gréas

See also: greas

French

Pronunciation

Verb

gréas

  1. second-person singular past historic of gréer

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grés (“handicraft”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *gʷrensu-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to be warm”). The sense evolution would have been from "heat" to "zeal" and finally to "work."[1]

Noun

gréas m (genitive singular gréasa, nominative plural gréasa or gréasanna)

  1. ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation
  2. decorative design, pattern, figure (on cloth, etc.)
  3. needlework, embroidery
  4. (literary, artistic) composition
Declension
Declension of gréas (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gréas gréasa
vocative a ghréas a ghréasa
genitive gréasa gréas
dative gréas gréasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gréas na gréasa
genitive an ghréasa na ngréas
dative leis an ngréas
don ghréas 		leis na gréasa
  • Variant plural: gréasanna
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷrīns-/*gʷrenso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 147

Etymology 2

Verb

gréas (present analytic gréasann, future analytic gréasfaidh, verbal noun gréasadh, past participle gréasta)

  1. (transitive) alternative form of gréasaigh (“ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern”)
Conjugation
conjugation of gréas (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun gréasadh
past participle gréasta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present gréasaim gréasann tú;
gréasair† 		gréasann sé, sí gréasaimid gréasann sibh gréasann siad;
gréasaid† 		a ghréasann; a ghréasas /
a ngréasann* 		gréastar
past ghréas mé; ghréasas ghréas tú; ghréasais ghréas sé, sí ghréasamar; ghréas muid ghréas sibh; ghréasabhair ghréas siad; ghréasadar a ghréas /
ar ghréas* 		gréasadh
past habitual ghréasainn / ngréasainn‡‡ ghréastá / ngréastᇇ ghréasadh sé, sí / ngréasadh sé, s퇇 ghréasaimis; ghréasadh muid / ngréasaimis‡‡; ngréasadh muid‡‡ ghréasadh sibh / ngréasadh sibh‡‡ ghréasaidís; ghréasadh siad / ngréasaidís‡‡; ngréasadh siad‡‡ a ghréasadh /
a ngréasadh* 		ghréastaí / ngréasta퇇
future gréasfaidh mé;
gréasfad 		gréasfaidh tú;
gréasfair† 		gréasfaidh sé, sí gréasfaimid;
gréasfaidh muid 		gréasfaidh sibh gréasfaidh siad;
gréasfaid† 		a ghréasfaidh; a ghréasfas /
a ngréasfaidh* 		gréasfar
conditional ghréasfainn / ngréasfainn‡‡ ghréasfá / ngréasfᇇ ghréasfadh sé, sí / ngréasfadh sé, s퇇 ghréasfaimis; ghréasfadh muid / ngréasfaimis‡‡; ngréasfadh muid‡‡ ghréasfadh sibh / ngréasfadh sibh‡‡ ghréasfaidís; ghréasfadh siad / ngréasfaidís‡‡; ngréasfadh siad‡‡ a ghréasfadh /
a ngréasfadh* 		ghréasfaí / ngréasfa퇇
subjunctive
present go ngréasa mé;
go ngréasad† 		go ngréasa tú;
go ngréasair† 		go ngréasa sé, sí go ngréasaimid;
go ngréasa muid 		go ngréasa sibh go ngréasa siad;
go ngréasaid† 		— go ngréastar
past dá ngréasainn dá ngréastá dá ngréasadh sé, sí dá ngréasaimis;
dá ngréasadh muid 		dá ngréasadh sibh dá ngréasaidís;
dá ngréasadh siad 		— dá ngréastaí
imperative
– gréasaim gréas gréasadh sé, sí gréasaimis gréasaigí;
gréasaidh† 		gréasaidís — gréastar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
  • gréasta (“ornamented, embroidered, patterned”, adjective)

References

Mutation

Mutated forms of gréas
radical lenition eclipsis
gréas ghréas ngréas

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

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