Gréig

See also: Greig and Grèig

Irish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

An Ghréig f (genitive na Gréige)

1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

Declension of Gréig

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Gréig Vocative a Ghréig Genitive Gréige Dative Gréig

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ghréig Genitive na Gréige Dative leis an nGréig don Ghréig

Derived terms

• Gréag- (“Greco-”)
• Gréagach (“Greek”, adjective)
• Gréagach m (“Greek”, noun)
• Gréigis f (“the Greek language”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Gréig	Ghréig	nGréig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Greece”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “Gréig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.