ushag

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish uiseóg (“lark”); compare Irish fuiseog and Scottish Gaelic uiseag.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoʒaɡ/

Noun

ushag f (genitive singular ushag, plural ushagyn)

bird

Derived terms

ushag airhey (“golden oriole”)
ushag awiney (“kingfisher”)
ushag chaaidje (“cagebird”)
ushag chiaullee (“song bird”)
ushag chonvayrtagh (“vulture”)
ushag chraidoil (“mockingbird”)
ushag fo chlooie (“fledgling”)
ushag happagh (“lark”)
ushag ny boob (“bittern”)
ushag ny hawin (“kingfisher”)
ushag ny hoie (“nightingale”)
ushag ny keylljyn (“wood lark”)
ushag ny lheeanagyn (“meadow pipit”)
ushag ny shast (“water rail”)
ushag ny shellanyn (“bee-eater”)
ushag ny shellee (“willow warbler”)
ushag ny Sheltyn (“red-necked phalarope”)
ushag ny thorran (“hoopoe”)
ushag ny thoyn bane (“wheatear”)
ushag reaisht (“plover, golden plover”)
ushag rhennee (“woodcock”)
ushag roauyr ny hoarn (“corn bunting”)
ushag roo (“ruff”)
ushag varrey (“sea bird”)
ushag veealeraght (“babbler bird”)
ushag veg ruy (“robin”)
ushag vieau (“swift”)
ushag voltee (“pied wagtail, grey wagtail”)
ushag vreck (“wagtail”)
ushag vuitchooragh (“red-backed shrike”)
ushag wee (“yellow hammer, yellow bunting”)
ushag wuigh (“yellow bunting, yellow hammer”)
ushag y cheirn (“mountain finch, brambling”)
ushag y chloau (“chaffinch”)
ushag y freoaie (“whinchat”)
ushag y ghob vooar (“pelican”)
ushag y juys (“goldcrest”)
ushag y lhieen (“linnet”)
ushag y sniaghtee (“fieldfare”)
ushag y tappee (“lark”)
ushag y traghtee (“fieldfare”)
ushag y wannal cam (“wryneck”)
ushagoil (“birdlike”)
ushagyn gyn skian (“aptera”)

Related terms

eean (“chick; fowl; poult”)

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uiseóg, fuiseóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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