raineach
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- fraineach (Barra, North Skye, Lochalsh, Strathnaver, East Inverness-shire, Islay)
Etymology
From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”) (compare Irish raithneach, Manx rhennagh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrˠaɲəx/
Noun
raineach f (genitive singular rainich, plural rainichean)
- fern, bracken
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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “raithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language