gerán

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲeraːn/

Noun

gerán m

  1. complaint

Descendants

  • Irish: gearán
  • Scottish Gaelic: gearan

Mutation

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

References

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

Further reading

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

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