smeòrach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish smolach, from Proto-Celtic *smugal-. Compare Irish smólach (“thrush”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smeòrach f (genitive singular smeòraich, plural smeòraichean)
- (bird): thrush
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “smeòrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “smeòrach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN