rèilig

See also: reilig and réilig

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• réilig (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae.

Noun

rèilig f (genitive singular rèilige, plural rèiligean)

1. grave, burying place
2. church
3. crypt or burying place under a church
4. stone chest where bones dug out of graves are placed

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “rèilig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN