EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
raithneach, f. (gs. -ní). Coll: Fern, bracken. ~ chraobhach, tree-fern. ~ chrua, hard fern. ~ ghallda, royal fern. ~ mhadra, male fern. ~ Mhuire, lady-fern. ~ rua, (i) rust-coloured, withered, fern, (ii) rusty-back. ~ uisce, water-fern. ~ a bhaint as duine, to trounce s.o. Chomh tiubh le ~, as thick as fern, very plentiful. Rath na raithní orthu! Long may they flourish!
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an éin gé, na raithní, na sailí, rapid growth (as of a gosling, fern, willow).
~ raithní, burnt (and boiled) ferns (for bleaching).
~ raithní, frond of fern.
~ ceo, díomhaointis, gréine, raithní, seoigh, toir, illegitimate child.
Tá an raithneach ag ruachan, the bracken is rusting.