Geàrrloch
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A compound of geàrr (“short”) + loch (“loch, lake”). The adjective geàrr is one of a few in Scottish Gaelic which breaks the adjective following noun rule.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Geàrrloch m
- Gairloch (a coastal village on Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland).
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh