coilleag

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. cockle
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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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

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coille +‎ -ag

Noun

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coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. small forest, copse

Etymology 4

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Shortening of bua-choilleag, from presumably Latin būcolicum.

Noun

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coilleag f (genitive singular coilleige, plural coilleagan)

  1. bucolic, pastoral, rural song or poem
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