grís

See also: gris and gris'

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kriːs/
    Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

grís m (genitive singular gríss, nominative plural grísir)

  1. piglet
  2. pig (slovenly person)
  3. a lucky guess

Declension

Declension of grís (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grís grísinn grísir grísirnir
accusative grís grísinn grísi grísina
dative grís grísnum, grísinum grísum grísunum
genitive gríss gríssins grísa grísanna

Derived terms

Irish

Noun

grís m

  1. genitive singular of gríos

Noun

grís f (genitive singular gríse)

  1. alternative form of gríos (“hot ashes, embers”)

Declension

Declension of grís (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative grís
vocative a ghrís
genitive gríse
dative grís
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghrís
genitive na gríse
dative leis an ngrís
don ghrís

Mutation

Mutated forms of grís
radical lenition eclipsis
grís ghrís ngrís

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

References

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Same source as grían (“sun”). Matasović specifically reconstructs Proto-Celtic *gʷrīnsos for this term, deriving it from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).[1]

Noun

grís f

  1. heat, fire, embers, hot ashes
  2. (figuratively) glow, ardour, valour, passion

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative grísL — —
vocative grísL — —
accusative grísN — —
genitive gríseH — —
dative grísL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: gríos
  • Manx: grees
  • Scottish Gaelic: grìos
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: grísach

Mutation

Mutation of grís
radical lenition nasalization
grís grís
pronounced with /ɣʲ-/		 ngrís

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

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

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