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fraoch.

heather, Calluna vulgaris

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/fˠɾˠeːx/Munster[fˠɾˠëːə̯x]Munster/fˠɾˠiːx/Connacht, Ulster/fˠɾˠɯːx/Connacht, Ulster

  1. heather, Calluna vulgaris

    feminine · masculine

  2. heath, moor

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish fráech, from Old Irish 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/fˠɾˠeːx/Munster[fˠɾˠëːə̯x]Munster/fˠɾˠiːx/Connacht, Ulster/fˠɾˠɯːx/Connacht, Ulster

  1. fierceness, fury

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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