gealbhonn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gelbann. Compare Irish gealbhan; Cornish and Breton golvan; Welsh golfan.

Noun

gealbhonn m (genitive singular gealbhuinn, plural gealbhonnan)

1. house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
2. linnet
3. swallow

Derived terms

• gealbhonn nan craobh (“tree sparrow”)
• gealbhonn-cuileann (“bullfinch”)
• gealbhonn-gàraidh, gealbhonn nam preas (“dunnock, hedge sparrow”)
• gealbhonn-lìn (“linnet”)
• gealbhonn-sgiobaill (“bunting”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gealbhonn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN