muicfheòil

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From muc (“pig”) +‎ feòil (“meat”). Compare Irish muiceoil.

Pronunciation

Noun

muicfheòil f (genitive singular muicfheòla)

  1. pork (meat of a pig)

Mutation

Mutation of muicfheòil
radical lenition
muicfheòil mhuicfheòil

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 30
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