gréas

French

Pronunciation

Verb

gréas

  1. second-person singular past historic of gréer

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grés (“handicraft, workmanship, ornamentation, artistic work; needlework, embroidery, female accomplishments; poetical composition, a work of art, a poem; work, doings”).

Noun

gréas m (genitive singular gréasa, nominative plural gréasa or gréasanna)

  1. ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation
  2. decorative design, pattern, figure (on cloth, etc.)
  3. needlework, embroidery
  4. (literary, artistic) composition
Declension
Declension of gréas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gréas gréasa
Vocative a ghréas a ghréasa
Genitive gréasa gréas
Dative gréas gréasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gréas na gréasa
Genitive an ghréasa na ngréas
Dative leis an ngréas

don ghréas

 leis na gréasa
  • Variant plural: gréasanna
Derived terms
  • gréasach (“patterned, embroidered, ornamented; skilled in embroidery”, adjective)
  • gréasaí m (“shoemaker, bootmaker; cobbler”)
  • gréasaigh (“ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern”, transitive verb)
  • gréasán m (“web; woven fabric; tissue, tracery; complicated system, network; tangle; tangled problem; raster”)
  • gréasobair m (“pattern work; ornamental sewing, fancy-work”)
  • gréasaíocht f (“shoemaking”)
  • gréasú m (“ornamentation, embroidery”)

Etymology 2

Verb

gréas (present analytic gréasann, future analytic gréasfaidh, verbal noun gréasadh, past participle gréasta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of gréasaigh (“ornament, embroider; decorate with pattern”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present gréasaim gréasann tú;
gréasair†		 gréasann sé, sí gréasaimid gréasann sibh gréasann siad;
gréasaid†		 a ghréasann; a ghréasas /
a ngréasann*; a ngréasas*		 gréastar
past ghréas mé; ghréasas ghréas tú; ghréasais ghréas sé, sí ghréasamar; ghréas muid ghréas sibh; ghréasabhair ghréas siad; ghréasadar a ghréas /
ar ghréas*		 gréasadh
past habitual ghréasainn ghréastá ghréasadh sé, sí ghréasaimis; ghréasadh muid ghréasadh sibh ghréasaidís; ghréasadh siad a ghréasadh /
ar ghréasadh*		 ghréastaí
future gréasfaidh mé;
gréasfad		 gréasfaidh tú;
gréasfair†		 gréasfaidh sé, sí gréasfaimid;
gréasfaidh muid		 gréasfaidh sibh gréasfaidh siad;
gréasfaid†		 a ghréasfaidh; a ghréasfas /
a ngréasfaidh*; a ngréasfas*		 gréasfar
conditional ghréasfainn / ngréasfainn‡‡ ghréasfá / ngréasfᇇ ghréasfadh sé, sí / ngréasfadh sé, s퇇 ghréasfaimis; ghréasfadh muid / ngréasfaimis‡‡; ngréasfadh muid‡‡ ghréasfadh sibh / ngréasfadh sibh‡‡ ghréasfaidís; ghréasfadh siad / ngréasfaidís‡‡; ngréasfadh siad‡‡ a ghréasfadh /
ar ghréasfadh*		 ghréasfaí / ngréasfa퇇
subjunctive present go ngréasa mé;
go ngréasad†		 go ngréasa tú;
go ngréasair†		 go ngréasa sé, sí go ngréasaimid;
go ngréasa muid		 go ngréasa sibh go ngréasa siad;
go ngréasaid†		 — go ngréastar
past dá ngréasainn dá ngréastá dá ngréasadh sé, sí dá ngréasaimis;
dá ngréasadh muid		 dá ngréasadh sibh dá ngréasaidís;
dá ngréasadh siad		 — dá ngréastaí
imperative gréasaim gréas gréasadh sé, sí gréasaimis gréasaigí;
gréasaidh†		 gréasaidís — gréastar
verbal noun gréasadh
past participle gréasta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
  • gréasta (“ornamented, embroidered, patterned”, adjective)

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

References
  • "gréas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 grés” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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