gruama
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish grúamda. By surface analysis, gruaim + -dha.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠuəmˠə/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠuːmˠə/
Adjective
[edit]gruama
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | gruama | ghruama | gruama; ghruama2 | |
| vocative | ghruama | gruama | ||
| genitive | gruama | gruama | gruama | |
| dative | gruama; ghruama1 |
ghruama | gruama; ghruama2 | |
| Comparative | níos gruama | |||
| Superlative | is gruama | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gruama | ghruama | ngruama |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grúamda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gruamḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 386
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gruama”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
