gearain

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish geránaid (“complains of, accuses; complains, laments”), from gerán (“complaint, wailing, accusation”).

Verb

gearain (past ghearain, future gearainidh, verbal noun gearan, past participle gearainte)

  1. complain
    Ghearain mi ris a' mhanaidsear air a' bhiadh. ― I complained to the manager about the meal.
  • gearanach (“querulous, grumbling, whinnying”)

Noun

gearain m

  1. genitive singular of gearan
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