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orains adj.

[DSL orang(e adj., OED orange adj.1]

forms

attributive followingn.m.

singular

dative

plural

nominative

dative

in predicative use

senses

    • Orange in colour. See also orains n.II.  

      • 1966
        Gairm 54 156
        Gheibhear e [sc. dreas] cuideachd ann an natural, le sreath orainds agus donn.
      • 1979
        Gairm 108 313
        Bha e seachd uairean nuair a thàinig iad mar stoirm a-steach a Ghlaschu fo sholais orains Great Western Road.
      • 1986
        Eòin an Àite 43
        Geadh bhlàr […] Tha mullach a chinn geal is donn ghlas, tha a ghob pinc agus a chasan orains. 
      • 2005
        Na Klondykers 134
        Sgàthan orains an dashboard an t-aon solas.