greis
See also: Greis
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editgreis (strong nominative masculine singular greiser, comparative greiser, superlative am greisesten)
- (of a person) aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile
- sein greiser Vater ― his aged father
- (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 Vaters ― his father’s grey-haired head
Declension
editPositive forms of greis
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist greis | sie ist greis | es ist greis | sie sind greis | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | greiser | greise | greises | greise |
genitive | greisen | greiser | greisen | greiser | |
dative | greisem | greiser | greisem | greisen | |
accusative | greisen | greise | greises | greise | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der greise | die greise | das greise | die greisen |
genitive | des greisen | der greisen | des greisen | der greisen | |
dative | dem greisen | der greisen | dem greisen | den greisen | |
accusative | den greisen | die greise | das greise | die greisen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein greiser | eine greise | ein greises | (keine) greisen |
genitive | eines greisen | einer greisen | eines greisen | (keiner) greisen | |
dative | einem greisen | einer greisen | einem greisen | (keinen) greisen | |
accusative | einen greisen | eine greise | ein greises | (keine) greisen |
Comparative forms of greis
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist greiser | sie ist greiser | es ist greiser | sie sind greiser | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | greiserer | greisere | greiseres | greisere |
genitive | greiseren | greiserer | greiseren | greiserer | |
dative | greiserem | greiserer | greiserem | greiseren | |
accusative | greiseren | greisere | greiseres | greisere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der greisere | die greisere | das greisere | die greiseren |
genitive | des greiseren | der greiseren | des greiseren | der greiseren | |
dative | dem greiseren | der greiseren | dem greiseren | den greiseren | |
accusative | den greiseren | die greisere | das greisere | die greiseren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein greiserer | eine greisere | ein greiseres | (keine) greiseren |
genitive | eines greiseren | einer greiseren | eines greiseren | (keiner) greiseren | |
dative | einem greiseren | einer greiseren | einem greiseren | (keinen) greiseren | |
accusative | einen greiseren | eine greisere | ein greiseres | (keine) greiseren |
Superlative forms of greis
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editIrish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgreis
Mutation
editradical | 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
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editgreis f (genitive singular greise, plural greisean)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Strachan: Compensatory Lengthening of Vowels in Irish
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