faoileag
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn + -ag. Cognate with Irish faoileog and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɯːlak/
Noun
faoileag f (genitive singular faoileige, plural faoileagan)
- seagull; black-headed gull
- white crest on the waves
- Tha faoileagan air a' mhuir. ― There are white crests on the waves.
Usage notes
See also faoileann.
Quotations
- 2000, Lauchie MacLellan: Brìgh an Òrain, p 332:
- Chaidh sinn air tìr am measg nam faoileagan agus thug sinn ar n-aghaidh air a' bheinn.
- 2017, Coinneach Lindsay: A' Choille Fhiadhaich:
- Faoileag. Bha faoileag na laighe, marbh, aig casan Anna.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “faoileag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)