faoileag
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn + -ag. Cognate with Irish faoileog and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.
Pronunciation
Noun
faoileag f (genitive singular faoileige, plural faoileagan)
- seagull; black-headed gull
- 2017, Coinneach Lindsay, A' Choille Fhiadhaich:
- Faoileag. Bha faoileag na laighe, marbh, aig casan Anna.
- Seagull. A seagull was lying dead at Anna's feet.
- white crest on the waves
- Tha faoileagan air a' mhuir. ― There are white crests on the waves.
Usage notes
See also faoileann.
Quotations
- 2000, Lauchie MacLellan, Brìgh an Òrain, page 332:
- Chaidh sinn air tìr am measg nam faoileagan agus thug sinn ar n-aghaidh air a' bheinn.
- We landed among the seagulls and headed for the mountain.
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| faoileag | fhaoileag |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
- ^ 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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap