Sealtainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, a compound of hjalt (“hilt”) and land (“land”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛl̪ˠt̪ɪɲ/

Proper noun

Sealtainn

  1. Shetland, Shetland Islands (an archipelago and council area of Scotland, roughly north-east of the Orkney Islands; the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom)

Mutation

Mutation of Sealtainn
radical lenition
Sealtainn Shealtainn
after "an", t-Sealtainn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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