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sionnach

[ˈʃun̪ˠəx]

noun

LanguageScottish Gaelic

Meaning
  1. fox
  2. bellows, valve
  3. A wild animal with a bushy tail that looks like a small dog. It also refers to a tool used for blowing air.
Examples

Chunnaic mi sionnach anns a' choille an-dè.

I saw a fox in the woods yesterday.

Pronunciationˈʃun̪ˠəx

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThe word is most commonly used for the animal, though it technically also refers to bellows.

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sionnach in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.