gruag
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡɾˠuəɡ/
=== Noun ===
gruag f (genitive singular gruaige)
Galway and Ulster form of gruaig
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
== Manx ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish *grúac.
=== Noun ===
gruag f (plural [please provide])
hair
==== Synonyms ====
folt
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish *grúac.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡ̥ɾuək/, (Lewis) [ɡ̥ɾʉøk]
=== Noun ===
gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)
(Lewis) wig
(Uist, Barra, South Argyll) the hair of the head, especially of a female
Synonym: falt
Dath na gruaige ― Color of the hair
anything resembling hair
lock of hair
woman
wife
==== Derived terms ====
gruagag f (“little wig; small lock of hair”)
gruagaire
gruag-bhréige f (“wig”)
gruag-Muire f (“goldilocks”)
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “gruag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grúac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Seumas Grannd (2000), The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study[1], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN