grís

See also: gris and gris'

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kriːs/
    Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

grís m (genitive singular gríss, nominative plural grísir)

  1. piglet
  2. pig (slovenly person)
  3. a lucky guess

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Noun

grís m

  1. genitive singular of gríos

Noun

grís f (genitive singular gríse)

  1. Alternative form of gríos (hot ashes, embers)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
grís ghrís ngrís
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Same source as grían (sun). Matasović specifically reconstructs Old Irish *gʷrīnsos for this term, deriving it from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (warm, hot).[1]

Noun

grís f

  1. heat, fire, embers, hot ashes
  2. (figuratively) glow, ardour, valour, passion

Derived terms

  • grísach
    • Irish: gríosach

Descendants

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
grísgrís
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngrís
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Further reading

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