greann

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish grenn (mirth, fun, humour, affection).[2]

Noun[edit]

greann m (genitive singular grinn)

  1. fun, humour; mirth, pleasantry; joking, jesting
  2. love, affection
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish grend (beard, hair, bristles).[3]

Noun[edit]

greann m (genitive singular grinn)

  1. bristly hair or beard
  2. bristling, ruffled, irritated appearance
Declension[edit]
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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]

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grenn ‘mirth, fun’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 grend ‘beard, hair’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish grend (beard, hair, bristles).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

greann m (genitive singular grinn, plural greannan)

  1. bristling hair
  2. fierce look; frown, scowl

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.