ialtag
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Scottish Gaelic
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish *íaltóc (compare Irish ialtóg), from íatlu (“bat”) + -óc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ialtag f (genitive singular ialtaig, plural ialtagan)
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ialtag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íaltóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language