grooish

Manx

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish gnúis (“face”)[1] from Proto-Celtic *gnūstis whence also Middle Welsh gnis (“jaw, chin, face”). Cognate with Irish gnúis, Scottish Gaelic gnùis and Classical Gaelic gnúis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrũːʃ/

Noun

grooish f (genitive singular grooish, no plural)

  1. visage, countenance
    Synonyms: eddin, gruaie
    • 1796, Thomas Christian, Pargeiys Caillit, translation of Paradise Lost by John Milton, published 1872, lines 3035-3036:
      Ghow Satan nish er grooish ainle flaunyssagh, / Ny share dy ollagh' 'chiarail mollaghtagh
      Satan now took on the countenance of a heavenly angel, / The better to conceal an accursed purpose

Mutation

Mutation of grooish
radical lenition eclipsis
grooish ghrooish ngrooish

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

References

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