gruaim

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾˠuəmʲ/[2]

Noun

gruaim f (genitive singular gruaime)

  1. gloom, despondency
  2. dejection, the blues, sadness
  3. ill humor, surliness
  4. frown

Declension
Declension of gruaim

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gruaim
Vocative a ghruaim
Genitive gruaime
Dative gruaim

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghruaim
Genitive na gruaime
Dative leis an ngruaim

don ghruaim

Derived terms
  • gruama
  • gruamacht
  • gruamaigh
  • gruamaire
  • gruamán

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

Further reading
  • “gruaim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish grúaim (“gloom”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɾuəim/

Noun

gruaim f

  1. churlishness, dudgeon, frown, gloom, grimace, scowl, sternness

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

gruaim m

  1. moroseness, sulkiness

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gruaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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