See also: Greis

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German grīs, from Old High German grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (grey).

Doublet of regional gries (grey). Also cognate with Dutch grijs, French gris.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡʁaɪ̯s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Adjective

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greis (strong nominative masculine singular greiser, comparative greiser, superlative am greisesten)

  1. (of a person) aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile
    sein greiser Vaterhis aged father
  2. (of hair) grey (also generally implying very old age, not usually of people in their 40s or 50s)
    Synonyms: grau, grauhaarig, ergraut
    das greise Haupt seines Vatershis father’s grey-haired head

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • greis” in Duden online
  • greis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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greis

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of greas

Mutation

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Mutated forms of greis
radical lenition eclipsis
greis ghreis ngreis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gress, from Old Irish do-grés, do-gress, from Proto-Celtic *grend-, *gred-, suggested by Strachan to be from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (to turn).[1] However, compare greas (to hasten).

Noun

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greis f (genitive singular greise, plural greisean)

  1. while, moment, short time

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Strachan: Compensatory Lengthening of Vowels in Irish
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