greannach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish grendach, grennach (“hairy, bristly, rough”). By surface analysis, greann (“bristly hair”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɟrʲan̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟrʲan̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

greannach (genitive singular masculine greannaigh, genitive singular feminine greannaí, plural greannacha, comparative greannaí)

  1. hairy, bristly
  2. bristling, ruffled, irritated
  3. rough, combative, challenging, defiant
  4. (medicine) irritating

Declension
Declension of greannach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative greannach ghreannach greannacha;
ghreannacha²
Vocative ghreannaigh greannacha
Genitive greannaí greannacha greannach
Dative greannach;
ghreannach¹		 ghreannach;
ghreannaigh (archaic)		 greannacha;
ghreannacha²
Comparative níos greannaí
Superlative is greannaí

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

Synonyms

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish grendach, grennach (“hairy, bristly, rough”). By surface analysis, greann (“bristly hair”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲɾʲɛn̪ˠəx/

Adjective

greannach (comparative grennaiche)

  1. hairy, bristly
  2. grumpy, irascible
    Bha i cho greannach an-dè. ― She was so grumpy yesterday.
  3. lowery, gloomy
    'S e feasgar greannach Earraich a bh’ann. ― It was a gloomy spring evening.

Derived terms
  • cho greannach ri biast-dhubh ann an càrn (“as irritable as a wet cat”)
  • càl-greannach (“curly kale”)

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