"gruagach" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɾuəkəx/ Forms: gruagaich [genitive, singular], gruagaichean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gruagach [mutation, mutation-radical], ghruagach [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From gruag (“hair”) + -ach; girls and young women in the old days of the Highlands went bareheaded before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white kerchief. Etymology templates: {{af|gd|gruag|-ach|pos=noun|t1=hair}} gruag (“hair”) + -ach Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|gruagaich|||||||plural|gruagaichean||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=gruagaich|pl=gruagaichean}} gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|g|ruagach}}
  1. (chiefly poetic) maiden, girl, young woman Tags: feminine, poetic Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, maighdeann, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn

Download JSON data for gruagach meaning in Scottish Gaelic (2.6kB)

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          "word": "cailin"
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          "word": "maighdeann"
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