an Fhuilt Bhàin" ― "Young Maiden of the Fair Hair"

Mutation

Mutation of gruagach

radical	lenition
gruagach	ghruagach

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