muc-mhara

See also: muc mhara

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Literally “sea pig”; compare Irish muc mhara (“porpoise”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muxkˈvaɾə/

Noun

muc-mhara f (genitive singular muice-mara, plural mucan-mara)

1. whale, porpoise
   • 1905, Columban, The Celtic Review‎, page 285:

     Dh' eirich e trath la dhe na laithean, agus de chunnaic e air an traigh ach muc-mhara mhor.

     He rose early one day, and what he saw on the beach was only a large whale.

Mutation

Mutation of muc-mhara

radical	lenition
muc-mhara	mhuc-mhara

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.