gearrán

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See also: gearran and Gearran

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gerrán. By surface analysis, gearr (“short”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

gearrán m (genitive singular gearráin, nominative plural gearráin)

  1. gelding
  2. garron
  3. (derogatory) lesbian, dyke

Declension

Declension of gearrán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gearrán gearráin
vocative a ghearráin a ghearrána
genitive gearráin gearrán
dative gearrán gearráin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gearrán na gearráin
genitive an ghearráin na ngearrán
dative leis an ngearrán
don ghearrán 		leis na gearráin

Descendants

  • → English: garron
  • → Fingallian: garrane
  • → Yola: garraane, garrane

Mutation

Mutated forms of gearrán
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrán ghearrán ngearrán

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 268, page 95

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