Leòdhas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse ljóða hús (literally “song house”), though that may be a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Leòdhas m (genitive Leòdhais)

  1. Lewis (an island of Na h-Eileanan Siar council area, Scotland)
    Synonyms: Eilean Leòdhais, Eilean an Fhraoich
  • Leòdhasach (“person from Lewis; pertaining to Lewis”)

Descendants

  • → English: Lewis

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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