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From oil (“educate, rear”) + taigh (“house”).[1] It is usually spelt as a single word in modern orthography.[2]
oilthigh m (genitive singular oilthigh, plural oilthighean)
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- ^ MacBain, A. (1911) An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language Stirling Eneas MacKay, 1982 edition by Gairm →ISBN
- ^ Mark, C. The Gaelic English Dictionary Routledge (2004) →ISBN
