gean

See also: Gean, gean-, and gè'àn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French guigne.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡiːn/

Noun

gean (plural geans)

  1. (now dialectal) A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
    • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 45:
      ‘Given the circumstances, Effie,’ he whispered, ‘I could blossom again like a gean-tree.’

Translations

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • geanu

Noun

gean n

  1. soul, spirit

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • geanãm

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟanˠ/

Noun

gean m (genitive singular geana)

  1. love, affection

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gean ghean ngean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

A variant of ġeġn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jæːɑn/

Adverb

ġēan

  1. again

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gen.

Noun

gean m

  1. cheerfulness, good humour

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). Compare Dutch gaan, Low German gahn, German gehen, English go, Danish gå.

Verb

gean

  1. to go

Usage notes

  • (variant past tenses of gean):
    • 1st and 3rd person singular: gong, gyng
    • 2nd person singular: gongst, gyngst
    • plural: gongen, gyngen
    • past participle: gongen.
  • Gean is often omitted in colloquial speech. It is considered a default verb, so if a sentence has no verb, gean could most probably be inserted for purposes of English translation. It should be noted also that in earlier English, this could also be done; i.e. "We must away" for "We must go away" or "We must leave"
    • Hy wei ― He went away / he has gone away (literally, “he away”)

Conjugation

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