gerán

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Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (to cry, shout), the source of Old Irish do·gair (to call).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gerán m

  1. complaint

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: gearán
  • Scottish Gaelic: gearan

Mutation[edit]

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gerán gerán
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngerán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gearan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gerán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language