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

Etymology 2

Noun

grán m inan

  1. grain (unit of weight)
Declension

Further reading

  • grán”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • grán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Irish

Etymology

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

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
case singular
nominative grán
vocative a ghráin
genitive gráin
dative grán
forms with the definite article
case 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.

Further reading