faoileag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fɯːlaɡ̊], /fɯːlak/

Noun

faoileag f (genitive singular faoileige, plural faoileagan)

  1. seagull; black-headed gull
  2. white crest on the waves
    • Tha faoileagan air a' mhuir. ― There are white crests on the waves.

Usage notes

See also faoileann.

Quotations

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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