garrán

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Perhaps related to garraí (“garden”).

Noun

garrán m (genitive singular garráin, nominative plural garráin)

1. grove

   garrán giúise ― pine grove

   Amach linn sa gharrán ag siúl faoi na crannaibh.

   Let's go out into the grove and walk under the trees.

Declension

Declension of garrán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative garrán garráin vocative a gharráin a gharrána genitive garráin garrán dative garrán garráin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an garrán na garráin genitive an gharráin na ngarrán dative leis an ngarrán don gharrán leis na garráin

Mutation

Mutated forms of garrán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
garrán	gharrán	ngarrán

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “garrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN