feusgan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From iasg (“fish”) +‎ -an (diminutive suffix), with prothetic f- as is common in Scottish Gaelic.

Pronunciation

Noun

feusgan m (genitive singular feusgan, plural feusgan)

  1. mussel

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 28
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