asal-stiallach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. 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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN