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Scottish Gaelic
Noun
madadh-donn m (genitive singular madaidh-dhuinn, plural madaidhean-donna)
- (South Argyll, Arran) otter
- Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, dobhar-chù, (Islay) biast-donn, (Sutherland) cù-donn
Mutation
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Lenition
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| madadh-donn |
mhadadh-donn
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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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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “madadh-donn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN