Gréig

See also: Greig and Grèig

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Proper noun

An Ghréig f (genitive na Gréige)

Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

Declension of Gréig

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gréig
Vocative	a Ghréig
Genitive	Gréige
Dative	Gréig

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an Ghréig
Genitive	na Gréige
Dative	leis an nGréig don Ghréig

Derived terms

Gréag- (“Greco-”)
Gréagach (“Greek”, adjective)
Gréagach m (“Greek”, noun)
Gréigis f (“the Greek language”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Gréig	Ghréig	nGréig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“Greece”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Entries containing “Gréig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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