Frangach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frangcach (compare Irish Francach). By surface analysis, An Fhraing (“France”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾãŋkəx/

Adjective

Frangach (genitive singular masculine Frangaich, genitive singular feminine Frangaiche)

1. French

Declension

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	Frangach	Fhrangach	Frangach
Vocative	Fhrangaich	Fhrangach	Frangach
Genitive	Fhrangaich	Fhrangaich/Frangaiche	Frangach
Dative	Fhrangach	Fhrangaich	Frangach

Derived terms

• cearc-Fhrangach (“turkey-hen”)
• coileach-Frangach (“turkey-cock”)
• dearc-Fhrangach, dearcag-Fhrangach (“red or white currant”)

Related terms

• Fraingis f (“the French language”)

Noun

Frangach m (genitive singular Frangaich, plural Frangaich)

1. Frenchman

Mutation

Mutation of Frangach

radical	lenition
Frangach	Fhrangach

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “Frangach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frangcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language