frith-eileanach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From frith-eilean (“small island; floating island”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

frith-eileanach (comparative frith-eileanaiche)

  1. having small or floating islands
  2. of or pertaining to small or floating islands

Mutation

Mutation of frith-eileanach
radical lenition
frith-eileanach fhrith-eileanach

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

References

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