earrach

Irish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish (deprecated template usage) errach, from Goidelic Template:recons, enlargement of Template:proto, from Template:proto (animate Template:proto) (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) vēr, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) vãsara, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish (deprecated template usage) wiosna, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) vasanta, (deprecated template usage) vasar.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ˈaɾˠəx]

Noun

earrach m

1. spring (season)

Related terms

• fómhar
• geimhreadh
• samhradh

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “earrach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish (deprecated template usage) errach, from Goidelic Template:recons, enlargement of Template:proto, from Template:proto (animate Template:proto) (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) vēr, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) vãsara, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish (deprecated template usage) wiosna, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) vasanta, (deprecated template usage) vasar.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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.