Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish gruadaire, from grutt (“malt”), from Old English grūt. Displaced native scóaire (“brewer”) from scó (“act of brewing ale/beer)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grúdaire m (genitive singular grúdaire, nominative plural grúdairí)
- brewer
- Synonym: bríbhéir
Declension
Declension of grúdaire (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of grúdaire
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lenition
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eclipsis
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ghrúdaire
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ngrúdaire
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grúdaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruadaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grúdaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “grúdaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025