àireach

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === There is confusion in Gaelic between àireach and Old Irish aire(ch), lord; the bó-aire, cow-lord, was the free tenant of ancient Ireland. For Old Irish aire, See airidh. Gaelic àireach owes its long vowel to a confusion with àrach, to rear. See àiridh for root. Alexander McBain, Gairm Publications, 1982 === Noun === àireach m (genitive singular àirich, plural àirich) cattleman, dairyman