feannag

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish fennóc; perhaps ultimately from the root of fionna (“hair, pile”), from Proto-Celtic *wes-nyā, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”). === Pronunciation === (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈfjãn̪ˠak/ (Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈfɛn̪ˠak/, [ˈfe̯æn̪ˠak] === Noun === feannag f (genitive singular feannaige, plural feannagan) crow (in general) (informal) hooded crow (as this is the most common crow in Gaelic-speaking areas) Synonyms: starrag (Lewis and Harris), feannag-ghlas (agriculture) lazy-bed (for planting), rig, a ridge of ground generally used for growing potatoes and sometimes also for raising corn, the seed being laid on the surface and covered with earth dug out of trenches along both sides ==== Usage notes ==== The term “lazy-bed” applied to it in English is merely a southern odium on the system of farming in Gaeldom, where soil was scarce and where bog-land could not be cultivated in any other way. ==== Related terms ==== ròcas (“rook”) starrag (“hooded crow”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “feannag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fennóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language