raithneach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”)[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic raineach, Manx rhennagh).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠæhnʲa(x)/, /ˈɾˠæn̠ʲa(x)/[2]; /ˈɾˠaihnʲa(x)/[3]

Noun

raithneach f (genitive singular raithní)

  1. (collective) fern, bracken
  2. (slang) cannabis

Declension

Declension of raithneach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative raithneach
vocative a raithneach
genitive raithní
dative raithneach
raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an raithneach
genitive na raithní
dative leis an raithneach
leis an raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)
don raithneach
don raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

  • raithneach asparagais (“asparagus fern”)
  • raithneach chraobhach (“tree-fern”)
  • raithneach chrua (“hard fern”)
  • raithneach ghallda (“royal fern”)
  • raithneach mhadra (“male fern”)
  • raithneach mhór (“bracken”)
  • raithneach Mhuire (“lady-fern”)
  • raithneach ríúil (“royal fern”)
  • raithneach rua (“rust-coloured fern”)
  • raithneach shreabhnach (“filmy fern”)
  • raithneach uisce (“water-fern”)
  • raithneachán (“ferny place”)
  • raithneachúil (“ferny”, adjective)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “raithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 186, page 71
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 264, page 94

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