"grua" meaning in Irish

See grua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɾˠuə/ [Connacht, Munster], /ˈɡɾˠuəj/ [Ulster] (note: corresponding to the form gruaidh), [ˈɡɾˠui̯] [Ulster] (note: corresponding to the form gruaidh)
Etymology: From Old Irish grúad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare Scottish Gaelic gruaidh (“cheek”)), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|grúad|g=n|t=cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow}} Old Irish grúad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”), {{cog|gd|gruaidh|t=cheek}} Scottish Gaelic gruaidh (“cheek”), {{der|ga|cel-pro|*groudos|t=chin, cheek}} Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”), {{cog|cy|grudd|t=cheek; slope}} Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|grua|||||||nominative plural|gruanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna), {{ga-noun|f|~|~nna}} grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: grua [genitive, singular], gruanna [nominative, plural], declension-4 [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], grua [indefinite, nominative, singular], gruanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a ghrua [indefinite, singular, vocative], a ghruanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], grua [genitive, indefinite, singular], gruanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], grua [dative, indefinite, singular], gruanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an ghrua [definite, nominative, singular], na gruanna [definite, nominative, plural], na grua [definite, genitive, singular], na ngruanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an ngrua [dative, definite, singular], don ghrua [dative, definite, singular], leis na gruanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], grua [error-unrecognized-form], ghrua [lenition], ngrua [eclipsis], gruadh [alternative], gruaidh [alternative]
  1. (upper part of) cheek Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-grua-ga-noun-NUmyogXm
  2. brow, edge (of hill, ridge, etc.) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-grua-ga-noun-WrOkgNay
  3. facet Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-grua-ga-noun-XAfOE5WP Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Face Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 25 71 Disambiguation of Face: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dul in ngrua (english: to foul; of hook) [usually]

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to foul; of hook",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "translation": "to foul; of hook",
      "word": "dul in ngrua"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "sga",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "gruaidh",
        "t": "cheek"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*groudos",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "grudd",
        "t": "cheek; slope"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish grúad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare Scottish Gaelic gruaidh (“cheek”)), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-4",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghrua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ghrua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na grua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ngruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ngrua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ghrua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghrua",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngrua",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruaidh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "gruanna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "grua",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~nna"
      },
      "expansion": "grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cheek"
      ],
      "id": "en-grua-ga-noun-NUmyogXm",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheek",
          "cheek"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "upper part of",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(upper part of) cheek"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brow, edge (of hill, ridge, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-grua-ga-noun-WrOkgNay",
      "links": [
        [
          "brow",
          "brow"
        ],
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 25 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Face",
          "orig": "ga:Face",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "facet"
      ],
      "id": "en-grua-ga-noun-XAfOE5WP",
      "links": [
        [
          "facet",
          "facet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɾˠuə/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɾˠuəj/",
      "note": "corresponding to the form gruaidh",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɾˠui̯]",
      "note": "corresponding to the form gruaidh",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grua"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Face",
    "pt:Female animals",
    "pt:Machines"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to foul; of hook",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "translation": "to foul; of hook",
      "word": "dul in ngrua"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "gruaidh",
        "t": "cheek"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic gruaidh (“cheek”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "grudd",
        "t": "cheek; slope"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish grúad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare Scottish Gaelic gruaidh (“cheek”)), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-4",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghrua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ghrua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na grua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ngruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ngrua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ghrua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na gruanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grua",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghrua",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngrua",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gruaidh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "gruanna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "grua",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~nna"
      },
      "expansion": "grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna)",
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cheek"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheek",
          "cheek"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "upper part of",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(upper part of) cheek"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brow, edge (of hill, ridge, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brow",
          "brow"
        ],
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "facet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "facet",
          "facet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɾˠuə/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɾˠuəj/",
      "note": "corresponding to the form gruaidh",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɾˠui̯]",
      "note": "corresponding to the form gruaidh",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grua"
}

Download raw JSONL data for grua meaning in Irish (5.0kB)

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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "grua",
  "trace": "started on line 1, detected on line 21"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "grua"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "grua",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "grua"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "grua",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: grua/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "grua"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "grua",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.