seanfhacal

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

seanfhacal m (genitive singular seanfhacail, plural seanfhacalan)

1. proverb, adage, byword, old saying

Derived terms

• seanfhaclach (“proverbial”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “seanfhacal”, 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