gearán

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. verbal noun of gearán
  2. 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.”)
  3. accusation
  4. 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)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) complain

Conjugation

conjugation of gearán (first conjugation – B)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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 / ngearántᇇ ghearánadh sé, sí / ngearánadh sé, s퇇 ghearánaimis; ghearánadh muid / ngearánaimis‡‡; ngearánadh muid‡‡ ghearánadh sibh / ngearánadh sibh‡‡ ghearánaidís; ghearánadh siad / ngearánaidís‡‡; ngearánadh siad‡‡ a ghearánadh /
a ngearánadh* 		ghearántaí / ngearánta퇇
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 / ngearánfᇇ ghearánfadh sé, sí / ngearánfadh sé, s퇇 ghearánfaimis; ghearánfadh muid / ngearánfaimis‡‡; ngearánfadh muid‡‡ ghearánfadh sibh / ngearánfadh sibh‡‡ ghearánfaidís; ghearánfadh siad / ngearánfaidís‡‡; ngearánfadh siad‡‡ a ghearánfadh /
a ngearánfadh* 		ghearánfaí / ngearánfa퇇
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
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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gearán ghearán ngearán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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