fraoch

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)

  1. heather
    Synonym: fraoch mór
  2. heath, moor
    Synonym: móinteach
Declension
Derived terms
  • cearc fhraoigh ((red) grouse)
  • coileach fraoigh (moor cock, male red grouse)
  • dallóg fhraoigh (shrew-mouse)
  • dúchoileach fraoigh (blackcock, male black grouse)
  • fraoch bán (white heather)
  • fraoch camógach (Mediterranean heather)
  • fraoch cloigíneach (bell-heather)
  • fraoch coitianta (Scotch heather, ling)
  • fraoch fireann (bell-heather)
  • fraoch Lochlannach (bell-heather)
  • fraoch mór (Scotch heather, ling)
  • fraoch naoscaí (cross-leaved heath)
  • fraochán (bilberry, whortleberry; ring-ouzel)
  • fraochdhaite (heather-mixture)
  • fraochlach (heath)
  • (of tract of land) fraochmhá (heath)
  • fraochmhar (heathery)
  • leann fraoigh (heather-ale)
  • luch fhraoigh (marmot)
  • madar fraoigh (heath, white, bedstraw)
  • píobaire fraoigh (grasshopper)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fráech m (rage, fury, fierceness).[5]

Noun

fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich)

  1. fierceness, fury
Declension
Derived terms
  • fraochnimh f (venomous anger)
  • fraochta (fierce, furious, enraged, adjective)
  • fraochaíl f (furiousness; fierce valour)
  • fraochtacht f (rage, fury)

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

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 270, page 95
  4. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɾɯːx/

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)

  1. heath, heather, ling
  2. bristles
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fráech m (rage, fury, fierceness).[2]

Noun

fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich, no plural)

  1. anger, fury
  2. girning expression of countenance

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fraochfhraoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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 [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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