greann
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish grenn (“mirth, fun, humour, affection”).[2]
Noun edit
greann m (genitive singular grinn)
Declension edit
Declension of greann
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- fear grinn (“clown”)
- greannán (“comic”)
- greannmhar2 (“funny”)
- greannúil (“funny”)
- míghreann (“discord”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish grend (“beard, hair, bristles”).[3]
Noun edit
greann m (genitive singular grinn)
Declension edit
Declension of greann
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- greann cogaidh (“bristling war-weapons”)
- greann gaisce (“bristling war-weapons”)
- greannach
- greannmhar2 (“hairy”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| greann | ghreann | ngreann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “grenn ‘mirth, fun’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 grend ‘beard, hair’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- “greann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “greann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 382
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish grend (“beard, hair, bristles”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
greann m (genitive singular grinn, plural greannan)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| greann | ghreann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |