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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)
- cockle
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)
- shoot, sprout (particularly of a potato)
- young potato
- peats arranged upright for drying
Etymology 3
coille + -ag
Noun
coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)
- small forest, copse
Etymology 4
Shortening of bua-choilleag, from presumably Latin būcolicum.
Noun
coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)
- bucolic, pastoral, rural song or poem