frith-eagalach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From frith-eagal +‎ -ach.

Adjective[edit]

frith-eagalach (comparative frith-eagalaiche)

  1. causing a panic
  2. apt to be startled

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “frith-eagalach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN