raithneach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”)[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic raineach, Manx rhennagh).

Pronunciation

Noun

raithneach f (genitive singular raithní)

  1. (collective) fern, bracken
  2. (slang) cannabis

Declension

Declension of raithneach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative raithneach
vocative a raithneach
genitive raithní
dative raithneach
raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an raithneach
genitive na raithní
dative leis an raithneach
leis an raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)
don raithneach
don raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “raithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 186, page 71
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 264, page 94

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