Gaelic craobh (pronounced kroov) means 'tree', and derives from Old Irish cráeb, cróeb.
Irish Numbers: How to count to 10
a dó - two. a trí - three. a ceathair - four. a cúig - five.
Noun. coille f (genitive singular coille, plural coilltean or coilltichean) forest.
The Gaelic word for oak is darach and remains in place names such as Glac Daraich (oak hollow/small valley) in Glen Affric. Mistletoe, probably the Druids' most potent and magical plant, frequently grew on oak trees. Its presence was believed to indicate the hand of God having placed it there in a lightning strike.
Also named the Crann Bethadh, the Celtic Tree of Life embodies rebirth and new beginnings, wisdom and strength, safety and the home, the universe and the inevitable cycle of life and death. The Celts had utmost respect and admiration for nature, particularly for trees.
Fortingall Yew, Scotland
The Fortingall Yew is an ancient European yew (Taxus baccata) in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. It is known for being one of the oldest trees in Britain, with modern estimates of its age between 2,000 and 3,000 years.
Nàdair is nature. Both Nature, the natural world around us, the material world and nature, as in our own nature and the nature of man. The word does not divide nature into us, the human, and the other, the more-than-human world. Nàdair is not divisible, it intrinsically covers all of life.
Introduction. Anns a' Ghàrradh. In the garden. There are three words commonly used for 'garden' in Gaelic. Lios (as in Lios Mòr, the island of Lismore, which is as fertile as its name suggests), leas, a dialectal variant of lios, common in the north, and gàrradh.
Etymology. The word myrkviðr is a compound of two words. The first element is myrkr "dark", which is cognate to, among others, the English adjectives mirky and murky. The second element is viðr "wood, forest".
Welsh word of the day: Coed = Trees.
Every Hawthorn tree has a story...
In Celtic mythology it is one of the most sacred trees and symbolises love and protection. It is also known as the Fairy Tree, as fairies live under the Hawthorn as its guardians, and so was treated with great respect and care.
Etymology. From Old Norse tré (“tree”), from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).
In Old English, the word 'tree' was 'treow', which not only meant tree but also 'trust' or 'promise'.
From Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).
From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
blàth m (genitive singular blàith, plural blàthan) blossom, bloom, flower.
duille m (genitive singular duille, nominative plural duillí) (botany) leaf. (collective) leaves, foliage.
The Irish word for life - "beatha" - presented in Ogham in the trunk of a Celtic Tree of Life designed by Douglas Cavanaugh of Celtic Hammer Club.
Instead, the colour green is represented by three distinct terms, uaine, gorm and glas. The word uaine (pronounced oo-in-ya) is used to refer to a bright, vivid green colour, and although this is the most commonly-used term for 'green' in spoken Gaelic it is actually relatively rare in place-names.
forás » Growth, development; progress. forbairt » Development; growth, increase, expansion.
Arran whitebeam is one of the rarest and most endangered trees in the world. It is a hybrid of rowan and rock whitebeam which has stayed on the Isle of Arran since the last glaciers were formed. The trees are confined to the northern end of the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
However, one species in particular outlives them all. The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) has been deemed the oldest tree in existence, reaching an age of over 5,000 years old. The bristlecone pine's success in living a long life can be attributed to the harsh conditions it lives in.