greis

See also: Greis

German

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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 Vater ― his 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 Vaters ― his father’s grey-haired head

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟɾʲɛʃ/

Noun

greis

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of greas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
greis ghreis ngreis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

greis f (genitive singular greise, plural greisean)

  1. while, moment, short time

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. Strachan: Compensatory Lengthening of Vowels in Irish
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