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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn + -ag. Cognate with Irish faoileog and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.
Pronunciation
Noun
faoileag f (genitive singular faoileige, plural faoileagan)
- seagull; black-headed gull
2017, Coinneach Lindsay, A' Choille Fhiadhaich:Faoileag. Bha faoileag na laighe, marbh, aig casan Anna.- Seagull. A seagull was lying dead at Anna's feet.
- white crest on the waves
- Tha faoileagan air a' mhuir. ― There are white crests on the waves.
Usage notes
See also faoileann.
Quotations
2000, Lauchie MacLellan, Brìgh an Òrain, page 332:Chaidh sinn air tìr am measg nam faoileagan agus thug sinn ar n-aghaidh air a' bheinn.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| faoileag |
fhaoileag
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ 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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “faoileag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC