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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish damán allaid (literally “the fierce little stag”). See also Irish damhán alla.
Pronunciation
Noun
damhan-allaidh f (genitive singular damhain-allaidh, plural damhain-allaidh)
- spider
Synonyms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “damhan-allaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “damán allaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language