ialtag

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Scottish Gaelic

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Tha an ialtag seo ag ithe kapok ann an Kolkata, Poblachd nan Innseachan.

Etymology

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From Middle Irish *íaltóc (compare Irish ialtóg), from íatlu (bat) + -óc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ialtag f (genitive singular ialtaig, plural ialtagan)

  1. bat (small, nocturnal, flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
  2. titmouse

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ialtag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íaltóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language