losgann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish loiscend (“toad, frog”) (compare Irish loscann (“frog; tadpole”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔs̪kən̪ˠ/

Noun

losgann m (genitive singular losgainn, plural losgannan)

1. toad
2. frog
3. wretch, contumelious appellation
4. (rare) childhood
5. frog- or toadspawn
6. jellyfish

Derived terms

• cuigeal nan losgann f (“great reed-mace”)
• fo-losgann f (“tadpole”)
• losgann buidhe m (“frog”)
• losgann dubh m (“toad”)
• òg-losgann m (“tadpole, young frog, little frog”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “losgann”, 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), “loscann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language