raithneach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”)[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic raineach, Manx rhennagh).

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠæhnʲa(x)/, /ˈɾˠæn̠ʲa(x)/[2]; /ˈɾˠaihnʲa(x)/[3]

Noun

raithneach f (genitive singular raithní)

  1. (collective) fern, bracken
  2. (slang) cannabis

Declension
Declension of raithneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative raithneach
Vocative a raithneach
Genitive raithní
Dative raithneach
raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an raithneach
Genitive na raithní
Dative leis an raithneach
leis an raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)

don raithneach
don raithnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms
  • raithneach asparagais (“asparagus fern”)
  • raithneach chraobhach (“tree-fern”)
  • raithneach chrua (“hard fern”)
  • raithneach ghallda (“royal fern”)
  • raithneach mhadra (“male fern”)
  • raithneach mhór (“bracken”)
  • raithneach Mhuire (“lady-fern”)
  • raithneach ríúil (“royal fern”)
  • raithneach rua (“rust-coloured fern”)
  • raithneach shreabhnach (“filmy fern”)
  • raithneach uisce (“water-fern”)
  • raithneachán (“ferny place”)
  • raithneachúil (“ferny”, adjective)

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “raithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 186, page 71
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 264, page 94

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