"gralloch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹælək/
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), from Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|grealach||entrails}} Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*gre-lach}} Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰer-||bowels}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gralloch (uncountable)
  1. (Scotland, rare) The entrails or offal of a dead deer. Tags: Scotland, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gralloch-en-noun-Z4E8Apwy Categories (other): Scottish English

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɹælək/ Forms: grallochs [present, singular, third-person], gralloching [participle, present], gralloched [participle, past], gralloched [past]
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), from Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|grealach||entrails}} Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*gre-lach}} Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰer-||bowels}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”) Head templates: {{en-verb|grallochs|+|+}} gralloch (third-person singular simple present grallochs, present participle gralloching, simple past and past participle gralloched)
  1. (Scotland, rare) To eviscerate a deer. Tags: Scotland, rare Categories (lifeform): Cervids
    Sense id: en-gralloch-en-verb-jfCf2Do1 Disambiguation of Cervids: 27 73 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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