fuirich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fo·rig (“remain, stay”), the second element possibly related to Proto-Celtic *regeti (“to straighten, stretch”), as in atreig (“to get up”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfuɾʲɪç/

Verb

fuirich (past dh'fhuirich, future fuirichidh, verbal noun fuireach, past participle fuirichte)

  1. stay, remain
  2. live, dwell
  3. wait

Synonyms

References

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