gearán

See also: gearan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gerán.^[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gearan.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟəˈɾʲɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/^[2] (as if spelled gireán)
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈɟaɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠanˠ/, /ˈɟaɾˠan̪ˠ/
Homophone: gearrán

Noun

gearán m (genitive singular gearáin, nominative plural gearáin or gearánta)

verbal noun of gearán
complaint, grievance
An té nach trua leis do chás ná déan do ghearán leis. (proverb)
Do not look for sympathy where there is none.
(literally, “Whoever does not have pity with your concern, do not make your complaint to him.”)
accusation
ailment

Declension

Declension of gearán (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	gearán	géaráin
vocative	a ghéaráin	a ghearána
genitive	géaráin	gearán
dative	gearán	géaráin

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an gearán	na géaráin
genitive	an ghéaráin	na ngearán
dative	leis an ngearán don ghearán	leis na géaráin

Verb

gearán (present analytic gearánann, future analytic gearánfaidh, verbal noun gearán, past participle gearánta)

(transitive, intransitive) complain

Conjugation

conjugation of gearán (first conjugation – B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	gearánaim	gearánann tú; gearánair^†	gearánann sé, sí	gearánaimid	gearánann sibh	gearánann siad; gearánaid^†	a ghearánann; a ghearánas / a ngearánann*	gearántar
	past	ghearán mé; ghearánas	ghearán tú; ghearánais	ghearán sé, sí	ghearánamar; ghearán muid	ghearán sibh; ghearánabhair	ghearán siad; ghearánadar	a ghearán / ar ghearán*	gearánadh
	past habitual	ghearánainn / ngearánainn‡‡	ghearántá / ngearántá‡‡	ghearánadh sé, sí / ngearánadh sé, sí‡‡	ghearánaimis; ghearánadh muid / ngearánaimis‡‡; ngearánadh muid‡‡	ghearánadh sibh / ngearánadh sibh‡‡	ghearánaidís; ghearánadh siad / ngearánaidís‡‡; ngearánadh siad‡‡	a ghearánadh / a ngearánadh*	ghearántaí / ngearántaí‡‡
future		gearánfaidh mé; gearánfad	gearánfaidh tú; gearánfair^†	gearánfaidh sé, sí	gearánfaimid; gearánfaidh muid	gearánfaidh sibh	gearánfaidh siad; gearánfaid^†	a ghearánfaidh; a ghearánfas / a ngearánfaidh*	gearánfar
conditional		ghearánfainn / ngearánfainn‡‡	ghearánfá / ngearánfá‡‡	ghearánfadh sé, sí / ngearánfadh sé, sí‡‡	ghearánfaimis; ghearánfadh muid / ngearánfaimis‡‡; ngearánfadh muid‡‡	ghearánfadh sibh / ngearánfadh sibh‡‡	ghearánfaidís; ghearánfadh siad / ngearánfaidís‡‡; ngearánfadh siad‡‡	a ghearánfadh / a ngearánfadh*	ghearánfaí / ngearánfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go ngearána mé; go ngearánad^†	go ngearána tú; go ngearánair^†	go ngearána sé, sí	go ngearánaimid; go ngearána muid	go ngearána sibh	go ngearána siad; go ngearánaid^†	—	go ngearántar
subjunctive	past	dá ngearánainn	dá ngearántá	dá ngearánadh sé, sí	dá ngearánaimis; dá ngearánadh muid	dá ngearánadh sibh	dá ngearánaidís; dá ngearánadh siad	—	dá ngearántaí
imperative		gearánaim	gearán	gearánadh sé, sí	gearánaimis	gearánaigí; gearánaidh^†	gearánaidís	—	gearántar
verbal noun		gearán
past participle		gearánta

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gearán*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearán	ghearán	ngearán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gerán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119