raineach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”) (compare Irish raithneach, Manx rhennagh).

Noun

raineach f (genitive singular rainich, plural rainichean)

fern, bracken

Derived terms

raineach chruaidh (“hard fern”)
raineach Moire (“lady fern”)
raineach rìoghail (“royal fern”)

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
“raithnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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