seillean-lunndach

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

seillean (“bee”) +‎ lunndach (“idle, lazy, loitering”)

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Noun

seillean-lunndach m (genitive singular seillein-lunndaich, plural seilleanan-lunndach)

  1. drone bee

See also

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “seillean-lunndach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Bauer, Mìchael. seillean in "Am Faclair Beag"
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