dà-chasach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • dà-chosach

Etymology

From dà- (“two-”) +‎ cas (“leg, foot”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dà-chasach (genitive singular masculine dà-chasaich, comparative dà-chasaiche)

  1. two-footed, bipedal

Noun

dà-chasach m (genitive singular dà-chasaich, plural dà-chasaich)

  1. biped

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dà-chasachdhà-chasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dà-chasach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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