meanglan

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === meangan, meaghan === Etymology === Perhaps related to Old Irish maethán, máotháin (“tender shoot, twig”). === Pronunciation === (Harris) IPA(key): /ˈmjɤɣl̪ˠan/ (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ̃ũl̪ˠan/ (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈmɛŋl̪ˠan/ (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ̃ː(ɣ)l̪ˠan/ See also meangan === Noun === meanglan m (genitive singular meanglain, plural meanglanan) small branch, twig, bough (sheep) right angle earmark === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “meangan, meanglan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN