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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision”), with prosthetic f due to the initial r being interpreted as a lenited sequence fhr.
Pronunciation
Noun
fradharc m (genitive singular fradhairc, plural fradharcan)
- sight, power of vision, eyesight
- Synonym: lèirsinn
- sight, view, prospect
Derived terms
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap