smeòrach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

smeòrach f (genitive singular smeòraich, plural smeòraichean)

  1. (bird): thrush

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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
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