seillean-lunndach
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
seillean (“bee”) + lunndach (“idle, lazy, loitering”)
Noun
seillean-lunndach m (genitive singular seillein-lunndaich, plural seilleanan-lunndach)
- drone bee
See also
- ainbheach
- proimbeallan
- proimsheillean
- seillean
- seillean-dìomhain
- seillean-dìomhair
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “seillean-lunndach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Bauer, Mìchael. seillean in "Am Faclair Beag"