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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish loiscend (“toad, frog”) (compare Irish loscann (“frog; tadpole”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
losgann m (genitive singular losgainn, plural losgannan)
- toad
- frog
- wretch, contumelious appellation
- (rare) childhood
- frog- or toadspawn
- jellyfish
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “losgann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “loscann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language