gruaim

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾˠuəmʲ/[2][3]

Noun

gruaim f (genitive singular gruaime)

  1. gloom, despondency
  2. dejection, the blues, sadness
  3. ill humor, surliness
  4. frown

Declension

Declension of gruaim (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gruaim
vocative a ghruaim
genitive gruaime
dative gruaim
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghruaim
genitive na gruaime
dative leis an ngruaim
don ghruaim

Derived terms

  • gruama
  • gruamacht
  • gruamaigh
  • gruamaire
  • gruamán

Mutation

Mutated forms of gruaim
radical lenition eclipsis
gruaim ghruaim ngruaim

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), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

Further reading

  • “gruaim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾuəim/

Noun

gruaim f

  1. churlishness, dudgeon, frown, gloom, grimace, scowl, sternness

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

gruaim m

  1. moroseness, sulkiness

Mutation

Mutation of gruaim
radical lenition
gruaim ghruaim

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

References

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