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grían

grían

See also: grian

Old Irish

Noun

grían f

  1. sun

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
grían grían
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngrían
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “grían” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  1. ↑ Nikolaev, Alexander (Fall/Winter 2009), “The Germanic word for ‘sword’ and delocatival derivation in Proto-Indo-European”, in The Journal of Indo-European Studies (PDF), volume 37, issue 3/4, page 478

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *grēnā. Further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‎(“to be warm, hot”).[1]

Matasović reconstructs Proto-Celtic *gʷrensnā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- ‎(“warm”) (whence Sanskrit घ्रंस ‎(ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”) and Proto-Celtic *gʷrensos, whence Middle Welsh gwres ‎(“heat (of the sun, fire)”), compare also Proto-Celtic *gʷrīns, whence derived *gʷrīnsā > grís ‎(“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʲrʲiːa̯n/

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