ushag

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish uiseóg (“lark”); compare Irish fuiseog and Scottish Gaelic uiseag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʒaɡ/

Noun

ushag f (genitive singular ushag, plural ushagyn)

1. bird

Derived terms

• ushag airhey (“golden oriole”)
• ushag awiney (“kingfisher”)
• ushag chaaidje (“cagebird”)
• ushag chiaullee (“song bird”)
• ushag chonvayrtagh (“vulture”)
• ushag chraidoil (“mockingbird”)
• ushag fo chlooie (“fledgling”)
• ushag happagh (“lark”)
• ushag ny boob (“bittern”)
• ushag ny hawin (“kingfisher”)
• ushag ny hoie (“nightingale”)
• ushag ny keylljyn (“wood lark”)
• ushag ny lheeanagyn (“meadow pipit”)
• ushag ny shast (“water rail”)
• ushag ny shellanyn (“bee-eater”)
• ushag ny shellee (“willow warbler”)
• ushag ny Sheltyn (“red-necked phalarope”)
• ushag ny thorran (“hoopoe”)
• ushag ny thoyn bane (“wheatear”)
• ushag reaisht (“plover, golden plover”)
• ushag rhennee (“woodcock”)
• ushag roauyr ny hoarn (“corn bunting”)
• ushag roo (“ruff”)
• ushag varrey (“sea bird”)
• ushag veealeraght (“babbler bird”)
• ushag veg ruy (“robin”)
• ushag vieau (“swift”)
• ushag voltee (“pied wagtail, grey wagtail”)
• ushag vreck (“wagtail”)
• ushag vuitchooragh (“red-backed shrike”)
• ushag wee (“yellow hammer, yellow bunting”)
• ushag wuigh (“yellow bunting, yellow hammer”)
• ushag y cheirn (“mountain finch, brambling”)
• ushag y chloau (“chaffinch”)
• ushag y freoaie (“whinchat”)
• ushag y ghob vooar (“pelican”)
• ushag y juys (“goldcrest”)
• ushag y lhieen (“linnet”)
• ushag y sniaghtee (“fieldfare”)
• ushag y tappee (“lark”)
• ushag y traghtee (“fieldfare”)
• ushag y wannal cam (“wryneck”)
• ushagoil (“birdlike”)
• ushagyn gyn skian (“aptera”)

 

Related terms

• eean (“chick; fowl; poult”)

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uiseóg, fuiseóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language