grán

See also: gran, Gran, grań, gràn, grãn, Grän, and grån

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡraːn]

Etymology 1

From a South Slavic language.

Noun

grán m anim

  1. (archaic, colloquial) door-to-door peddler
Declension
Declension of grán (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative grán gráni
genitive grána gránů
dative gránovi, gránu gránům
accusative grána grány
vocative gráne gráni
locative gránovi, gránu gránech
instrumental gránem grány

Noun

grán m inan

  1. grain (unit of weight)
Declension
Declension of grán (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative grán grány
genitive gránu gránů
dative gránu gránům
accusative grán grány
vocative gráne grány
locative gránu gránech
instrumental gránem grány

Further reading
  • grán in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • grán in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish grán, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Doublet of gráinne.

Pronunciation

Noun

grán m (genitive singular gráin)

  1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Declension
Declension of grán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative grán
Vocative a ghráin
Genitive gráin
Dative grán

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an grán
Genitive an ghráin
Dative leis an ngrán

don ghrán

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
grán ghrán ngrán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “grán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “grán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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