fèidhfheòil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From fiadh (“deer”) +‎ feòil (“meat”). Compare Irish fiafheoil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeː.al/[1]

Noun

fèidhfheòil f (genitive singular fèidhfheòla)

  1. Synonym of sitheann (“venison”)

Mutation

Mutation of fèidhfheòil
radical lenition
fèidhfheòil fhèidhfheòil

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. (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 124
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