greim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish greimm.

Pronunciation
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ɟɾʲiːmʲ/

Noun

greim m (genitive singular greama, nominative plural greamanna)


  1. grip, hold
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
      hug šē ǵŕīm eŕ.
      conventional orthography: Thug sé greim air.
      He took hold of him.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
      n̄ā tōŕ hū hēn fȳ jŕīm lē ēn ńī.
      conventional orthography: Ná tabhair thú féin faoi ghreim le aon ní.
      Do not put yourself under the hold of anything.
  2. bite
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136:
      ȷ ī mē ǵŕīm rān.
      conventional orthography: D’ith mé greim arán.
      I ate a bite of bread.
  3. (sewing) stitch

Declension
Declension of greim

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative greim greamanna
Vocative a ghreim a ghreamanna
Genitive greama greamanna
Dative greim greamanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an greim na greamanna
Genitive an ghreama na ngreamanna
Dative leis an ngreim

don ghreim

 leis na greamanna

Derived terms
  • bain greim as (“bite”, verb)
  • gasghreim m (“stem stitch”)
  • gearrghreamannach (“captious”, adjective)
  • greamachán m (“holdfast; adhesive”)
  • greamacht f (“graft”)
  • greamaigh (“attach, fix, fasten; make fast, secure; become attached, adhere, stick; grasp, seize; secure, obtain; grapple with”, verb)
  • greamaire m (“pliers”)
  • greamán m (“grip, catch; clasp, clamp; adhesion”)
  • greamannach (“biting, inclined to bite”, adjective)
  • greim an tsiosúir m (“scissors hold”)
  • greim dearnála m (“darning-stitch”)
  • greim fáithime m (“hemstitch”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
greim ghreim ngreim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "greim" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “greimm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136.
  • Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 22.
  • Entries containing “greim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “greim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɾeim/

Noun

greim m

  1. (pathology) pneumonia, pleurisy
  2. Alternative form of grèim

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
greimghreim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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