gruamach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gruaim +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gruamach (genitive singular masculine gruamaich, comparative gruamaiche)

  1. sulky, sour, peevish, surly, moody
    Synonyms: crosta, dranndanach
    Tha mo mhac gruamach an-dràsta.My son is sulky just now.
  2. gloomy, morose, sad, depressed, sullen, glum
  3. bleak, forbidding, glowering, grim
  4. sober, somber, stern
  5. jaundiced

Declension[edit]

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative gruamach ghruamach ghruamach
Vocative ghruamaich ghruamach ghruamach
Genitive ghruamaich ghruamaich/gruamaiche gruamach
Dative ghruamach ghruamaich gruamach

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gruamach ghruamach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.