Inherited from Old French orainz, from Latin hora + antes.
orains
Borrowed from Scots and English orange
orains
bàn, geal | glas | dubh |
dearg; ruadh | orains; donn | buidhe; donn |
uaine | uaine | gorm |
liath; glas | liath | gorm |
purpaidh; guirmean | pinc; purpaidh | pinc |
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
orains | n-orains | h-orains | t-orains |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |