greann

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grenn (“mirth, fun, humour, affection”).[3]

Noun

greann m (genitive singular grinn)

  1. fun, humour; mirth, pleasantry; joking, jesting
  2. love, affection
Declension
Declension of greann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative greann
vocative a ghrinn
genitive grinn
dative greann
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an greann
genitive an ghrinn
dative leis an ngreann
don ghreann
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish grend (“beard, hair, bristles”).[4]

Noun

greann m (genitive singular grinn)

  1. bristly hair or beard
  2. bristling, ruffled, irritated appearance
Declension
Declension of greann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative greann
vocative a ghrinn
genitive grinn
dative greann
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an greann
genitive an ghrinn
dative leis an ngreann
don ghreann
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of greann
radical lenition eclipsis
greann ghreann ngreann

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 39, page 21
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 135
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grenn ‘mirth, fun’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 grend ‘beard, hair’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish grend (“beard, hair, bristles”).

Pronunciation

Noun

greann m (genitive singular grinn, plural greannan)

  1. bristling hair
  2. fierce look; frown, scowl

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of greann
radical lenition
greann ghreann

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

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