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, Stirling, →ISBN
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