fraochán

Irish

Etymology

From fraoch (“heather”) +‎ -án.

Noun

fraochán m (genitive singular fraocháin, nominative plural fraocháin)

1. blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry

Synonyms

• fraochán gorm

Descendants

• → English: fraughan, fraochan; fraghan, frawn

Noun

fraochán m (genitive singular fraocháin, nominative plural fraocháin)

1. ring-ouzel

Declension

Declension of fraochán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fraochán fraocháin Vocative a fhraocháin a fhraochána Genitive fraocháin fraochán Dative fraochán fraocháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fraochán na fraocháin Genitive an fhraocháin na bhfraochán Dative leis an bhfraochán don fhraochán leis na fraocháin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fraochán	fhraochán	bhfraochán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fraochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “blueberry”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024