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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish rúsc, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).
Pronunciation
Noun
rùsg m (genitive singular rùisg, plural rùsgan)
- external covering, rind, skin, husk
- bark (of a tree)
- fleece (of wool)
- shell
Verb
rùsg (past rùsg, future rùsgaidh, verbal noun rùsgadh, past participle rùsgte)
- beat, strike, pelt
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “rùsg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúsc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language