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gríanán

gríanán

See also: grianan

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • grénán (older form)

Noun

gríanán f

  1. 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.