damhan-allaidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish damán allaid (literally “the fierce little stag”).

Noun

damhan-allaidh f (genitive singular damhain-allaidh, plural damhain-allaidh)

  1. spider

Synonyms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “damán allaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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