clòimh-chat

Scottish Gaelic

Trì clòimhean-chait.

Etymology

Literally: "Cat wool".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰl̪ˠɔ̃ːj ˈxaʰt̪/

Noun

clòimh-chat m

1. catkin

Declension

Declension of clòimh-chat: see the entries on clòimh and cat

Synonyms

• cluigean

Mutation

Mutation of clòimh-chat

radical	lenition
clòimh-chat	chlòimh-chat

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

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “clòimh-chat”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 144