smeòrach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish smolach, from Proto-Celtic *smugal-. Compare Irish smólach (“thrush”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”).

Breton Moualc'h (f) "blackbirdd" (Turdus merula).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪mjɔːɾəx/

Noun

smeòrach f (genitive singular smeòraich, plural smeòraichean)

1. (bird): thrush

Derived terms

• cha dèan aon smeòrach samhradh

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “smeòrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “smeòrach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN