gruag

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige)

  1. Galway and Ulster form of gruaig

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

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. hair

Synonyms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
gruagghruagngruag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *grúac.

Noun

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

  1. wig
  2. the hair of the head, especially of a female (used less frequently than falt)
    Dath na gruaige ― Color of the hair
  3. anything resembling hair
  4. lock of hair
  5. woman
  6. wife

Derived terms
  • gruagag f (“little wig; small lock of hair”)
  • gruagaire
  • gruag-bhréige f (“wig”)
  • gruag-Muire f (“goldilocks”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gruagghruag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gruag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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