port

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port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)

puirt (genitive singular)
puirt (plural)
portan (plural)


or

or m (genitive singular ora, plural ora or orthachan or orrachan or orthannan)

Possibly from Old Irish amar (“song, singing”). See òran.


not

not m (genitive singular not, plural notaichean)

not (genitive singular)
notaichean (plural)

Borrowed from English note. The "money" sense comes from the now-rare £1 note.


bir

onomatopoeic alarm noise of a gannet when attacked at night


seinn

seinn (past sheinn, future seinnidh, verbal noun seinn, past participle seinnte)

sheinn (past)
seinnidh (future)
seinn (noun-from-verb)
seinnte (participle past)

From Middle Irish sendim, from Old Irish sennim, seinnid (“to make a sound, play an instrument”).

(dated) play (other musical instruments)


seinn

seinne (genitive singular)
seinn
sheinn
after "an"
t-seinn


soin

From the root of sònraichte (“special, notable”).


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.


òran

òran m (genitive singular òrain, plural òrain)

òrain (genitive singular)
òrain (plural)
òran
n-òran
h-òran
t-òran

From Middle Irish amrán (“singing, song”) (compare Irish amhrán, Manx arrane), a diminutive of Old Irish amar (“singing, song; wailing, moaning”).


siubhal

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siubhal m (genitive singular siubhail, plural siùbhlaichean)

siubhail (genitive singular)
siùbhlaichean (plural)

From Middle Irish sibal, verbal noun of siblaid (“walks”).

(music, pìobaireachd) a movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a variation on the ùrlar in which held theme notes are coupled with a cut higher or lower note


seinneadair

seinneadair m (genitive singular seinneadaire, plural seinneadairean)

seinneadaire (genitive singular)
seinneadairean (plural)

/ˈʃeɲət̪ɪɾʲ/


òranaiche

òranaiche m (genitive singular òranaiche, plural òranaichean)

òranaiche (genitive singular)
òranaichean (plural)
òranaiche
n-òranaiche
h-òranaiche
t-òranaiche

singer, balladeer, soloist, songster, vocalist


bean-seinn

bean-seinn f (dative singular mnaoi-seinn, genitive singular mnà-seinn, plural mnathan-seinn)

mnaoi-seinn (dative singular)
mnà-seinn (genitive singular)
mnathan-seinn (plural)


fear-seinn

fear-seinn m (genitive singular fir-seinn, plural fir-seinn)

fir-seinn (genitive singular)
fir-seinn (plural)


clàrsair

clàrsair m (genitive singular clàrsaire, plural clàrsairean)

clàrsaire (genitive singular)
clàrsairean (plural)
clàrsair
chlàrsair

/ˈkʰlaːɻʂɛɾʲ/


clàrsach

clàrsach m (genitive singular clàrsaich, plural clàrsaichean)

clàrsaich (genitive singular)
clàrsaichean (plural)
clàrsach
chlàrsach


guth

guth m (genitive singular gutha, plural guthan)

gutha (genitive singular)
guthan (plural)
guth (indefinite nominative singular)
guthan (indefinite nominative plural)
gutha (genitive indefinite singular)
ghuthan (genitive indefinite plural)
gutha (dative indefinite singular)
guthan (dative indefinite plural)
guth (definite nominative singular)
an guth (definite nominative singular)
guthan (definite nominative plural)
na guthan (definite nominative plural)
(a') ghutha (definite genitive singular)
guthan (definite genitive plural)
nan guthan (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghutha (dative definite singular)
guthan (dative definite plural)
na guthan (dative definite plural)
ghuth (definite singular vocative)
ghuthan (definite plural vocative)
guth
ghuth

From Old Irish guth, from Proto-Celtic *gutus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuHtus, from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”).


slatag

slatag f (genitive singular slataig, plural slatagan)

slataig (genitive singular)
slatagan (plural)


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)


raon

raon m (genitive singular raoin, plural raontan or raointean)

raoin (genitive singular)
raontan (plural)
raointean (plural)

From Old Irish róe (“a level piece of ground”). Cognate to Irish ré (“level ground”).


dithis

/ˈd̥ʲʒi.ɪʃtʲ/

[ˈd̥ʲʒiˑ.ɪʃtʲ]

From Old Irish dïas (compare Manx jees).

(music, pìobaireachd) a movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a variation on the ùrlar in which accented theme notes are alternated with a cut lower note


mac-talla

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mac-talla m (genitive singular mic-talla, plural mic-talla)

mic-talla (genitive singular)
mic-talla (plural)


rèiteachadh

rèiteachadh m (genitive singular rèiteachaidh, plural rèiteachaidhean)

rèiteachaidh (genitive singular)
rèiteachaidhean (plural)


fonn

fonn m (genitive singular fuinn, plural fuinn)

fuinn (genitive singular)
fuinn (plural)
fonn
fhonn

From Middle Irish fonn (“melody, song”).


caman

caman m (genitive singular camain, plural camain or camanan)

camain (genitive singular)
camain (plural)
camanan (plural)

From Old Irish cammán. By surface analysis, cam (“curved, bent, crooked”) + -an.


pìobaireachd

A type of music native to the Scottish Highlands and performed on the Great Highland bagpipes.


pìob

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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


ùrlar

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ùrlar m (genitive singular ùrlair, plural ùrlaran)

ùrlair (genitive singular)
ùrlaran (plural)
ùrlar
n-ùrlar
h-ùrlar
t-ùrlar

/ˈuːrˠl̪ˠəɾ/

From Middle Irish urlár (compare Irish urlár).

(pìobaireachd) the ground, the first movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a highly ornamented theme


ceangal

/ˈkʲʰĩ.al̪ˠ/

[ˈkʲʰĩ˧˥.al̪ˠ˥˩]

/ˈkʲʰɛ̃.əl̪ˠ/

[ˈkʲʰɛ̃ˑ.əl̪ˠ]

/ˈkʲʰɛ̃.ul̪ˠ/

From Old Irish cengal (“bond, tie, binding, fetter, fastening”), from Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”).


tosd

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tosd m (genitive singular tosd, no plural)

From Old Irish tost, from Proto-Celtic *tusto-.


àirde

àirde f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)

àirde (genitive singular)
àirdean (plural)

From Old Irish ardae, airde f (“height; high place”). By surface analysis, àrd (“high”) + -e.


meur-chlàr

meur-chlàr m (genitive singular meur-chlàir, plural meur-chlàran)

meur-chlàir (genitive singular)
meur-chlàran (plural)


gleus

gleus m or f (genitive singular gleusa or gleòis, plural gleusan or gleòis)

gleusa (genitive singular)
gleòis (genitive singular)
gleusan (plural)
gleòis (plural)

From Old Irish glés; cognate with Irish gléas.


gleus

gleus (past ghleus, future gleusaidh, verbal noun gleusadh, past participle gleuste)

ghleus (past)
gleusaidh (future)
gleusadh (noun-from-verb)
gleuste (participle past)
gleus
ghleus

From Old Irish glésaid (“to adjust”), from glés, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *gleiwos (“shining, clear”).


buille

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buille f (genitive singular buille, plural buillean or builleannan)

buille (genitive singular)
buillean (plural)
builleannan (plural)
buille
bhuille

From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (“blow, strike”), perhaps from the same root as buail (“to strike, beat”).


maol

From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *mailos.


rian

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rian m (genitive singular rian, plural rianan)

rian (genitive singular)
rianan (plural)


punc

punc m (genitive singular puinc or punca, plural puncan)

puinc (genitive singular)
punca (genitive singular)
puncan (plural)
punc
phunc

Possibly from the same root as punctuation.


bàrd

bàrd m (genitive singular bàird, plural bàird or bàrda or bàrdan)

bàird (genitive singular)
bàird (plural)
bàrda (plural)
bàrdan (plural)
bàrd (indefinite nominative singular)
bàird (indefinite nominative plural)
bàird (genitive indefinite singular)
bhàrd (genitive indefinite plural)
bàrd (dative indefinite singular)
bàird (dative indefinite plural)
bàrdaibh (dative indefinite plural)
bàrd (definite nominative singular)
am bàrd (definite nominative singular)
bàird (definite nominative plural)
na bàird (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhàird (definite genitive singular)
bàrd (definite genitive plural)
nam bàrd (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhàrd (dative definite singular)
bàird (dative definite plural)
na bàird (dative definite plural)
bàrdaibh (dative definite plural)
bhàird (definite singular vocative)
bhàrda (definite plural vocative)
bàrd (indefinite nominative singular)
bàrda (indefinite nominative plural)
bàird (genitive indefinite singular)
bhàrda (genitive indefinite plural)
bàrd (dative indefinite singular)
bàrda (dative indefinite plural)
bàrdaibh (dative indefinite plural)
bàrd (definite nominative singular)
am bàrd (definite nominative singular)
bàrda (definite nominative plural)
na bàrda (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhàird (definite genitive singular)
bàrda (definite genitive plural)
nam bàrda (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhàrd (dative definite singular)
bàrda (dative definite plural)
na bàrda (dative definite plural)
bàrdaibh (dative definite plural)
bhàird (definite singular vocative)
bhàrda (definite plural vocative)
bàrd (indefinite nominative singular)
bàrdan (indefinite nominative plural)
bàird (genitive indefinite singular)
bhàrdan (genitive indefinite plural)
bàrd (dative indefinite singular)
bàrdan (dative indefinite plural)
bàrdaibh (dative indefinite plural)
bàrd (definite nominative singular)
am bàrd (definite nominative singular)
bàrdan (definite nominative plural)
na bàrdan (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhàird (definite genitive singular)
bàrdan (definite genitive plural)
nam bàrdan (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhàrd (dative definite singular)
bàrdan (dative definite plural)
na bàrdan (dative definite plural)
bàrdaibh (dative definite plural)
bhàird (definite singular vocative)
bhàrdan (definite plural vocative)

→ English: bard

From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (compare Welsh bardd, Breton barz).


meanbh-chlàr

meanbh-chlàr m (genitive singular meanbh-chlàir, plural meanbh-chlàran)

meanbh-chlàir (genitive singular)
meanbh-chlàran (plural)


còisir

còisir f (genitive singular còisire or còisre, plural còisirean)

còisire (genitive singular)
còisre (genitive singular)
còisirean (plural)
còisir
chòisir

From Old Irish cóisir (“banquet; festive party”).


fuaimneach

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fuaimneach (genitive singular masculine fuaimnich, comparative fuaimniche)

fuaimnich (genitive masculine singular)
fuaimniche (comparative)
fuaimneach
fhuaimneach

From Old Irish fúaimnech. By surface analysis, fuaim + -ach.


faramach

faramach (genitive singular masculine faramaich, comparative faramaiche)

faramaich (genitive masculine singular)
faramaiche (comparative)
faramach
fharamach


faram

faram m (genitive singular faraim, plural faraman)

faraim (genitive singular)
faraman (plural)
faram
fharam

From Old Irish fothromm (“noise, loud and discordant sound”), an alteration of fothronn through influence of fúaimm (modern fuaim). Compare Irish frum fram (“noise, uproar”).


caismeachd

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caismeachd f (genitive singular caismeachd, plural caismeachdan)

caismeachd (genitive singular)
caismeachdan (plural)
caismeachd
chaismeachd


bogsa piàna

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

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


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)


còrn

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


feadag

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feadag f (genitive singular feadaige, plural feadagan)

feadaige (genitive singular)
feadagan (plural)
feadag
fheadag


gog-a-ghuidhe-ghaoidhe

gog a ghuidhe ghaoidhe
gog a ghuidhe ghaoidhe#Scottish_Gaelic

Alternative form of gog a ghuidhe ghaoidhe


ionnsramaid

ionnsramaid f (genitive singular ionnsramaide, plural ionnsramaidean)

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


beus

beus f (genitive singular beusa, plural beusan)

beusa (genitive singular)
beusan (plural)
beus
bheus


ruitheam

ruitheam m (genitive singular ruithim, plural ruitheaman)

ruithim (genitive singular)
ruitheaman (plural)


frith-phunc

frith-phunc m (genitive singular frith-phuinc, no plural)


aicinn

aicinn f (genitive singular aicinne, plural aicinnean)

aicinne (genitive singular)
aicinnean (plural)
aicinn
n-aicinn
h-aicinn
t-aicinn

From Old Irish aiccend, from Latin accentus.


aon-ghuthach

aon-ghuthach
n-aon-ghuthach
h-aon-ghuthach
t-aon-ghuthach

/ɯ̃ːn ˈɣuhəx/


ceòl seòmrach

ceòl seòmrach m (genitive singular ciùil sheòmraich, no plural)


nota-maise

nota-maise m (genitive singular nota-mhaise, plural notaichean-maise)

nota-mhaise (genitive singular)
notaichean-maise (plural)


òran-càraid

òran-càraid m (genitive singular òrain-chàraid, plural òrain-chàraid)

òrain-chàraid (genitive singular)
òrain-chàraid (plural)


òboidh

òboidh f (genitive singular òboidh, plural òboidhean)

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


aiteal

aiteal m (genitive singular aiteil, no plural)

aiteil (genitive singular)
aiteal
n-aiteal
h-aiteal
t-aiteal


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)


dùrd dùrd

(onomatopoeia) noise made by black grouse


chuisil-ì chuisil-ò

/xuʃɪlˈiː xuʃɪlˈɔː/

(onomatopoeia) representation of whalesong


siu-hù

(onomatopoeia) hoo hoo, tuwhit tuwhoo (of an owl)


gog a ghuidhe ghaoidhe

/ˌkok ə ˌɣɯjə ˈɣɤjə/


guileag

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guileag f (genitive singular guileige, plural guileagan)

guileige (genitive singular)
guileagan (plural)


gòrag gòrag

/ˈkɔːɾak ˈkɔːɾak/


gròc gròc

/ˈkɾɔːxk ˈkɾɔːxk/


grunnd grod

(onomatopoeia) ribbit, croak (of a particularly large frog or toad)


gorrac gorrac

(onomatopoeia) noise made by a cormorant or shag


ligidh leagaidh

(onomatopoeia) clip-clop (of a horse's hooves)


gurra-gùg

(onomatopoeia) coo (of a pigeon or a black grouse)