gruaim

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠuəmʲ/

Noun

gruaim f (genitive singular gruaime)

1. gloom, despondency
2. dejection, the blues, sadness
3. ill humor, surliness
4. frown

Declension

Declension of gruaim (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative gruaim vocative a ghruaim genitive gruaime dative gruaim forms with the definite article singular nominative an ghruaim genitive na gruaime dative leis an ngruaim don ghruaim

Derived terms

• gruama
• gruamacht
• gruamaigh
• gruamaire
• gruamán

Mutation

Mutated forms of gruaim

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gruaim	ghruaim	ngruaim

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

Further reading

• “gruaim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾuəim/

Noun

gruaim f

1. churlishness, dudgeon, frown, gloom, grimace, scowl, sternness

Synonyms

• (churlishness): crosdachd, doicheall, gruamachd, iargaltas, mì-shuairceas, mosaiche, neo-aoidhealachd

Derived terms

• gruamach

Noun

gruaim m

1. moroseness, sulkiness

Mutation

Mutation of gruaim

radical	lenition
gruaim	ghruaim

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