àireach

See also: aireach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

There is confusion in Gaelic between àireach and Old Irish aire(ch), lord; the bó-aire, cow-lord, was the free tenant of ancient Ireland. For Old Irish aire, See airidh. Gaelic àireach owes its long vowel to a confusion with àrach, to rear. See àiridh for root.

Alexander McBain, Gairm Publications, 1982

Noun

àireach m (genitive singular àirich, plural àirich)

1. cattleman, dairyman