grán

See also: gran, Gran, grań, gràn, grãn, Grän, and grån

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡraːn]

Etymology 1

From a South Slavic language.

Noun

grán m anim

1. (archaic, colloquial) door-to-door peddler

Declension

Declension of grán (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	grán	gráni
genitive	grána	gránů
dative	gránovi, gránu	gránům
accusative	grána	grány
vocative	gráne	gráni
locative	gránovi, gránu	gránech
instrumental	gránem	grány

Etymology 2

Noun

grán m inan

1. grain (unit of weight)

Declension

Declension of grán (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	grán	grány
genitive	gránu	gránů
dative	gránu	gránům
accusative	grán	grány
vocative	gráne	grány
locative	gránu	gránech
instrumental	gránem	grány

Further reading

• “grán”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “grán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish grán, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Doublet of gráinne.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ɡɾˠɑːnˠ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ɡɾˠæːnˠ]

Noun

grán m (genitive singular gráin)

1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Declension

Declension of grán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative grán Vocative a ghráin Genitive gráin Dative grán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an grán Genitive an ghráin Dative leis an ngrán don ghrán

Derived terms

• grán buí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grán	ghrán	ngrán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “grán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024