fuirich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fo·rig (“remain, stay”), the second element possibly related to Proto-Celtic *regeti (“to straighten, stretch”), as in atreig (“to get up”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfuɾʲɪç/

Verb

fuirich (past dh'fhuirich, future fuirichidh, verbal noun fuireach, past participle fuirichte)

  1. stay, remain
  2. live, dwell
  3. wait

Synonyms

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fuirich”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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