raineach

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

fraineach (Barra, North Skye, Lochalsh, Mackay Country, East Inverness-shire, Islay)

Etymology

From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”) (compare Irish raithneach, Manx rhennagh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrˠaɲəx/

Noun

raineach f (genitive singular rainich, plural rainichean)

fern, bracken
(slang) weed, hash, cannabis

Derived terms

raineach chruaidh (“hard fern”)
raineach Moire (“lady fern”)
raineach rìoghail (“royal fern”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “raineach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “raithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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