muc-mhara

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Literally sea pig; compare Irish muc mhara (porpoise)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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muc-mhara f (genitive singular muice-mara, plural mucan-mara)

  1. whale, porpoise
    • 1905, Columban, The Celtic Review[1], page 285:
      Dh' eirich e trath la dhe na laithean, agus de chunnaic e air an traigh ach muc-mhara mhor.
      He rose early one day, and what he saw on the beach was only a large whale.

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
muc-mhara mhuc-mhara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.