earrach

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

earrach m (genitive singular earraigh, nominative plural earraigh)

  1. spring (season)

Declension
Declension of earrach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative earrach earraigh
Vocative a earraigh a earracha
Genitive earraigh earrach
Dative earrach earraigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-earrach na hearraigh
Genitive an earraigh na n-earrach
Dative leis an earrach

don earrach

 leis na hearraigh

Derived terms

See also
Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text)
earrach (“spring”) samhradh (“summer”) fómhar (“autumn”) geimhreadh (“winter”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
  • “1 errach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “earraċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 26.
  • "earrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈjarˠəx/

Noun

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

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

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earrachn-earrachh-earracht-earrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 errach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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