earrach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish errach, from Proto-Celtic *wesrakos, enlargement of Proto-Celtic *wesr-, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Latin vēr, Lithuanian vãsara (“summer”), Polish wiosna, Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta, “summer”), वसर् (vasar, “in the morning”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠax/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾˠəx/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈæːɾˠəx]
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠa(x)/

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

• rollóg earraigh

Descendants

• → Yola: arraugh

See also

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of earrach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earrach	n-earrach	hearrach	t-earrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “earraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 279
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “earrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈjarˠəx/
• (North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrˠəx/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈærˠʌx]
• (Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈe̯ærˠəx/
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ̯arˠɔx/

Noun

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

1. spring (season)

   as t-earrach ― in spring

   Th' an t-earrach a' tighinn. ― Spring is coming.

Mutation

Mutation of earrach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earrach	n-earrach	h-earrach	t-earrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

• (seasons) ràith; earrach, samhradh, foghar, geamhradh ^{(Category: gd:Seasons)}

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “earrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 errach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language