Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gruag f (genitive singular gruaige)

  1. Galway and Ulster form of gruaig

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gruag ghruag ngruag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 270, page 95

Manx

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *grúac.

Noun

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gruag f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. hair

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gruag ghruag ngruag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *grúac.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

  1. wig
  2. the hair of the head, especially of a female (used less frequently than falt)
    Dath na gruaigeColor of the hair
  3. anything resembling hair
  4. lock of hair
  5. woman
  6. wife

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gruag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language