uiseag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish uiseóg; compare Manx ushag and Irish fuiseog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uʃak/[1], [ʉʃak][2]

Noun

uiseag f (genitive singular uiseige, plural uiseagan)

  1. lark, skylark

Mutation

Mutation of uiseag
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uiseag n-uiseag h-uiseag t-uiseag

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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