seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg
Scottish Gaelic
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Etymology
[edit]seillean (“bee”) + càrdair (“carder”) + nan (“the”, definite article, genitive feminine plural) + lurgann (“shin, hind leg”, feminine) + dearg (“ruddy”)
'Carder' refers to their nest building.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg m (plural seilleanan càrdair nan lurgann dearg)
- red-shanked carder bee or red-shanked bumblebee (Bombus ruderarius)[1]
See also
[edit]See also
- seillean càrdair cumanta[1]
- seillean càrdair na còinnich[1]
- seillean càrdair nan lurgann dear[1]
- seillean mòr
- seillean-cuthaige[2]
- seillean-dubh[2]
- seillean-mòr[1]
- seillean-mór[3][2]
- seillean-mòr a' bhlàir-fhraoich[1]
- seillean-mòr a' chrios bhriste[1]
- seillean-mòr an earbaill bhàin[1]
- seillean-mòr an earbaill bhuidhe-bhàn[1]
- seillean-mòr an earbaill dheirg[1]
- seillean-mòr buidhe[1]
- seillean-mòr cuthaig bharbut[1]
- seillean-mòr earball-bàn a' Chinn a Tuath[1]
- seillean-mòr gàrraidh[1]
- seillean-mòr na cuthaig achaidh[1]
- seillean-mòr na cuthaig coille[1]
- seillean-mòr na cuthaig shiopsaich[1]
- seillean-mòr nan dearcan-fraoich[1]
- seillean-mòr tràth[1]
- seillean-ruadh[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Scottish Natural Heritage. seillean in Faclan Nàdair / Dictionary of Gaelic Nature Words; accessed 10 May 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bauer, Mìchael. bee and seillean in "Am Faclair Beag". Accessed 7 May 2015.
- ^ bee and seillean in Edward Dwelly (1911) “seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed on 7 May 2015.