graean - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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Inherited 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.
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡreɨ̯.an/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡrei̯.an/
- Rhymes: -eɨ̯an
graean (plural, masculine singular greyenyn m, feminine singular graeanen f)
- graeanu (“to grit”)
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “graean”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “graean”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies