fraoch
Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish fráech, from Old Irish froích, fróech, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos (compare Welsh grug, Middle Breton groegan), from an unknown non-Indo-European source (compare Czech vřes, Latvian virsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē)).
Declension
Declension of fraoch
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Variant genitive singular: fraoich
Declension of fraoch
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (heather): fraoch mór
- (heath): móinteach
Derived terms
- cearc fhraoigh f (“(red) grouse”)
- coileach fraoigh m (“moor cock, male red grouse”)
- dallóg fhraoigh f (“shrew-mouse”)
- dúchoileach fraoigh m (“blackcock, male black grouse”)
- fraochán1 m (“bilberry, whortleberry”)
- fraochán2 m (“ring-ouzel”)
- fraoch bán m (“white heather”)
- fraoch camógach m (“Mediterranean heather”)
- fraoch cloigíneach, fraoch fireann, fraoch Lochlannach (“bell-heather”)
- fraoch coitianta, fraoch mór (“Scotch heather, ling”)
- fraochdhaite (“heather-mixture”)
- fraochlach m (“heath”)
- fraochmhá f (“heath”) (of tract of land)
- fraochmhar (“heathery”, adjective)
- fraoch naoscaí m (“cross-leaved heath”)
- leann fraoigh m (“heather-ale”)
- luch fhraoigh f (“marmot”)
- madar fraoigh m (“heath, white, bedstraw”)
- píobaire fraoigh m (“grasshopper”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish fráech m (“rage, fury, fierceness”).
Declension
Declension of fraoch
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- fraochnimh f (“venomous anger”)
- fraochta (“fierce, furious, enraged”, adjective)
Related terms
- fraochaíl f (“furiousness; fierce valour”)
- fraochtacht f (“rage, fury”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fraoch | fhraoch | bhfraoch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “1 fráech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 fráech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "fraoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “fraoch” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fraoch” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish fráech, from Old Irish froích, fróech, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from a non-Indo-European source.
Noun
fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich, no plural)
Derived terms
- dearc-fhraoich f (“bilberry, whortleberry, blaeberry, cowberry”)
- deargan-fraoich m (“goldfinch; bullfinch”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
fraoch | fhraoch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
- “1 fráech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 fráech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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