gréasaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grésaide (“shoemaker, embroiderer”), from grés (“handicraft, workmanship, ornamentation, artistic work; needlework, embroidery”) (modern gréas).

Noun

gréasaí m (genitive singular gréasaí, nominative plural gréasaithe)

shoemaker, bootmaker
cobbler (Pangasius bocourti, Pangasius pangasius)
(in plural) hand-made boots

Declension

Declension of gréasaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gréasaí	gréasaithe
Vocative	a ghréasaí	a ghréasaithe
Genitive	gréasaí	gréasaithe
Dative	gréasaí	gréasaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an gréasaí	na gréasaithe
Genitive	an ghréasaí	na ngréasaithe
Dative	leis an ngréasaí don ghréasaí	leis na gréasaithe

Derived terms

gréasaíocht f (“shoemaking”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

gréasaí f sg

genitive singular feminine of gréasach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gréasaí	ghréasaí	ngréasaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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