gréas

See also: greas

French

Pronunciation

Verb

gréas

  1. second-person singular past historic of gréer

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grés (“handicraft”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *gʷrensu-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to be warm”). The sense evolution would have been from "heat" to "zeal" and finally to "work."[1]

Noun

gréas m (genitive singular gréasa, nominative plural gréasa or gréasanna)

  1. ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation
  2. decorative design, pattern, figure (on cloth, etc.)
  3. needlework, embroidery
  4. (literary, artistic) composition
Declension
Declension of gréas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gréas gréasa
Vocative a ghréas a ghréasa
Genitive gréasa gréas
Dative gréas gréasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gréas na gréasa
Genitive an ghréasa na ngréas
Dative leis an ngréas

don ghréas

 leis na gréasa
  • Variant plural: gréasanna
Derived terms

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷrīns-/*gʷrenso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 147

Verb

gréas (present analytic gréasann, future analytic gréasfaidh, verbal noun gréasadh, past participle gréasta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of gréasaigh (“ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern”)
Conjugation
conjugation of gréas (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
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 / ngréasainn‡‡ ghréastá / ngréastᇇ ghréasadh sé, sí / ngréasadh sé, s퇇 ghréasaimis; ghréasadh muid / ngréasaimis‡‡; ngréasadh muid‡‡ ghréasadh sibh / ngréasadh sibh‡‡ ghréasaidís; ghréasadh siad / ngréasaidís‡‡; ngréasadh siad‡‡ a ghréasadh /
a ngréasadh*		 ghréastaí / ngréasta퇇
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 / ngréasfainn‡‡ ghréasfá / ngréasfᇇ ghréasfadh sé, sí / ngréasfadh sé, s퇇 ghréasfaimis; ghréasfadh muid / ngréasfaimis‡‡; ngréasfadh muid‡‡ ghréasfadh sibh / ngréasfadh sibh‡‡ ghréasfaidís; ghréasfadh siad / ngréasfaidís‡‡; ngréasfadh siad‡‡ a ghréasfadh /
a ngréasfadh*		 ghréasfaí / ngréasfa퇇
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
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
  • gréasta (“ornamented, embroidered, patterned”, adjective)

References

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