gearain
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish geránaid (“complains of, accuses; complains, laments”), from gerán (“complaint, wailing, accusation”).
Verb edit
gearain (past ghearain, future gearainidh, verbal noun gearan, past participle gearainte)
- complain
- Ghearain mi ris a' mhanaidsear air a' bhiadh. ― I complained to the manager about the meal.
Related terms edit
- gearanach (“querulous, grumbling, whinnying”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gearain m