grinn

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to shine). Related to Dutch glimmen, English glint.[1]

Adjective

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grinn

  1. perceptive, discerning; clear, accurate
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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grinn

  1. genitive singular of greann

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
grinn ghrinn ngrinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “grinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page glinn

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to shine).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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grinn

  1. sweet, delightful, beautiful, charming, elegant.
    Abair gur grinn thusa!How sweet that you are!

Declension

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First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative grinn ghrinn grinne
Vocative ghrinn ghrinn grinne
Genitive ghrinn ghrinn/grinne glan
Dative ghrinn ghrinn grinne

Comparative/superlative: grinne

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap