grei

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grey, gree, from Latin grex. Doublet of grea.

Cognate with Portuguese grei and Spanish grey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrej/, /ɡrɛj/

Noun

grei f (plural greis)

1. association, society (group of people)
2. (Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
3. (historical) group of vassals or subjects
4. (literary) nation

References

• “grey” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “grey” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “grei” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “grei” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse greiðr, cognate Icelandic greiður.

Adjective

grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greit, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiere, indefinite superlative greiest, definite superlative greieste)

1. straight, easy
2. clear, plain, obvious, straightforward
3. nice, kind, good, good-natured

References

• “grei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse greiðr, cognate Icelandic greiður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɛɪː/, [ɡrɛ̝ɪ̯ː], [ɡræɪ̯ː], [ɡra̝ɪ̯ː]

Adjective

grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greitt, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiare, indefinite superlative greiast, definite superlative greiaste)

1. simple, easy; straightforward

   Dette var ei grei oppgåve

   This was an easy task

2. practical; useful, good; OK

   Er denne organiseringa grei?

   Is this setup good?

   Det er ikkje greitt

   It is not OK

3. nice, kind

   Dei er greie personar.

   They are nice people.

Verb

grei

1. imperative of greia

References

• “grei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin gregem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾej/ [ˈɡɾeɪ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐj/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐj/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾej/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾej/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe/

• Hyphenation: grei

Noun

grei f (plural greis)

1. small flock of livestock
2. (figuratively) association; society (group of people)
3. (Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
4. (historical) group of vassals or subjects
5. (obsolete) a people

Romanian

Adjective

grei

1. nominative/accusative/genitive/dative indefinite masculine plural of greu

Traveller Norwegian

Alternative forms

• grai, grej, graj

Etymology

Inherited from Romani grast. Compare Kalo Finnish Romani grai.

Noun

grei

1. a horse
2. a male horse