gruagach

Irish

Etymology

gruaig +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

gruagach (genitive singular masculine gruagaigh, genitive singular feminine gruagaí, plural gruagacha, comparative gruagaí)

  1. hairy, shaggy

Declension

Declension of gruagach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gruagach ghruagach gruagacha;
ghruagacha2
vocative ghruagaigh gruagacha
genitive gruagaí gruagacha gruagach
dative gruagach;
ghruagach1
ghruagach;
ghruagaigh (archaic)
gruagacha;
ghruagacha2
Comparative níos gruagaí
Superlative is gruagaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

gruagach m (genitive singular gruagaigh, nominative plural gruagaigh)

  1. hairy goblin, brownie
  2. Bigfoot (a very large, hairy, humanoid creature said to live in the wilderness areas of North America)
  3. Shaggy uncouth person.
    Synonyms: glibire, stothaire
  4. pintail
    Synonym: lacha stiúrach

Declension

Declension of gruagach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gruagach gruagaigh
vocative a ghruagaigh a ghruagacha
genitive gruagaigh gruagach
dative gruagach gruagaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gruagach na gruagaigh
genitive an ghruagaigh na ngruagach
dative leis an ngruagach
don ghruagach
leis na gruagaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of gruagach
radical lenition eclipsis
gruagach ghruagach ngruagach

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 gruag (hair) +‎ -ach; girls and young women in the old days of the Highlands went bareheaded before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white kerchief.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾuəkəx/

Noun

gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean)

  1. (chiefly poetic) maiden, girl, young woman
    Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, maighdeann, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn
    "Gruagach Òg an Fhuilt Bhàin""Young Maiden of the Fair Hair"

Mutation

Mutation of gruagach
radical lenition
gruagach ghruagach

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