earrach

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

earrach m (genitive singular earraigh, nominative plural earraigh)

  1. spring (season)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Yola: arraugh

See also[edit]

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

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. spring (season)
    as t-earrachin spring
    Th' an t-earrach a' tighinn.Spring is coming.

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]