cuileag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuileóc, diminutive of Old Irish cuil (“fly; gnat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰulak/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈkʰʉlak][1]

Noun

cuileag f (genitive singular cuileige, plural cuileagan)

  1. fly (insect)

Derived terms

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
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