gairleag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gáirleóg f (“garlic”), borrowed from Old English gārlēac, from gār (“spear”) + lēac (“leek”).

Noun

gairleag f (genitive singular gairleige, no plural)

  1. garlic
    Synonym: creamh

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

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gairleag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gáirleóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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