losgann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish loscann (“toad, frog”) (compare Irish loscann (“frog; tadpole”)).

Noun

losgann m (genitive singular losgainn, plural losgannan)

  1. toad
  2. frog
  3. wretch, contumelious appellation
  4. (rare) childhood
  5. frog- or toadspawn
  6. jellyfish

Derived terms
  • cuigeal nan losgann f (“great reed-mace”)
  • fo-losgann f (“tadpole”)
  • losgann buidhe m (“frog”)
  • losgann dubh m (“toad”)
  • òg-losgann m (“tadpole, young frog, little frog”)

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
  • “loscann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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