gruaidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾuəj/

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

• pluic

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gruaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language