losgann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish loiscend (“toad, frog”) (compare Irish loscann (“frog; tadpole”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔs̪kən̪ˠ/

Noun

losgann m (genitive singular losgainn, plural losgannan)

  1. toad
  2. frog
  3. wretch, contumelious appellation
  4. (rare) childhood
  5. frog- or toadspawn
  6. jellyfish

Derived terms

  • cuigeal nan losgann f (“great reed-mace”)
  • fo-losgann f (“tadpole”)
  • losgag f (“froglet, frogling, young frog”)
  • losgann buidhe m (“frog”)
  • losgann dubh m (“toad”)
  • òg-losgann m (“froglet, frogling, young frog”)
  • sgeith-losgainn m (“frogspawn”)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “losgann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loscann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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