gruaim

gruaim
gloom, surly look, Irish gruaim: *grousemen-; root $$greul, $$grût, Latin brûtus, dull, English brute, Lettic, grúts, heavy, Stokes cfs. only Church Slavonic su$$u-grustiti se$$? grieve over.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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