English Explanatory Dictionary

Loaghtan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A primitive, heritage sheep of a breed native to the Isle of Man, characterised by dark brown wool with usually four, or occasionally six, horns.

Word forms

Loaghtan Loaghtans Loaghtyn Loghtan

Etymology

Borrowed from Manx lugh dhoan or lugh dhone which means mouse-brown and describes the colour of the sheep. The first syllable is from luch, from *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (“shrew”), llygod (“mice”), and Breton logod (“mice”); and the last syllable from donn, from *dusnos (“brown”), from *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”).

Synonyms

Manx longhorn
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