faoileag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn + -ag. Cognate with Irish faoileog and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɯːlak/

Noun

faoileag f (genitive singular faoileige, plural faoileagan)

1. seagull; black-headed gull
   • 2017, Coinneach Lindsay, A' Choille Fhiadhaich:

     Faoileag. Bha faoileag na laighe, marbh, aig casan Anna.

     Seagull. A seagull was lying dead at Anna's feet.

2. white crest on the waves

   Tha faoileagan air a' mhuir. ― There are white crests on the waves.

Usage notes

See also faoileann.

Quotations

• 2000, Lauchie MacLellan, Brìgh an Òrain, page 332:

  Chaidh sinn air tìr am measg nam faoileagan agus thug sinn ar n-aghaidh air a' bheinn.

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
faoileag	fhaoileag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “faoileag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC