fuaimreag

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fuaimreag f (genitive singular fuaimreige, plural fuaimreagan)

1. vowel

   Cia mheud litir a tha anns an aibidil Ghàidhlig? Tha ochd-deug - tri connragan deug agus còig fuaimreagan. Tha trì de na fuaimreagan leathann (a, o, u) agus a dhà caol (e agus i).

   How many letters are in the Gaelic alphabet? There are eighteen - thirteen consonants and five vowels. Three of the vowels are broad (a, o, u) and two slender (e and i).

Related terms

• fuaim
• fuaimneach
• fuaimnich
• fuaimneachadh

See also

• connrag