gréasán

Irish

Etymology

gréas +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟɾiaˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɾeːsˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɾeːsˠænˠ/

Noun

gréasán m (genitive singular gréasáin, nominative plural gréasáin)

1. (also computing) web
2. net, network

Declension

Declension of gréasán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gréasán gréasáin Vocative a ghréasáin a ghréasána Genitive gréasáin gréasán Dative gréasán gréasáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gréasán na gréasáin Genitive an ghréasáin na ngréasán Dative leis an ngréasán don ghréasán leis na gréasáin

Synonyms

• Synonyms: líon, líonra

Derived terms

• gréasán aontreo
• Gréasán Domhanda
• suíomh gréasáin

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gréasán	ghréasán	ngréasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “gréasán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gréasán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 383
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gréasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN