gruagach

Irish

Etymology

gruaig +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

gruagach (genitive singular masculine gruagaigh, genitive singular feminine gruagaí, plural gruagacha, comparative gruagaí)

  1. hairy, shaggy

Declension
Declension of gruagach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gruagach ghruagach gruagacha;
ghruagacha²
Vocative ghruagaigh gruagacha
Genitive gruagaí gruagacha gruagach
Dative gruagach;
ghruagach¹		 ghruagach;
ghruagaigh (archaic)		 gruagacha;
ghruagacha²
Comparative níos gruagaí
Superlative is gruagaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

gruagach m (genitive singular gruagaigh, nominative plural gruagaigh)

  1. hairy goblin, brownie
  2. Bigfoot (a very large, hairy, humanoid creature said to live in the wilderness areas of North America)
  3. Shaggy uncouth person.
    Synonyms: glibire, stothaire
  4. pintail
    Synonym: lacha stiúrach

Declension
Declension of gruagach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gruagach gruagaigh
Vocative a ghruagaigh a ghruagacha
Genitive gruagaigh gruagach
Dative gruagach gruagaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gruagach na gruagaigh
Genitive an ghruagaigh na ngruagach
Dative leis an ngruagach

don ghruagach

 leis na gruagaigh

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gruag (“hair”) +‎ -ach; girls and young women in the old days of the Highlands went bareheaded before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white kerchief.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾuəkəx/

Noun

gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean)

  1. (chiefly poetic) maiden, girl, young woman
    Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, maighdeann, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn
    "Gruagach Òg an Fhuilt Bhàin" ― "Young Maiden of the Fair Hair"

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