earrach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish errach, from Proto-Celtic *wesrakos, enlargement of Proto-Celtic *wesr-, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Latin vēr, Lithuanian vãsara (“summer”), Polish wiosna, Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta, “summer”), वसर् (vasar, “in the morning”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠax/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾˠəx/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈæːɾˠəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠa(h)/

Noun

earrach m (genitive singular earraigh, nominative plural earraigh)

1. spring (season)

Declension

Declension of earrach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative earrach earraigh Vocative a earraigh a earracha Genitive earraigh earrach Dative earrach earraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-earrach na hearraigh Genitive an earraigh na n-earrach Dative leis an earrach don earrach leis na hearraigh

Derived terms

• rollóg earraigh

Descendants

• → Yola: arraugh

See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category
earrach (“spring”)	samhradh (“summer”)	fómhar (“autumn”)	geimhreadh (“winter”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earrach	n-earrach	hearrach	t-earrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 errach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “earraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 279
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “earrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish errach, from Proto-Celtic *wesrakos, enlargement of Proto-Celtic *wesr-, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Latin vēr, Lithuanian vãsara (“summer”), Polish wiosna, Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta, “summer”), वसर् (vasar, “in the morning”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjarˠəx/

Noun

earrach m (genitive singular earraich, plural earraichean or earraich)

1. spring (season)

   as t-earrach ― in spring

   Th' an t-earrach a' tighinn. ― Spring is coming.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earrach	n-earrach	h-earrach	t-earrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (seasons) ràith; earrach, samhradh, foghar, geamhradh ^{(Category: gd:Seasons)}

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “earrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 errach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language