greis
See also: Greis
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]greis (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
[edit]Positive forms of greis
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]greis
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]greis f (genitive singular greise, plural greisean)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Strachan: Compensatory Lengthening of Vowels in Irish
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