fraoch

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠɾˠeːx/
• IPA^(key): /fˠɾˠiːx/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fráech, from Old Irish froích, fróech, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos (compare Welsh grug, Middle Breton groegan), from an unknown non-Indo-European source (compare Czech vřes, Latvian virsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē)).

Noun

fraoch m or f (genitive singular fraoigh or fraoighe)

1. heather
2. heath, moor

Declension

Declension of fraoch

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fraoch Vocative a fhraoigh Genitive fraoigh Dative fraoch

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fraoch Genitive an fhraoigh Dative leis an bhfraoch don fhraoch

• Variant genitive singular: fraoich

Declension of fraoch

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fraoch Vocative a fhraoch Genitive fraoighe Dative fraoch

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fhraoch Genitive na fraoighe Dative leis an bhfraoch don fhraoch

Synonyms

• (heather): fraoch mór
• (heath): móinteach

Derived terms

• cearc fhraoigh f (“(red) grouse”)
• coileach fraoigh m (“moor cock, male red grouse”)
• dallóg fhraoigh f (“shrew-mouse”)
• dúchoileach fraoigh m (“blackcock, male black grouse”)
• fraoch bán m (“white heather”)
• fraoch camógach m (“Mediterranean heather”)
• fraoch cloigíneach, fraoch fireann, fraoch Lochlannach (“bell-heather”)
• fraoch coitianta, fraoch mór (“Scotch heather, ling”)
• fraoch naoscaí m (“cross-leaved heath”)
• fraochán¹ m (“bilberry, whortleberry”)
• fraochán² m (“ring-ouzel”)
• fraochdhaite (“heather-mixture”)
• fraochlach m (“heath”)
• fraochmhar (“heathery”, adjective)
• fraochmhá f (“heath”) (of tract of land)
• leann fraoigh m (“heather-ale”)
• luch fhraoigh f (“marmot”)
• madar fraoigh m (“heath, white, bedstraw”)
• píobaire fraoigh m (“grasshopper”)

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fráech m (“rage, fury, fierceness”).

Noun

fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich)

1. fierceness, fury

Declension

Declension of fraoch

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fraoch Vocative a fhraoich Genitive fraoich Dative fraoch

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fraoch Genitive an fhraoich Dative leis an bhfraoch don fhraoch

Derived terms

• fraochnimh f (“venomous anger”)
• fraochta (“fierce, furious, enraged”, adjective)

Related terms

• fraochaíl f (“furiousness; fierce valour”)
• fraochtacht f (“rage, fury”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fraoch	fhraoch	bhfraoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fraoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fraoch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fraoch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fráech, from Old Irish froích, fróech, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from a non-Indo-European source.

Noun

fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich, no plural)

1. heath, heather, ling
2. bristles
3. anger
4. girning expression of countenance

Derived terms

• dearc-fhraoich f (“bilberry, whortleberry, blaeberry, cowberry”)
• deargan-fraoich m (“goldfinch; bullfinch”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fraoch	fhraoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fraoch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fráech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language