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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
taigh (“house, dwelling”, noun) + cearc (“hen, chicken”, noun)
Pronunciation
Noun
taigh-chearc m
- henhouse
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap