# greim
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ɟɾʲəimʲ/, [ɟɾʲëimʲ]
* (Galway) IPA: /ɟɾʲiːmʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ɟɾʲɪmʲ/

### Noun

greim m (genitive singular greama, nominative plural greamanna)
* grip, hold
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136:hug šē ǵŕīm eŕ.[Thug sé greim air.]He took hold of him.
    n̄ā tōŕ hū hēn fȳ jŕīm lē ēn ńī.[Ná tabhair thú féin faoi ghreim le aon ní.]Do not put yourself under the hold of anything.
* bite
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136:ȷ ī mē ǵŕīm rān.[D’ith mé greim arán.]I ate a bite of bread.
* (sewing) stitch

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
greim
greamanna
vocative
a ghreim
a ghreamanna
genitive
greama
greamanna
dative
greim
greamanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an greim
na greamanna
genitive
an ghreama
na ngreamanna
dative
leis an ngreim don ghreim
leis na greamanna :

#### Derived terms

* bain greim as (“bite”, verb)
* gasghreim m (“stem stitch”)
* gearrghreamannach (“captious”, adjective)
* greamachán m (“holdfast; adhesive”)
* greamacht f (“graft”)
* greamaigh (“attach”, verb)
* greamaire m (“pliers”)
* greamán m (“grip, catch”)
* greamannach (“biting”, adjective)
* greim an tsiosúir m (“scissors hold”)
* greim dearnála m (“darning-stitch”)
* greim fáithime m (“hemstitch”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “greimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 39, page 21
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 135
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 22
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 111, page 44

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “greim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “greim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* grèim

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ̥ɾɤim/
* (Lewis) IPA: /ɡ̥ðeːm/ (corresponding to the form grèim)

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.

#### Noun

greim m (genitive singular greime, plural greimeannan)
* bit, bite, morsel, piece of food
* grip, hold, clutch, grasp
* catch
* stitch, pang
* (neurology) seizure
* (pathology) pneumonia, pleurisy

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

greim (past ghreim, future greimidh, verbal noun greimeadh)
* Alternative form of grèim

### References

* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap