asal-stiallach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

̺asal (“donkey, ass”) +‎ stiallach (“striped”)

Noun

asal-stiallach m or f (genitive singular asail stiallach, plural asalan stiallach)

zebra

References

MacLeod, Rev. Norman & Dewar, Rev. Daniel. A dictionary of the Gaelic language, in two parts Glasgow: W.R. M'Phun (1839), p.1005.
Thomson, Derick S. The New English-Gaelic Dictionary Glasgow: Gairm (1994), p.241.
Edward Dwelly (1911) “asal-stiallach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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