raineach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
- fraineach (Barra, North Skye, Lochalsh, Mackay Country, East Inverness-shire, Islay)
Etymology edit
From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”) (compare Irish raithneach, Manx rhennagh).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
raineach f (genitive singular rainich, plural rainichean)
Derived terms edit
- raineach chruaidh (“hard fern”)
- raineach Moire (“lady fern”)
- raineach rìoghail (“royal fern”)
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “raineach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “raithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language