greallach

greallach
grealach, greallach
entrails: *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. . 1982.

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