greis

See also: Greis

German

Etymology

From Middle High German grīs, from Old High German grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (grey).

Doublet of regional gries (grey). Also cognate with Dutch grijs, French gris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁaɪ̯s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Adjective

greis (strong nominative masculine singular greiser, comparative greiser, superlative am greisesten)

  1. (of a person) aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile
    sein greiser Vaterhis aged father
  2. (of hair) grey (also generally implying very old age, not usually of people in their 40s or 50s)
    Synonyms: grau, grauhaarig, ergraut
    das greise Haupt seines Vatershis father’s grey-haired head

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • greis” in Duden online
  • greis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟɾʲɛʃ/

Noun

greis

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of greas

Mutation

Mutated forms of greis
radical lenition eclipsis
greis ghreis ngreis

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gress, from Old Irish do-grés, do-gress, from Proto-Celtic *grend-, *gred-, suggested by Strachan to be from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (to turn).[1] However, compare greas (to hasten).

Noun

greis f (genitive singular greise, plural greisean)

  1. while, moment, short time

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Strachan: Compensatory Lengthening of Vowels in Irish