ròcas

See also: rocas and roças

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

ròcas m (genitive singular ròcais, plural ròcasan)

1. crow, rook
2. (Wester Ross) carrion crow (rooks are supposedly rare in this area)

Derived terms

• bodach ròcais (“scarecrow”)

Further reading

• Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN