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