gríobhach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gríbach, from gríb (“griffin”); synchronically gríobh + -ach.
Adjective
gríobhach (genitive singular masculine gríobhaigh, genitive singular feminine gríobhaí, plural gríobhacha, comparative gríobhaí)
- griffin-like
- Synonym: gríofa
- fierce, formidable
Declension
Declension of gríobhach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gríobhach | ghríobhach | gríobhacha; ghríobhacha² | |
| Vocative | ghríobhaigh | gríobhacha | ||
| Genitive | gríobhaí | gríobhacha | gríobhach | |
| Dative | gríobhach; ghríobhach¹ |
ghríobhach; ghríobhaigh (archaic) |
gríobhacha; ghríobhacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gríobhaí | |||
| Superlative | is gríobhaí | |||
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 |
| gríobhach | ghríobhach | ngríobhach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gríobhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gríbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language