òirleach
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈɔːrˠləx/[1], [ˈɔːləx][2]
- (Southern Hebridean, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈɔːrˠʎəx/[3][4]; (Harris, North Uist, Benbecula) [ˈɔːrˠʎʌx], (South Uist) [ˈɔːʎʌx], (Barra) [ˈɔːr̥ˠʎʌx][2]
Noun
òirleach m (plural òirlich)
- inch (unit of measure)
See also
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 45