Eilean Sgitheanach

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

(North Uist) IPA^(key): /ə ˌɲd̥ʒelɛɲ ˈs̪kʲihanəx/^[1]
(South Uist) IPA^(key): /ə ˌɲd̥ʒelaɲ ˈs̪kʲi.anəx/^[2]
(Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ə ˌɲd̥ʲʰelan ˈs̪kʲi.anɔx/^[3]

Proper noun

An t-Eilean Sgitheanach m (genitive an Eilein Sgitheanaich)

the Isle of Skye (an island in Highland council area, Scotland)
Synonym: Eilean a' Cheò

Usage notes

Always preceded by the article.

References

^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

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