- grealach
- grealach, greallachentrails: *gre-lach, root gr$$., Indo-European ghr$$., gut; Greek $$Ghordc/, gut, English cord; Latin haru-spex, diviner, "entrails-inspector", hernia, rupture. Shaw has greathlach. Hence greallach, dirty, Irish greallach, clay, dirty. Cf. English gore.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.