gruamach

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gruaim +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gruamach (genitive singular masculine gruamaich, comparative gruamaiche)

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

Declension

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

Mutation

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.