gríosach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish grísach. By surface analysis, gríos +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

gríosach f (genitive singular gríosaí)

  1. glowing embers, hot ashes

Declension
Declension of gríosach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gríosach
Vocative a ghríosach
Genitive gríosaí
Dative gríosach
gríosaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghríosach
Genitive na gríosaí
Dative leis an ngríosach
leis an ngríosaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don ghríosach
don ghríosaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

Adjective

gríosach (genitive singular masculine gríosaigh, genitive singular feminine gríosaigh, plural gríosacha, comparative gríosaigh)

  1. glowing hot

Declension
Declension of gríosach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gríosach ghríosach gríosacha;
ghríosacha²
Vocative ghríosaigh gríosacha
Genitive gríosaí gríosacha gríosach
Dative gríosach;
ghríosach¹		 ghríosach;
ghríosaigh (archaic)		 gríosacha;
ghríosacha²
Comparative níos gríosaí
Superlative is gríosaí

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gríosach ghríosach ngríosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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