graean
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh graean, and cognate to Old Irish grïan (whence Irish grean). The exact shape of their common etymon is obscure; Proto-Celtic *griyano- is one reconstruction.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡreɨ̯.an/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡrei̯.an/
- Rhymes: -eɨ̯an
Noun
editgraean m or f (collective, masculine singulative greyenyn, feminine singulative graeanen)
Derived terms
edit- graeanu (“to grit”)
Mutation
editCategories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/eɨ̯an
- Rhymes:Welsh/eɨ̯an/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh collective nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- Welsh nouns with multiple genders