ialtag

Scottish Gaelic

Tha an ialtag seo ag ithe kapok ann an Kolkata, Poblachd nan Innseachan.

Etymology

From Middle Irish *íaltóc (compare Irish ialtóg), from íatlu (“bat”) + -óc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiəl̪ˠt̪ək/

Noun

ialtag f (genitive singular ialtaig, plural ialtagan)

1. bat (small, nocturnal, flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
2. titmouse

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ialtag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íaltóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language