Scottish Gaelic word

seillean

bee, heath or field-bee (Superfamily Apoidea)

nounmasculine

seillean means “bee, heath or field-bee (Superfamily Apoidea)” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	seillean
Sèimheachadh	sheillean

Seillean, Beach, Beach-eòlais, Cràin-sheillean, Seillean-obrach, Seillean-sgip, Teillean

Seillean-dubh, Seillean-mòr (Gèineas Bombus (Latreille, 1802)) (Beurla: bumblebee)

Seillean-meala, Seillean-mil (Apis mellifera (L., 1758)) (Beurla: honeybee)

Seillean-ruadh (Bombus monticola (Smith, 1849)) (Beurla: bilberry bumblebee, mountain bumblebee, Bilberry Humble-bee(sic), Mountain Humble-bee(sic))

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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