feusag

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fésóc.

Noun

feusag f (genitive singular feusaig or feusaige, plural feusagan)

  1. beard
  2. whiskers
  3. (dated) barb

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References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feusag”, 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