fraochán

Irish

Etymology

From fraoch (“heather”) +‎ -án.

Noun

fraochán m (genitive singular fraocháin, nominative plural fraocháin)

  1. blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry

Synonyms

  • fraochán gorm

Descendants

  • → English: fraughan, fraochan, fraghan, frawn

Noun

fraochán m (genitive singular fraocháin, nominative plural fraocháin)

  1. ring-ouzel

Declension

Declension of fraochán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fraochán fraocháin
vocative a fhraocháin a fhraochána
genitive fraocháin fraochán
dative fraochán fraocháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fraochán na fraocháin
genitive an fhraocháin na bhfraochán
dative leis an bhfraochán
don fhraochán 		leis na fraocháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fraochán
radical lenition eclipsis
fraochán fhraochán bhfraochán

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

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