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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Norse Eysteinn, from ey (“luck”) and steinn (“stone”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ùisdean m (genitive/vocative Ùisdein)
- a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Hugh though etymologically unrelated
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh