greim
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.
Pronunciation
Noun
greim m (genitive singular greama, nominative plural greamanna)
- grip, hold
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
- hug šē ǵŕīm eŕ.
- Thug sé greim air. (conventional orthography)
- He took hold of him.
- hug šē ǵŕīm eŕ.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
- n̄ā tōŕ hū hēn fȳ jŕīm lē ēn ńī.
- Ná tabhair thú féin faoi ghreim le aon ní. (conventional orthography)
- Do not put yourself under the hold of anything.
- n̄ā tōŕ hū hēn fȳ jŕīm lē ēn ńī.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
- bite
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
- ȷ ī mē ǵŕīm rān.
- D’ith mé greim arán. (conventional orthography)
- I ate a bite of bread.
- ȷ ī mē ǵŕīm rān.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
- (sewing) stitch
Declension
Declension of greim
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- bain greim as (“bite”, verb)
- gasghreim m (“stem stitch”)
- gearrghreamannach (“captious”, adjective)
- greamachán m (“holdfast; adhesive”)
- greamacht f (“graft”)
- greamaigh (“attach”, verb)
- greamaire m (“pliers”)
- greamán m (“grip, catch”)
- greamannach (“biting”, adjective)
- greim an tsiosúir m (“scissors hold”)
- greim dearnála m (“darning-stitch”)
- greim fáithime m (“hemstitch”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| greim | ghreim | ngreim |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “greim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “greimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136.
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 22
- Entries containing “greim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “greim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾeim/
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| greim | ghreim |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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