losgann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish loscann (“toad, frog”) (compare Irish loscann (“frog; tadpole”)).

Noun

losgann m (genitive singular losgainn, plural losgannan)

Derived terms

Terms derived from losgann

cuigeal nan losgann f (“great reed-mace”)
fo-losgann f (“tadpole”)

losgann buidhe m (“frog”)
losgann dubh m (“toad”)

òg-losgann m (“tadpole, young frog, little frog”)

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
“loscann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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