Scottish Gaelic

edit

Etymology

edit

Perhaps from Old Norse ljóða hús (literally song house), though that may be a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

edit

Proper noun

edit

Leòdhas m (genitive Leòdhais)

  1. Lewis (an island in Na h-Eileanan Siar council area, Scotland)
    Synonyms: Eilean Leòdhais, Eilean an Fhraoich
edit
  • Leòdhasach (person from Lewis; pertaining to Lewis)

Descendants

edit
  • English: Lewis

References

edit
  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap