gruaig

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish grúac.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡɾˠuəɟ]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): [ɡɾˠuəɡ]

Noun

gruaig f (genitive singular gruaige)

  1. hair (mass)
  2. locks (of hair)

Declension
Declension of gruaig

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gruaig
Vocative a ghruaig
Genitive gruaige
Dative gruaig

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghruaig
Genitive na gruaige
Dative leis an ngruaig

don ghruaig

Derived terms
  • aisiríoch gruaige (“hair restorer”)
  • barr gruaige, ceann gruaige (“head of hair”)
  • bearradh gruaige (“hair-cut”)
  • biorán gruaige, pionna gruaige (“hairpin”)
  • clibín gruaige (“matted hair”)
  • cochall gruaige (“hair-pad”)
  • cóiriú gruaige (“hair-dressing, hair-style”)
  • coirnín gruaige (“curl (of hair)”)
  • craobh ghruaige (“tress, flowing lock (of hair)”)
  • cúl gruaige (“head of hair; hair done up at back”)
  • dlaíóg ghruaige, dlaoi ghruaige, duailín gruaige, dual gruaige, loca gruaige, táth gruaige (“lock of hair”)
  • dos gruaige, scoth ghruaige (“tuft of hair; bushy hair”)
  • eangach ghruaige, líontán gruaige (“hairnet”)
  • fáinne gruaige (“ringlet of hair”)
  • fáiscín gruaige (“hair-clip”)
  • feistiú gruaige (“hair-set”)
  • gainne gruaige (“thinness of hair”)
  • grágán gruaige, larcán gruaige, mapa gruaige, mothall gruaige, stolla gruaige, stoth gruaige (“mop of hair”)
  • gruaig Mhuire (“goldilocks”)
  • lomra gruaige (“mop of (woolly) hair, wool”)
  • lúb ghruaige (“coil of hair; ringlet”)
  • ola ghruaige (“hair oil”)
  • puirtleog ghruaige (“fluffy hair”)
  • raca gruaige (“rounded hair-comb”)
  • rimín gruaige (“fringe of hair”)
  • scuab ghruaige (“hairbrush”)
  • silíní gruaige (“flowing tresses”)
  • táclaí gruaige (“curls, tresses”)
  • tointe gruaige (“strand of hair”)
  • triomadóir gruaige m (“hair-drier”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gruaig ghruaig ngruaig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "gruaig" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “grúac” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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