greim

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲəɪmʲ/
• IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲiːmʲ/

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.

     conventional orthography: Thug sé greim air.

     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.

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

     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.

     conventional orthography: D’ith mé greim arán.

     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, fix, fasten; make fast, secure; become attached, adhere, stick; grasp, seize; secure, obtain; grapple with”, verb)
• greamaire m (“pliers”)
• greamannach (“biting, inclined to bite”, adjective)
• greamán m (“grip, catch; clasp, clamp; adhesion”)
• 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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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.