greann

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish grenn (“mirth, fun, humour, affection”).[5]

    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”).[6]

      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. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 122, line 827
      4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 196
      5. ^ 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
      6. ^ 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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