greann

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grenn (“mirth, fun, humour, affection”).[3]

Noun

greann m (genitive singular grinn)

  1. fun, humour; mirth, pleasantry; joking, jesting
  2. love, affection
Declension
Declension of greann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative greann
vocative a ghrinn
genitive grinn
dative greann
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an greann
genitive an ghrinn
dative leis an ngreann
don ghreann
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish grend (“beard, hair, bristles”).[4]

Noun

greann m (genitive singular grinn)

  1. bristly hair or beard
  2. bristling, ruffled, irritated appearance
Declension
Declension of greann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative greann
vocative a ghrinn
genitive grinn
dative greann
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an greann
genitive an ghrinn
dative leis an ngreann
don ghreann
Derived terms
  • greann cogaidh (“bristling war-weapons”)
  • greann gaisce (“bristling war-weapons”)
  • greannach
  • greannmhar (“hairy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of greann
radical lenition eclipsis
greann ghreann ngreann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 39, page 21
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 135
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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

Further reading

  • “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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

greann m (genitive singular grinn, plural greannan)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of greann
radical lenition
greann ghreann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎[1], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
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