isean

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish essén, esén, essin (“unfledged bird; nestling”)[1]

Noun

isean m (genitive singular isein, plural iseanan)

  1. chick (of any bird)
  2. young (of some mammals)
    isean cait - kitten
    isean ròin - cub seal
  3. brat

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “es(s)én”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “isean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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