dearc

I.

behold, see, Irish dearcaim, Old Irish dercaim, video, derc, eye, *derkô, I see, perfect *dedorka (cf. chunnairc = con-darc Indo-European derk, see; Greek $$Gdérkomai, $$Gdédorka, have seen; Old High German zoraht, bright; Sanskrit darç, see.

II.

dearc, dearcag

a berry, so Irish, Old Irish derc, *derkes-, Sanskrit drâkshâ, grape, vine (Stokes); root derk, see, the idea being "conspicuous". Cf. Greek $$Gdrákwn, dragon, $$Gdorkás, gazelle, from the root derk, see. See dearc, behold. The Old Irish derucc, g. dercon, glans, is, like German eichel, glans (from eiche, oak), from the root of darach, oak (Zimmer).

III.

dearc, dearc-luachrach

a lizad, Irish earcluachra, the " earc of the rashes", Middle Irish erc, speckled, red, Irish earc, salmon, Welsh erch, fuscus, darkish, *erko-s, for perko-; Greek $$Gperknós, dark-blue, $$Gpérkc, a perch; Sanskrit pr$$.çnis, speckled; German forelle, a trout, Old High German forhanna. For meaning, cf. breac, a trout, "the speckled one". The d of Gaelic dearc belongs to the article.