gruama

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúamda.[1] By surface analysis, gruaim +‎ -dha.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gruama

  1. gloomy, morose

Declension

Declension of gruama
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gruama ghruama gruama;
ghruama2
vocative ghruama gruama
genitive gruama gruama gruama
dative gruama;
ghruama1 		ghruama gruama;
ghruama2
Comparative níos gruama
Superlative is gruama

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gruama
radical lenition eclipsis
gruama ghruama ngruama

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), “grúamda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 47

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