seanfhacal

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

seanfhacal m (genitive singular seanfhacail, plural seanfhacalan)

  1. proverb, adage, byword, old saying

Derived terms
  • seanfhaclach (“proverbial”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “seanfhacal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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