feinistear

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From French fenêtre.

Noun

feinistear m (genitive singular feinisteir, plural feinistearan)

  1. (architecture, archaic) window

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of feinistear
radical lenition
feinistear fheinistear

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feinistear”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN