grán

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See also: gran, Gran, grań, gràn, grãn, Grän, and grån

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From a South Slavic language.

Noun

grán m anim

  1. (archaic, colloquial) door-to-door peddler
Declension
Declension of grán (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative grán gráni
genitive grána gránů
dative gránovi, gránu gránům
accusative grána grány
vocative gráne gráni
locative gránovi, gránu gránech
instrumental gránem grány

Etymology 2

Noun

grán m inan

  1. grain (unit of weight)
Declension
Declension of grán (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative grán grány
genitive gránu gránů
dative gránu gránům
accusative grán grány
vocative gráne grány
locative gránu gránech
instrumental gránem grány

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish grán, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

Noun

grán m (genitive singular gráin)

  1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Declension

Declension of grán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative grán
vocative a ghráin
genitive gráin
dative grán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an grán
genitive an ghráin
dative leis an ngrán
don ghrán

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of grán
radical lenition eclipsis
grán ghrán ngrán

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

Noun

grán m (genitive gráin)

  1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative grán gránL gráinL
vocative gráin gránL gránuH
accusative gránN gránL gránuH
genitive gráinL grán gránN
dative gránL gránaib gránaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • gráinne
    • Irish: gráinne
    • Manx: grine
    • Scottish Gaelic: gràinne

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of grán
radical lenition nasalization
grán grán
pronounced with /ɣ-/		 ngrán

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

Further reading

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