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What else comes in ‘ribí’ besides ‘gruaig’? Posted by on Jun 8, 2015

(le Róislín) ‘ ‘In the last blagmhír, we saw a picture of an eachtardhomhandach without so much as a ‘ribe gruaige‘ on his head. “Ribe gruaige‘ means “a strand of hair.”  “Gruaig” changes to “gruaige” because we’re saying “of hair.”  For the pronunciation of “ribe,” see the tip below.  The plural, as you probably figured…

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