feusag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fésóc

Noun

feusag f (genitive singular feusaig or feusaige, plural feusagan)

1. beard
2. whiskers
3. (dated) barb

Synonyms

• (barb): gath

Derived terms

• caisean-feusaig (“mustache”)
• feusag dhùinte (“full beard”)
• feusag-bheòil (“moustache”)
• feusagach (“bearded”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “feusag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)