greamaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish gremmaigid.[1] By surface analysis, greim, greama (grip, grasp, hold) +‎ -igh.

Verb

greamaigh (present analytic greamaíonn, future analytic greamóidh, verbal noun greamú, past participle greamaithe)

  1. (transitive) to attach, affix, fasten
  2. (intransitive) to adhere, stick [with de ‘to’]
  3. (intransitive) to seize (bind or lock in position), seize up
Conjugation
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Further reading

Etymology 2

Adjective

greamaigh

  1. inflection of greamach (biting, inclined to bite):
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of greamaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
greamaigh ghreamaigh ngreamaigh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gremmaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language