grís

See also: gris and gris'

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkriːs]

  Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

grís m (genitive singular gríss, nominative plural grísir)

1. piglet
2. pig (slovenly person)
3. a lucky guess

Declension

Declension of grís (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grís	grísinn	grísir	grísirnir
accusative	grís	grísinn	grísi	grísina
dative	grís	grísnum, grísinum	grísum	grísunum
genitive	gríss	gríssins	grísa	grísanna

Derived terms

• grísabúr
• grísakjöt
• gríslingur
• naggrís
• smágrís

Irish

Noun

grís m

1. genitive singular of gríos

Noun

grís f (genitive singular gríse)

1. alternative form of gríos (“hot ashes, embers”)

Declension

Declension of grís (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative grís vocative a ghrís genitive gríse dative grís forms with the definite article singular nominative an ghrís genitive na gríse dative leis an ngrís don ghrís

Mutation

Mutated forms of grís

radical	lenition	eclipsis
grís	ghrís	ngrís

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “grís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• gríss

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷrensos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrensós. Cognate with Welsh gwres and, more distantly, Sanskrit घ्रं॒स (ghraṃsá, “heat of the sun”).

Noun

grís f

1. heat, fire, embers, hot ashes
2. (figuratively) glow, ardour, valour, passion

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	grísL	—	—
vocative	grísL	—	—
accusative	grísN	—	—
genitive	gríseH	—	—
dative	grísL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: gríos
• Manx: grees
• Scottish Gaelic: grìos
• ⇒ Middle Irish: grísach
  • Irish: gríosach

Mutation

Mutation of grís

radical	lenition	nasalization
grís	grís pronounced with /ɣʲ-/	ngrís

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language