gruaidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gruad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare modern Irish grua), from Proto-Celtic *groudos- (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)).

Noun

gruaidh f (genitive singular gruaidhe, plural gruaidhean)

  1. cheek
  2. countenance
  3. brow
  4. edge of a furrow
  5. profile
  6. temple of the head
  7. liver

Synonyms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “gruad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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