ushag
Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish uiseóg (“lark”); compare Irish fuiseog and Scottish Gaelic uiseag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uʃaɡ/, [uʒaɡ], [oʒaɡ]
Noun
ushag f (genitive singular ushag, plural ushagyn)
Derived terms
- ushag chiaullee (“song bird”)
- ushag happagh (“lark”)
- ushag reaisht (“mountain plover”)
- ushag roauyr ny hoarn (“corn bunting”)
- ushag ruy (“robin”)
- ushag voltee (“pied wagtail”)
- ushag wee (“yellow hammer, yellow bunting”)
Related terms
- eean (“chick; fowl; poult”)
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uiseóg, fuiseóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language