coilleag

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. cockle
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. shoot, sprout (particularly of a potato)
  2. young potato
  3. peats arranged upright for drying

Etymology 3[edit]

coille +‎ -ag

Noun[edit]

coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. small forest, copse

Etymology 4[edit]

Shortening of bua-choilleag, from presumably Latin būcolicum.

Noun[edit]

coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. bucolic, pastoral, rural song or poem
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