fraochán

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Irish

Etymology

From fraoch (heather) +‎ -án.

Noun

fraochán m (genitive singular fraocháin, nominative plural fraocháin)

  1. blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: fraughan, fraochan, fraghan, frawn

Noun

fraochán m (genitive singular fraocháin, nominative plural fraocháin)

  1. ring-ouzel

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fraochán fhraochán bhfraochán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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