feusag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fésóc

Noun

feusag f (genitive singular feusaig or feusaige, plural feusagan)

beard
whiskers
(dated) barb

Synonyms

(barb): gath

Derived terms

caisean-feusaig (“mustache”)
feusagach (“bearded”)
feusag-bheòil (“moustache”)
feusag dhùinte (“full beard”)

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
A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)

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