graean

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From 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

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Noun

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graean m or f (collective, masculine singulative greyenyn, feminine singulative graeanen)

  1. gravel, grit, shingles
    Synonym: gro

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
graean raean ngraean unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.