Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish foscad (shadow; protection),[1] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-skātu. Cognate with Welsh gwasgod (shade; shelter).

Noun edit

fasgadh m (genitive fasgaidh, plural fasgaidhean)

  1. shelter, protection

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foscad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language