smeòrach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish smolach, from Proto-Celtic *smugal-. Compare Irish smólach (“thrush”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”).

Breton Moualc'h (f) "blackbirdd" (Turdus merula).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪mjɔːɾəx/

Noun

smeòrach f (genitive singular smeòraich, plural smeòraichean)

  1. (bird): thrush

Derived terms

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “smeòrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “smeòrach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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