Irish

Noun

gruag f ‎(genitive singular gruaige)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of gruaig

Mutation

References

• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 130.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish grúac.

Noun

gruag f ‎(genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. hair

Synonyms

• folt

Mutation

References

• “grúac” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish grúac.

Noun

gruag f ‎(genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

1. wig
2. the hair of the head, especially of a female (used less frequently than falt)

   Dath na gruaige‎ ― Color of the hair

3. anything resembling hair
4. lock of hair
5. woman
6. wife

Derived terms

• gruagag f ‎(“little wig; small lock of hair”)
• gruag-bhréige f ‎(“wig”)
• gruag-Muire f ‎(“goldilocks”)

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “grúac” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.