grean

Irish

Etymology

FromOld Irishgrïan(“gravel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɟɾʲan̪ˠ/,/ɟɾʲanˠ/

Noun

greanm(genitive singulargrin)

1. grit,gravel

Declension

Declension ofgrean(first declension,no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative grean vocative aghrin genitive grin dative grean forms with thedefinite article case singular nominative angrean genitive anghrin dative leis anngrean donghrean

Derived terms

• greanach
• grean fuail

Verb

grean(present analyticgreanann,future analyticgreanfaidh,verbal noungreanadh,past participlegreanta)

1. (transitive)hatch,engrave

Conjugation

conjugation ofgrean(first conjugation– A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	greanaim	greananntú; greanair†	greanannsé, sí	greanaimid	greanannsibh	greanannsiad; greanaid†	aghreanann;aghreanas/ angreanann*	greantar
	past	ghreanmé;ghreanas	ghreantú;ghreanais	ghreansé, sí	ghreanamar;ghreanmuid	ghreansibh;ghreanabhair	ghreansiad;ghreanadar	aghrean/ arghrean*	greanadh
	past habitual	ghreanainn/ngreanainn‡‡	ghreantá/ngreantᇇ	ghreanadhsé, sí /ngreanadhsé, s퇇	ghreanaimis;ghreanadhmuid /ngreanaimis‡‡;ngreanadhmuid‡‡	ghreanadhsibh /ngreanadhsibh‡‡	ghreanaidís;ghreanadhsiad /ngreanaidís‡‡;ngreanadhsiad‡‡	aghreanadh/ angreanadh*	ghreantaí/ngreanta퇇
future		greanfaidhmé; greanfad	greanfaidhtú; greanfair†	greanfaidhsé, sí	greanfaimid; greanfaidhmuid	greanfaidhsibh	greanfaidhsiad; greanfaid†	aghreanfaidh;aghreanfas/ angreanfaidh*	greanfar
conditional		ghreanfainn/ngreanfainn‡‡	ghreanfá/ngreanfᇇ	ghreanfadhsé, sí /ngreanfadhsé, s퇇	ghreanfaimis;ghreanfadhmuid /ngreanfaimis‡‡;ngreanfadhmuid‡‡	ghreanfadhsibh /ngreanfadhsibh‡‡	ghreanfaidís;ghreanfadhsiad /ngreanfaidís‡‡;ngreanfadhsiad‡‡	aghreanfadh/ angreanfadh*	ghreanfaí/ngreanfa퇇
subjunctive	present	gongreanamé; gongreanad†	gongreanatú; gongreanair†	gongreanasé, sí	gongreanaimid; gongreanamuid	gongreanasibh	gongreanasiad; gongreanaid†	—	gongreantar
	past	dángreanainn	dángreantá	dángreanadhsé, sí	dángreanaimis; dángreanadhmuid	dángreanadhsibh	dángreanaidís; dángreanadhsiad	—	dángreantaí
imperative		greanaim	grean	greanadhsé, sí	greanaimis	greanaigí; greanaidh†	greanaidís	—	greantar
verbal noun		greanadh
past participle		greanta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that triggereclipsis

Derived terms

• greanadóir
• greanchloch

Mutation

Mutated formsofgrean

radical	lenition	eclipsis
grean	ghrean	ngrean

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) “grean”,inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla,Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás(1959) “grean”,inEnglish-Irish Dictionary,An Gúm
• “grean”,inNew English-Irish Dictionary,Foras na Gaeilge,2013-2024