cù-donn

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cù-donn m (genitive singular coin-duinn, plural coin-donna)

  1. (East Sutherland) otter
    Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, dobhar-chù, (Islay) biast-donn, (Argyll, Arran) madadh-donn

Mutation

Mutation of cù-donn
radical lenition
cù-donn chù-donn

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cù-donn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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