eunlaith

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish énlaith, énḟlaith, from Old Irish én (“bird”) + flaith (“realm”). Compare Irish éanlaith.

Pronunciation

  • (Outer Hebrides) IPA(key): /ˈĩãl̪ˠi/[1][2]
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈĩãl̪ˠəj/[3], /ˈĩãl̪ˠui/[4]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈɛ̃ɔ̃ːl̪ˠaj/[5]

Noun

eunlaith f (genitive singular eunlaithe)

  1. (collective) birds, fowl, poultry

Mutation

Mutation of eunlaith
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eunlaith n-eunlaith h-eunlaith t-eunlaith

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  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, page 42
  2. ^ 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, page 146
  3. ^ 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 28
  4. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 161
  5. ^ 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 94
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