smeòrach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish smolach. Cognates include Irish smólach and Welsh mwyalch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪mjɔːɾəx/

Noun

smeòrach f

  1. thrush

Declension

Declension of smeòrach (class IIa feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative smeòrach smeòraichean
genitive smeòraiche, smeòraich smeòrach
dative smeòraich smeòraichean; smeòraichibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) smeòrach (na) smeòraichean
genitive (na) smeòraiche, smeòraich (nan) smeòrach
dative (an) smeòraich (na) smeòraichean; smeòraichibh✝
vocative smeòrach smeòracha

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of smeòrach
radical lenition
smeòrach unchanged

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) “smeòrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “smeòrach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “smeòrach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 535
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