gruamach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gruaim +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾuəməx/

Adjective

gruamach (genitive singular masculine gruamaich, comparative gruamaiche)

  1. sulky, sour, peevish, surly, moody
    Synonyms: crosta, dranndanach
    Tha mo mhac gruamach an-dràsta. ― My son is sulky just now.
  2. gloomy, morose, sad, depressed, sullen, glum
  3. bleak, forbidding, glowering, grim
  4. sober, somber, stern
  5. jaundiced

Declension

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative
Vocative ghruamaich
Genitive ghruamaich ghruamaich/gruamaiche
Dative ghruamaich

Mutation

Mutation of gruamach
radical lenition
gruamach ghruamach

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

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