gean

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See also: Gean, gean-, and gè'àn

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French guine (modern French guigne).

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Noun[edit]

gean (plural geans)

  1. (now dialectal) A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.

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Aromanian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

gean n

  1. soul, spirit
    Synonyms: suflit, duh, stuhico

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Basque[edit]

Noun[edit]

gean

  1. inessive singular of ge

Esperanto[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gean

  1. accusative singular of gea

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish gen (favour, fondness, liking).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gean m (genitive singular geana)

  1. love, affection

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gean ghean ngean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Northern Sami[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

gean

  1. accusative/genitive singular of gii

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A variant of ġeġn.

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Adverb[edit]

ġēan

  1. again

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish gen.

Noun[edit]

gean m

  1. cheerfulness, good humour

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Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gean ghean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian gān, from Proto-West Germanic *gān.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

gean

  1. to go

Usage notes[edit]

  • Gean is often omitted in colloquial speech. It is considered a default verb, so if a sentence has no verb, gean could most probably be inserted for purposes of English translation. It should be noted also that in earlier English, this could also be done; i.e. "We must away" for "We must go away" or "We must leave"
    • Hy weiHe went away / he has gone away (literally, “he away”)

Conjugation[edit]

Irregular (Suppletive)
infinitive gean
3rd singular past gie, gong, gyng
past participle gien, gongen
infinitive gean
long infinitive gean
gerund gean n
auxiliary wêze
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular gean gie, gong, gyng
2nd singular giest giest, gongst, gyngst
3rd singular giet gie, gong, gyng
plural geane gongen, gienen, gyngen
imperative gean
participles geanend, geanende gien, gongen
  • (variant past tenses of gean):
    • 1st and 3rd person singular: gong, gyng
    • 2nd person singular: gongst, gyngst
    • plural: gongen, gyngen
    • past participle: gongen.

Further reading[edit]

  • gean”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011