feòil-itheach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From feòil (“meat”) +‎ ith (“eat”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjɔːl̪ˠˌiçəx/

Adjective

feòil-itheach (genitive singular masculine feòil-ithich)

  1. carnivorous
    Antonym: lus-itheach

Mutation

Mutation of feòil-itheach
radical lenition
feòil-itheach fheòil-itheach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feòil-itheach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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