gearán

See also: gearan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gerán.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gearan.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. verbal noun of gearán
  2. complaint, grievance
    An té nach trua leis do chás ná déan do ghearán leis. (proverb)
    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

Declension of gearán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gearán géaráin
vocative a ghéaráin a ghearána
genitive géaráin gearán
dative gearán géaráin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gearán na géaráin
genitive an ghéaráin na ngearán
dative leis an ngearán
don ghearán 		leis na géaráin

Descendants

  • → Yola: gurragaun

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) complain

Conjugation

Conjugation of gearán (first conjugation – B)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present gearánaim gearánann tú;
gearánair† 		gearánann sé, sí gearánaimid; gearánann muid gearánann sibh gearánann siad;
gearánaid† 		a ghearánann; a ghearánas gearántar
past ghearán mé; ghearánas ghearán tú; ghearánais ghearán sé, sí ghearánamar; ghearán muid ghearán sibh; ghearánabhair ghearán siad; ghearánadar a ghearán gearánadh
past habitual ghearánainn /
gearánainn‡ 		ghearántá /
gearántᇠ		ghearánadh sé, sí /
gearánadh sé, sí‡ 		ghearánaimis; ghearánadh muid /
gearánadh muid‡ 		ghearánadh sibh /
gearánadh sibh‡ 		ghearánaidís; ghearánadh siad /
gearánaidís‡; gearánadh siad‡ 		a ghearánadh ghearántaí /
gearántaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future gearánfaidh mé;
gearánfad 		gearánfaidh tú;
gearánfair† 		gearánfaidh sé, sí gearánfaimid;
gearánfaidh muid 		gearánfaidh sibh gearánfaidh siad;
gearánfaid† 		a ghearánfaidh; a ghearánfas gearánfar
conditional ghearánfainn /
gearánfainn‡ 		ghearánfá /
gearánfᇠ		ghearánfadh sé, sí /
gearánfadh sé, sí‡ 		ghearánfaimis; ghearánfadh muid /
gearánfaimis‡; gearánfadh muid‡ 		ghearánfadh sibh /
gearánfadh sibh‡ 		ghearánfaidís; ghearánfadh siad /
gearánfaidís‡; gearánfadh siad‡ 		a ghearánfadh ghearánfaí /
gearánfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go ngearána mé;
go ngearánad† 		go ngearána tú;
go ngearánair† 		go ngearána sé, sí go ngearánaimid;
go ngearána muid 		go ngearána sibh go ngearána siad;
go ngearánaid† 		— go ngearántar
past dá ngearánainn dá ngearántá dá ngearánadh sé, sí dá ngearánaimis;
dá ngearánadh muid 		dá ngearánadh sibh dá ngearánaidís;
dá ngearánadh siad 		— dá ngearántaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— gearánaim gearán gearánadh sé, sí gearánaimis gearánaigí;
gearánaidh† 		gearánaidís — gearántar
past participle gearánta
verbal noun gearán

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gearán
radical lenition eclipsis
gearán ghearán ngearán

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gerán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119

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