Scottish Gaelic

Noun

seanfhacal m ‎(genitive singular seanfhacail, plural seanfhacalan)

1. proverb, adage, byword, old saying

Derived terms

• seanfhaclach ‎(“proverbial”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)