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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.
Pronunciation
Noun
miùg m (genitive singular miùig)
- (Benbecula, South Uist, Barra) whey
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap