frith-eileanach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From frith-eilean (small island; floating island) +‎ -ach.

Adjective[edit]

frith-eileanach (comparative frith-eileanaiche)

  1. having small or floating islands
  2. of or pertaining to small or floating islands

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “frith-eileanach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN