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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish fráech , from Old Irish froích , fróech ,[ 4] 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 )
heather
Synonym: fraoch mór
heath , moor
Synonym: móinteach
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish fráech m ( “ rage, fury, fierceness ” ) .[ 5]
Noun
fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich )
fierceness , fury
Declension
Derived terms
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.
References
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52 , page 28
^ Finck, F. N. (1899 ) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ) A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press, § 270 , page 95
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 fráech ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 fráech ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “fraoch ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “fraoch ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm
“fraoch ”, in New English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish fráech , from Old Irish froích , fróech ,[ 1] from Proto-Celtic *wroikos , from a non-Indo-European source.
Noun
fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich , no plural )
heath , heather , ling
bristles
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish fráech m ( “ rage, fury, fierceness ” ) .[ 2]
Noun
fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich , no plural )
anger , fury
girning expression of countenance
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 fráech ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 fráech ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
Edward Dwelly (1911 ) “fraoch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan , 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
MacLennan, Malcolm (1925 ) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language , Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC