sgrogag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

sgrogag f (genitive singular sgrogaig, plural sgrogagan)

1. anything shrivelled and contemptible
2. little old woman
3. useless old timber
4. stunted growing timber
5. oath
6. old cow or ewe
7. little horn
8. (Wester Ross) crumpled horn
9. (Skye) mythical aquatic animal
10. drinking horn

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “sgrogag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN