craobhan

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

craobhan f

  1. nominative/dative plural of craobh

Mutation

Mutation of craobhan
radical lenition
craobhan chraobhan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Colin Mark (2003) “craobh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 175