coilleag

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɤʎak/

Etymology 1

Noun

coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. cockle
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. shoot, sprout (particularly of a potato)
  2. young potato
  3. peats arranged upright for drying

Etymology 3

coille +‎ -ag

Noun

coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. small forest, copse

Etymology 4

Shortening of bua-choilleag, from presumably Latin būcolicum.

Noun

coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. bucolic, pastoral, rural song or poem
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