Gréc

See also: grec, Grec, grèc, and grêc

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʲrʲeːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Noun

Gréc m (genitive Gréic, nominative plural Gréic)

  1. a Greek (person)
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 207b11
      Cit comṡuidigthi la Grécu ní écen dúnni beta comṡuidigthi linn.
      Although they are compounds in Greek (lit. with the Greeks), it is not necessary for us that they be compounds in our language (lit. with us).
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

From Latin Graeca (lingua).

Proper noun

Gréc f (genitive Gréice)

  1. Greek (language)
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
nGréc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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