rèilig

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See also: reilig and réilig

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae. Cognate with Irish reilig and Manx rhuillick.

Pronunciation

Noun

rèilig f (genitive singular rèilige, plural rèiligean)

  1. grave, burying place
  2. church
  3. crypt or burying place under a church
  4. stone chest where bones dug out of graves are placed

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “rèilig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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