faing

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots fank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faiŋʲkʲ/
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /faiŋʲ/

Noun

faing f (genitive singular fainge, plural faingean) (Lewis, Harris, Trotternish, Wester Ross, Sutherland)

  1. fank, sheepfold