Scottish Gaelic word

seabhag

hawk, falcon

nounfeminine

seabhag means “hawk, falcon” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	seabhag
Sèimheachadh	sheabhag

Seabhag-dhearg-chasach ( Falco vespertinus)

Mèimeal (seabhag-bheag ghlas, seabhag-ghorm an fhraoich) - Falco columbarius -(Beurla: Merlin)

Gormag (seabhag nan uiseag) - Falco subbuteo -(Beurla: Eurasian Hobby)

Seabhag (Falco peregrinus)

Seabhag-mòr (Falco rusticolus)

Animals

adharc

horn (growth on an animal's head)

beach

bee

beathach

beast, brute, animal

bradan

salmon

buaile

enclosure, fold, sheepfold, pen (animal enclosure, particularly for sheep or cattle)

bò

cow

caora

sheep

cat

cat (Felis catus)

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