gerán
Middle Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to cry, shout”), the source of Old Irish do·gair (“to call”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gerán m
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gearan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gerán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language