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/

Noun

gerán m

  1. complaint

Descendants

  • Irish: gearán
  • Scottish Gaelic: gearan

Mutation

Mutation of gerán
radical lenition nasalization
gerán gerán
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngerán

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

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gearan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gerán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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