seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
seillean (“bee”) + càrdair (“carder”) + nan (“the”, definite article, genitive feminine plural) + lurgann (“shin, hind leg”, feminine) + dearg (“ruddy”)
'Carder' refers to their nest building.[1]
Noun
seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg m (plural seilleanan càrdair nan lurgann dearg)
- red-shanked carder bee or red-shanked bumblebee (Bombus ruderarius)[1]
See also
See also
- seillean càrdair cumanta[1]
- seillean càrdair na còinnich[1]
- seillean càrdair nan lurgann dear[1]
- seillean mòr
- seillean-cuthaige[2]
- seillean-dubh[2]
- seillean-mòr[1]
- seillean-mór[3][2]
- seillean-mòr a' bhlàir-fhraoich[1]
- seillean-mòr a' chrios bhriste[1]
- seillean-mòr an earbaill bhàin[1]
- seillean-mòr an earbaill bhuidhe-bhàn[1]
- seillean-mòr an earbaill dheirg[1]
- seillean-mòr buidhe[1]
- seillean-mòr cuthaig bharbut[1]
- seillean-mòr earball-bàn a' Chinn a Tuath[1]
- seillean-mòr gàrraidh[1]
- seillean-mòr na cuthaig achaidh[1]
- seillean-mòr na cuthaig coille[1]
- seillean-mòr na cuthaig shiopsaich[1]
- seillean-mòr nan dearcan-fraoich[1]
- seillean-mòr tràth[1]
- seillean-ruadh[2]
References
- Scottish Natural Heritage. seillean in Faclan Nàdair / Dictionary of Gaelic Nature Words; accessed 10 May 2015.
- Bauer, Mìchael. bee and seillean in "Am Faclair Beag". Accessed 7 May 2015.
- bee and seillean in Edward Dwelly (1911) “seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed on 7 May 2015.
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