damhan-allaidh

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish damán allaid (literally “the fierce little stag”). See also Irish damhán alla.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠavanˈal̪ˠɪ/

Noun[edit]

damhan-allaidh f (genitive singular damhain-allaidh, plural damhain-allaidh)

  1. spider

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “damhan-allaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “damán allaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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