madadh-ruadh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From madadh (“dog”) +‎ ruadh (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat̪əɣ ˈrˠuəɣ/

Noun

madadh-ruadh m

1. Synonym of sionnach (“fox”)

Declension

Declension of madadh-ruadh: see the entries on madadh and ruadh

Mutation

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

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “madadh-ruadh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 412