grís

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See also: gris and gris'

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grís m (genitive singular gríss, nominative plural grísir)

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

Declension

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    Declension of grís
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grís grísinn grísir grísirnir
accusative grís grísinn grísi grísina
dative grís grísnum grísum grísunum
genitive gríss gríssins grísa grísanna

Derived terms

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Irish

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Noun

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grís m

  1. genitive singular of gríos

Noun

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grís f (genitive singular gríse)

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

Declension

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Mutation

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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

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Middle Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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grís f

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

Derived terms

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  • grísach
    • Irish: gríosach

Descendants

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Mutation

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

References

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  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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