gearanach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish geránach (“plaintive, querulous; complaining, wailing”), from gerán (“complaint, wailing, accusation”). Equivalent to gearan (“complaint, grumble”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gearanach (genitive singular masculine gearanaich)

  1. querulous, grumbling, whinnying
    Synonyms: crosta, dranndanach, gruamach

Mutation

Mutation of gearanach
radical lenition
gearanach ghearanach

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

References

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