different between zean vs gean

English

Etymology

Former trade name. See Zea (“genus of grasses”).

Noun

zean (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) A highly concentrated fluid extract of cornsilk used as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.

Anagrams

• Anez, Zane, naze

Basque

Noun

zean

1. inessive singular of ze

English

Etymology

From Middle French guine (modern French guigne).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?n/

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

Further reading

• Prunus avium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “gean”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “gean”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Ange, Egan, Gena, agen, gena, nega-

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• geanu

Noun

gean n

1. soul, spirit

   Synonyms: suflit, duh, stuhico

Derived terms

• geanãm

Basque

Noun

gean

1. inessive singular of ge

Esperanto

Adjective

gean

1. accusative singular of gea

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gen (“favour, fondness, liking”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?/

Noun

gean m (genitive singular geana)

1. love, affection

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "gean" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 gen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “gean” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gean” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Northern Sami

Pronoun

gean

1. accusative/genitive singular of gii

Old English

Etymology

A variant of ?e?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæ???n/

Adverb

??an

1. again

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gen.

Noun

gean m

1. cheerfulness, good humour

Derived terms

• mì-ghean

Mutation

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian g?n, from Proto-West Germanic *g?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????n/

Verb

gean

1. to go

Usage notes

• 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"

Inflection

• (variant past tenses of gean):
  • 1st and 3rd person singular: gong, gyng
  • 2nd person singular: gongst, gyngst
  • plural: gongen, gyngen
  • past participle: gongen.

Further reading

• “gean”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011