# gearán
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish gerán. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gearan.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ɟəˈɾʲɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈɟaɾˠɑːnˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɟaɾˠanˠ/
* Homophone: gearrán

### Noun

gearán m (genitive singular gearáin, nominative plural gearáin or gearánta)
* verbal noun of gearán
* complaint, grievance
    An té nach trua leis do chás ná déan do ghearán leis. (proverb)Do not look for sympathy where there is none.(literally, “Whoever does not have pity with your concern, do not make your complaint to him.”)
* accusation
* ailment

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
gearán
géaráin
vocative
a ghéaráin
a ghearána
genitive
géaráin
gearán
dative
gearán
géaráin
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an gearán
na géaráin
genitive
an ghéaráin
na ngearán
dative
leis an ngearán don ghearán
leis na géaráin :

### Verb

gearán (present analytic gearánann, future analytic gearánfaidh, verbal noun gearán, past participle gearánta)
* (ambitransitive) complain

#### Conjugation

| verbal noun | gearán | gearán | gearán | gearán | gearán | gearán | gearán | gearán |
| past participle | gearánta | gearánta | gearánta | gearánta | gearánta | gearánta | gearánta | gearánta |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | gearánaim | gearánann tú; gearánair$^†$ | gearánann sé, sí | gearánaimid | gearánann sibh | gearánann siad; gearánaid$^†$ | a ghearánann; a ghearánas / a ngearánann* | gearántar |
| past | ghearán mé; ghearánas | ghearán tú; ghearánais | ghearán sé, sí | ghearánamar; ghearán muid | ghearán sibh; ghearánabhair | ghearán siad; ghearánadar | a ghearán / ar ghearán* | gearánadh |
| past habitual | ghearánainn / ngearánainn‡‡ | ghearántá / ngearántá‡‡ | ghearánadh sé, sí / ngearánadh sé, sí‡‡ | ghearánaimis; ghearánadh muid / ngearánaimis‡‡; ngearánadh muid‡‡ | ghearánadh sibh / ngearánadh sibh‡‡ | ghearánaidís; ghearánadh siad / ngearánaidís‡‡; ngearánadh siad‡‡ | a ghearánadh / a ngearánadh* | ghearántaí / ngearántaí‡‡ |
| future | gearánfaidh mé; gearánfad | gearánfaidh tú; gearánfair$^†$ | gearánfaidh sé, sí | gearánfaimid; gearánfaidh muid | gearánfaidh sibh | gearánfaidh siad; gearánfaid$^†$ | a ghearánfaidh; a ghearánfas / a ngearánfaidh* | gearánfar |
| conditional | ghearánfainn / ngearánfainn‡‡ | ghearánfá / ngearánfá‡‡ | ghearánfadh sé, sí / ngearánfadh sé, sí‡‡ | ghearánfaimis; ghearánfadh muid / ngearánfaimis‡‡; ngearánfadh muid‡‡ | ghearánfadh sibh / ngearánfadh sibh‡‡ | ghearánfaidís; ghearánfadh siad / ngearánfaidís‡‡; ngearánfadh siad‡‡ | a ghearánfadh / a ngearánfadh* | ghearánfaí / ngearánfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go ngearána mé; go ngearánad$^†$ | go ngearána tú; go ngearánair$^†$ | go ngearána sé, sí | go ngearánaimid; go ngearána muid | go ngearána sibh | go ngearána siad; go ngearánaid$^†$ | — | go ngearántar |
| past | dá ngearánainn | dá ngearántá | dá ngearánadh sé, sí | dá ngearánaimis; dá ngearánadh muid | dá ngearánadh sibh | dá ngearánaidís; dá ngearánadh siad | — | dá ngearántaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | gearánaim | gearán | gearánadh sé, sí | gearánaimis | gearánaigí; gearánaidh$^†$ | gearánaidís | — | gearántar |
*indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* gearánach
* gearánaí
* gearánaíl
* gearántóireacht

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gerán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “gearán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025