raineach

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === fraineach (Barra, North Skye, Lochalsh, Mackay Country, East Inverness-shire, Islay) === Etymology === From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”) (compare Irish raithneach, Manx rhennagh). === Pronunciation === (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈrˠɛ̃nəx/ (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈrˠɤ̃ɲəx/ (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈrˠɔɲtʲɔx/ (corresponding to the form rointeach) === Noun === raineach f (genitive singular rainich, plural rainichean) fern, bracken (slang) weed, hash, cannabis ==== Derived terms ==== raineach chruaidh (“hard fern”) raineach Moire (“lady fern”) raineach rìoghail (“royal fern”) === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “raineach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “raithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language