grús

See also: grus, Grus, and Gruß

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠuːsˠ/

Noun

grús m (genitive singular grúis, nominative plural grúis)

1. crane (bird of the family Gruidae)

   Synonym: corr

Usage notes

Somewhat of a technical term. The usual word for ‘crane’ is corr, but since that word also means ‘heron’ and ‘stork’, the Latin word grūs was pressed into service as an unambiguous word for ‘crane’.

Declension

Declension of grús (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative grús grúis vocative a ghrúis a ghrúsa genitive grúis grús dative grús grúis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an grús na grúis genitive an ghrúis na ngrús dative leis an ngrús don ghrús leis na grúis

Mutation

Mutated forms of grús

radical	lenition	eclipsis
grús	ghrús	ngrús

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grús”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “grús”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle Irish

Etymology

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Noun

grús (gender unknown)

1. cheese

Mutation

Mutation of grús

radical	lenition	nasalization
grús	grús pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngrús

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.