muc-mhara

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Literally “sea pig”; compare Irish muc mhara (“porpoise”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muxkˈvaɾə/

Noun

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

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.