dreich

Etymology
The is borrowed from, from , , , from , , and then probably partly:


 * shortened from, from +  (from , from ); and
 * influenced by, from (see above).

The is probably partly derived:


 * from the adjective; and
 * borrowed from, probably from , , possibly from ,  (see above).

(Compare 🇨🇬, which did not survive into Middle English.)


 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)
 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)
 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)
 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)
 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)

Adjective

 * 1) Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
 * 2) Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull.
 * 3) Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
 * 4) Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
 * 5) Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
 * 6) Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
 * 7) Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
 * 8) Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
 * 9) Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
 * 10) Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.
 * 1) Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
 * 2) Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
 * 3) Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
 * 4) Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
 * 5) Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
 * 6) Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
 * 7) Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.
 * 1) Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
 * 2) Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
 * 3) Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
 * 4) Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
 * 5) Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
 * 6) Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
 * 7) Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.
 * 1) Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
 * 2) Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
 * 3) Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
 * 4) Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
 * 5) Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.
 * 1) Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
 * 2) Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
 * 3) Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.
 * 1) Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
 * 2) Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.
 * 1) Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
 * 2) Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.
 * 1) Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
 * 2) Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.

Noun

 * 1)  A tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task.
 * 2)  Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.

Translations

 * Finnish: suuri vaiva
 * Macedonian:

Etymology
From, from , , from , from. Possibly influenced by Brythonic, e.g. <.

Distantly cognate with 🇨🇬,, and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) persistent, continuous, relentless
 * 2) slow, tardy
 * 3) dismal, dowie, dreary, bleak
 * 4) tedious, wearisome, drawn-out
 * 5) reluctant, tight-fisted, driving a hard bargain
 * 1) reluctant, tight-fisted, driving a hard bargain