feusagach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • feòsagach, fèasogach

Etymology

feusag (“beard”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). Compare Classical Gaelic fésógach, Irish féasógach, Manx faasaagagh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiasakəx/

Adjective

feusagach (genitive singular masculine feusagaich, comparative feusagaiche)

  1. bearded
    Synonym: ròmach
  2. hairy
  3. barbed

Mutation

Mutation of feusagach
radical lenition
feusagach fheusagach

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feusagach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fésócach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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