See also: gearan

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish gerán.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gearán m (genitive singular gearáin, nominative plural gearáin or gearánta)

  1. verbal noun of gearán
  2. complaint, grievance
    Proverb: An té nach trua leis do chás ná déan do ghearán leis.Do not look for sympathy where there is none. (literally, “Whoever does not have pity with your concern, do not make your complaint to him.”)
  3. accusation
  4. ailment

Declension edit

Verb edit

gearán (present analytic gearánann, future analytic gearánfaidh, verbal noun gearán, past participle gearánta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) complain

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gearán ghearán ngearán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit