grían

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *greinā. Further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to be warm, hot”). Matasović incorrectly reconstructs Proto-Celtic *gʷrensnā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- (“warm”) (whence Sanskrit घ्रंस (ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”) and Proto-Celtic *gʷrensos, whence Middle Welsh gwres (“heat (of the sun, fire)”), compare also Proto-Celtic *gʷrīns, whence derived *gʷrīnsā > Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʲɾʲiːa̯n/ === Noun === grían f sun ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “grían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language