grúdaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gruadaire, from grutt (“malt”), from Old English grūt. Displaced native scóaire (“brewer”) from scó (“act of brewing ale/beer)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠuːd̪əɾʲə/

Noun

grúdaire m (genitive singular grúdaire, nominative plural grúdairí)

1. brewer

Declension

Declension of grúdaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative grúdaire grúdairí Vocative a ghrúdaire a ghrúdairí Genitive grúdaire grúdairí Dative grúdaire grúdairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an grúdaire na grúdairí Genitive an ghrúdaire na ngrúdairí Dative leis an ngrúdaire don ghrúdaire leis na grúdairí

Synonyms

• bríbhéir m

Derived terms

• grúdaireacht f (“brewing”)

Related terms

• bríbhéireacht f (“brewing”)
• grúdaigh (“brew”, verb)
• grúdlann f (“brewery”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grúdaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruadaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language