gréasaí

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From gréas +‎ -aí.

Alternative forms

  • gréasaidhe, greusaidhe (superseded)
  • gréasaighe, gréasuidhe, gréasuighe, greusuidhe (obsolete)

Noun

gréasaí m (genitive singular gréasaí, nominative plural gréasaithe)

  1. shoemaker, bootmaker
  2. cobbler (Pangasius bocourti (basa fish), Pangasius pangasius (yellowtail catfish, Pungas catfish)
  3. (in the plural) handmade boots
Declension
Declension of gréasaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gréasaí gréasaithe
vocative a ghréasaí a ghréasaithe
genitive gréasaí gréasaithe
dative gréasaí gréasaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gréasaí na gréasaithe
genitive an ghréasaí na ngréasaithe
dative leis an ngréasaí
don ghréasaí 		leis na gréasaithe
Derived terms
See also
  • caibléir (“cobbler (who repairs shoes)”)

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Adjective

gréasaí f sg

  1. genitive singular feminine of gréasach

Mutation

Mutated forms of gréasaí
radical lenition eclipsis
gréasaí ghréasaí ngréasaí

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 135
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