Gearran

See also: gearran and gearrán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gearr (“short”) +‎ -an (“instrumental suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡ̥ʲarˠan/[1]

Proper noun

an Gearran m (genitive Gearrain)

  1. February (second month of the Gregorian calendar)

Usage notes

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of Gearran
radical lenition
Gearran Ghearran

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

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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