greim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲəɪmʲ/, [ɟɾʲëimʲ]
• IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲiːmʲ/
• IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲɪmʲ/

Noun

greim m (genitive singular greama, nominative plural greamanna)

1. grip, hold
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136:

     hug šē ǵŕīm eŕ.

     Thug sé greim air. (conventional orthography)

     He took hold of him.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136:

     n̄ā tōŕ hū hēn fȳ jŕīm lē ēn ńī.

     Ná tabhair thú féin faoi ghreim le aon ní. (conventional orthography)

     Do not put yourself under the hold of anything.

2. bite
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136:

     ȷ ī mē ǵŕīm rān.

     D’ith mé greim arán. (conventional orthography)

     I ate a bite of bread.

3. (sewing) stitch

Declension

Declension of greim

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative greim greamanna Vocative a ghreim a ghreamanna Genitive greama greamanna Dative greim greamanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an greim na greamanna Genitive an ghreama na ngreamanna Dative leis an ngreim don ghreim leis na greamanna

Derived terms

• bain greim as (“bite”, verb)
• gasghreim m (“stem stitch”)
• gearrghreamannach (“captious”, adjective)
• greamachán m (“holdfast; adhesive”)
• greamacht f (“graft”)
• greamaigh (“attach”, verb)
• greamaire m (“pliers”)
• greamán m (“grip, catch”)
• greamannach (“biting”, adjective)
• greim an tsiosúir m (“scissors hold”)
• greim dearnála m (“darning-stitch”)
• greim fáithime m (“hemstitch”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
greim	ghreim	ngreim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “greimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 22
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “greim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “greim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾeim/

Noun

greim m

1. (pathology) pneumonia, pleurisy
2. Alternative form of grèim

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
greim	ghreim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.