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gearain

gearain

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

gearain ‎(past ghearain, future gearainidh, verbal noun gearan, past participle gearainte)

  1. complain
    Ghearain mi ris a' mhanaidsear air a' bhiadh.‎ ― I complained to the manager about the meal.
Related terms
  • gearanach ‎(“querulous, grumbling, whinnying”)

Etymology 2

Noun

gearain m

  1. genitive singular of gearan

Etymology

From Old Irish geránaid ‎(“complains of, accuses; complains, laments”), from gerán ‎(“complaint, wailing, accusation”).

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