fraoch
Irish
Pronunciation
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)).
Noun
fraoch m or f (genitive singular fraoigh or fraoighe)
Declension
Declension of fraoch
First declension
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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
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cearc fhraoigh (“(red) grouse”)
- coileach fraoigh (“moor cock, male red grouse”)
- dallóg fhraoigh (“shrew-mouse”)
- dúchoileach fraoigh (“blackcock, male black grouse”)
- fraochán (“bilberry, whortleberry; ring-ouzel”)
- fraoch bán (“white heather”)
- fraoch camógach (“Mediterranean heather”)
- fraoch cloigíneach (“bell-heather”)
- fraoch coitianta (“Scotch heather, ling”)
- fraochdhaite (“heather-mixture”)
- fraoch fireann (“bell-heather”)
- fraochlach (“heath”)
- fraoch Lochlannach (“bell-heather”)
- (of tract of land) fraochmhá (“heath”)
- fraochmhar (“heathery”)
- fraoch mór (“Scotch heather, ling”)
- fraoch naoscaí (“cross-leaved heath”)
- leann fraoigh (“heather-ale”)
- luch fhraoigh (“marmot”)
- madar fraoigh (“heath, white, bedstraw”)
- píobaire fraoigh (“grasshopper”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish fráech m (“rage, fury, fierceness”).
Declension
Declension of fraoch
First declension
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fraoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish fráech, from Old Irish froích, fróech, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from a non-Indo-European source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɾɯːx/
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 | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| fraoch | fhraoch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “fraoch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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