urrainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Irish aurrae (“person who is native within the bounds of a fine, túath, etc; leader, chief; surety, guarantor”).

Noun

urrainn f (indeclinable)

1. power, ability

Adjective

urrainn

1. able
2. author

   sgeul gun urrainn - an anonymous story

Derived terms

• gun urrainn
• mar as fheàrr as urrainn do
• 's urrainn do

Related terms

• urra