gean

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French guigne.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡiːn/

Noun

gean (plural geans)

1. (now dialectal) A wild cherry, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia.
   • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 45:

     ‘Given the circumstances, Effie,’ he whispered, ‘I could blossom again like a gean-tree.’

Translations

wild cherry

• French: guigne (fr) f
• Greek: αγριοκέρασο (el) (agriokéraso) n

• Hungarian: vadcseresznye (hu)
• Spanish: guinda (es) f

Anagrams

• Ange
• Gena

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Old English

Etymology

A variant of ġæġn.

Adverb

ġēan

1. again

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gen.

Noun

gean m

1. cheerfulness, good humour

Derived terms

• mì-ghean

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēh₁- (“to leave”). Compare Dutch gaan, Low German gan, gahn, German gehen, English go, Danish gå.

Verb

gean

1. to go

Conjugation

Infinitive: gean
	Present tense				Past tense
person	singular		plural		singular		plural
1st	ik	gean	wy	geane	ik	gie	wy	gienen
2nd	do/dû	giest	jimme	geane	do/dû	giest	jimme	gienen
3rd	hy/sy	giet	hja	geane	hy/sy	gie	hja	gienen
	Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
	geanend (geanende)		gean		wêze		gien

Usage notes

• Variant past tenses of gean:
  • 1st and 3rd person singular: gong, gyng
  • 2nd person singular: gongst, gyngst
  • plural: gongen, gyngen
  • past participle: gongen.

• Gean is often omitted in colloquial speech. It is considered a default verb, so if a sentence has no verb, gean could most probably be inserted for purposes of English translation. It should be noted also that in earlier English, this could also be done; i.e. "We must away" for "We must go away" or "We must leave"
  • Hy wei -- He went away or He has gone away (lit. "He away")