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

Related terms

• feòil-itheadair

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