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gruaig

gruaig

Irish

Alternative forms

gruag (nonstandard)

Noun

gruaig f ‎(genitive singular gruaige)

hair (mass)
locks (of hair)

Declension

Declension of gruaig

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	gruaig
Vocative	a ghruaig
Genitive	gruaige
Dative	gruaig

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an ghruaig
Genitive	na gruaige
Dative	leis an ngruaig don ghruaig

Derived terms

Terms derived from gruaig

aisiríoch gruaige ‎(“hair restorer”)
barr gruaige, ceann gruaige ‎(“head of hair”)
bearradh gruaige ‎(“hair-cut”)
biorán gruaige, pionna gruaige ‎(“hairpin”)
clibín gruaige ‎(“matted hair”)
cochall gruaige ‎(“hair-pad”)
cóiriú gruaige ‎(“hair-dressing, hair-style”)
coirnín gruaige ‎(“curl (of hair)”)
craobh ghruaige ‎(“tress, flowing lock (of hair)”)
cúl gruaige ‎(“head of hair; hair done up at back”)

dlaíóg ghruaige, dlaoi ghruaige, duailín gruaige, dual gruaige, loca gruaige, táth gruaige ‎(“lock of hair”)
dos gruaige, scoth ghruaige ‎(“tuft of hair; bushy hair”)
eangach ghruaige, líontán gruaige ‎(“hairnet”)
fáinne gruaige ‎(“ringlet of hair”)
fáiscín gruaige ‎(“hair-clip”)
feistiú gruaige ‎(“hair-set”)
gainne gruaige ‎(“thinness of hair”)
grágán gruaige, larcán gruaige, mapa gruaige, mothall gruaige, stolla gruaige, stoth gruaige ‎(“mop of hair”)
gruaig Mhuire ‎(“goldilocks”)
lomra gruaige ‎(“mop of (woolly) hair, wool”)

lúb ghruaige ‎(“coil of hair; ringlet”)
ola ghruaige ‎(“hair oil”)
puirtleog ghruaige ‎(“fluffy hair”)
raca gruaige ‎(“rounded hair-comb”)
rimín gruaige ‎(“fringe of hair”)
scuab ghruaige ‎(“hairbrush”)
silíní gruaige ‎(“flowing tresses”)
táclaí gruaige ‎(“curls, tresses”)
tointe gruaige ‎(“strand of hair”)
triomadóir gruaige m ‎(“hair-drier”)

Related terms

folt
ribe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gruaig	ghruaig	ngruaig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"gruaig" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“grúac” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.