gríosach

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɾʲiːsˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɾʲiːsˠa(x)/

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

• déan gríosach (“to wreak havoc”)
• bagair gríosach (“to threaten havoc or destruction”)
• ón tine chun na gríosaí (“out of the frying pan into the fire”)

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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 grísach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 grísach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gríosaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 385
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gríosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN