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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹæləx/, /ˈɡɹælək/
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), from Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|grealach||entrails}} Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*gre-lach}} Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰer-||bowels}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gralloch (uncountable)
  1. (Scotland, rare) The entrails or offal of a dead deer, especially when removed. Also the entrails of other wild animals, when removed. Tags: Scotland, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gralloch-en-noun-g60kUXtz Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cervids Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 21 33 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 22 28 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 21 27 0 Disambiguation of Cervids: 58 17 25 0

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹæləx/, /ˈɡɹælək/ Forms: grallochs [present, singular, third-person], gralloching [participle, present], gralloched [participle, past], gralloched [past]
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), from Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|grealach||entrails}} Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*gre-lach}} Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰer-||bowels}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”) Head templates: {{en-verb|~s}} gralloch (third-person singular simple present grallochs, present participle gralloching, simple past and past participle gralloched)
  1. (Scotland, rare) (transitive) To gut or eviscerate a deer, or other game animal. Tags: Scotland, rare
    Sense id: en-gralloch-en-verb-sCgAFFpH Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. The education committee report was always going to be the big one. Now it's out and ministers didn't entirely escape criticism. The HMI was, at last, deemed partly culpable. The SQA was predictably gralloched.
    Sense id: en-gralloch-en-verb-lk4j~E~o

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹæləx/, /ˈɡɹælək/ Forms: grallochs [present, singular, third-person], grallochin [participle, present], gralloched [participle, past], gralloched [past], grallocht [participle, past], grallocht [past]
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), from Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|grealach||entrails}} Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*gre-lach}} Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰer-||bowels}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”) Head templates: {{en-verb|grallochs|grallochin|gralloched, grallocht||head=gralloch}} gralloch (third-person singular simple present grallochs, present participle grallochin, simple past and past participle gralloched, grallocht)
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-gralloch-en-verb-47DEQpj8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "3": "grealach",
        "4": "",
        "5": "entrails"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gre-lach"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *gre-lach",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bowels"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), from Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grallochs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grallochin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gralloched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gralloched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grallocht",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grallocht",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grallochs",
        "2": "grallochin",
        "3": "gralloched, grallocht",
        "4": "",
        "head": "gralloch"
      },
      "expansion": "gralloch (third-person singular simple present grallochs, present participle grallochin, simple past and past participle gralloched, grallocht)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæləx/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹælək/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gralloch"
}

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