gearra-mhuc

Scottish Gaelic

Gearra-mhuc.

Etymology

From gearradh (“cutting”) +‎ muc (“pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲarˠə ˈvuʰk/

Noun

gearra-mhuc f

1. guinea pig

Declension

Declension of gearra-mhuc (class IIa feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	gearra-mhuc	gearra-mhucan
genitive	gearra-mhuice	ghearra-mhuc
dative	gearra-mhuic	gearra-mhucan; gearra-mhucaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') ghearra-mhuc	(na) gearra-mhucan
genitive	(na) gearra-mhuice	(nan) gearra-mhuc
dative	(a') ghearra-mhuic	(na) gearra-mhucan; gearra-mhucaibh✝
vocative	ghearra-mhuc	ghearra-mhuca

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of gearra-mhuc

radical	lenition
gearra-mhuc	ghearra-mhuc

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) “gearra-mhuc”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 329