dam

daim (genitive)
dam
later /ɣ-/
later /ɣʲ-/
ndam

Irish: damh

Manx: dow

Scottish Gaelic: damh

Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri.

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 12:

[There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.


es

Irish: eas


cana

Scottish Gaelic: cana

Irish: cana

From Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).


matad

Irish: madadh

Manx: moddey

Scottish Gaelic: madadh

From a variant form of Old Irish madrad.


rós

Irish: rós

Scottish Gaelic: ròs

sug in rois doní ruamna


cú

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cú m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)

con (genitive)
coin (nominative plural)
cú
chú

Irish: cú

Manx: coo

Scottish Gaelic: cù

From Old Irish cú, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Bui cu oca, no ditned in cu Lagniu uile. Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.

c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

He had a dog; the dog protected all Leinster. Ailbhe was the name of the dog, and all Ireland was full of his fame.


cáera

cáera f (genitive caírech, nominative plural cáeraig)

caírech (genitive)
cáeraig (nominative plural)
cáera
cháera

Irish: caora

Manx: keyrrey

Scottish Gaelic: caora

From Old Irish cauru, from Proto-Celtic *kaɸrāxs.


mucc

mucc f (genitive muicce, nominative plural mucca)

muicce (genitive)
mucca (nominative plural)
mucc

Irish: muc

Manx: muc

Scottish Gaelic: muc

From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus.

Marbthair dóib dana in mucc Mic Dathó. Tri fichit gamnach co a biathad saide co cend secht m-bliadan. Tri neim imorro no bíata, co ro lathea ár fer n-hErenn impi. Tucad dóib iarum in mucc ocus xl dam dia tarsnu cen motha in biad ar chena. Mac Dathó fessin icond ḟerdaigsecht. “Mo chen duib,” ar se, “ni dabar samail rissin ataat aige ocus mucca la Laigniu. Atesta desin mairfider dúib imbárach.” “Is maith in mucc,” ar Conchobar. “Is maith imorro”, ar Ailill. “Cinnas rainnfither in mucc a Chonchobair?” ar Ailill.

c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, sections 5–6:

Now Mac Dathó’s pig was slaughtered for them. For seven years sixty milch cows supplied its food. On poison however it had been nourished and the massacre of the men of Erin took place through it. Now the pig was brought to them, and forty oxen as a relish, and other food as well. Mac Dathó himself was acting as steward. “Welcome to you,” said he; “the equal to this cannot be found. Bullocks and pigs are not lacking in Leinster. Whatever is lacking now will be slaughtered for you tomorrow.” “The pig is good,” said Conchobar. “It is indeed good,” said Ailill. “How shall the pig be divided, Conchobar?” (source of translation)


cúan

Irish: cuan

Manx: keayn

Scottish Gaelic: cuan

From Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).


oisín

From oss (“deer”) + -án (diminutive suffix).


faílenn

Irish: faoileán, faoileog

Manx: foillan, foilleig, fooilleig

Scottish Gaelic: faoileann, faoileag

From Old Irish foílenn, from Proto-Celtic *wailannā (“seagull”). Cognate with Cornish guilan, Welsh gwylan, Breton gouelan.


madrad

Irish: madra

madrad
matad (alternative)
matrad (alternative)


cú allaid

cú allaid m (genitive con allaidh, nominative plural coin allaidh)

con allaidh (genitive)
coin allaidh (nominative plural)

Irish: cú allaidh

/kuː ˈal͈əðʲ/

/kuː ˈal͈əɣʲ/


fáel

Irish: faol

Scottish Gaelic: faol

From Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European *waylos. Possibly cognate with Old Armenian գայլ (gayl).


fáelchú

Irish: faolchú


sídach

Scottish Gaelic: sidheach


gadar

Irish: gadhar

Scottish Gaelic: gadhar

From Old Irish gagar, in turn borrowed from Old Norse gagarr.


brocc

Irish: broc

Manx: brock

Scottish Gaelic: broc

From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚑᚉᚔ (broci), from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) (compare Welsh broch).


mathgamain

mathgamain m (genitive mathgaman, nominative plural mathgamna)

mathgaman (genitive)
mathgamna (nominative plural)
mathgamain

Irish: mathúin

Manx: maghouin

Scottish Gaelic: mathan

/ˈmaθɣəβ̃ənʲ/

/ˈmahɣəβ̃ənʲ/

From Old Irish math (“bear”) + gamuin (“calf”).


ilar

ilar m (genitive ilair, nominative plural ilair)

ilair (genitive)
ilair (nominative plural)
ilar
n-ilar
ilur (alternative)

Irish: iolar

Scottish Gaelic: iolair

From Old Irish irar (compare Welsh eryr, Breton erer), from Proto-Celtic *eriros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird”).


íaltóc

Irish: ialtóg

Scottish Gaelic: ialtag


crimthan

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crimthan m (genitive crimthain, nominative plural crimthain)

crimthain (genitive)
crimthain (nominative plural)
crimthan
chrimthan
crimthann (alternative)

/ˈkʲrʲiβ̃θən/


caittín

Irish: caitín


caóc

Irish: cág

Manx: caaig

Scottish Gaelic: cadhag, cathag


cuileóc

cuileóc f (genitive cuileóice, nominative plural cuileóca)

cuileóice (genitive)
cuileóca (nominative plural)
cuileóc
chuileóc

Irish: cuileog

Manx: quaillag

Scottish Gaelic: cuileag


gafann

gafainne (genitive)
gafann
ngafann
gafand (alternative)
gaffand (alternative)
gaphann (alternative)
gathfann (alternative)

Irish: gafann

Scottish Gaelic: gafann, gabhann, gagan

Likely a Brythonic borrowing, possibly through Old Cornish gahen, from Proto-Brythonic *gahoɣwon, from Proto-Celtic *gasogʷonā, a dissimilated reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂n̥so-gʷʰon-éh₂ (“goose killer”); compare Proto-Celtic *gansis.


lemán

Irish: leamhán

Manx: lhiouan

Scottish Gaelic: leamhan


préchán

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préchán m (genitive précháin, nominative plural précháin)

précháin (genitive)
précháin (nominative plural)
préchán
phréchán
prechan (alternative)
précháin (alternative)
preachán (alternative)
preachán (alternative)
préachán (alternative)

Irish: préachán (“crow”)

MacBain sees a connection between the Scottish Gaelic words preachan “crow, etc.” and preachan “mean/bad orator”, but the Middle Irish words have different vowel length: préchán vs. prechoin “a public crier”. MacBain gives Latin praeco (“crier, auctioneer”) as the derivation for the “orator” word.


bennán

bennán m (genitive bennáin, nominative plural bennáin)

bennáin (genitive)
bennáin (nominative plural)
bennán
mbennán

From Old Irish benn (“prong, horn”) + -án


echall

From ech. Compare Welsh eball (“colt, horse under two years old”).


uball

Irish: úll

Manx: ooyl

Scottish Gaelic: ubhal

From Old Irish ubull, from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.


cáennach

Irish: caonach

Scottish Gaelic: còinneach

Manx: keynnagh

From Old Irish cóennae with the noun-forming -ach added onto it.