greann
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish grenn (“mirth, fun, humour, affection”).
Noun
greann m (genitive singular grinn)
Declension
Declension of greann
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- fear grinn (“clown”)
- greannán (“comic”)
- greannmhar2, greannúil (“funny; loving, amiable”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish grend (“beard, hair, bristles”).
Noun
greann m (genitive singular grinn)
Declension
Declension of greann
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- greann cogaidh, greann gaisce (“bristling war-weapons”)
- greannach, greannmhar2 (“hairy, bristly; bristling, ruffled, irritated; rough, combative; challenging, defiant; irritating”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| greann | ghreann | ngreann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 grend ‘beard, hair’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grenn ‘mirth, fun’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “greann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “greann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 382
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN