cat

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cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait)

cait (genitive singular)
cait (plural)
cat (indefinite nominative singular)
cait (indefinite nominative plural)
cait (genitive indefinite singular)
chat (genitive indefinite plural)
cat (dative indefinite singular)
cait (dative indefinite plural)
cataibh (dative indefinite plural)
cat (definite nominative singular)
an cat (definite nominative singular)
cait (definite nominative plural)
na cait (definite nominative plural)
(a') chait (definite genitive singular)
cat (definite genitive plural)
nan cat (definite genitive plural)
(a') chat (dative definite singular)
cait (dative definite plural)
na cait (dative definite plural)
cataibh (dative definite plural)
chait (definite singular vocative)
chata (definite plural vocative)
cat
chat

From Old Irish catt, borrowed from Late Latin cattus. Cognates include Irish cat and Manx kayt.


put

put m (genitive singular puta, plural putan)

Borrowed from Scots pout, from Middle English pulet (“a pullet”).

Lagopus lagopus
Lagopus lagopus#Translingual


put

puta (genitive singular)
putan (plural)
put
phut

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”), see also Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”).


boc

boc m (genitive singular buic, plural buic)

Inherited from Middle Irish boc, from Old Irish boc, poc(c) (“he-goat”), from Proto-Celtic *bukkos.


beach

beach m (genitive singular beacha, plural beachan)

beacha (genitive singular)
beachan (plural)
beach
bheach

From Old Irish bech, from Proto-Celtic *beko-, *bikos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, *bʰoik-, enlargement of *bʰī-, *bʰei-.


mart

mart m (genitive singular mairt, plural mairt)

mairt (genitive singular)
mairt (plural)
mart
mhart


each

each m (genitive singular eich, plural eich)

eich (genitive singular)
eich (plural)
each (indefinite nominative singular)
eich (indefinite nominative plural)
eich (genitive indefinite singular)
each (genitive indefinite plural)
each (dative indefinite singular)
eich (dative indefinite plural)
eachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-each (definite nominative singular)
an t-each (definite nominative singular)
h-eich (definite nominative plural)
na h-eich (definite nominative plural)
eich (definite genitive singular)
an eich (definite genitive singular)
each (definite genitive plural)
nan each (definite genitive plural)
each (dative definite singular)
an each (dative definite singular)
h-eich (dative definite plural)
na h-eich (dative definite plural)
h-eachaibh (dative definite plural)
eich (definite singular vocative)
eacha (definite plural vocative)
each
n-each
h-each
t-each

PIE word
 *h₁éḱwos
From Old Irish ech, from Primitive Irish *ᚓᚊᚐᚄ (*eqas), from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos. Cognates include Irish each and Manx agh.

tha an t-each na throtan

air muin eich

Cò air a tha sibh a' bruidhinn? – Tha sinn a' bruidhinn air eich!
Who/what are you talking about? – None of your business!

literally, “We are talking about horses”

Equus caballus
Equus caballus#Translingual


fang

fang f (genitive singular fainge, plural fangan)

fainge (genitive singular)
fangan (plural)

From Old Irish fang (compare Welsh gwanc (“voracity”)).


cana

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canachan)

cana (genitive singular)
canachan (plural)

According to MacBain, apparently related to sense 2 (“puppy”) by transference.


cana

From Middle Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).


torc

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

tuirc (genitive singular)
tuirc (plural)
torc
thorc

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).


ugh

ugh m (genitive singular uigh or uighe, plural uighean)

uigh (genitive singular)
uighe (genitive singular)
uighean (plural)
ugh
n-ugh
h-ugh
t-ugh

From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.


peur

peur f (genitive singular pèire, plural peuran)

pèire (genitive singular)
peuran (plural)
peur
pheur

From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular. Cognate with English pear and French poire.


cearc

cearc f (dative singular cearc or circ, genitive singular circe, plural cearcan)

cearc (dative singular)
circ (dative singular)
circe (genitive singular)
cearcan (plural)
cearc
chearc

From Old Irish cerc, from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.


langa

From Old Norse langa; compare Irish langa.


cuach

cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)

cuaich (genitive singular)
cuachan (plural)
cuach
chuach

From Old Irish caí, cúach (“cuckoo”), caí (“act of weeping; wailing, lamentation”).


eala

eala f (genitive singular ealaidh, plural ealachan)

ealaidh (genitive singular)
ealachan (plural)
eala
n-eala
h-eala
t-eala

From Middle Irish ela, elae, from Old Irish elu, from Proto-Celtic *eli- (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“swan”).


broc

broc m (genitive singular bruic, plural bruic)

bruic (genitive singular)
bruic (plural)
broc (indefinite nominative singular)
bruic (indefinite nominative plural)
bruic (genitive indefinite singular)
bhroc (genitive indefinite plural)
broc (dative indefinite singular)
bruic (dative indefinite plural)
brocaibh (dative indefinite plural)
broc (definite nominative singular)
am broc (definite nominative singular)
bruic (definite nominative plural)
na bruic (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhruic (definite genitive singular)
broc (definite genitive plural)
nam broc (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhroc (dative definite singular)
bruic (dative definite plural)
na bruic (dative definite plural)
brocaibh (dative definite plural)
bhruic (definite singular vocative)
bhroca (definite plural vocative)
broc
bhroc

From Middle Irish brocc. Cognates include Irish broc and Manx broc.


luch

luch (indefinite nominative singular)
luchan (indefinite nominative plural)
lucha (genitive indefinite singular)
luchan (genitive indefinite plural)
lucha (dative indefinite singular)
luchan (dative indefinite plural)
luchaibh (dative indefinite plural)
luch (definite nominative singular)
an luch (definite nominative singular)
luchan (definite nominative plural)
na luchan (definite nominative plural)
lucha (definite genitive singular)
na lucha (definite genitive singular)
luchan (definite genitive plural)
nan luchan (definite genitive plural)
lucha (dative definite singular)
an lucha (dative definite singular)
luchan (dative definite plural)
na luchan (dative definite plural)
luchaibh (dative definite plural)
luch (definite singular vocative)
luchan (definite plural vocative)
luch

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish luch. Cognates include Irish luch and Manx lugh.


loth

loth f (genitive singular lotha, plural lothan)

lotha (genitive singular)
lothan (plural)

From Proto-Celtic *luto-, *lutno-, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”), ultimately from *peh₂w- (“smallness”), see also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), English foal, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”)).


coll

From Old Irish coll (“hazel”), from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

(obsolete) the letter C in the Ogham alphabet


lach

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lach f (genitive singular lacha, plural lachan)

lacha (genitive singular)
lachan (plural)

From Old Irish lachu (compare Irish lacha, Manx laagh).


sionnach

sionnach (indefinite nominative singular)
sionnaich (indefinite nominative plural)
sionnaich (genitive indefinite singular)
shionnach (genitive indefinite plural)
sionnach (dative indefinite singular)
sionnaich (dative indefinite plural)
sionnachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
sionnach (definite nominative singular)
an sionnach (definite nominative singular)
sionnaich (definite nominative plural)
na sionnaich (definite nominative plural)
t-sionnaich (definite genitive singular)
an t-sionnaich (definite genitive singular)
sionnach (definite genitive plural)
nan sionnach (definite genitive plural)
t-sionnach (dative definite singular)
an t-sionnach (dative definite singular)
sionnaich (dative definite plural)
na sionnaich (dative definite plural)
sionnachaibh (dative definite plural)
shionnaich (definite singular vocative)
shionnacha (definite plural vocative)
sionnach
shionnach
after "an"
t-sionnach

From Middle Irish sinnach, from Old Irish sinnach.


lus

lus m (genitive singular luis or lusa, plural lusan)

luis (genitive singular)
lusa (genitive singular)
lusan (plural)

From Old Irish lus (“plant, herb, vegetable”).


uan

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uan m (genitive singular uain, plural uain)

uain (genitive singular)
uain (plural)
uan
n-uan
h-uan
t-uan

From Old Irish úan, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).


iasg

iasg m (genitive singular èisg, plural èisg or iasgan)

èisg (genitive singular)
èisg (plural)
iasgan (plural)
iasg (indefinite nominative singular)
èisg (indefinite nominative plural)
èisg (genitive indefinite singular)
iasg (genitive indefinite plural)
iasg (dative indefinite singular)
èisg (dative indefinite plural)
iasgaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-iasg (definite nominative singular)
an t-iasg (definite nominative singular)
h-èisg (definite nominative plural)
na h-èisg (definite nominative plural)
èisg (definite genitive singular)
an èisg (definite genitive singular)
iasg (definite genitive plural)
nan iasg (definite genitive plural)
iasg (dative definite singular)
an iasg (dative definite singular)
h-èisg (dative definite plural)
na h-èisg (dative definite plural)
h-iasgaibh (dative definite plural)
èisg (definite singular vocative)
iasga (definite plural vocative)
iasg (indefinite nominative singular)
iasgan (indefinite nominative plural)
èisg (genitive indefinite singular)
iasgan (genitive indefinite plural)
iasg (dative indefinite singular)
iasgan (dative indefinite plural)
iasgaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-iasg (definite nominative singular)
an t-iasg (definite nominative singular)
h-iasgan (definite nominative plural)
na h-iasgan (definite nominative plural)
èisg (definite genitive singular)
an èisg (definite genitive singular)
iasgan (definite genitive plural)
nan iasgan (definite genitive plural)
iasg (dative definite singular)
an iasg (dative definite singular)
h-iasgan (dative definite plural)
na h-iasgan (dative definite plural)
h-iasgaibh (dative definite plural)
èisg (definite singular vocative)
iasgan (definite plural vocative)
iasg
n-iasg
h-iasg
t-iasg

From Old Irish íasc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (compare English fish, Latin piscis, Old English fisc). The Brythonic words (Welsh pysgod, Cornish pysk, Breton pesk) are loanwords from Latin.

iasg air chladh

iasg is tiops


ainmhidh

ainmhidh m (genitive singular ainmhidhe, plural ainmhidhean)

ainmhidhe (genitive singular)
ainmhidhean (plural)
ainmhidh
n-ainmhidh
h-ainmhidh
t-ainmhidh

From Middle Irish ainmide (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from Old Irish ainim(m) f (“soul, life”).


cù

cù (indefinite nominative singular)
coin (indefinite nominative plural)
coin (genitive indefinite singular)
chon (genitive indefinite plural)
cù (dative indefinite singular)
coin (dative indefinite plural)
cù (definite nominative singular)
an cù (definite nominative singular)
coin (definite nominative plural)
na coin (definite nominative plural)
(a') choin (definite genitive singular)
con (definite genitive plural)
nan con (definite genitive plural)
(a') chù (dative definite singular)
coin (dative definite plural)
na coin (dative definite plural)
choin (definite singular vocative)
a choin (definite singular vocative)
chuilidh (definite singular vocative)
a chuilidh (definite singular vocative)
chona (definite plural vocative)
cù
chù

From Old Irish cú. Cognates include Irish cú and Manx coo.


spideag

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spideag f (genitive singular spideig, plural spideagan)

spideig (genitive singular)
spideagan (plural)

A, seinn dhomh, a spideag grinn.


blàth

blàth m (genitive singular blàith, plural blàthan)

blàith (genitive singular)
blàthan (plural)

From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

der

Nach eil blàthan na siris dìreach àlainn?


bò

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bò f (dative singular bò or boin, genitive singular bà, plural bà)

bò (dative singular)
boin (dative singular)
bà (genitive singular)
bà (plural)
bò (indefinite nominative singular)
bà (indefinite nominative plural)
bà (genitive indefinite singular)
bò (genitive indefinite plural)
bò (dative indefinite singular)
boin (dative indefinite singular)
bà (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bhò (definite nominative singular)
bà (definite nominative plural)
na bà (definite nominative plural)
bà (definite genitive singular)
na bà (definite genitive singular)
bò (definite genitive plural)
nam bò (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhoin (dative definite singular)
(a') bhò (dative definite singular)
bà (dative definite plural)
na bà (dative definite plural)
bhò (definite singular vocative)
bhà (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.


asal

asal m (genitive singular asail, plural asalan)

asail (genitive singular)
asalan (plural)
asal
n-asal
h-asal
t-asal

From Middle Irish asal, from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).


tarbh

tarbh m (genitive singular tairbh, plural tairbh)

tairbh (genitive singular)
tairbh (plural)
tarbh
tharbh

From Old Irish tarb, from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”) (compare Welsh tarw, Cornish tarow, Breton tarv, Gaulish taruos), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“bull”) (compare Latin taurus).

tarbh-coille

dark cloud which when seen on New Year's Day portends a stormy season

tarbh-oighre

bull supposed to serve cows grazing near to lochs in which they are supposed to live

tarbh-tàna

parish-, district-, or herd-bull, bull which is the property of a district


eun

eun m (genitive singular eòin, plural eòin)

eòin (genitive singular)
eòin (plural)
eun
n-eun
h-eun
t-eun

English: ardian

From Old Irish én, from Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥. Doublet of peann (“pen”). Cognate with English feather, Russian перо́ (peró, “feather”), and dialectal Armenian թեր (tʻer, “leaf, petal”).

Agus cha bu luaithe a chuir esan an t-eun anns an eunain òrach na thànaig sgriach as an eun a bha oillteil agus dhùisg a h-uile duine a bh' as a' chairteal[…]

1987 July 1, Joe Neil MacNeil, John Shaw, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 276:

And no sooner had he put the bird in the golden birdhouse than came a screech from the bird that was horrible and woke up everyone in the quarter […]


mult

mult m (genitive singular muilt, plural muilt)

muilt (genitive singular)
muilt (plural)

From Old Irish molt, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).


fleogan

fleog + -an, related to fleoidhte (“flabby, flaccid”).


gagan

gagan m (genitive singular gagain, plural gaganan)

gagain (genitive singular)
gaganan (plural)

From Proto-Celtic *gaggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), see also Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”).


gadhar

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gadhar m (genitive singular gadhair, plural gadhair or gadhrain)

gadhair (genitive singular)
gadhair (plural)
gadhrain (plural)
gadhar
ghadhar

From Middle Irish gadar (“beagle, hunting dog”), from Old Irish gagar, from Old Norse gagarr.


craobh

craobh (indefinite nominative singular)
craobhan (indefinite nominative plural)
craoibhe (genitive indefinite singular)
chraobh (genitive indefinite plural)
craoibh (dative indefinite singular)
craobhan (dative indefinite plural)
craobhaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') chraobh (definite nominative singular)
craobhan (definite nominative plural)
na craobhan (definite nominative plural)
craoibhe (definite genitive singular)
na craoibhe (definite genitive singular)
craobh (definite genitive plural)
nan craobh (definite genitive plural)
(a') chraoibh (dative definite singular)
craobhan (dative definite plural)
na craobhan (dative definite plural)
craobhaibh (dative definite plural)
chraobh (definite singular vocative)
chraobha (definite plural vocative)

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish cráeb. Cognates include Irish craobh.
Perhaps originally from the root of criathar (“to sieve”).


rus

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rus m (genitive singular ruis, no plural)


lon

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

From Middle Irish lon, from Proto-Celtic *lono-, probably ultimately from the source of *elantī (“doe, hind”), the source of eilid (“hind”).
Compare Irish lon. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic лань (lanĭ, “hind”).


lon

From Middle Irish lon, from Old Irish lon.

Turdus merula
Turdus merula#Translingual


lon

lon m (genitive singular loin, no plural)

Shortening of lon-chraois, apparently from Middle Irish con cráis (“gluttony”). Kuno Keyer translates lon separately as "demon". Others suggest lon as "water". See craos for its etymology.


meas

meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)

measa (genitive singular)
measan (plural)

From Old Irish mess (“nuts”), from Proto-Celtic *messus (“acorn”).

Dè am meas as fheàrr leat?

Is grinn am meas an t-Samhraidh.


cuan

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, plural cuantan or cuaintean or cuanta)

cuain (genitive singular)
cuantan (plural)
cuaintean (plural)
cuanta (plural)

From Middle Irish cúan (“bay, gulf, harbor”), from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).


partan

partan m (genitive singular partain, plural partanan)

partain (genitive singular)
partanan (plural)


cathair

cathair f (genitive singular cathrach, plural cathraichean)

cathrach (genitive singular)
cathraichean (plural)
cathair
chathair


roid

roid f (genitive singular roide, plural roidean)

roide (genitive singular)
roidean (plural)


caora

caora f (genitive singular caorach, plural caoraich)

caorach (genitive singular)
caoraich (plural)
caora (indefinite nominative singular)
caoraich (indefinite nominative plural)
caorach (genitive indefinite singular)
caorach (genitive indefinite plural)
caora (dative indefinite singular)
caoraibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') chaora (definite nominative singular)
caoraich (definite nominative plural)
na caoraich (definite nominative plural)
caorach (definite genitive singular)
na caorach (definite genitive singular)
caorach (definite genitive plural)
nan caorach (definite genitive plural)
(a') chaora (dative definite singular)
caoraibh (dative definite plural)
na caoraibh (dative definite plural)
chaora (definite singular vocative)
chaoraich (definite plural vocative)
caora
chaora

From Middle Irish cáera, from Old Irish cauru, from Proto-Celtic *kaɸerūxs.

am bun nan caorach

o chrò nan caorach


uinnseann

uinnseann m (genitive singular uinnsinn)

From Old Irish uindsend, the genitive of uindes (“ash tree”).

Seach an Darach 's an t-Uinnseann, 's iad geàrrt' dhan làr...

For the oak and the Ash, they are cut to the ground...


darach

darach (indefinite nominative singular)
daraich (indefinite nominative plural)
daraich (genitive indefinite singular)
dharach (genitive indefinite plural)
darach (dative indefinite singular)
daraich (dative indefinite plural)
darachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
darach (definite nominative singular)
an darach (definite nominative singular)
daraich (definite nominative plural)
na daraich (definite nominative plural)
daraich (definite genitive singular)
an daraich (definite genitive singular)
darach (definite genitive plural)
nan darach (definite genitive plural)
darach (dative definite singular)
an darach (dative definite singular)
daraich (dative definite plural)
na daraich (dative definite plural)
darachaibh (dative definite plural)
dharaich (definite singular vocative)
dharacha (definite plural vocative)
darach
dharach

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish dair. Cognates include Irish dair and Manx darragh.


laogh

laogh m (genitive singular laoigh, plural laoigh)

laoigh (genitive singular)
laoigh (plural)
laogh (indefinite nominative singular)
laoigh (indefinite nominative plural)
laoigh (genitive indefinite singular)
laogh (genitive indefinite plural)
laogh (dative indefinite singular)
laoigh (dative indefinite plural)
laoghaibh (dative indefinite plural)
laogh (definite nominative singular)
an laogh (definite nominative singular)
laoigh (definite nominative plural)
na laoigh (definite nominative plural)
laoigh (definite genitive singular)
an laoigh (definite genitive singular)
laogh (definite genitive plural)
nan laogh (definite genitive plural)
laogh (dative definite singular)
an laogh (dative definite singular)
laoigh (dative definite plural)
na laoigh (dative definite plural)
laoghaibh (dative definite plural)
laoigh (definite singular vocative)
laogha (definite plural vocative)
laogh

From Old Irish lóeg. Cognates include Irish lao and Manx lheiy.

calf, fawn, kid (young of a cow or deer)


basan

basan m (genitive singular basain, plural basain)

basain (genitive singular)
basain (plural)


calman

calman m (genitive singular calmain, plural calmanan)

calmain (genitive singular)
calmanan (plural)
calman
chalman


raineach

raineach f (genitive singular rainich, plural rainichean)

rainich (genitive singular)
rainichean (plural)

From Old Irish raithnech (“fern, brake-fern”) (compare Irish raithneach, Manx rhennagh).

fraineach

Barra, North Skye, Lochalsh, Mackay Country, East Inverness-shire, Islay


dealan-dè

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dealan-dè m (genitive singular dealain-dè, plural dealanan-dè)

dealain-dè (genitive singular)
dealanan-dè (plural)


tarbhan-nathrach

tarbhan-nathrach m (genitive singular tarbhain-nathrach, plural tarbhain-nathrach)

tarbhain-nathrach (genitive singular)
tarbhain-nathrach (plural)


sgairp

sgairp f (genitive sgairpe, plural sgairpean)

From Middle Irish scoirp, from Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). Cognate with Irish scairp.


leòmhann

leòmhann m (genitive singular leòmhainn, plural leòmhannan or leòmhainn)

leòmhainn (genitive singular)
leòmhannan (plural)
leòmhainn (plural)

From Old Irish léo, léoman, from Latin leō.

Mar leòmhann le fearachas.


gobhar

gobhar m or f (genitive singular gobhair or goibhre, plural gobhair)

gobhair (genitive singular)
goibhre (genitive singular)
gobhair (plural)
gobhar
ghobhar

From Old Irish gabor (“goat”), from Proto-Celtic *gabros (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“he-goat”).


ròn

ròn m (genitive singular ròin, plural ròin)

From Old Irish rón. Cognate with Irish rón, Manx raun, Breton reunig, Cornish reun.


cuilean

cuilean m (genitive singular cuilein, plural cuileanan)

cuilein (genitive singular)
cuileanan (plural)

From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”). Cognate with Irish coileán and Manx quallian.


piseag

piseag f (genitive singular piseige, plural piseagan)

piseige (genitive singular)
piseagan (plural)
piseag
phiseag

From English puss + -ag; compare Irish piseog.


seabhag

seabhag f (genitive singular seabhaig, plural seabhagan)

seabhaig (genitive singular)
seabhagan (plural)
seabhag
sheabhag
after "an"
t-seabhag

From Old Irish sebac, adapted to the suffix -ag.

Is duilich seabhag a dhèanamh dhen chlamhan.


clamhan

clamhan m (genitive singular clamhain, plural clamhain or clamhanan)

clamhain (genitive singular)
clamhain (plural)
clamhanan (plural)
clamhan
chlamhan

From Middle Irish clamán (whence Irish clamhán). By surface analysis, clamh (“mangy animal”) + -an

surf

Buteo vulgaris
Wikispecies:Buteo vulgaris


àrmhaigh

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àrmhaigh m (genitive singular àrmhaigh, plural àrmhaighean)

àrmhaigh (genitive singular)
àrmhaighean (plural)
àrmhaigh
n-àrmhaigh
h-àrmhaigh
t-àrmhaigh

Compare Old Irish ármag (“field of slaughter, battlefield”).


corra-mhonaidh

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corra-mhonaidh m (genitive singular corra-monaidh, plural corran-monaidh)

corra-monaidh (genitive singular)
corran-monaidh (plural)


nathair

nathair f (genitive singular nathrach, plural nathraichean)

nathrach (genitive singular)
nathraichean (plural)

From Old Irish nathir, from Proto-Celtic *natrixs (compare Welsh neidr, Breton naer), from Proto-Indo-European *nh₁trih₂, from *sneh₁- (“to spin, twist”) (compare snìomh, English adder, Latin natrīx (“water snake”)). Related to snàth (“thread”), snàthad (“needle”).


crogall

crogall m (genitive singular crogaill, plural crogallan)

crogaill (genitive singular)
crogallan (plural)

/ˈkʰɾˠokəl̪ˠ/

From Middle Irish corcarduill, from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


laghairt

laghairt m or f (genitive singular laghairt or laghairte, plural laghairtean)

laghairt (genitive singular)
laghairte (genitive singular)
laghairtean (plural)

→? Irish: laghairt

Ultimately from Latin lacerta, though change of c to gh is obscure; perhaps altered by association with ladhar (“toe, claw”).


mathan

mathan m (genitive singular mathain, plural mathain or mathanan)

mathain (genitive singular)
mathain (plural)
mathanan (plural)
mathan
mhathan

'S e sineach uile-itheach glè mhòr a tha ann am mathan.

A bear is a very large omnivorous mammal.


sìol

sìol m (genitive singular sìl, plural sìl)

From Old Irish síl (“seed (of plants and animals); cause, origin; race, progeny, descendants; offspring, breed; act of breeding”).

sìolmhor

prolific, fertile, generative, fruitful; abounding in seed; productive, substantial


taibhse

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taibhse f (genitive singular taibhse, plural taibhsean)

taibhse (genitive singular)
taibhsean (plural)
taibhse
thaibhse


losgann

losgann m (genitive singular losgainn, plural losgannan)

losgainn (genitive singular)
losgannan (plural)

/ˈl̪ˠɔs̪kən̪ˠ/

From Old Irish loiscend (“toad, frog”) (compare Irish loscann (“frog; tadpole”)).


fiadh

fiadh m (genitive singular fèidh, plural fèidh)

fèidh (genitive singular)
fèidh (plural)
fiadh (indefinite nominative singular)
fèidh (indefinite nominative plural)
fèidh (genitive indefinite singular)
fhiadh (genitive indefinite plural)
fiadh (dative indefinite singular)
fèidh (dative indefinite plural)
fiadhaibh (dative indefinite plural)
fiadh (definite nominative singular)
am fiadh (definite nominative singular)
fèidh (definite nominative plural)
na fèidh (definite nominative plural)
fhèidh (definite genitive singular)
an fhèidh (definite genitive singular)
fiadh (definite genitive plural)
nam fiadh (definite genitive plural)
fhiadh (dative definite singular)
an fhiadh (dative definite singular)
fèidh (dative definite plural)
na fèidh (dative definite plural)
fiadhaibh (dative definite plural)
fhèidh (definite singular vocative)
fhiadha (definite plural vocative)
fiadh
fhiadh

From Old Irish fíad. Cognates include Irish fia and Manx feeaih.


muc

muc (indefinite nominative singular)
mucan (indefinite nominative plural)
muice (genitive indefinite singular)
mhuc (genitive indefinite plural)
muic (dative indefinite singular)
mucan (dative indefinite plural)
mucaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') mhuc (definite nominative singular)
mucan (definite nominative plural)
na mucan (definite nominative plural)
muice (definite genitive singular)
na muice (definite genitive singular)
muc (definite genitive plural)
nam muc (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhuic (dative definite singular)
mucan (dative definite plural)
na mucan (dative definite plural)
mucaibh (dative definite plural)
mhuc (definite singular vocative)
mhuca (definite plural vocative)
muc
mhuc

From Middle Irish mucc. Cognates include Irish muc and Manx muc.


coineanach

coineanach (indefinite nominative singular)
coineanaich (indefinite nominative plural)
coineanaich (genitive indefinite singular)
choineanach (genitive indefinite plural)
coineanach (dative indefinite singular)
coineanaich (dative indefinite plural)
coineanachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
coineanach (definite nominative singular)
an coineanach (definite nominative singular)
coineanaich (definite nominative plural)
na coineanaich (definite nominative plural)
(a') choineanaich (definite genitive singular)
coineanach (definite genitive plural)
nan coineanach (definite genitive plural)
(a') choineanach (dative definite singular)
coineanaich (dative definite plural)
na coineanaich (dative definite plural)
coineanachaibh (dative definite plural)
choineanaich (definite singular vocative)
choineanacha (definite plural vocative)
coineanach
choineanach


damhan-allaidh

damhan-allaidh f (genitive singular damhain-allaidh, plural damhain-allaidh)

damhain-allaidh (genitive singular)
damhain-allaidh (plural)

From Old Irish damán allaid (literally “the fierce little stag”). See also Irish damhán alla.


gealbhonn

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gealbhonn m (genitive singular gealbhuinn, plural gealbhonnan)

gealbhuinn (genitive singular)
gealbhonnan (plural)

From Old Irish gelbann. Compare Irish gealbhan; Cornish and Breton golvan; Welsh golfan.

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual


cailleach-oidhche

cailleach-oidhche f (genitive singular caillich-oidhche, plural cailleachan-oidhche)

caillich-oidhche (genitive singular)
cailleachan-oidhche (plural)


uiseag

uiseag f (genitive singular uiseige, plural uiseagan)

uiseige (genitive singular)
uiseagan (plural)
uiseag
n-uiseag
h-uiseag
t-uiseag

From Middle Irish uiseóg; compare Manx ushag and Irish fuiseog.


seasg

seasg m (genitive singular seisg, plural seasgan)

seisg (genitive singular)
seasgan (plural)

Etymology tree
Scottish Gaelic seisg
Scottish Gaelic seasg
Variant spelling of seisg.


cuileag

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cuileag f (genitive singular cuileige, plural cuileagan)

cuileige (genitive singular)
cuileagan (plural)

From Middle Irish cuileóc, diminutive of Old Irish cuil (“fly; gnat”).


làir

làir f (genitive singular làire or làrach, plural làraichean)

làire (genitive singular)
làrach (genitive singular)
làraichean (plural)


cliobag

cliobag f (genitive singular cliobaige, plural cliobagan)

cliobaige (genitive singular)
cliobagan (plural)


searrach

searrach m (genitive singular searraich, plural searraich)

searraich (genitive singular)
searraich (plural)
searrach
shearrach
after "an"
t-searrach

From Old Irish serrach, from Proto-Celtic *stirrākos, from Proto-Indo-European *stirp- (“progeny”) (compare Latin stirps (“stock”), Lithuanian stir̃pti (“to grow up”).


capall

capall m (genitive singular capaill, plural capaill)

capaill (genitive singular)
capaill (plural)
capall
chapall

From Old Irish capall (“horse”), related to Welsh ceffyl and Latin caballus.


làireach

làireach (genitive singular masculine làirich, comparative làiriche)

làirich (genitive masculine singular)
làiriche (comparative)


isean

isean m (genitive singular isein, plural iseanan)

isein (genitive singular)
iseanan (plural)

bu dual do dh'isean an ròin a dhol chun na mara

isean cait

isean ròin


eireag

eireag f (genitive singular eireige, plural eireagan)

eireige (genitive singular)
eireagan (plural)
eireag
n-eireag
h-eireag
t-eireag

From Middle Irish eréne (“chick, pullet”) + -ag, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *yarā (whence Welsh iâr (“hen”) and Cornish/Breton yar), perhaps originally *ɸiɸeros if related to Latin pīpiō (“to cheep”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “a species of bird”) Cognate with Irish eireog.


ceàrnan

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ceàrnan m (genitive singular ceàrnain, plural ceàrnanan)

ceàrnain (genitive singular)
ceàrnanan (plural)
ceàrnan
cheàrnan


tunnag

tunnag f (genitive singular tunnaige, plural tunnagan)

tunnaige (genitive singular)
tunnagan (plural)
tunnag (indefinite nominative singular)
tunnagan (indefinite nominative plural)
tunnaige (genitive indefinite singular)
tunnaig (genitive indefinite singular)
thunnag (genitive indefinite plural)
tunnaig (dative indefinite singular)
tunnagan (dative indefinite plural)
tunnagaibh (dative indefinite plural)
tunnag (definite nominative singular)
an tunnag (definite nominative singular)
tunnagan (definite nominative plural)
na tunnagan (definite nominative plural)
tunnaige (definite genitive singular)
na tunnaige (definite genitive singular)
tunnaig (definite genitive singular)
tunnag (definite genitive plural)
nan tunnag (definite genitive plural)
tunnaig (dative definite singular)
an tunnaig (dative definite singular)
tunnagan (dative definite plural)
na tunnagan (dative definite plural)
tunnagaibh (dative definite plural)
thunnag (definite singular vocative)
thunnaga (definite plural vocative)
tunnag
thunnag

[ˈtʰʊ̃n̪ˠak]


sagart

sagart m (genitive singular sagairt, plural sagartan or sagairtean)

sagairt (genitive singular)
sagartan (plural)
sagairtean (plural)
sagart
shagart
after "an"
t-sagart

From Old Irish sacart, from Latin sacerdōs.


breac

brice (comparative)
breac (masculine nominative)
bhreac (feminine nominative)
breaca (nominative plural)
bhric (genitive masculine)
brice (feminine genitive)
breaca (genitive plural)
breac (dative masculine)
bhric (dative feminine)
breaca (dative plural)
bhric (masculine vocative)
bhreac (feminine vocative)
breaca (plural vocative)

From Old Irish brecc (“speckled, spotted, variegated”), from Proto-Celtic *brikkos.


breac

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breac (past bhreac, future breacaidh, verbal noun breacadh, past participle breacte)

bhreac (past)
breacaidh (future)
breacadh (noun-from-verb)
breacte (participle past)
bhreac mi (first-person independent past singular)
bhreac thu (independent past second-person singular)
bhreac e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
bhreac sinn (first-person independent past plural)
bhreac sibh (independent past plural second-person)
bhreac iad (independent past plural third-person)
bhreacadh (impersonal independent past)
breacaidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
breacaidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
breacaidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
breacaidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
breacaidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
breacaidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
breacarbreactar (future impersonal independent)
bhreacainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
bhreacadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
bhreacadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
bhreacamaidbhreacadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
bhreacadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
bhreacadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do bhreac mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do bhreac thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do bhreac e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do bhreac sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do bhreac sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do bhreac iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do bhreacadh (impersonal negative past)
cha bhreac mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha bhreac thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha bhreac e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha bhreac sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha bhreac sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha bhreac iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha bhreacarcha bhreactar (future impersonal negative)
cha bhreacainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha bhreacadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha bhreacadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha bhreacamaidcha bhreacadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bhreacadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha bhreacadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do bhreac mi? (first-person past singular)
an do bhreac thu? (past second-person singular)
an do bhreac e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do bhreac sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do bhreac sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do bhreac iad? (past plural third-person)
an do bhreacadh? (impersonal past)
am breac mi? (first-person future singular)
am breac thu? (future second-person singular)
am breac e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
am breac sinn? (first-person future plural)
am breac sibh? (future plural second-person)
am breac iad? (future plural third-person)
am breacar?am breactar? (future impersonal)
am breacainn? (conditional first-person singular)
am breacadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am breacadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am breacamaid?am breacadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am breacadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am breacadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach do bhreac mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do bhreac thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do bhreac e (past singular)
nach do bhreac sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do bhreac sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do bhreac iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do bhreacadh? (impersonal past)
nach breac mi? (first-person future singular)
nach breac thu? (future second-person singular)
nach breac e (future singular)
nach breac sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach breac sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach breac iad? (future plural third-person)
nach breacar?nach breactar? (future impersonal)
nach breacainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach breacadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach breacadh e (conditional singular)
nach breacamaid?nach breacadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach breacadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach breacadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
bhreacas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma bhreacas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
bhreacas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma bhreacas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
bhreacas e (affirmative singular)
ma bhreacas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
bhreacas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma bhreacas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
bhreacas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma bhreacas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
bhreacas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma bhreacas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
bhreacar (affirmative impersonal)
ma bhreacar (affirmative impersonal)
breac mi (first-person negative singular)
mur breac mi (first-person negative singular)
breac thu (negative second-person singular)
mur breac thu (negative second-person singular)
breac e (negative singular)
mur breac e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
breac sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur breac sinn (first-person negative plural)
breac sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur breac sibh (negative plural second-person)
breac iad (negative plural third-person)
mur breac iad (negative plural third-person)
breacar breactar (impersonal negative)
breacarmur breactar (impersonal negative)
murr breactar (impersonal negative)
murrmur breactar (impersonal negative)
breacam (first-person imperative singular)
breac (imperative second-person singular)
breacadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
breacamaid (first-person imperative plural)
breacaibh (imperative plural second-person)
breacadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
breacarbreactar (imperative impersonal)
breac (stem)
breacadh (noun-from-verb)
breacta (participle past)


breac

breac m (genitive singular bric, plural bric)

bric (genitive singular)
bric (plural)
breac
bhreac


òr-mheas

òr-mheas m (genitive òr-mheasa, plural òr-mheasan)

òr-mheasa (genitive)
òr-mheasan (plural)
òr-mheas
n-òr-mheas
h-òr-mheas
t-òr-mheas


siris

siris f (genitive singular siris, plural sirisean)

siris (genitive singular)
sirisean (plural)


ubhal

ubhal m (genitive singular ubhail, plural ùbhlan)

ubhail (genitive singular)
ùbhlan (plural)
ubhal
n-ubhal
h-ubhal
t-ubhal

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


fìon-dearc

fìon-dearc f (genitive singular fìon-dearc, plural fìon-dearcan)

fìon-dearc (genitive singular)
fìon-dearcan (plural)


sùbh

sùbh m (genitive singular sùibh, plural sùbhan)

sùibh (genitive singular)
sùbhan (plural)

From Middle Irish sub, from Old Irish suib, from Proto-Celtic *subi (“strawberry”), of unknown, likely pre-Celtic substrate origin. Cognate with Irish sú (“red berry”), Manx soo (“berry”), Welsh syfi and Cornish sevi (“strawberries”).


sùbh-làir

/ˌs̪uːˈl̪ˠaːɾʲ/


sùbh-craoibh

sùbh-craoibh m (genitive singular sùibh-chraoibh, plural sùbhan-craoibh)

sùibh-chraoibh (genitive singular)
sùbhan-craoibh (plural)


braoileag

braoileag f (genitive singular braoileige, plural braoileagan)

braoileige (genitive singular)
braoileagan (plural)

A whortleberry or bilberry (a blueberry)


dearc-fhraoich

dearc-fhraoich f (genitive singular dearc-fraoich, plural dearcan-fraoich)

dearc-fraoich (genitive singular)
dearcan-fraoich (plural)

bilberry, whortleberry, blaeberry, cowberry

lus nan dearc

whortleberry-plant, bilberry, blaeberry, blueberry


meacan-ruadh

meacan-ruadh m (genitive singular meacain-ruaidh, plural meacanan-ruadha)

meacain-ruaidh (genitive singular)
meacanan-ruadha (plural)


meacan

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, plural meacanan)

meacain (genitive singular)
meacanan (plural)
meacan
mheacan

From Old Irish meccon. Cognate with Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”), Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”), and German Mohn (“poppy”), all believed to be from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂k-.

The root or bulb of a plant; now used mainly in compound words


buidheagan

buidheagan m (genitive singular buidheagain, plural buidheagain)

buidheagain (genitive singular)
buidheagain (plural)

From buidhe (“yellow”) + -ag (“feminine diminutive suffix”) + -an (“regular plural suffix”).


glainn'-uighe

glainne (“glass (container)”, noun) + uighe (“egg”, noun (genitive))


plaosg-uighe

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plaosg-uighe m (genitive singular plaoisg-uighe, plural plaosgan-uighe)

plaoisg-uighe (genitive singular)
plaosgan-uighe (plural)

plaosg (“shell, husk, crust, peel, or pod”, noun) + uighe (“egg”, noun (genitive))


gealagan

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gealagan m (genitive singular gealagain, plural gealagain)

gealagain (genitive singular)
gealagain (plural)


uighean pronn

uighean (“eggs”) + pronn (“mashed, scrambled, ground, frangible”)


ugh na Càisge

ugh na Càisge m (genitive singular uigh na Càisge, plural uighean na Càisge)

uigh na Càisge (genitive singular)
uighean na Càisge (plural)

Literally, ugh = "egg" na = "(of) the" (definite article) Càisge = "Easter" (noun, genitive)


glasraich

From glas (“green”) + -radh (collective), from Old Irish glasrad.


coirce

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, no plural)

coirce (genitive singular)
coirce
choirce

[ˈkʰɔɾ̥ʲçkʲʌ~ˈkʰɔʃçkʲʌ]

[ˈkʰɔçkʲə~ˈkʰɔɾ̥ʲçkʲə]

From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).


cruithneachd

From Old Irish cruithnecht, from a compound whose second element is Proto-Celtic *nixtos (“winnowed, wheat”) (compare Welsh gwe-nith (“wheat”) from *uɸo-nixtos), from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to winnow”). Cognate with Irish cruithneacht and Manx curnaght.


seagal

From Old Irish secal, from Latin sēcale.


eòrna

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eòrna m (genitive singular eòrna, plural eòrna)

eòrna (genitive singular)
eòrna (plural)
eòrna
n-eòrna
h-eòrna
t-eòrna

From Old Irish eórna (compare Irish eorna, Manx oarn), from *yewornio-, from Proto-Celtic *yeu- (compare Breton yell (“spelt”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley”) (compare Lithuanian javaĩ (“grain”), Persian جو (jaw), Sanskrit यव (yava)).


min-choirce

min-choirce f (genitive singular mine-coirce, no plural)


gràinne

gràinne f (genitive singular gràinne, plural gràinnean)

gràinne (genitive singular)
gràinnean (plural)


feòil-itheadair

feòil-itheadair m (genitive singular feòil-itheadair, plural feòil-itheadairean)

feòil-itheadair (genitive singular)
feòil-itheadairean (plural)

From feòil (“flesh, meat”) + ith (“eat”) + -adair (forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’).


greollan

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greollan m (genitive singular greollain, plural greollanan)

greollain (genitive singular)
greollanan (plural)


seillean

seillean m (genitive singular seillein, plural seilleanan)

seillein (genitive singular)
seilleanan (plural)

Perhaps from a variant form of Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”). Compare Irish seileán (“(wild) honey-bee”) and Manx shellan (“bee”).

seillean-mòr earball-bàn a' Chinn a Tuath

bee, heath or field-bee (Superfamily Apoidea)


daolag

daolag f (genitive singular daolaige, plural daolagan)

daolaige (genitive singular)
daolagan (plural)


daol

daol f (genitive singular daoil, plural daoil)

daoil (genitive singular)
daoil (plural)
daol
dhaol


leòman

leòman m (genitive singular leòmain, plural leòmain)

leòmain (genitive singular)
leòmain (plural)


seangan

seangan m (genitive singular seangain, plural seangain or seanganan)

seangain (genitive singular)
seangain (plural)
seanganan (plural)

From Middle Irish sengán, from seng (“thin, slender”) + -án. By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) + -an.


deargad

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deargad f (genitive singular deargaid, plural deargadan)

deargaid (genitive singular)
deargadan (plural)


deargann

deargann f (genitive singular deargainn, plural deargannan)

deargainn (genitive singular)
deargannan (plural)
deargann
dheargann


mial

mial f (genitive singular miala, plural mialan)

miala (genitive singular)
mialan (plural)
mial
mhial

From Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).


burras

burras m (genitive singular burrais, plural burrasan)

burrais (genitive singular)
burrasan (plural)


speach

speach f (genitive singular speacha, plural speachan)

speacha (genitive singular)
speachan (plural)


gèadh

gèadh m or f (genitive singular geòidh, plural geòidh)

geòidh (genitive singular)
geòidh (plural)
gèadh (indefinite nominative singular)
geòidh (indefinite nominative plural)
geòidh (genitive indefinite singular)
ghèadh (genitive indefinite plural)
gèadh (dative indefinite singular)
geòidh (dative indefinite plural)
gèadhaibh (dative indefinite plural)
gèadh (definite nominative singular)
an gèadh (definite nominative singular)
geòidh (definite nominative plural)
na geòidh (definite nominative plural)
(a') gheòidh (definite genitive singular)
gèadh (definite genitive plural)
nan gèadh (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghèadh (dative definite singular)
geòidh (dative definite plural)
na geòidh (dative definite plural)
gèadhaibh (dative definite plural)
gheòidh (definite singular vocative)
ghèadha (definite plural vocative)
gèadh
ghèadh

From Middle Irish géd m (“goose”), from Proto-Celtic *gezdā. Cognate with Irish gé, Welsh gŵydd.


starrag

starrag f (genitive singular starraig, plural starragan)

starraig (genitive singular)
starragan (plural)

Corvus cornix
Corvus cornix#Translingual


ròcas

ròcas m (genitive singular ròcais, plural ròcasan)

ròcais (genitive singular)
ròcasan (plural)


fitheach

fitheach m (genitive singular fithich, plural fithich)

fithich (genitive singular)
fithich (plural)


radan

radan (indefinite nominative singular)
radain (indefinite nominative plural)
radain (genitive indefinite singular)
radan (genitive indefinite plural)
radan (dative indefinite singular)
radain (dative indefinite plural)
radanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
radan (definite nominative singular)
an radan (definite nominative singular)
radain (definite nominative plural)
na radain (definite nominative plural)
radain (definite genitive singular)
an radain (definite genitive singular)
radan (definite genitive plural)
nan radan (definite genitive plural)
radan (dative definite singular)
an radan (dative definite singular)
radain (dative definite plural)
na radain (dative definite plural)
radanaibh (dative definite plural)
radain (definite singular vocative)
radana (definite plural vocative)
radan

Borrowed from an Anglic language. Compare dialectal English ratton.


faoileag

faoileag f (genitive singular faoileige, plural faoileagan)

faoileige (genitive singular)
faoileagan (plural)
faoileag
fhaoileag

From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn + -ag. Cognate with Irish faoileog and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.

Faoileag. Bha faoileag na laighe, marbh, aig casan Anna.

2017, Coinneach Lindsay, A' Choille Fhiadhaich:

Seagull. A seagull was lying dead at Anna's feet.


faoileann

faoileann f (genitive singular faoilinn, plural faoileannan)

faoilinn (genitive singular)
faoileannan (plural)

From Old Irish faílenn, foílenn (“seagull”).


buntàta

buntàta m (genitive singular bhuntàta, no plural)

bhuntàta (genitive singular)
buntàta
bhuntàta

/b̥əˈn̪ˠd̥ʰaːʰt̪/

/məˈn̪ˠd̥aːht̪ə/

/b̥əˈn̪ˠd̥aːht̪ə/

[məˈn̪ˠd̥aːht̪ʌ]

From English potato, modified by association with bun (“bottom”).


càl

càl m (genitive singular càil, no plural)

From Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Irish cál, English cole and kale, Icelandic kál, German Kohl, etc.

Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient


bambù

bambù m (genitive singular bambù, plural bambùthaichean)

bambù (genitive singular)
bambùthaichean (plural)
bambù
bhambù

From English bamboo, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).


coileach

coileach m (genitive singular coilich, plural coilich)

coilich (genitive singular)
coilich (plural)

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).


bradan

bradan m (genitive singular bradain, plural bradain)

bradain (genitive singular)
bradain (plural)


curran

curran m (genitive singular currain, plural currain or curranan)

currain (genitive singular)
currain (plural)
curranan (plural)

Perhaps from corr (“tapering”) + -an. Compare Irish corrán dearg (“wild radish”).

pannier slung on horses for carrying bulky loads, as hay, corn, etc.


dris

dris f (genitive singular drise, plural drisean)

drise (genitive singular)
drisean (plural)
dris
dhris

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Irish dris, Welsh drysi.


iolair

iolair (indefinite nominative singular)
iolairean (indefinite nominative plural)
iolaire (genitive indefinite singular)
iolair (genitive indefinite singular)
iolairean (genitive indefinite plural)
iolair (dative indefinite singular)
iolairean (dative indefinite plural)
iolairibh (dative indefinite plural)
iolair (definite nominative singular)
an iolair (definite nominative singular)
h-iolairean (definite nominative plural)
na h-iolairean (definite nominative plural)
h-iolaire (definite genitive singular)
na h-iolaire (definite genitive singular)
h-iolair (definite genitive singular)
iolairean (definite genitive plural)
nan iolairean (definite genitive plural)
iolair (dative definite singular)
an iolair (dative definite singular)
h-iolairean (dative definite plural)
na h-iolairean (dative definite plural)
h-iolairibh (dative definite plural)
iolair (definite singular vocative)
iolairean (definite plural vocative)
iolair (indefinite nominative singular)
iolaraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
iolarach (genitive indefinite singular)
iolaraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
iolair (dative indefinite singular)
iolaraichean (dative indefinite plural)
iolair (definite nominative singular)
an iolair (definite nominative singular)
h-iolaraichean (definite nominative plural)
na h-iolaraichean (definite nominative plural)
h-iolarach (definite genitive singular)
na h-iolarach (definite genitive singular)
iolaraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan iolaraichean (definite genitive plural)
iolair (dative definite singular)
an iolair (dative definite singular)
h-iolaraichean (dative definite plural)
na h-iolaraichean (dative definite plural)
iolair (definite singular vocative)
iolaraichean (definite plural vocative)
iolair (indefinite nominative singular)
iolraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
iolrach (genitive indefinite singular)
iolraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
iolair (dative indefinite singular)
iolraichean (dative indefinite plural)
iolair (definite nominative singular)
an iolair (definite nominative singular)
h-iolraichean (definite nominative plural)
na h-iolraichean (definite nominative plural)
h-iolrach (definite genitive singular)
na h-iolrach (definite genitive singular)
iolraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan iolraichean (definite genitive plural)
iolair (dative definite singular)
an iolair (dative definite singular)
h-iolraichean (dative definite plural)
na h-iolraichean (dative definite plural)
iolair (definite singular vocative)
iolraichean (definite plural vocative)
iolair
n-iolair
h-iolair
t-iolair

/ˈjul̪ˠɪɾʲə/

[ˈɨl̪ˠɪɾʲʌ~ˈɨl̪ˠɪʒʌ]

From Middle Irish ilar. Cognates include Irish iolar and Manx urley.


earb

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earb f (genitive singular earba, plural earban or earbaichean)

earba (genitive singular)
earban (plural)
earbaichean (plural)


earb

earb (past dh'earb, future earbaidh, verbal noun earbsadh, past participle earbte)

dh'earb (past)
earbaidh (future)
earbsadh (noun-from-verb)
earbte (participle past)

From Old Irish erbaid (“to entrust, to trust”)


ialtag

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ialtag f (genitive singular ialtaig, plural ialtagan)

ialtaig (genitive singular)
ialtagan (plural)

/ˈiəl̪ˠt̪ək/

From Middle Irish *íaltóc (compare Irish ialtóg), from íatlu (“bat”) + -óc.

bat (small, nocturnal, flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)


cailleachag a' chinn duibh

cailleachag a' chinn dubh (canonical feminine)


cailleach bheag a' chìrein

cailleach bheag a' chìrein f (genitive singular cailliche bige a' chìrein, plural cailleachan beage a' chìrein)

cailliche bige a' chìrein (genitive singular)
cailleachan beage a' chìrein (plural)


cailleach bheag an earbaill

cailleach bheag an earbaill f (genitive singular cailliche bige an earbaill, plural cailleachan beaga an earbaill)

cailliche bige an earbaill (genitive singular)
cailleachan beaga an earbaill (plural)


seileach

seileach m (genitive singular seilich, plural seilichean or seilich)

seilich (genitive singular)
seilichean (plural)
seilich (plural)
seileach
sheileach
after "an"
t-seileach

From Old Irish sailech (“willow”) (compare Irish saileach), from Proto-Celtic *salixs (compare Welsh helyg), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”) (compare Latin salix).


neòinean

neòinean m (genitive singular neòinein, plural neòineanan)

neòinein (genitive singular)
neòineanan (plural)


cuileann

cuilinn (genitive singular)
cuileann
chuileann

From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Irish cuileann, Manx cullyn), from Proto-Celtic *kolinnos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) (compare English holly).


tarmachan

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tarmachan m (genitive singular tarmachain, plural tarmachanan)

tarmachain (genitive singular)
tarmachanan (plural)
tarmachan
tharmachan

Unknown, but compare tàrmachadh (“originating, producing”), from Old Irish tórmach. MacBain suggests an imitative base tarm (“murmur”).

onomatopoeic

imitative


taigh-chearc

taigh (“house, dwelling”, noun) + cearc (“hen, chicken”, noun)


gobhlan

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gobhlan m (genitive singular gobhlain, plural gobhlain or gobhlanan)

gobhlain (genitive singular)
gobhlain (plural)
gobhlanan (plural)


gobhlan-gaoithe

gobhlan-gaoithe m (genitive singular gobhlain-ghaoithe, plural gobhlanan-gaoithe)

gobhlain-ghaoithe (genitive singular)
gobhlanan-gaoithe (plural)


deilf

deilf (indefinite nominative singular)
deilfean (indefinite nominative plural)
deilfe (genitive indefinite singular)
dheilfean (genitive indefinite plural)
deilf (dative indefinite singular)
deilfean (dative indefinite plural)
deilfibh (dative indefinite plural)
deilf (definite nominative singular)
an deilf (definite nominative singular)
deilfean (definite nominative plural)
na deilfean (definite nominative plural)
deilfe (definite genitive singular)
na deilfe (definite genitive singular)
deilfean (definite genitive plural)
nan deilfean (definite genitive plural)
deilf (dative definite singular)
an deilf (dative definite singular)
deilfean (dative definite plural)
na deilfean (dative definite plural)
deilfibh (dative definite plural)
dheilf (definite singular vocative)
dheilfean (definite plural vocative)


bèist-ghorm

bèist-ghorm f (genitive singular bèiste-gorm, plural bèistean-gorm)

bèiste-gorm (genitive singular)
bèistean-gorm (plural)


muc-bhiorach

muc-bhiorach f (genitive singular muice-biorach, plural mucan-biorach)

muice-biorach (genitive singular)
mucan-biorach (plural)


leumadair

leumadair m (genitive singular leumadair, plural leumadairean)

leumadair (genitive singular)
leumadairean (plural)

/ˈʎeːmət̪ɛɾʲ/


meanbh-chuileag

meanbh-chuileag f (genitive singular meanbh-chuileige, plural meanbh-chuileagan)

meanbh-chuileige (genitive singular)
meanbh-chuileagan (plural)


maigheach

maigheach (indefinite nominative singular)
maighichean (indefinite nominative plural)
maighiche (genitive indefinite singular)
maighich (genitive indefinite singular)
mhaigheach (genitive indefinite plural)
maighich (dative indefinite singular)
maighichean (dative indefinite plural)
maighichibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') mhaigheach (definite nominative singular)
maighichean (definite nominative plural)
na maighichean (definite nominative plural)
maighiche (definite genitive singular)
na maighiche (definite genitive singular)
maighich (definite genitive singular)
maigheach (definite genitive plural)
nam maigheach (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhaighich (dative definite singular)
maighichean (dative definite plural)
na maighichean (dative definite plural)
maighichibh (dative definite plural)
mhaigheach (definite singular vocative)
mhaigheacha (definite plural vocative)
maigheach
mhaigheach

From Middle Irish míl maige (literally “plains beast”). Cognate with Manx mwaagh.


rabaid

rabaid (indefinite nominative singular)
rabaidean (indefinite nominative plural)
rabaide (genitive indefinite singular)
rabaid (genitive indefinite singular)
rabaidean (genitive indefinite plural)
rabaid (dative indefinite singular)
rabaidean (dative indefinite plural)
rabaidibh (dative indefinite plural)
rabaid (definite nominative singular)
an rabaid (definite nominative singular)
rabaidean (definite nominative plural)
na rabaidean (definite nominative plural)
rabaide (definite genitive singular)
na rabaide (definite genitive singular)
rabaid (definite genitive singular)
rabaidean (definite genitive plural)
nan rabaidean (definite genitive plural)
rabaid (dative definite singular)
an rabaid (dative definite singular)
rabaidean (dative definite plural)
na rabaidean (dative definite plural)
rabaidibh (dative definite plural)
rabaid (definite singular vocative)
rabaidean (definite plural vocative)
rabaid


smeòrach

smeòrach (indefinite nominative singular)
smeòraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
smeòraiche (genitive indefinite singular)
smeòraich (genitive indefinite singular)
smeòrach (genitive indefinite plural)
smeòraich (dative indefinite singular)
smeòraichean (dative indefinite plural)
smeòraichibh (dative indefinite plural)
smeòrach (definite nominative singular)
an smeòrach (definite nominative singular)
smeòraichean (definite nominative plural)
na smeòraichean (definite nominative plural)
smeòraiche (definite genitive singular)
na smeòraiche (definite genitive singular)
smeòraich (definite genitive singular)
smeòrach (definite genitive plural)
nan smeòrach (definite genitive plural)
smeòraich (dative definite singular)
an smeòraich (dative definite singular)
smeòraichean (dative definite plural)
na smeòraichean (dative definite plural)
smeòraichibh (dative definite plural)
smeòrach (definite singular vocative)
smeòracha (definite plural vocative)
smeòrach

/ˈs̪mjɔːɾəx/

From Middle Irish smolach. Cognates include Irish smólach and Welsh mwyalch.


neas

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neas f (genitive singular nise or neasa, plural neasan)

nise (genitive singular)
neasa (genitive singular)
neasan (plural)


neas bheag

neas bheag f (genitive singular neasa bige, plural neasan beaga)

neasa bige (genitive singular)
neasan beaga (plural)


sneadh

From Old Irish sned (“nit”). Cognate with Irish sniodh.


muir-thìreach

muir-thìreach m (genitive singular muir-thìrich)

muir-thìrich (genitive singular)
muir-thìreach
mhuir-thìreach

From muir (“sea”) + tìr (“land”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).


dà-bheathach

dà-bheathach m (genitive singular dà-bheathaich, plural dà-bheathaich)

dà-bheathaich (genitive singular)
dà-bheathaich (plural)
dà-bheathach
dhà-bheathach

From dà- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + beatha (“life”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).


cluaran

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cluaran m (genitive singular cluarain, plural cluarain or cluaranan)

cluarain (genitive singular)
cluarain (plural)
cluaranan (plural)
cluaran
chluaran


fòghnan

fòghnan m (genitive singular fòghnain, plural fòghnain or fòghnanan)

fòghnain (genitive singular)
fòghnain (plural)
fòghnanan (plural)


seamrag

seamrag f (genitive singular seamraig, plural seamragan)

seamraig (genitive singular)
seamragan (plural)

From Old Irish semróc, diminutive of semar, semair (“clover”),


dreathan donn

Troglodytes vulgaris
Wikispecies:Troglodytes vulgaris


dreathan

dreathan m (genitive singular dreathain, plural dreathain)

dreathain (genitive singular)
dreathain (plural)


madadh-allaidh

madadh-allaidh m (genitive singular madaidh-allaidh, plural madaidhean-allaidh)

madaidh-allaidh (genitive singular)
madaidhean-allaidh (plural)
madadh-allaidh
mhadadh-allaidh


madadh

madadh (indefinite nominative singular)
madaidhean (indefinite nominative plural)
madaidh (genitive indefinite singular)
mhadaidhean (genitive indefinite plural)
madadh (dative indefinite singular)
madaidhean (dative indefinite plural)
madaidhibh (dative indefinite plural)
madadh (definite nominative singular)
am madadh (definite nominative singular)
madaidhean (definite nominative plural)
na madaidhean (definite nominative plural)
(a') mhadaidh (definite genitive singular)
madaidhean (definite genitive plural)
nam madaidhean (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhadadh (dative definite singular)
madaidhean (dative definite plural)
na madaidhean (dative definite plural)
madaidhibh (dative definite plural)
mhadaidh (definite singular vocative)
mhadaidhean (definite plural vocative)
madadh
mhadadh

From Middle Irish matad (“dog”). Cognates include Irish madadh and Manx moddey.

cock of a gunlock (the part in which the flint used to be fixed)


faol

faol m (genitive singular faoil, plural faoil)

faoil (genitive singular)
faoil (plural)
faol
fhaol


fraoch

fraoch m (genitive singular fraoich, no plural)

From Middle Irish fráech, from Old Irish froích, fróech, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from a non-Indo-European source.

dearc-fhraoich

bilberry, whortleberry, blaeberry, cowberry


geàrr

geàrr f (genitive singular gearra, plural gearran)

gearra (genitive singular)
gearran (plural)
geàrr (indefinite nominative singular)
geàrran (indefinite nominative plural)
geàrra (genitive indefinite singular)
gheàrran (genitive indefinite plural)
geàrra (dative indefinite singular)
geàrran (dative indefinite plural)
geàrraibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') gheàrr (definite nominative singular)
geàrran (definite nominative plural)
na geàrran (definite nominative plural)
geàrra (definite genitive singular)
na geàrra (definite genitive singular)
geàrran (definite genitive plural)
nan geàrran (definite genitive plural)
(a') gheàrra (dative definite singular)
geàrran (dative definite plural)
na geàrran (dative definite plural)
geàrraibh (dative definite plural)
gheàrr (definite singular vocative)
gheàrran (definite plural vocative)

Ellipsis of geàrr-fhiadh (“short deer”), from geàrr (“short”) + fiadh (“deer”). Compare Irish giorria.


gearran

gearran m (genitive and plural gearrain)

From gearr (“short”) + -an (“instrumental suffix”).


figheadair

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figheadair m (genitive singular figheadair, plural figheadairean)

figheadair (genitive singular)
figheadairean (plural)
figheadair
fhigheadair

From Middle Irish *figedóir (compare Irish fíodóir, Manx feeder), from figid (“weaves, plaits, intertwines”, verb). By surface analysis, figh + -adair.


còinneach

còinneach f (genitive singular còinnich, no plural)


luachair

luachair f (genitive singular luachrach, no plural)


corcan-coille

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual


crainn

Alternative form of cràin (“female of any animal”)


abhag

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abhag f (genitive abhaig, plural abhagan)

abh (“barking of a dog”) + -ag (diminutive)


giuthas

giuthas (indefinite nominative singular)
giuthais (indefinite nominative plural)
giuthais (genitive indefinite singular)
ghiuthas (genitive indefinite plural)
giuthas (dative indefinite singular)
giuthais (dative indefinite plural)
giuthasaibh (dative indefinite plural)
giuthas (definite nominative singular)
an giuthas (definite nominative singular)
giuthais (definite nominative plural)
na giuthais (definite nominative plural)
(a') ghiuthais (definite genitive singular)
giuthas (definite genitive plural)
nan giuthas (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghiuthas (dative definite singular)
giuthais (dative definite plural)
na giuthais (dative definite plural)
giuthasaibh (dative definite plural)
ghiuthais (definite singular vocative)
ghiuthasa (definite plural vocative)
giuthas
ghiuthas

From Middle Irish gíus. Cognates include Irish giúis and Manx juys.
Possibly related to Proto-West Germanic *kiʀn (“resinous pine wood”), itself of uncertain origin.


coinean

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coinean m (genitive singular coinein, plural coineanan)

coinein (genitive singular)
coineanan (plural)
coinean (indefinite nominative singular)
coineanan (indefinite nominative plural)
coinein (genitive indefinite singular)
choineanan (genitive indefinite plural)
coinean (dative indefinite singular)
coineanan (dative indefinite plural)
coineanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
coinean (definite nominative singular)
an coinean (definite nominative singular)
coineanan (definite nominative plural)
na coineanan (definite nominative plural)
(a') choinein (definite genitive singular)
coineanan (definite genitive plural)
nan coineanan (definite genitive plural)
(a') choinean (dative definite singular)
coineanan (dative definite plural)
na coineanan (dative definite plural)
coineanaibh (dative definite plural)
choinein (definite singular vocative)
choineanan (definite plural vocative)
coinean
choinean

Ultimately from Latin cuniculus (“rabbit”). Cognate with Irish coinín and Manx conneeyn.


pitheid

pitheid f (genitive singular pitheide, plural pitheidean)

pitheide (genitive singular)
pitheidean (plural)

From Scots pyat, pyet, diminutive of pie, from Middle English pye (also represented in the second element of modern magpie).


cnò

cnò f (genitive singular cnò or cnotha or cnòtha, plural cnòthan)

cnò (genitive singular)
cnotha (genitive singular)
cnòtha (genitive singular)
cnòthan (plural)

From Old Irish cnú, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


adag

adag f (genitive singular adaig, plural adagan)

adaig (genitive singular)
adagan (plural)

From English haddock, assimilated to the suffix -ag.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus#Translingual


greusaiche

greusaiche m (genitive singular greusaiche, plural greusaichean)

greusaiche (genitive singular)
greusaichean (plural)

cobblerfish, frogfish, lumpfish, chub, bullhead, miller's thumb, sea devil, angler fish


seang

seang m (genitive singular seing, plural seing)

seing (genitive singular)
seing (plural)
seang
sheang
after "an"
t-seang

Capreolus capreolus
Capreolus capreolus#Translingual


raineach chruaidh

raineach chruaidh f (genitive rainich cruaidh)


raineach Moire

raineach Moire f (genitive rainich Moire)


raineach rìoghail

raineach rìoghail f (genitive rainich rìoghail)

Osmunda regalis
Osmunda regalis#Translingual


dair

dair f (genitive singular daire, plural dairean)

daire (genitive singular)
dairean (plural)
dair
dhair

PIE word
 *dóru
From Old Irish dair, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.


curracag

curracag f (genitive singular curracaig, plural curracagan)

curracaig (genitive singular)
curracagan (plural)


toradh

toradh m (genitive singular toraidh, plural toraidhean)

toraidh (genitive singular)
toraidhean (plural)
toradh
thoradh

From Old Irish torad n (“produce, increase; result, profit; fruit (of tree, etc.)”).


agh

head

agh f (genitive singular aighe, plural aighean)

aighe (genitive singular)
aighean (plural)
agh
n-agh
h-agh
t-agh

agh thrì bliadhna a dh'aois

reamhar mar agh

luaithre aighe

Oidhche Fhéill Eoin theirear “aighean” ris na gamhna

on St. John's Eve the stirks are called heifers.

air tòir nan agh ciar


tombaca

tombaca m (genitive singular tombaca, plural tombacan)

tombaca (genitive singular)
tombacan (plural)

[t̪ʰəˈb̥aːxkʌ]


eidheann

eidheann f (genitive singular eidhne or edhinn)

eidhne (genitive singular)
edhinn (genitive singular)
eidheann
n-eidheann
h-eidheann
t-eidheann

From Old Irish eiden(n) m (“ivy”), from Proto-Celtic *edennos.


neòinean-grèine

neòinean-grèine m (genitive singular neòinein-grèine, plural neòineanan-grèine)

neòinein-grèine (genitive singular)
neòineanan-grèine (plural)


braich

bracha (genitive singular)
braich
bhraich

From Middle Irish braich, from Old Irish mraich, from Proto-Celtic *mrakis.


feannag

feannag f (genitive singular feannaige, plural feannagan)

feannaige (genitive singular)
feannagan (plural)
feannag
fheannag

From Old Irish fennóc; perhaps ultimately from the root of fionna (“hair, pile”), from Proto-Celtic *wes-nyā, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).

der

gheibheadh tu na feannagan-firich (said to persons who boast of doing impracticable things)

crow, Royston crow, hooded crow, carrion crow, rook


muile-mhàg

head

muile-mhàg f (genitive singular muile-mhàige, plural muileachan-màg)

muile-mhàige (genitive singular)
muileachan-màg (plural)


iubhar

iubhar m (genitive singular iubhair, plural iubharan)

iubhair (genitive singular)
iubharan (plural)
iubhar
n-iubhar
h-iubhar
t-iubhar


cuthag

cuthag f (genitive singular cuthaige, plural cuthagan)

cuthaige (genitive singular)
cuthagan (plural)


sgadan

sgadan m (genitive singular sgadain, plural sgadain)

sgadain (genitive singular)
sgadain (plural)

From Old Irish scatán; cognate with Irish scadán and Welsh ysgadan. All could be related to Old English sceadd (modern English shad), along with Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”), but the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.


easgann

easgann f (genitive singular easgainn or easgainne, plural easgannan)

easgainn (genitive singular)
easgainne (genitive singular)
easgannan (plural)


crodh

crodh m (genitive singular cruidh, no plural)

From Old Irish crod (“cattle, herds, stock; goods, property, wealth”).


pearraid

head

pearraid f (genitive singular pearraid or pearraide, plural pearraidean)

pearraid (genitive singular)
pearraide (genitive singular)
pearraidean (plural)


maoiseach

maoiseach f (genitive singular maoisich, plural maoisichean)

maoisich (genitive singular)
maoisichean (plural)


maoisleach

maoisleach f (genitive singular maoislich, plural maoislichean)

maoislich (genitive singular)
maoislichean (plural)


iolair-bhuidhe

iolair-bhuidhe f (genitive singular iolaire-buidhe, plural iolairean-buidhe)

iolaire-buidhe (genitive singular)
iolairean-buidhe (plural)
iolair-bhuidhe
n-iolair-bhuidhe
h-iolair-bhuidhe
t-iolair-bhuidhe


caorann

caorann m (genitive singular caorainn, plural caorainn)

caorainn (genitive singular)
caorainn (plural)


crùbag

crùbag f (genitive singular crùbaig, plural crùbagan)

crùbaig (genitive singular)
crùbagan (plural)

From crùb (duck, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, contract, shrink, cringe, crawl, creep) + -ag (-diminutive).

suffix

Cancer pagurus
Cancer pagurus#Translingual

specifically the edible crab (Cancer pagurus)


gamhainn

head

gamhainn m (genitive singular gaimhne or gamhna, plural gaimhne or gamhna)

gaimhne (genitive singular)
gamhna (genitive singular)
gaimhne (plural)
gamhna (plural)


gall-chnò

gall-chnò f (genitive singular gall-chnò, plural gall-chnòtha)

gall-chnò (genitive singular)
gall-chnòtha (plural)


liomaid

liomaid f (genitive singular liomaide, plural liomaidean)

liomaide (genitive singular)
liomaidean (plural)


ceilp

ceilp f (genitive singular ceilpe, plural ceilpean)

ceilpe (genitive singular)
ceilpean (plural)
ceilp
cheilp


flùr

flùr m (genitive singular flùir, plural flùraichean)

flùir (genitive singular)
flùraichean (plural)
flùr
fhlùr

From Anglo-Norman flur (compare Irish plúr), from Old French flor, from Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs.

(chiefly South Uist, Eriskay, Barra, Skye, Tiree, Mull) blossom, bloom, flower

chiefly South Uist; Barra; Skye; chiefly South Uist; Barra; Skye


sirist

sirist m (genitive singular sirist, plural siristean)

sirist (genitive singular)
siristean (plural)


srathair

srathair f (genitive singular srathaire or srathrach, plural srathraichean)

srathaire (genitive singular)
srathrach (genitive singular)
srathraichean (plural)
srathair
shrathair
after "an"
t-srathair

/ˈs̪t̪ɾahɪɾʲ/

From Old Irish srathar (“pack-saddle”), from Latin strātūra.


arbhar

corn (fruits of a cereal crop, growing or in sheaf; includes grain and straw, but ceases to be applied to either when separated by threshing)


luibh

luibh m or f (genitive singular luibhe, plural luibhean)

luibhe (genitive singular)
luibhean (plural)


deargan-fraoich

deargan-fraoich m (genitive singular deargain-fraoich, plural dearganan-fraoich)

deargain-fraoich (genitive singular)
dearganan-fraoich (plural)

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


lasair-choille

lasair-choille f (genitive singular lasrach-choille, plural lasraichean-coille)

lasrach-choille (genitive singular)
lasraichean-coille (plural)


pònair

pònair f (genitive singular pònarach, plural pònair)

pònarach (genitive singular)
pònair (plural)
pònair
phònair

From Middle Irish pónair, from Old Norse baunir. Compare Irish pónaire, Manx poanrey.


torc allaidh

torc allaidh m (genitive singular tuirc allaidh, plural tuirc allaidh)

tuirc allaidh (genitive singular)
tuirc allaidh (plural)


torc fiadhaich

torc fiadhaich m (genitive singular tuirc fhiadhaich, plural tuirc fhiadhaich)

tuirc fhiadhaich (genitive singular)
tuirc fhiadhaich (plural)


gealbhonn-gàraidh

gealbhonn-gàraidh m (genitive singular gealbhuinn-ghàraidh, plural gealbhonnan-gàraidh)

gealbhuinn-ghàraidh (genitive singular)
gealbhonnan-gàraidh (plural)


guilbneach

guilbneach m (genitive singular guilbnich, plural guilbnich)

guilbnich (genitive singular)
guilbnich (plural)


seabhag-ghorm

seabhag-ghorm f (genitive singular seabhaig-guirme, plural seabhagan-gorma)

seabhaig-guirme (genitive singular)
seabhagan-gorma (plural)


smeur

smeur f (genitive singular smeura, plural smeuran)

smeura (genitive singular)
smeuran (plural)

From Middle Irish smér, from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros. Cognate with Irish sméar and Welsh mwyar.


fiadh-ubhal

fiadh-ubhal m (genitive singular fiadh-ubhail, plural fiadh-ùbhlan)

fiadh-ubhail (genitive singular)
fiadh-ùbhlan (plural)


ailbhean

ailbhean (indefinite nominative singular)
ailbheanan (indefinite nominative plural)
ailbhein (genitive indefinite singular)
ailbheanan (genitive indefinite plural)
ailbhean (dative indefinite singular)
ailbheanan (dative indefinite plural)
ailbheanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-ailbhean (definite nominative singular)
an t-ailbhean (definite nominative singular)
h-ailbheanan (definite nominative plural)
na h-ailbheanan (definite nominative plural)
ailbhein (definite genitive singular)
an ailbhein (definite genitive singular)
ailbheanan (definite genitive plural)
nan ailbheanan (definite genitive plural)
ailbhean (dative definite singular)
an ailbhean (dative definite singular)
h-ailbheanan (dative definite plural)
na h-ailbheanan (dative definite plural)
h-ailbheanaibh (dative definite plural)
ailbhein (definite singular vocative)
ailbheanan (definite plural vocative)
ailbhean
n-ailbhean
h-ailbhean
t-ailbhean

From Middle Irish elifaint, borrowed from Old French olifant. Cognate with Irish eilifint.


cluaran-deilgneach

cluaran-deilgneach m (genitive singular cluarain-deilgneach, plural cluarain-deilgneach)

cluarain-deilgneach (genitive singular)
cluarain-deilgneach (plural)


cluaran-leana

cluaran-leana m (genitive singular cluarain-leana, plural cluarain-leana)

cluarain-leana (genitive singular)
cluarain-leana (plural)


cluaran-òir

cluaran-òir m (genitive singular cluarain-òir, plural cluarain-òir)

cluarain-òir (genitive singular)
cluarain-òir (plural)


fòghnan-soilleir

fòghnan-soilleir m (genitive singular fòghnain-soilleir, plural fòghnain-soilleir)

fòghnain-soilleir (genitive singular)
fòghnain-soilleir (plural)


fòghnan-breac

fòghnan-breac m (genitive singular fòghnain-bhric, plural fòghnain-bhrice)

fòghnain-bhric (genitive singular)
fòghnain-bhrice (plural)

Silybum marianum
Silybum marianum#Translingual


cluaran-cruaidh

cluaran-cruaidh m (genitive singular cluarain-chruaidh, plural cluarain-chruaidh)

cluarain-chruaidh (genitive singular)
cluarain-chruaidh (plural)
cluaran-cruaidh
chluaran-cruaidh


peucag

peucag f (genitive singular peucaige, plural peucagan)

peucaige (genitive singular)
peucagan (plural)
peucag
pheucag


biorra-crùidein

biorra-crùidein m (genitive singular biorra-crùidein, plural biorrachan-crùidein)

biorra-crùidein (genitive singular)
biorrachan-crùidein (plural)


comhart

comhart m (genitive singular comhairt, plural comhartan)

comhairt (genitive singular)
comhartan (plural)


seabhag-mhòr-na-seilge

seabhag-mhòr-na-seilge f (genitive singular seabhaige-mòr-na-seilge, plural seabhagan-mòra-na-seilge)

seabhaige-mòr-na-seilge (genitive singular)
seabhagan-mòra-na-seilge (plural)

Falco rusticolus
Falco rusticolus#Translingual


aiteann

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, plural aitinn)

aitinn (genitive singular)
aitinn (plural)
aiteann
n-aiteann
h-aiteann
t-aiteann

From Old Irish aiten m (“furze, gorse”), from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (“furze, gorse”) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).


fiadh Lochlannach

fiadh Lochlannach m (genitive singular fèidh Lochlannaich, plural fèidh Lochlannach)

fèidh Lochlannaich (genitive singular)
fèidh Lochlannach (plural)


fiadh-sneachda

fiadh-sneachda m (genitive singular fèidh-shneachda, plural fèidh-shneachda)

fèidh-shneachda (genitive singular)
fèidh-shneachda (plural)


gabhagan

gabhagan m (genitive singular gabhagain, plural gabhagain)

gabhagain (genitive singular)
gabhagain (plural)


snàthag

snàthag f (genitive singular snàthaige, plural snàthagan)

snàthaige (genitive singular)
snàthagan (plural)

Anthus pratensis
Anthus pratensis#Translingual


riabhag-choille

riabhag-choille f (genitive singular riabhaige-coille, plural riabhagan-coille)

riabhaige-coille (genitive singular)
riabhagan-coille (plural)


eun-creiche

eun-creiche m (genitive singular eòin-chreiche, plural eòin-chreiche)

eòin-chreiche (genitive singular)
eòin-chreiche (plural)


brù-dhearg

brù-dhearg m (genitive singular brù-dheirge, plural brù-dheargan)

brù-dheirge (genitive singular)
brù-dheargan (plural)
brù-dhearg
bhrù-dhearg


ceileiriche

ceileiriche m (genitive singular ceileiriche, plural ceileirichean)

ceileiriche (genitive singular)
ceileirichean (plural)


iolair-uisge

iolair-uisge f (genitive singular iolaire-uisge, plural iolairean-uisge)

iolaire-uisge (genitive singular)
iolairean-uisge (plural)


iolair-iasgaich

iolair-iasgaich f (genitive singular iolaire-iasgaich, plural iolairean-iasgaich)

iolaire-iasgaich (genitive singular)
iolairean-iasgaich (plural)


uinnean

uinnean m (genitive singular uinnein, plural uinneanan)

uinnein (genitive singular)
uinneanan (plural)


cainb

cainb f (genitive singular cainbe, no plural)


glaisean-stiallach

glaisean-stiallach m (genitive singular glaisein-stiallaich, plural glaiseanan-stiallach)

glaisein-stiallaich (genitive singular)
glaiseanan-stiallach (plural)


glaisean

glaisean m (genitive singular glaisein, plural glaiseanan)

glaisein (genitive singular)
glaiseanan (plural)


glaisean-daraich

glaisean-daraich m (genitive singular glaisein-daraich, plural glaiseanan-daraich)

glaisein-daraich (genitive singular)
glaiseanan-daraich (plural)


cearc-ghur

cearc-ghur f (genitive singular circe-gur, plural cearcan-gur)

circe-gur (genitive singular)
cearcan-gur (plural)


lèine bhàn

lèine bhàn f (genitive singular lèine bhàin, plural lèintean bàna)

lèine bhàin (genitive singular)
lèintean bàna (plural)


amar-eun

amar-eun m (genitive singular amair-eun, plural amaran-eun)

amair-eun (genitive singular)
amaran-eun (plural)


ceileir

ceileir (past cheileir, future ceileiridh, verbal noun ceileireadh or ceilearadh, past participle ceileirte)

cheileir (past)
ceileiridh (future)
ceileireadh (noun-from-verb)
ceilearadh (noun-from-verb)
ceileirte (participle past)


mòinteach

mòinteach f (genitive singular mòintich, plural mòintichean)

mòintich (genitive singular)
mòintichean (plural)

[ˈmõːʰtʲ(ç)əx]


eun-an-t-sneachda

eun-an-t-sneachda m (genitive singular eòin-an-t-sneachda, plural eòin-an-t-sneachda)

eòin-an-t-sneachda (genitive singular)
eòin-an-t-sneachda (plural)


clacharan

clacharan m (genitive singular clacharain, plural clacharanan)

clacharain (genitive singular)
clacharanan (plural)


brù-gheal

brù-gheal m (genitive singular brù-ghil)

brù-ghil (genitive singular)
brù-gheal
bhrù-gheal


seilcheag

seilcheag f (genitive singular seilcheig, plural seilcheagan)

seilcheig (genitive singular)
seilcheagan (plural)
seilcheag
sheilcheag
after "an"
t-seilcheag


dearc-luachrach

dearc-luachrach f (genitive singular dearc-luachrach, plural dearcan-luachrach)

dearc-luachrach (genitive singular)
dearcan-luachrach (plural)

From dearc (“speckled animal”) + luachrach, genitive case of luachair (“rushes”).


dearc

dearc f (genitive singular dearc, plural dearcan)

dearc (genitive singular)
dearcan (plural)

a genus of pterosaur during the jurassic period


dearc

dearc f (genitive singular deirce, plural dearcan)

deirce (genitive singular)
dearcan (plural)

speckled or striped animal, especially lizards and reptiles but also bees, wasps etc.


dearc

dearc (past dhearc, future dearcaidh, verbal noun dearcadh, past participle dearcte)

dhearc (past)
dearcaidh (future)
dearcadh (noun-from-verb)
dearcte (participle past)


luachair-bhog

luachair-bhog f (genitive singular luachrach-bog, no plural)


muc-mhara

muc-mhara f (genitive singular muice-mara, plural mucan-mara)

muice-mara (genitive singular)
mucan-mara (plural)
muc-mhara
mhuc-mhara

Literally “sea pig”; compare Irish muc mhara (“porpoise”)

Dh' eirich e trath la dhe na laithean, agus de chunnaic e air an traigh ach muc-mhara mhor.

1905, Columban, The Celtic Review, page 285:

He rose early one day, and what he saw on the beach was only a large whale.


comhachag

comhachag f (genitive singular comhachaige, plural comhachagan)

comhachaige (genitive singular)
comhachagan (plural)


caifean

caifean m (genitive singular caifein, plural caifeanan)

caifein (genitive singular)
caifeanan (plural)
caifean
chaifean


peileag

peileag f (genitive singular peileige, plural peileagan)

peileige (genitive singular)
peileagan (plural)


puthag

puthag f (genitive singular puthaige, plural puthagan)

puthaige (genitive singular)
puthagan (plural)


mada-chuain

mada-chuain m (genitive singular mada-chuain)


comhachag-bhàn

comhachag-bhàn f (genitive singular comhachaige-bàine, plural comhachagan-bàna)

comhachaige-bàine (genitive singular)
comhachagan-bàna (plural)


comhachag-dhonn

comhachag-dhonn f (genitive singular comhachaige-duinne, plural comhachagan-donna)

comhachaige-duinne (genitive singular)
comhachagan-donna (plural)


comhachag-chluasach

comhachag-chluasach f (genitive singular comhachaige-cluasaiche, plural comhachagan-cluasach)

comhachaige-cluasaiche (genitive singular)
comhachagan-cluasach (plural)


comhachag-adharcach

comhachag-adharcach f (genitive singular comhachaige-adharcaiche, plural comhachagan-adharcach)

comhachaige-adharcaiche (genitive singular)
comhachagan-adharcach (plural)


castan

castan m (genitive singular castain, plural castanan)

castain (genitive singular)
castanan (plural)
castan
chastan

From Old Irish castán (compare modern Irish castán), from Latin castanea or Old French chastaigne (modern French châtaigne), with influence from the native suffix -án.


craobh-geanmchno

craobh-geanmchno f (genitive singular craoibhe-geanmchno, plural craobhan-geanmchno)

craoibhe-geanmchno (genitive singular)
craobhan-geanmchno (plural)


craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich

craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f (genitive singular craoibhe-geanmchno-fhiadhaich, plural craobhan-geanmchno-fhiadhaich)

craoibhe-geanmchno-fhiadhaich (genitive singular)
craobhan-geanmchno-fhiadhaich (plural)


brìd-eun

brìd-eun m (genitive singular brìd-eòin, plural brìd-eòin)

brìd-eòin (genitive singular)
brìd-eòin (plural)


gille-Brìghde

gille-Brìghde m (genitive singular gille-Bhrìghde, plural gillean-Brìghde)

gille-Bhrìghde (genitive singular)
gillean-Brìghde (plural)

From gille (“servant”) + Brìghde (“St Brigid”).

compound

oystercatcher (due to the bird's association in folklore with Saint Brigid)


trìlleachan

head

trìlleachan m (genitive singular trìlleachain, plural trìlleachain)

trìlleachain (genitive singular)
trìlleachain (plural)

generic term for a noisy sea bird
oystercatcher

generic term for a noisy sea bird
plover

generic term for a noisy sea bird
sandpiper

generic term for a noisy sea bird
guillemot


feadag

feadag f (genitive singular feadaige, plural feadagan)

feadaige (genitive singular)
feadagan (plural)
feadag
fheadag


mosgìoto

mosgìoto m (genitive singular mosgìoto, plural mosgìotothan)

mosgìoto (genitive singular)
mosgìotothan (plural)


beith

beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean)

beithe (genitive singular)
beithean (plural)
beith
bheith

From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.


beithe

beithe (indefinite nominative singular)
beithean (indefinite nominative plural)
beithe (genitive indefinite singular)
bheithean (genitive indefinite plural)
beithe (dative indefinite singular)
beithean (dative indefinite plural)
beithibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bheithe (definite nominative singular)
beithean (definite nominative plural)
na beithean (definite nominative plural)
beithe (definite genitive singular)
na beithe (definite genitive singular)
beithean (definite genitive plural)
nam beithean (definite genitive plural)
(a') bheithe (dative definite singular)
beithean (dative definite plural)
na beithean (dative definite plural)
beithibh (dative definite plural)
bheithe (definite singular vocative)
bheithean (definite plural vocative)
beithe
bheithe

From Middle Irish beith, from Old Irish beithe. Cognates include Irish beith and Manx beih.


beith bheag

beith bheag f (genitive singular beithe bige or beithe bheag, plural beithean beaga)

beithe bige (genitive singular)
beithe bheag (genitive singular)
beithean beaga (plural)


beith dhubhach

beith dhubhach f (genitive singular beithe dubhaiche, plural beithean dubhach)

beithe dubhaiche (genitive singular)
beithean dubhach (plural)


rùda

rùda m (genitive singular rùda, plural rùdan or rùdachan)

rùda (genitive singular)
rùdan (plural)
rùdachan (plural)


meanbh-fhrìde

meanbh-fhrìde f (genitive singular meanbh-fhrìde, plural meanbh-fhrìdean)

meanbh-fhrìde (genitive singular)
meanbh-fhrìdean (plural)


frìde

frìde f (genitive singular frìde, plural frìdean)

frìde (genitive singular)
frìdean (plural)
frìde
fhrìde

From Middle Irish frigde, originally the genitive singular of frige (“fleshworm, mite”). Cognate with Irish fríd.


biastag

biastag f (genitive singular biastaig, plural biastagan)

biastaig (genitive singular)
biastagan (plural)


eun-bealltainne

eun-bealltainne m (genitive singular eòin-bhealltainne, plural eòin-bhealltainne)

eòin-bhealltainne (genitive singular)
eòin-bhealltainne (plural)


guilbneach-beag

guilbneach-beag m (genitive singular guilbnich-bhig, plural guilbnich-bhig)

guilbnich-bhig (genitive singular)
guilbnich-bhig (plural)


coileach-Frangach

coileach-Frangach m (genitive singular coilich-Fhrangaich, plural coilich-Fhrangach)

coilich-Fhrangaich (genitive singular)
coilich-Fhrangach (plural)


cearc-Fhrangach

cearc-Fhrangach f (genitive singular circe-Frangaich, plural cearcan-Frangach)

circe-Frangaich (genitive singular)
cearcan-Frangach (plural)
cearc-Fhrangach
chearc-Fhrangach


calltainn

calltainn f (genitive singular calltainne, plural calltainn)

calltainne (genitive singular)
calltainn (plural)

/kʰauɫ̪t̪ʰɪɲ/


cnò challtainn

cnò challtainn f (genitive singular cnò calltainn or cnotha calltainn or cnòtha calltainn, plural cnòthan calltainn)

cnò calltainn (genitive singular)
cnotha calltainn (genitive singular)
cnòtha calltainn (genitive singular)
cnòthan calltainn (plural)


deoch-bhiugh

deoch-bhiugh f (genitive singular dighe-biugh, plural deochan-biugh)

dighe-biugh (genitive singular)
deochan-biugh (plural)


creamh-gàrraidh

creamh-gàrraidh m (genitive singular creamha-gàrraidh, plural creamhan-gàrraidh)

creamha-gàrraidh (genitive singular)
creamhan-gàrraidh (plural)


creamh

creamh m (genitive singular creamha, plural creamhan)

creamha (genitive singular)
creamhan (plural)

From Middle Irish crem (“ramsons”), from Proto-Celtic *kremus or *kramos, from Proto-Indo-European *krém-wōs (“ramsons”). Cognate with Welsh craf, English ramsons, and Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”).

creamh mac-féidh

asparagus; hart's tongue fern; elecampane


creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich

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creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich m (genitive singular creamha-na-muice-fiadhaich, plural creamhan-na-muice-fiadhaich)

creamha-na-muice-fiadhaich (genitive singular)
creamhan-na-muice-fiadhaich (plural)


critheann

critheann (indefinite nominative singular)
crithinn (indefinite nominative plural)
crithinn (genitive indefinite singular)
chritheann (genitive indefinite plural)
critheann (dative indefinite singular)
crithinn (dative indefinite plural)
critheannaibh (dative indefinite plural)
critheann (definite nominative singular)
an critheann (definite nominative singular)
crithinn (definite nominative plural)
na crithinn (definite nominative plural)
(a') chrithinn (definite genitive singular)
critheann (definite genitive plural)
nan critheann (definite genitive plural)
(a') chritheann (dative definite singular)
crithinn (dative definite plural)
na crithinn (dative definite plural)
critheannaibh (dative definite plural)
chrithinn (definite singular vocative)
chritheanna (definite plural vocative)
critheann
chritheann

/ˈkʰɾʲihən̪ˠ/


snèap

snèap f (genitive singular snèip, plural snèapan)

snèip (genitive singular)
snèapan (plural)


cangaru

cangaru (indefinite nominative singular)
cangaruthan (indefinite nominative plural)
cangaru (genitive indefinite singular)
changaruthan (genitive indefinite plural)
cangaru (dative indefinite singular)
cangaruthan (dative indefinite plural)
cangaru (definite nominative singular)
an cangaru (definite nominative singular)
cangaruthan (definite nominative plural)
na cangaruthan (definite nominative plural)
(a') changaru (definite genitive singular)
cangaruthan (definite genitive plural)
nan cangaruthan (definite genitive plural)
(a') changaru (dative definite singular)
cangaruthan (dative definite plural)
na cangaruthan (dative definite plural)
changaru (definite singular vocative)
changaruthan (definite plural vocative)
cangaru
changaru

Borrowed from English kangaroo. Compare Irish cangarú.


siorc

siorc m (genitive singular siorca, plural siorcan)

siorca (genitive singular)
siorcan (plural)
siorc
shiorc
after "an"
t-siorc


cearban

cearban m (genitive singular cearbain, plural cearbanan)

cearbain (genitive singular)
cearbanan (plural)
cearban
chearban

/ˈkʲʰɛɾɛpan/


buidheag-an-t-samhraidh

buidheag-an-t-samhraidh f (genitive singular buidheig-an-t-samhraidh, plural buidheagan-an-t-samhraidh)

buidheig-an-t-samhraidh (genitive singular)
buidheagan-an-t-samhraidh (plural)
buidheag-an-t-samhraidh
bhuidheag-an-t-samhraidh

Literally "the little yellow of the summer." See buidhe (“yellow”) and samhraidh (“summer”) for more.


buidheag

buidheag f (genitive singular buidheige, plural buidheagan)

buidheige (genitive singular)
buidheagan (plural)
buidheag
bhuidheag

From buidhe (“yellow”) + -ag (“feminine diminutive suffix”).

af

buidheag a' chinn òir

buidheag na mara

Used in compounds denoting various birds and flowers, especially (but not exclusively) yellow ones.


buidheag-bhealaidh

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buidheag-bhealaidh f (genitive singular buidheige-bealaidh, plural buidheagan-bealaidh)

buidheige-bealaidh (genitive singular)
buidheagan-bealaidh (plural)


bealaidh

bealaidh m (genitive singular bealaidh, plural bealaidhean)

bealaidh (genitive singular)
bealaidhean (plural)
bealaidh
bhealaidh


giùran

giùran m (genitive singular giùrain, plural giùranan)

giùrain (genitive singular)
giùranan (plural)

From Old Irish giugran. Compare Irish giúrann.


drannd-eun

drannd-eun m (genitive singular drannd-eòin, plural drannd-eòin)

drannd-eòin (genitive singular)
drannd-eòin (plural)
drannd-eun
dhrannd-eun

/t̪ɾãũn̪ˠt̪an/

Likely a translation of English hummingbird.


gealag-bhuachair

gealag-bhuachair f (genitive singular gealaig-buachair, plural gealagan-buachair)

gealaig-buachair (genitive singular)
gealagan-buachair (plural)


gealag

gealag f (genitive singular gealaig, plural gealagan)

gealaig (genitive singular)
gealagan (plural)
gealag
ghealag


gealbhonn-lìn

gealbhonn-lìn m (genitive singular gealbhuinn-lìn, plural gealbhonnan-lìn)

gealbhuinn-lìn (genitive singular)
gealbhonnan-lìn (plural)


gealag-dhubh-cheannach

gealag-dhubh-cheannach f (genitive singular gealaige-dubh-cheannaich, plural gealagan-dubh-cheannach)

gealaige-dubh-cheannaich (genitive singular)
gealagan-dubh-cheannach (plural)


aran-coirce

aran-coirce m (genitive singular arain-choirce)


freumh

freumh m (genitive singular freumha, plural freumhan or freumhaichean)

freumha (genitive singular)
freumhan (plural)
freumhaichean (plural)
freumh
fhreumh

From Old Irish frém, prém, from older frén.


samh

samh m (genitive singular saimh, plural samhan)

saimh (genitive singular)
samhan (plural)


guga

guga m (genitive singular guga, plural gugachan)

guga (genitive singular)
gugachan (plural)

Related to gugail (“poultry clucking”), of imitative origin, similar to archaic English chuck.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Morus bassanus
Morus bassanus#Translingual

Young of the northern gannet, Morus bassanus.


sùlaire

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sùlaire m (genitive singular sùlaire, plural sùlairean)

sùlaire (genitive singular)
sùlairean (plural)

/ˈs̪uːl̪ˠɪɾʲə/


cladh

cladh m (genitive singular cladha or claidh, plural cladhan)

cladha (genitive singular)
claidh (genitive singular)
cladhan (plural)

graveyard, churchyard, cemetery, burial ground


camus

camus m (genitive singular camuis, plural camusan)

camuis (genitive singular)
camusan (plural)


dà-dhuilleach

dà-dhuilleach (genitive singular masculine dà-dhuillich, comparative dà-dhuilliche)

dà-dhuillich (genitive masculine singular)
dà-dhuilliche (comparative)

From dà- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + duille (“leaf”) + -ach.


dà-dhuilleach

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dà-dhuilleach m (genitive singular dà-dhuillich, plural dà-dhuillich)

dà-dhuillich (genitive singular)
dà-dhuillich (plural)
dà-dhuilleach
dhà-dhuilleach


carbhaidh

carbhaidh f (genitive singular carbhaidhe, plural carbhaidhean)

carbhaidhe (genitive singular)
carbhaidhean (plural)


eun-fionn

eun-fionn m (genitive singular eòin-fhionn, plural eòin-fhionn)

eòin-fhionn (genitive singular)
eòin-fhionn (plural)


clamhan-fionn

clamhan-fionn m (genitive singular clamhain-fhionn, plural clamhain-fhionn)

clamhain-fhionn (genitive singular)
clamhain-fhionn (plural)


clamhan-nan-cearc

clamhan-nan-cearc m (genitive singular clamhain-nan-cearc, plural clamhain-nan-cearc)

clamhain-nan-cearc (genitive singular)
clamhain-nan-cearc (plural)


craobh-ubhail

craobh-ubhail f (genitive singular craoibh-ubhail, plural craobhan-ubhail)

craoibh-ubhail (genitive singular)
craobhan-ubhail (plural)


ubhalghort

ubhalghort m (genitive singular ubhalghoirt, plural ubhalghoirtean)

ubhalghoirt (genitive singular)
ubhalghoirtean (plural)


gràineag

gràineag (indefinite nominative singular)
gràineagan (indefinite nominative plural)
gràineige (genitive indefinite singular)
gràineig (genitive indefinite singular)
ghràineag (genitive indefinite plural)
gràineig (dative indefinite singular)
gràineagan (dative indefinite plural)
gràineagaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') ghràineag (definite nominative singular)
gràineagan (definite nominative plural)
na gràineagan (definite nominative plural)
gràineige (definite genitive singular)
na gràineige (definite genitive singular)
gràineig (definite genitive singular)
gràineag (definite genitive plural)
nan gràineag (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghràineig (dative definite singular)
gràineagan (dative definite plural)
na gràineagan (dative definite plural)
gràineagaibh (dative definite plural)
ghràineag (definite singular vocative)
ghràineaga (definite plural vocative)
gràineag
ghràineag

From gràin (“hatred”) + -ag, literally, “little hatred”. Compare Irish gráinneog.


gille-feadaig

gille-feadaig m (genitive singular gille-feadaig, plural gillean-feadaig)

gille-feadaig (genitive singular)
gillean-feadaig (plural)


cìochag-thràghad

From cìoch (“breast, mammary gland, pap”, noun) + -ag (a feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something) + tràghad, genitive singular of tràigh (“beach”) (from Old Irish tráig (“strand, shore, ebb-tide”)).

der

sea anemone, a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the biological taxonomic order Actiniaria.


frith-iasg

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frith-iasg m (genitive singular frith-èisg, plural frith-iasga or frith-èisg or frith-iasgan)

frith-èisg (genitive singular)
frith-iasga (plural)
frith-èisg (plural)
frith-iasgan (plural)


ainleag

ainleag f (genitive singular ainleige, plural ainleagan)

Wikispecies ainleag (canonical feminine)
ainleige (genitive singular)
ainleagan (plural)

From Middle Irish áilleóc, fainleóc (compare Irish fáinleog), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel, fannall, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish guennol, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesr-/wesn- (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).

See :gd:ainleag

Hirundo rustica
Hirundo rustica#Translingual


ainleag-dhubh

ainleag-dhubh f (genitive singular ainleige-dhubh, plural ainleagan-dhubh)

ainleige-dhubh (genitive singular)
ainleagan-dhubh (plural)