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gréas
gréas
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish grés (“handicraft, workmanship, ornamentation, artistic work; needlework, embroidery, female accomplishments; poetical composition, a work of art, a poem; work, doings”).
Noun
gréas m (genitive singular gréasa, nominative plural gréasa or gréasanna)
- ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation
- decorative design, pattern, figure (on cloth, etc.)
- needlework, embroidery
- (literary, artistic) composition
Declension
Declension of gréas
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Variant plural: gréasanna
Derived terms
Terms derived from gréas
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Related terms
- gréasaíocht f (“shoemaking”)
- gréasú m (“ornamentation, embroidery”)
Etymology 2
Verb
gréas (present analytic gréasann, future analytic gréasfaidh, verbal noun gréasadh, past participle gréasta)
- (transitive) Alternative form of gréasaigh (“ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | gréasaim | gréasann tú; gréasair† |
gréasann sé, sí | gréasaimid | gréasann sibh | gréasann siad; gréasaid† |
a ghréasann; a ghréasas / a ngréasann*; a ngréasas* |
gréastar |
| past | ghréas mé; ghréasas | ghréas tú; ghréasais | ghréas sé, sí | ghréasamar; ghréas muid | ghréas sibh; ghréasabhair | ghréas siad; ghréasadar | a ghréas / ar ghréas* |
gréasadh | |
| past habitual | ghréasainn | ghréastá | ghréasadh sé, sí | ghréasaimis; ghréasadh muid | ghréasadh sibh | ghréasaidís; ghréasadh siad | a ghréasadh / ar ghréasadh* |
ghréastaí | |
| future | gréasfaidh mé; gréasfad |
gréasfaidh tú; gréasfair† |
gréasfaidh sé, sí | gréasfaimid; gréasfaidh muid |
gréasfaidh sibh | gréasfaidh siad; gréasfaid† |
a ghréasfaidh; a ghréasfas / a ngréasfaidh*; a ngréasfas* |
gréasfar | |
| conditional | ghréasfainn | ghréasfá | ghréasfadh sé, sí | ghréasfaimis; ghréasfadh muid | ghréasfadh sibh | ghréasfaidís; ghréasfadh siad | a ghréasfadh / ar ghréasfadh* |
ghréasfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go ngréasa mé; go ngréasad† |
go ngréasa tú; go ngréasair† |
go ngréasa sé, sí | go ngréasaimid; go ngréasa muid |
go ngréasa sibh | go ngréasa siad; go ngréasaid† |
— | go ngréastar |
| past | dá ngréasainn | dá ngréastá | dá ngréasadh sé, sí | dá ngréasaimis; dá ngréasadh muid |
dá ngréasadh sibh | dá ngréasaidís; dá ngréasadh siad |
— | dá ngréastaí | |
| imperative | gréasaim | gréas | gréasadh sé, sí | gréasaimis | gréasaigí; gréasaidh† |
gréasaidís | — | gréastar | |
| verbal noun | gréasadh | ||||||||
| past participle | gréasta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Derived terms
- gréasta (“ornamented, embroidered, patterned”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gréas | ghréas | ngréas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gréas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 grés” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.