feòil-itheach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From feòil (“meat”) +‎ ith (“eat”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfjɔːl̪ˠˌiçəx/

Adjective

feòil-itheach (genitive singular masculine feòil-ithich)

  1. carnivorous
    Antonym: lus-itheach

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

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