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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Compare Irish madra alla, madra allta.
Noun
madadh-allaidh m (genitive singular madaidh-allaidh, plural madaidhean-allaidh)
- wolf
- Synonyms: faol, madadh-gul, madadh-mór
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “madadh-allaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN