àrachas

See also: árachas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old Irish árach (“act of binding, guaranteeing (a contract or other legal obligation or transaction); bond, guarantee”).

Noun

àrachas m (genitive singular àrachais, plural àrachasan)

Derived terms

fear àrachais (“insurer”)
bùth àrachais (“insurance office”)
fo àrachas (“insured”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “àrachas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN