Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

gealbhonn m (genitive singular gealbhuinn, plural gealbhonnan)

  1. house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
  2. linnet
  3. swallow

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “gealbhonn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN