muc-mhara

See also: muc mhara

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Literally “sea pig”; compare Irish muc mhara (“porpoise”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muxk ˈvãɾə/[1]

Noun

muc-mhara f (genitive singular muice-mara, plural mucan-mara)

  1. whale, porpoise
    • 1905, Columban, The Celtic Review‎[1], page 285:
      Dh' eirich e trath la dhe na laithean, agus de chunnaic e air an traigh ach muc-mhara mhor.
      He rose early one day, and what did he see on the beach but a large whale.

Mutation

Mutation of muc-mhara
radical lenition
muc-mhara mhuc-mhara

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 68
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