gearain

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish geránaid (“complains of, accuses; complains, laments”), from gerán (“complaint, wailing, accusation”).

Verb

gearain (past ghearain, future gearainidh, verbal noun gearan, past participle gearainte)

1. complain

   Ghearain mi ris a' mhanaidsear air a' bhiadh. ― I complained to the manager about the meal.

Related terms

• gearanach (“querulous, grumbling, whinnying”)

Etymology 2

Noun

gearain m

1. genitive singular of gearan