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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
̺asal (“donkey, ass”) + stiallach (“striped”)
Noun
asal-stiallach m or f (genitive singular asail stiallach, plural asalan stiallach)
- zebra
References
- MacLeod, Rev. Norman & Dewar, Rev. Daniel. A dictionary of the Gaelic language, in two parts Glasgow: W.R. M'Phun (1839), p.1005.
- Thomson, Derick S. The New English-Gaelic Dictionary Glasgow: Gairm (1994), p.241.
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “asal-stiallach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN