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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
ainleag (“swallow”) + dhubh (“black”)
Noun
ainleag-dhubh f (genitive singular ainleige-dhubh, plural ainleagan-dhubh)[1]
- swift, common swift (Apus apus)[2][3]
Synonyms
References
- ^ ainleag at Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainleag-dhubh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed 3 Feb 2015
- ^ apus apus at Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainleag-dhubh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed on 3 Feb 2015
- ^ ; accessed on 3 Feb 2015