greadhain

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish gredan.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

greadhain f (genitive singular greadhaine)

  1. din, clamour, noise
  2. (specifically) noise or shout of exultation or revelry

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
greadhain ghreadhain ngreadhain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ greadhain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gredan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 47

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