gearán

See also: gearan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gerán.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟəˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈɟaɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠanˠ/, /ˈɟaɾˠan̪ˠ/
  • Homophone: gearrán

Noun

gearán m (genitive singular gearáin, nominative plural gearáin or gearánta)

  1. verbal noun of gearán
  2. complaint, grievance
    Proverb: An té nach trua leis do chás ná déan do ghearán leis.Do not look for sympathy where there is none. (literally, “Whoever does not have pity with your concern, do not make your complaint to him.”)
  3. accusation
  4. ailment

Declension

Verb

gearán (present analytic gearánann, future analytic gearánfaidh, verbal noun gearán, past participle gearánta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) complain

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • gearánach
  • gearánach
  • gearánaí
  • gearánaíl
  • gearántóireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gearán ghearán ngearán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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