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/
Mutation
| 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
- 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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