amar

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amar m (genitive singular amair, plural amaran)

amair (genitive singular)
amaran (plural)

From Old Irish ommar (“trough for holding water”).


arm

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arm m (genitive singular airm, plural airm)

airm (genitive singular)
airm (plural)
arm
n-arm
h-arm
t-arm

From Old Irish arm n (“armour, battle-equipment, panoply; weapon; army”), from Latin arma.


peann

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peann m (genitive singular pinn, plural pinn)

pinn (genitive singular)
pinn (plural)
peann (indefinite nominative singular)
pinn (indefinite nominative plural)
pinn (genitive indefinite singular)
pheann (genitive indefinite plural)
peann (dative indefinite singular)
pinn (dative indefinite plural)
peannaibh (dative indefinite plural)
peann (definite nominative singular)
am peann (definite nominative singular)
pinn (definite nominative plural)
na pinn (definite nominative plural)
(a') phinn (definite genitive singular)
peann (definite genitive plural)
nam peann (definite genitive plural)
(a') pheann (dative definite singular)
pinn (dative definite plural)
na pinn (dative definite plural)
peannaibh (dative definite plural)
phinn (definite singular vocative)
pheanna (definite plural vocative)
peannt (alternative)
pean (alternative)
peana (alternative)

From Old Irish penn, from Latin penna (“feather”).


forca

forca f (genitive singular fuirce, plural forcan)

fuirce (genitive singular)
forcan (plural)
forca
fhorca

From Middle English forke (“digging fork”), from Old English forca (“forked instrument used to torture”), from Proto-West Germanic *furkō (“fork”), from Latin furca (“pitchfork”). Doublet of forc.


pana

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pana m (genitive singular pana, plural panaichean)

pana (genitive singular)
panaichean (plural)
pana
phana


clag

clag (indefinite nominative singular)
cluig (indefinite nominative plural)
cluig (genitive indefinite singular)
chlag (genitive indefinite plural)
clag (dative indefinite singular)
cluig (dative indefinite plural)
clagaibh (dative indefinite plural)
clag (definite nominative singular)
an clag (definite nominative singular)
cluig (definite nominative plural)
na cluig (definite nominative plural)
(a') chluig (definite genitive singular)
clag (definite genitive plural)
nan clag (definite genitive plural)
(a') chlag (dative definite singular)
cluig (dative definite plural)
na cluig (dative definite plural)
clagaibh (dative definite plural)
chluig (definite singular vocative)
chlaga (definite plural vocative)
clag
chlag

From Middle Irish cloc, from Old Irish cloc. Cognates include Irish clog and Manx clag.


claidheamh

claidheamh m (genitive singular claidheimh, plural claidheamhan or claidhnean)

claidheimh (genitive singular)
claidheamhan (plural)
claidhnean (plural)
claidheamh
chlaidheamh

[ˈkl̪ˠæ̃.əv]

From Old Irish claideb, from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos.

Chluich Seumas leis a’ chlaidheamh.


baga

baga m (genitive singular baga, plural bagaichean)

baga (genitive singular)
bagaichean (plural)


cupa

cupa m (genitive singular cupa, plural cupachan or cupaichean or cupanan)

cupa (genitive singular)
cupachan (plural)
cupaichean (plural)
cupanan (plural)
cupa
chupa

From Middle Irish cupa, from Middle English cuppe.


casar

casar m (genitive singular casair, plural casaran)

casair (genitive singular)
casaran (plural)
casair (alternative)
casaire (alternative)


casar

casair (genitive singular)
casaran (plural)
casar
chasar


spàin

spàin f (genitive singular spàine, plural spàinean)

spàine (genitive singular)
spàinean (plural)

Borrowed from Old Norse spánn, spónn (compare Manx spein).

Leighiseadh biadh á spàin adhairc bò bheò iomadh tinneas—'S e sin spàin a bha air a dèanamh de adhairc a chaill mart a bha fathast beò. 'N uair a rachadh am mart a mharbhadh, chailleadh an spàin a feartan leighis.

1894, Gaelic Society of Glasgow, Papers, page 292:

A live cow's horn spoon cured many ailments—It was a spoon made from the horns of a lost cow that was still alive. When the cow was killed, the spoon lost its healing properties.


boghadair

boghadair m (genitive singular boghadair, plural boghadairean)

boghadair (genitive singular)
boghadairean (plural)

From Middle Irish bogatóir, from boga (“bow”), from Old Norse bogi.


bogha

bogha m (genitive singular bogha, plural boghachan or boghannan)

bogha (genitive singular)
boghachan (plural)
boghannan (plural)

From Middle Irish boga, from Old Norse bogi.


sgian

sgian f (dative sgithinn, genitive sgeine or sgine or sgeineadh or sgithinn, plural sginean or sgeinean or sgeanan)

sgithinn (dative)
sgeine (genitive)
sgine (genitive)
sgeineadh (genitive)
sgithinn (genitive)
sginean (plural)
sgeinean (plural)
sgeanan (plural)

From Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut”).


saighead

saighead f (genitive singular saighde, plural saighdean)

saighde (genitive singular)
saighdean (plural)
saighead
shaighead
after "an"
t-saighead

From Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.

Chuir an boghadair saighead.


clàrsach

clàrsach m (genitive singular clàrsaich, plural clàrsaichean)

clàrsaich (genitive singular)
clàrsaichean (plural)
clàrsach
chlàrsach


biodag

biodag f (genitive singular biodaige, plural biodagan)

biodaige (genitive singular)
biodagan (plural)

From Old Irish bíth, from Proto-Celtic *bītV (“cut, break”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split, break”).


cuinnsear

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cuinnsear m (genitive singular cuinnseir, plural cuinnearan)

cuinnseir (genitive singular)
cuinnearan (plural)


sleagh

sleagh f (genitive singular sleagha or slèigh, plural sleaghan or slèigh)

sleagha (genitive singular)
slèigh (genitive singular)
sleaghan (plural)
slèigh (plural)
sleagh
shleagh
after "an"
t-sleagh

From Old Irish sleg, from Proto-Celtic *sligā, from the root of *sligeti (“to strike, hew”) (whence Old Irish sligid); cognate with Irish sleá and Manx shleiy.


gath

gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan)

gatha (genitive singular)
gathan (plural)
gathannan (plural)
gathachan (plural)
gath (indefinite nominative singular)
gathan (indefinite nominative plural)
gatha (genitive indefinite singular)
ghathan (genitive indefinite plural)
gatha (dative indefinite singular)
gathan (dative indefinite plural)
gath (definite nominative singular)
an gath (definite nominative singular)
gathan (definite nominative plural)
na gathan (definite nominative plural)
(a') ghatha (definite genitive singular)
gathan (definite genitive plural)
nan gathan (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghatha (dative definite singular)
gathan (dative definite plural)
na gathan (dative definite plural)
ghath (definite singular vocative)
ghathan (definite plural vocative)
gath
ghath

From Old Irish gath. Cognate with Irish ga. Compare Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's crook”), Proto-Celtic *gaisos.


iodhan

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iodhan m (genitive singular iodhain, plural iodhain or iodhanan)

iodhain (genitive singular)
iodhain (plural)
iodhanan (plural)
iodhnadh (alternative)

From Old Irish idna m (“spear, weapon”).


cuisle-chiùil

cuisle-chiùil f (plural cuislean-chiùil)


cuislean

cuislean m (genitive singular cuislein, plural cuisleanan)

cuislein (genitive singular)
cuisleanan (plural)
cuislean
chuislean

From Old Irish cuislén (“straw”). By surface analysis, cuisle + -an.


fidheall

fidheall f (dative fidhill, genitive fìdhle, plural fìdhlean)

fidhill (dative)
fìdhle (genitive)
fìdhlean (plural)


ailt-fhidheall

viola (string instrument of the violin family)


bogsa

bogsa m (genitive singular bogsa, plural bogsaichean)

bogsa (genitive singular)
bogsaichean (plural)
bogsa
bhogsa
bocsa (alternative)

From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box-tree; box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box tree; box”).


lann

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lann f (genitive singular lanna or lainne or lainn, plural lannan)

lanna (genitive singular)
lainne (genitive singular)
lainn (genitive singular)
lannan (plural)

From Old Irish lann, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlaxsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Welsh llafn; and with Old Norse flatr (English flat), Latin plānus (“flat”). Compare Irish lann.

lann na sgéine

lann lìomhaidh

lann thana

ma liùbhras mi mo chlaidheamh, is ann an aghaidh na lanna

if I give up my sword, it shall be point first

tharraing iad an lann

lann Spàinndeach

blade, knife, sword, weapon, any bladed instrument


poca

poca m (genitive singular poca, plural pocannan)

poca (genitive singular)
pocannan (plural)
poca
phoca


gunna

gunna m (genitive singular gunna, plural gunnachan)

gunna (genitive singular)
gunnachan (plural)
gunna
ghunna

From Middle Irish gunna, from Middle English gunne.


daga

daga m (genitive singular daga, plural dagaichean)

daga (genitive singular)
dagaichean (plural)
daga
dhaga


màileid

màileid f (genitive màileide, plural màileidean)

màileide (genitive)
màileidean (plural)
màileid
mhàileid

Derivative of màla (see there for more). Compare Irish máiléid. Ultimately from the same source as English mail.


spaid

spaid f (genitive singular spaide, plural spaidean)

spaide (genitive singular)
spaidean (plural)


pìob

pìob f (genitive singular pìoba, plural pìoban)

pìoba (genitive singular)
pìoban (plural)

From Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pipire, pipiare, pipare, from pīpiō (“to chirp, peep”), of imitative origin; possibly via Old English pipe or Old Norse pípa. Compare Irish píb.

onomatopoeic

imitative


sporan

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sporan m (genitive singular sporain, plural sporain)

sporain (genitive singular)
sporain (plural)

→ English: sporran

From Old Irish sparán (compare Irish sparán).


mèinn

mèinn f (genitive singular mèinne, plural mèinnean)

mèinne (genitive singular)
mèinnean (plural)

From Middle Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).

(geology, mining) ore; mine, vein, seam (deposit of ore)

mind, desire, inclination, disposition (whether good or bad)


mèinn

mèinn (past mhèinn, future mèinnidh, verbal noun mèinneadh, past participle mèinnte)

mhèinn (past)
mèinnidh (future)
mèinneadh (noun-from-verb)
mèinnte (participle past)
mèinn
mhèinn


crann

crann m (genitive singular crainn or croinn, plural crainn or croinn)

crainn (genitive singular)
croinn (genitive singular)
crainn (plural)
croinn (plural)
crann (indefinite nominative singular)
crainn (indefinite nominative plural)
crainn (genitive indefinite singular)
chrann (genitive indefinite plural)
crann (dative indefinite singular)
crainn (dative indefinite plural)
crannaibh (dative indefinite plural)
crann (definite nominative singular)
an crann (definite nominative singular)
crainn (definite nominative plural)
na crainn (definite nominative plural)
(a') chrainn (definite genitive singular)
crann (definite genitive plural)
nan crann (definite genitive plural)
(a') chrann (dative definite singular)
crainn (dative definite plural)
na crainn (dative definite plural)
crannaibh (dative definite plural)
chrainn (definite singular vocative)
chranna (definite plural vocative)
crann (indefinite nominative singular)
croinn (indefinite nominative plural)
croinn (genitive indefinite singular)
chrann (genitive indefinite plural)
crann (dative indefinite singular)
croinn (dative indefinite plural)
crannaibh (dative indefinite plural)
crann (definite nominative singular)
an crann (definite nominative singular)
croinn (definite nominative plural)
na croinn (definite nominative plural)
(a') chroinn (definite genitive singular)
crann (definite genitive plural)
nan crann (definite genitive plural)
(a') chrann (dative definite singular)
croinn (dative definite plural)
na croinn (dative definite plural)
crannaibh (dative definite plural)
chroinn (definite singular vocative)
chranna (definite plural vocative)
crann
chrann

From Middle Irish crann (“tree”), from Old Irish crann. Cognates include Irish crann and Manx croan.


aghann

aghann f (genitive singular aighne or aighainne, plural aghannan)

aighne (genitive singular)
aighainne (genitive singular)
aghannan (plural)


òrd

òrd m (genitive singular ùird, plural ùird or òrdan)

ùird (genitive singular)
ùird (plural)
òrdan (plural)
òrd
n-òrd
h-òrd
t-òrd

From Old Irish ord, ordd, from Proto-Celtic *ordos (compare Welsh gordd).


speal

speal (past speal, future spealaidh, verbal noun spealadh, past participle spealte)

speal (past)
spealaidh (future)
spealadh (noun-from-verb)
spealte (participle past)

From Middle Irish spelaid, said by DIL to be from Middle English pelen (“peel”), though the s- remains unexplained. The noun is derived from the verb.


speal

speal f (genitive singular speala, plural spealan)

speala (genitive singular)
spealan (plural)


bogsa piàna

bogsa piàno m (genitive singular bogsa piàno, plural bogsaichean piàno)

bogsa piàno (canonical masculine)
bogsa piàno (genitive singular)
bogsaichean piàno (plural)


clò-sgrìobhadair

clò-sgrìobhadair m (genitive singular clò-sgrìobhadair, plural clò-sgrìobhadairean)

clò-sgrìobhadair (genitive singular)
clò-sgrìobhadairean (plural)

From clò-sgrìobh (“type”, verb) + -adair (agent suffix).


druma

drumaichean (plural)
druma (indefinite nominative singular)
drumaichean (indefinite nominative plural)
druma (genitive indefinite singular)
dhrumaichean (genitive indefinite plural)
druma (dative indefinite singular)
drumaichean (dative indefinite plural)
drumaibh (dative indefinite plural)
druma (definite nominative singular)
an druma (definite nominative singular)
drumaichean (definite nominative plural)
na drumaichean (definite nominative plural)
druma (definite genitive singular)
na druma (definite genitive singular)
drumaichean (definite genitive plural)
nan drumaichean (definite genitive plural)
druma (dative definite singular)
an druma (dative definite singular)
drumaichean (dative definite plural)
na drumaichean (dative definite plural)
drumaibh (dative definite plural)
dhruma (definite singular vocative)
dhrumaichean (definite plural vocative)
druma
dhruma

drum (musical instrument; hollow, cylindrical object; barrel etc. for liquid)


tuagh

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tuagh f (genitive singular tuaighe, plural tuaghan)

tuaighe (genitive singular)
tuaghan (plural)
tuagh (indefinite nominative singular)
tuaghan (indefinite nominative plural)
tuaighe (genitive indefinite singular)
thuagh (genitive indefinite plural)
tuaigh (dative indefinite singular)
tuaghan (dative indefinite plural)
tuaghaibh (dative indefinite plural)
tuagh (definite nominative singular)
an tuagh (definite nominative singular)
tuaghan (definite nominative plural)
na tuaghan (definite nominative plural)
tuaighe (definite genitive singular)
na tuaighe (definite genitive singular)
tuagh (definite genitive plural)
nan tuagh (definite genitive plural)
tuaigh (dative definite singular)
an tuaigh (dative definite singular)
tuaghan (dative definite plural)
na tuaghan (dative definite plural)
tuaghaibh (dative definite plural)
thuagh (definite singular vocative)
thuagha (definite plural vocative)


còrn

From Old Irish corn (“drinking horn, trumpet, curl”), from Latin cornū.


crois-bhogha

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crois-bhogha f (genitive singular crois-bhogha, plural crois-bhoghachan)

crois-bhogha (genitive singular)
crois-bhoghachan (plural)


feadag

feadag f (genitive singular feadaige, plural feadagan)

feadaige (genitive singular)
feadagan (plural)
feadag
fheadag


ionnsramaid

ionnsramaid f (genitive singular ionnsramaide, plural ionnsramaidean)

ionnsramaide (genitive singular)
ionnsramaidean (plural)
ionnsramaid
n-ionnsramaid
h-ionnsramaid
t-ionnsramaid
ionnstramaid (alternative)


beus

beus f (genitive singular beusa, plural beusan)

beusa (genitive singular)
beusan (plural)
beus
bheus


màla-droma

màla-droma f (genitive singular màla-droma, plural màlan-droma)

màla-droma (genitive singular)
màlan-droma (plural)


màla

màla f (genitive singular màla, plural màlan)

màla (genitive singular)
màlan (plural)
màla
mhàla

Borrowed from Middle English male (modern English mail), from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”).


daga-cuairt

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daga-cuairt m (genitive singular daga-cuairt, plural dagaichean-cuairt)

daga-cuairt (genitive singular)
dagaichean-cuairt (plural)


urchair

urchair f (genitive singular urchaire or urchrach or urchaireach, plural urchraichean)

urchaire (genitive singular)
urchrach (genitive singular)
urchaireach (genitive singular)
urchraichean (plural)
urchair
n-urchair
h-urchair
t-urchair

From Old Irish airchor (“cast, shot”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸarekoros. See fo·ceird (“to cast”).


bachall

bachaill (genitive singular)
bachall
bhachall
bachull (alternative)

From Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum.


plocan buntàta

plocan buntàta m (genitive singular plocain bhuntàta, plural plocanan buntàta)

plocain bhuntàta (genitive singular)
plocanan buntàta (plural)


spàin-bhùird

spàin-bhùird f (genitive singular spàine-bùird, plural spàinean-bùird)

spàine-bùird (genitive singular)
spàinean-bùird (plural)


spàin-teatha

spàin-teatha f (genitive singular spàine-teatha, plural spàinean-teatha)

spàine-teatha (genitive singular)
spàinean-teatha (plural)


caibe

caibe m (genitive singular caibe, plural caibeannan or caibeachan)

caibe (genitive singular)
caibeannan (plural)
caibeachan (plural)

Closely resembles Welsh caib (“mattock”), but deriving the -b- in both Gaelic and Welsh from a common inherited source is difficult. Given that the Gaelic word is not found in Irish, it is possible to postulate that the Gaelic word is a borrowing from a Brittonic substrate language.


cas-chrom

cas-chrom f (genitive singular cois-chruim)

From cas + crom, literally “crooked foot”.

The caschrom, or crooked spade, an implement of tillage peculiar to the Scottish Highlands, used for turning the ground where a plough cannot work because of stones.


gràpa

From Scots graip, from Old English grāp (“grip, grasp”) and/or *grǣpe (“grasping”). Cognate with Irish graeipe.


sgriubhaire

sgriubhaire m (genitive singular sgriubhaire, plural sgriubhairean)

sgriubhaire (genitive singular)
sgriubhairean (plural)


òboidh

òboidh f (genitive singular òboidh, plural òboidhean)

òboidh (genitive singular)
òboidhean (plural)
òboidh
n-òboidh
h-òboidh
t-òboidh


bolta

bolta m (genitive singular bolta, plural boltaichean)

bolta (genitive singular)
boltaichean (plural)
bolta
bholta


camara

From English camera, from Latin camera (“chamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vault”), of Old Iranian origin.

camera (device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs)


baraill

baraill m (genitive singular baraille, plural baraillean)

baraille (genitive singular)
baraillean (plural)
baraill
bharaill
bairill (alternative)
baraille (alternative)

From Middle Irish bairille, from Middle English barrell or Anglo-Norman baril.

leann baraille


peansail

From English pencil, from Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil, from Latin pēnicillum, double diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”).


giotàr

giotàr m (genitive singular giotàir, plural giotàraichean)

giotàir (genitive singular)
giotàraichean (plural)
giotàr
ghiotàr

/kʲɪˈt̪ʰaːɾ/

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)bor.
Aramaic קיתראbor.
Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor.
Old Spanish guitarra
Spanish guitarrabor.
English guitarbor.
Scottish Gaelic giotàr
Borrowed from English guitar, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Aramaic קיתרא (qīṯārā), from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).

der

Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)


crannachan

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crannachan m (genitive singular crannachain, plural crannachain)

crannachain (genitive singular)
crannachain (plural)
crannachan
chrannachan

→ English: cranachan