bàs

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bàs m (genitive singular bàis, plural bàsan)

bàis (genitive singular)
bàsan (plural)
bàs
bhàs

From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”); compare the verb baid (“to die”). Cognates include Irish bás and Manx baase.

death, demise (particularly of an animal)


marbh

From Old Irish marb, from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”) (compare Welsh marw), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós (compare *mr̥tós), ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).


leac

leac f (dative singular lic, genitive singular lice, plural leacan)

lic (dative singular)
lice (genitive singular)
leacan (plural)

From Old Irish lecc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂ (“flat surface”).
Celtic cognates include Welsh llech, Breton lec'h, Cornish lehan (“slate, slab”), and the Gaulish toponym Are-lica. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “flat stone”). Ultimately connected with PIE *pleh₂- (“flat”).


drùiseil

From Old Irish drúisemail (compare modern Irish drúisiúil). By surface analysis, drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust”) + -eil.

surf

horny, lascivious, libidinous, lusty, randy, venereal, wanton


drùis

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drùis f (genitive singular drùise, no plural)

From Middle Irish drúis, from Old Irish drús (“hot-blooded or amorous disposition”), from drúth (“wanton, unchaste”).

drùiseil

horny, lascivious, libidinous, lusty, randy, venereal, wanton


draosdachd

draosda (“lewd, smutty, obscene, prurient”) + -achd


drùiseach

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drùiseach (genitive singular masculine drùisich)

From Old Irish drúisech (“lustful, unchaste”). By surface analysis, drùis (“licentiousness, lust”) + -ach.


drùiseantachd

drabasdachd

bawdiness, obscenity, pornography, ribaldry, smut

drùis

lechery, licentiousness, lust; ooze, perspiration


drùisear

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drùisear m (genitive singular drùiseir, plural drùisearan)

drùiseir (genitive singular)
drùisearan (plural)

/ˈt̪rˠuːʃɛrˠ/

drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust; ooze, perspiration”) + -ear


drùisearachd

drùisear (“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”) + -achd


drùisire

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drùisire m (genitive singular drùisire, plural drùisirean)

drùisire (genitive singular)
drùisirean (plural)

/ˈt̪rˠuːʃiɾə/

drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust; ooze, perspiration”) + -aire


drabasdachd

drabasda (“obscene, ribald, smutty”) + -achd

bawdiness, obscenity, pornography, ribaldry, smut


cluich

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cluich m (genitive singular cluiche, plural cluichean or cluicheachan or cluicheannan)

cluiche (genitive singular)
cluichean (plural)
cluicheachan (plural)
cluicheannan (plural)

funeral games, funeral rites, solemnities


uaigh

uaigh f (genitive singular uaighe or uaghach, plural uaighean)

uaighe (genitive singular)
uaghach (genitive singular)
uaighean (plural)
uaigh
n-uaigh


adhlac

/ˈãũl̪ˠaxkə/

From Old Irish ad·anaig (compare Irish adhlaic).


co-sheòrsach

co-sheòrsach m (genitive singular co-sheòrsaich, plural co-sheòrsaich)

co-sheòrsaich (genitive singular)
co-sheòrsaich (plural)
co-sheòrsach
cho-sheòrsach


cill

cill f (genitive singular cille, plural cilltean)

cille (genitive singular)
cilltean (plural)
cill
chill


baoiseach

baoiseach (genitive singular masculine baoisich, comparative baoisiche)

baoisich (genitive masculine singular)
baoisiche (comparative)
baoiseach
bhaoiseach


adhaltranas

adhaltranas m (genitive singular adhaltranais, no plural)

adhaltranais (genitive singular)
adhaltranas
n-adhaltranas

From Old Irish adaltrannas m (“adultery”), from adaltair (“adulterer”), from Latin adulter.


uile-losgadh

The Holocaust. (literally, the all-burning)


leasbach

leasbach f (genitive singular leasbaich, plural leasbaich)

leasbaich (genitive singular)
leasbaich (plural)


co-ghnèitheach

co-ghnèitheach m (genitive singular co-ghnèithich, plural co-ghnèithich)

co-ghnèithich (genitive singular)
co-ghnèithich (plural)
co-ghnèitheach
cho-ghnèitheach


dà-ghnèitheach

dà-ghnèitheach m (genitive singular dà-ghnèithich, plural dà-ghnèithich)

dà-ghnèithich (genitive singular)
dà-ghnèithich (plural)
dà-ghnèitheach
dhà-ghnèitheach

From dà- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + gnè (“sex”) + -ach.


tar-ghnèitheach

tar-ghnèitheach m (genitive singular tar-ghnèithich, plural tar-ghnèithich)

tar-ghnèithich (genitive singular)
tar-ghnèithich (plural)
tar-ghnèitheach
thar-ghnèitheach


iol-ghnèitheach

iol-ghnèitheach (genitive singular masculine iol-ghnèithich)

iol-ghnèithich (genitive masculine singular)


iol-ghnèitheach

iol-ghnèitheach m (genitive singular iol-ghnèithich, plural iol-ghnèithich)

iol-ghnèithich (genitive singular)
iol-ghnèithich (plural)
iol-ghnèitheach
n-iol-ghnèitheach


adhlaic

adhlaic (past dh'adhlaic, future adhlaicidh, verbal noun adhlacadh)

dh'adhlaic (past)
adhlaicidh (future)
adhlacadh (noun-from-verb)

From Old Irish ad·anaig (“escorts, conveys, brings; buries, entombs”). Compare Irish adhlaic.

inh

adhlaic aig muir

Tha e adhlaicte ann an Glaschu.


campa bàis

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campa bàis m (genitive singular campa bàis, plural campaichean bàis)

campa bàis (genitive singular)
campaichean bàis (plural)
campa bàis
champa bàis


bàsaich

bàsaich (past bhàsaich, future bàsaichidh, verbal noun bàsachadh, past participle bàsaichte)

bhàsaich (past)
bàsaichidh (future)
bàsachadh (noun-from-verb)
bàsaichte (participle past)


eug

From Old Irish écaid (“dies”, verb); compare above.


anart-bàis

anart-bàis m (genitive singular anairt-bhàis, plural anartan-bàis)

anairt-bhàis (genitive singular)
anartan-bàis (plural)


dàir

dàir (past dhàir, future dàiridh, verbal noun dàir or dàireadh, past participle dàirte)

dhàir (past)
dàiridh (future)
dàir (noun-from-verb)
dàireadh (noun-from-verb)
dàirte (participle past)

From Middle Irish dair, from Old Irish *dârô, dairid, from Proto-Celtic *daryeti (“to leap upon”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥h₃-yé-ti, from *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”).


iomradh-bàis

iomradh-bàis m (genitive singular iomraidh-bàis, plural iomraidhean-bàis)

iomraidh-bàis (genitive singular)
iomraidhean-bàis (plural)


clach-chinn

clach-chinn f (genitive singular claiche-cinn, plural clachan-cinn)

claiche-cinn (genitive singular)
clachan-cinn (plural)


rèilig

rèilig f (genitive singular rèilige, plural rèiligean)

rèilige (genitive singular)
rèiligean (plural)

From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae. Cognate with Irish reilig and Manx rhuillick.