greann

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲaun̪ˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲan̪ˠ/

From Old Irish grenn (“mirth, fun, humour, affection”).

greann m (genitive singular grinn)

1. fun, humour; mirth, pleasantry; joking, jesting
2. love, affection

• fear grinn (“clown”)
• greannán (“comic”)
• greannmhar², greannúil (“funny; loving, amiable”)

From Old Irish grend (“beard, hair, bristles”).

greann m (genitive singular grinn)

1. bristly hair or beard
2. bristling, ruffled, irritated appearance

• greann cogaidh, greann gaisce (“bristling war-weapons”)
• greannach, greannmhar² (“hairy, bristly; bristling, ruffled, irritated; rough, combative; challenging, defiant; irritating”)

• “1 grend ‘beard, hair’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “grenn ‘mirth, fun’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “greann” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• “greann” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 382.
• "greann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.