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gríanán

gríanán

See also: grianan

Old Irish

Alternative forms

grénán (older form)

Noun

gríanán f

a sunny place, a bower, a place open to the sun.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

References

“gríanán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.