fuaran

See also: fuarán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úarán (“spring”), from úar (“cold”).

Noun

fuaran m (genitive fuarain, plural fuaranan)

1. A fountain, a spring.
2. A well.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language