ròcaideach n.m.

[Cf. ròcais, ròcas n., ròcadaich n.]

forms

1968
DASG Fieldwork Archive Port Wemyss, Islay Bodach ròcaideach [nom. for gen.].

1953

TAD: School of Scottish Studies Archive SA1953.50.A6; B1 Bhiodh […] na ròcaidich a’ dol a-nunn.

I. The rook, a rook.
- 1832
  
  McAlpine Pronouncing Dictionary 211
  Rocaideach, rôchgʹ-ăj-ach, n. m. a rook. Islay.
- 1879
  
  An t-Òranaiche 501
  Bha e [sc. am baloon] shios ’s an Odh’ [ann an Ìle] aca, seòladh os cionn nan creag, | […] | Cha d’ fhan cathag bheò ann, na ròcaideach nach do theich.
- 1953
  
  TAD: School of Scottish Studies Archive SA1953.50.A6; B1
  A h-uile feasgar nuair a bhiodh na feannagan ’s na ròcaidich a’ dol a-nunn do Choineart, far am b’ àbhaist dhaibh a bhith a’ neadachadh san oidhche, bhiodh a h-uile h-aon dhiubh a’ falbh agus ubhal aice na speirean.
- 1987
  
  Grant The Gaelic of Islay (PhD thesis) I 237
  Ròcaideach /ˈrɔːxkɩtʃɑx/ n.: ‘rook’.
- 2008
  
  DASG Fieldwork Archive Tiree
  Rocaideach | rook.
- 2010
  
  Jones The Gaelic of Jura (PhD thesis) 267
  (See II. below.)
II. As a modifier.
With buntàta n.: exposed potatoes in the earth.
- 2010
  
  Jones The Gaelic of Jura (PhD thesis) 267
  Ròcaideach [ˈʀɔːxɡədʒɑx] n.m. Rook. This word is used in the expression buntàta ròcaideach which means potatoes exposed where the earth has fallen away from them, presumably because so exposed they are liable to be eaten by rooks.

See bodach-ròcaideach n.