pit

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pit f (genitive singular pite, plural pitean)

pite (genitive singular)
pitean (plural)
pit (mutation mutation-radical)
phit (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish pit (“pit, hollow; female pudenda”), possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.


put

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put m (genitive singular puta, plural putan)

puta (genitive singular)
putan (plural)
put (mutation mutation-radical)
phut (lenition mutation)

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


ball

ball m (genitive singular buill, plural buill)

buill (genitive singular)
buill (plural)

From Old Irish ball m (“limb, member, organ; member of community; part, portion, piece; article, object; place, spot; passage (of a book); spot, mark, blemish”) (compare Irish ball), from Proto-Celtic *ballos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”) (compare English ball, Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”)).


sine

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sine f (genitive singular sine, plural sinean)

sine (genitive singular)
sinean (plural)

From Old Irish sine (“teat, dug, pap”), from Proto-Celtic *sɸenyos, from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn. Cognate with Old Norse speni (“teat”), English spean (“teat (of a cow)”).


tom

tom m (genitive singular tuim, plural toman or tomannan)

tuim (genitive singular)
toman (plural)
tomannan (plural)

From Old Irish tom (“bush, tuft; hillock, knoll”).


nigh

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nigh (past nigh, future nighidh, verbal noun nighe, past participle nighte)

nigh (past)
nighidh (future)
nighe (noun-from-verb)
nighte (participle past)
a' nighe (active present)
nigh (active past)

From Middle Irish nigid (“he washes”). Compare English nixie (“water sprite”), Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō)).


falt

falt m (genitive singular fuilt, no plural)

From Old Irish folt. Cognates include Irish folt and Manx folt.

Gruagach Òg an Fhuilt Bhàin


dram

dram m (genitive singular drama, plural dramannan)

drama (genitive singular)
dramannan (plural)
dram (mutation mutation-radical)
dhram (lenition mutation)

dram (small amount of alcoholic drink, usually whisky)


slat

slat f (genitive singular slait or slaite, plural slatan)

slait (genitive singular)
slaite (genitive singular)
slatan (plural)
slat (indefinite nominative singular)
slatan (indefinite nominative plural)
slaite (genitive indefinite singular)
slait (genitive indefinite singular)
shlat (genitive indefinite plural)
slait (dative indefinite singular)
slatan (dative indefinite plural)
slataibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-slat (definite nominative singular)
an t-slat (definite nominative singular)
slatan (definite nominative plural)
na slatan (definite nominative plural)
slaite (definite genitive singular)
na slaite (definite genitive singular)
slait (definite genitive singular)
slat (definite genitive plural)
nan slat (definite genitive plural)
t-slait (dative definite singular)
an t-slait (dative definite singular)
slatan (dative definite plural)
na slatan (dative definite plural)
slataibh (dative definite plural)
shlat (definite singular vocative)
shlata (definite plural vocative)
slat (mutation mutation-radical)
shlat (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-slat (lenition mutation)

gd-decl-noun-table

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath.


clann

clann (indefinite nominative singular)
clannan (indefinite nominative plural)
cloinne (genitive indefinite singular)
chlann (genitive indefinite plural)
cloinn (dative indefinite singular)
clannan (dative indefinite plural)
clannaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') chlann (definite nominative singular)
clannan (definite nominative plural)
na clannan (definite nominative plural)
cloinne (definite genitive singular)
na cloinne (definite genitive singular)
clann (definite genitive plural)
nan clann (definite genitive plural)
(a') chloinn (dative definite singular)
clannan (dative definite plural)
na clannan (dative definite plural)
clannaibh (dative definite plural)
chlann (definite singular vocative)
chlanna (definite plural vocative)
clann (mutation mutation-radical)
chlann (lenition mutation)

→ English: clan (see there for further descendants)

From Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, borrowed from Latin planta.

na clannaibh


doras

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doras m (genitive singular dorais, plural dorsan)

dorais (genitive singular)
dorsan (plural)

Lewis, North Skye, Sutherland, Easter Ross

[ˈd̪̊ɔɾəs̪t̪]

From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”).

der

neasgaid làn dhorsan


fuil

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fuil f (genitive singular fala, no plural)

fala (genitive singular)
fuil (indefinite nominative singular)
fala (genitive indefinite singular)
fuil (dative indefinite singular)
fhuil (definite nominative singular)
an fhuil (definite nominative singular)
fala (definite genitive singular)
na fala (definite genitive singular)
fhuil (dative definite singular)
an fhuil (dative definite singular)
fhuil (definite singular vocative)
a fhuil (definite singular vocative)
fuil (mutation mutation-radical)
fhuil (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.


liath

From Old Irish líath, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos, from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“grey”).

(hair color) grey-haired, grizzled, gray-headed


dubh

From Old Irish dub (“black”), from Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).
Cognates within Celtic include Breton du (“black”), Welsh du (“black”), Cornish duv or du (“black”), Gaulish river name Dubis, now Doubs. Cognates outside Celtic include Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍃 (daubs, “deaf”), German taub (“deaf”), English deaf, English dumb.

Tha Dòmhnall Dubh an Dòmhnallaich a-nochd a' tòir air Mòraig.

Black-haired Donald MacDonald is chasing after Morag tonight.


donn

duinne (comparative)
donn (masculine nominative)
dhonn (feminine nominative)
donna (nominative plural)
dhuinn (genitive masculine)
duinne (feminine genitive)
donna (genitive plural)
donn (dative masculine)
dhuinn (dative feminine)
donna (dative plural)
dhuinn (masculine vocative)
dhonn (feminine vocative)
donna (plural vocative)
donn (mutation mutation-radical)
dhonn (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish donn, from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *dusnos-, *donnos- (“dark”), from *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”).


com

com m (genitive singular cuim, plural cuim)

cuim (genitive singular)
cuim (plural)
com (mutation mutation-radical)
chom (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish comm. Cognate with Irish coim.


bod

bod m (genitive singular boid, plural boid)

boid (genitive singular)
boid (plural)
bod (mutation mutation-radical)
bhod (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish bot (“tail; penis”), from Proto-Celtic *buzdos (“tail, penis”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdʰos (“piece of wood”).


cas

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cas f (dative singular cois, genitive singular coise, plural casan)

cois (dative singular)
coise (genitive singular)
casan (plural)

From Old Irish cos, from Proto-Celtic *koxsā, from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-eh₂.

Tha e ochd mìle air cois.


cas

caise (comparative)
cas (mutation mutation-radical)
chas (lenition mutation)


bodhar

From Old Irish bodar, from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Kamkata-viri bera (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).

cho bodhar ri gobhar san fhoghar

deaf as a doorpost (literally, “as deaf as a goat in autumn-time”)


cuach

cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)

cuaich (genitive singular)
cuachan (plural)

From Old Irish cúach (“fastener, hook, buckle for cloak, hair, etc.; lock of hair, tress; hair”), from the root of sense 1.


sult

suilt (genitive singular)
sult (mutation mutation-radical)
shult (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-sult (lenition mutation)


mala

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mala f (genitive singular mala, plural malaichean)

mala (genitive singular)
malaichean (plural)
mala (mutation mutation-radical)
mhala (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish mala, from Proto-Celtic *malax, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, see also Breton malvenn, Old English molda (“forehead”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lofty”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mər^əδō, “demon's head”).


ruadh

ruadh (masculine nominative)
ruadh (feminine nominative)
ruadha (nominative plural)
ruaidh (genitive masculine)
ruaidhe (feminine genitive)
ruadha (genitive plural)
ruadh (dative masculine)
ruaidh (dative feminine)
ruadha (dative plural)
ruaidh (masculine vocative)
ruadh (feminine vocative)
ruadha (plural vocative)

From Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

'S e rìbhinn ruadh mhaiseach a th' innte.

(hair color) redheaded, red-haired, ginger


bàn

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bàn (genitive singular masculine bàin, genitive singular feminine bàine, nominative plural bàna, comparative bàine)

bàin (genitive masculine singular)
bàine (feminine genitive singular)
bàna (nominative plural)
bàine (comparative)
bàn (masculine nominative)
bhàn (feminine nominative)
bàna (nominative plural)
bhàin (genitive masculine)
bàine (feminine genitive)
bàna (genitive plural)
bàn (dative masculine)
bhàin (dative feminine)
bàna (dative plural)
bhàin (masculine vocative)
bhàn (feminine vocative)
bàna (plural vocative)

From Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“shine”); Greek φᾱνός (phānós, “bright”); Sanskrit भानु (bhānú, “light”); further away is English bale (bale-fire).

Tha falt bàn air Seumas.


geal

gile (comparative)
geal (masculine nominative)
gheal (feminine nominative)
geala (nominative plural)
ghil (genitive masculine)
gile (feminine genitive)
geala (genitive plural)
geal (dative masculine)
ghil (dative feminine)
geala (dative plural)
ghil (masculine vocative)
gheal (feminine vocative)
geala (plural vocative)
geal (mutation mutation-radical)
gheal (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).

der

Ma 's e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, ma 's e na ròin do luchd-faire...

If the fish are thy candles bright, if the seals are thy watchmen...


tòin

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tòin f (genitive tòine, plural tòinean or tònan)

tòine (genitive)
tòinean (plural)
tònan (plural)

From Old Irish tón (“anus”), from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-, related to English thigh.

Na pòg mo thòin.

(vulgar slang, derogatory) the backside, the arse


àlainn

àilne (comparative)
àlainn (mutation mutation-radical)
n-àlainn (eclipsis mutation)
h-àlainn (mutation prothesis-h)
t-àlainn (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish álaind (“lovely, fine, splendid”); *ad-lainn; See loinn. Stokes prefers referring it to áil (“pleasant”), *pagli-, English fair, root pag. But ra-laind (“pleasant”), *ad-pland (Holden).

inh

'S àlainn an gille bàn sin ann...!

Beautiful is that flaxen-haired lad over there...!


gruag

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gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

gruaige (genitive singular)
gruagan (plural)
gruag (mutation mutation-radical)
ghruag (lenition mutation)


grinn

grinn (masculine nominative singular)
ghrinn (feminine nominative singular)
grinne (nominative plural)
ghrinn (masculine singular vocative)
ghrinn (feminine singular vocative)
grinne (plural vocative)
ghrinn (genitive masculine singular)
ghrinn (feminine genitive singular)
grinne (feminine genitive singular)
glan (genitive plural)
ghrinn (dative masculine singular)
ghrinn (dative feminine singular)
grinne (dative plural)
grinn (mutation mutation-radical)
ghrinn (lenition mutation)

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”).

der

Abair gur grinn thusa!

sweet, delightful, beautiful, charming, elegant.


maiseach

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maiseach (genitive singular masculine maisich, genitive singular feminine maisiche, comparative maisiche)

maisich (genitive masculine singular)
maisiche (feminine genitive singular)
maisiche (comparative)
maiseach (masculine nominative singular)
mhaiseach (feminine nominative singular)
maiseach (nominative plural)
mhaisich (masculine singular vocative)
maiseach (mutation mutation-radical)
mhaiseach (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish maisech. By surface analysis, maise (“beauty, grace”) + -ach.


maise

maise (mutation mutation-radical)
mhaise (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”) (cognate to English measure, meet, mete, German mässig (“moderate”)).


bàs

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bàs m (genitive singular bàis, plural bàsan)

bàis (genitive singular)
bàsan (plural)
bàs (mutation mutation-radical)
bhàs (lenition mutation)

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)


taigh-leighis

taigh-leighis m (genitive singular taigh-leighis, plural taighean-leighis)

taigh-leighis (genitive singular)
taighean-leighis (plural)


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”).


bòidheach

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bòidheach (genitive singular masculine bòidhich, comparative bòidhche)

bòidhich (genitive masculine singular)
bòidhche (comparative)
bòidheach (masculine nominative)
bhòidheach (feminine nominative)
bòidheach (nominative plural)
bhòidhich (genitive masculine)
bòidhiche (feminine genitive)
bòidhich (feminine genitive)
bòidheach (genitive plural)
bòidheach (dative masculine)
bhòidhich (dative feminine)
bòidheach (dative plural)
bhòidhich (masculine vocative)
bhòidheach (feminine vocative)
bòidheach (plural vocative)
bòidheach (mutation mutation-radical)
bhòidheach (lenition mutation)

From buaidheach (“having virtues”), from buaidh + -ach.


dall

From Old Irish dall, from Proto-Celtic *dallos (compare Welsh dall); possibly cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dwals, “foolish, stupid”).


dall

dall (past dhall, future dallaidh, verbal noun dalladh, past participle dallta)

dhall (past)
dallaidh (future)
dalladh (noun-from-verb)
dallta (participle past)


croit

croit f (genitive singular croite, plural croitean)

croite (genitive singular)
croitean (plural)
croit (mutation mutation-radical)
chroit (lenition mutation)


cadal

/ˈkʰat̪əl̪ˠ/

bha an nighean na cadal

the girl was sleeping (literally "the girl was in her sleep(ing)")


cathair

cathair f (genitive singular cathrach, plural cathraichean)

cathrach (genitive singular)
cathraichean (plural)
cathair (indefinite nominative singular)
cathraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
cathrach (genitive indefinite singular)
chathraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
cathair (dative indefinite singular)
cathraichean (dative indefinite plural)
(a') chathair (definite nominative singular)
cathraichean (definite nominative plural)
na cathraichean (definite nominative plural)
cathrach (definite genitive singular)
na cathrach (definite genitive singular)
cathraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan cathraichean (definite genitive plural)
(a') chathair (dative definite singular)
cathraichean (dative definite plural)
na cathraichean (dative definite plural)
chathair (definite singular vocative)
chathraichean (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish cathaír (“chair”), from Latin cathēdra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra). Cognate with Irish cathaoir.


casad

casad m (genitive singular casaid, plural casadan)

casaid (genitive singular)
casadan (plural)
casad (mutation mutation-radical)
chasad (lenition mutation)


radharc

radharc m (genitive singular radhairc, no plural)

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision”).

cùl-radharc

retrospection, looking behind; circumspection

sùil-radharc

fascination; foresight; sense of sight, vision; fate


cìoch

cìoch f (dative singular cìoch or cìch, genitive singular cìche, plural cìochan)

cìoch (dative singular)
cìch (dative singular)
cìche (genitive singular)
cìochan (plural)

Inherited from Middle Irish cích, from Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos.


ceann-na-cìche

ceann-na-cìche m (genitive singular cinn-na-cìche, plural cinn-na-cìche)

cinn-na-cìche (genitive singular)
cinn-na-cìche (plural)
ceann-na-cìche (mutation mutation-radical)
cheann-na-cìche (lenition mutation)

(anatomy) nipple (literally, "head of the teat")


sliasaid

sliasaid f (genitive singular slèiste or sliasaide, plural slèistean or sliasaidean)

slèiste (genitive singular)
sliasaide (genitive singular)
slèistean (plural)
sliasaidean (plural)


teanga

teanga f (dative singular teanga or teangaidh, genitive singular teanga or teangaidh, plural teangan or teangannan)

teanga (dative singular)
teangaidh (dative singular)
teanga (genitive singular)
teangaidh (genitive singular)
teangan (plural)
teangannan (plural)
teanga (indefinite nominative singular)
teangan (indefinite nominative plural)
teanga (genitive indefinite singular)
theangan (genitive indefinite plural)
teanga (dative indefinite singular)
teangan (dative indefinite plural)
teangaibh (dative indefinite plural)
teanga (definite nominative singular)
an teanga (definite nominative singular)
teangan (definite nominative plural)
na teangan (definite nominative plural)
teanga (definite genitive singular)
na teanga (definite genitive singular)
teangan (definite genitive plural)
nan teangan (definite genitive plural)
teanga (dative definite singular)
an teanga (dative definite singular)
teangan (dative definite plural)
na teangan (dative definite plural)
teangaibh (dative definite plural)
theanga (definite singular vocative)
theangan (definite plural vocative)
teanga (indefinite nominative singular)
teangannan (indefinite nominative plural)
teangaidh (genitive indefinite singular)
theangannan (genitive indefinite plural)
teangaidh (dative indefinite singular)
teangannan (dative indefinite plural)
teangaibh (dative indefinite plural)
teanga (definite nominative singular)
an teanga (definite nominative singular)
teangannan (definite nominative plural)
na teangannan (definite nominative plural)
teangaidh (definite genitive singular)
na teangaidh (definite genitive singular)
teangannan (definite genitive plural)
nan teangannan (definite genitive plural)
teangaidh (dative definite singular)
an teangaidh (dative definite singular)
teangannan (dative definite plural)
na teangannan (dative definite plural)
teangaibh (dative definite plural)
theanga (definite singular vocative)
theangannan (definite plural vocative)
teanga (mutation mutation-radical)
theanga (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish tengae, from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāt-, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).


ceann

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ceann m (genitive singular cinn, plural cinn)

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cenn (compare Manx kione), from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (compare Welsh pen, Breton penn).

airgead-ceann

reward offered for the head of a rebel or outlaw


gualann

gualann f (genitive gualainn or guailne, plural guailnean or guaillean)

gualainn (genitive)
guailne (genitive)
guailnean (plural)
guaillean (plural)
gualann (indefinite nominative singular)
guailnean (indefinite nominative plural)
gualainn (genitive indefinite singular)
ghuailnean (genitive indefinite plural)
gualann (dative indefinite singular)
guailnean (dative indefinite plural)
(a') ghualann (definite nominative singular)
guailnean (definite nominative plural)
na guailnean (definite nominative plural)
gualainn (definite genitive singular)
na gualainn (definite genitive singular)
guailnean (definite genitive plural)
nan guailnean (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghualann (dative definite singular)
guailnean (dative definite plural)
na guailnean (dative definite plural)
ghualann (definite singular vocative)
ghuailnean (definite plural vocative)
gualann (indefinite nominative singular)
guailnean (indefinite nominative plural)
guailne (genitive indefinite singular)
ghuailnean (genitive indefinite plural)
gualainn (dative indefinite singular)
guailnean (dative indefinite plural)
(a') ghualann (definite nominative singular)
guailnean (definite nominative plural)
na guailnean (definite nominative plural)
guailne (definite genitive singular)
na guailne (definite genitive singular)
guailnean (definite genitive plural)
nan guailnean (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghualainn (dative definite singular)
guailnean (dative definite plural)
na guailnean (dative definite plural)
ghualann (definite singular vocative)
ghuailnean (definite plural vocative)

/ˈkuəl̪ˠən̪ˠ/

[ˈɡ̊ʊɔ̝̈l̪ˠiɲ]

From Middle Irish gúala (compare Irish gualainn, Manx geaylin).


cluich

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


spùt

spùt m (genitive singular spùta, plural spùtan)

spùta (genitive singular)
spùtan (plural)

Ultimately from Middle English spouten (“to spout”).


amharc

amharc m (genitive singular amhairc, plural amhairc)

amhairc (genitive singular)
amhairc (plural)

From Old Irish amarc m (“act of looking at; faculty of sight; object of sight, view, prospect”).


cridhe

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cridhe m (genitive singular cridhe, plural cridheachan)

cridhe (genitive singular)
cridheachan (plural)
cridhe (mutation mutation-radical)
chridhe (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish cride, whence also Irish croí and Manx cree. Related to Welsh craidd, Breton kreis (“middle”), from Proto-Celtic *kridyom. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr, whence also Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía); Latin cor, (gen. cordis): Italian cuore; English heart, German Herz; Lithuanian širdis.


cac-shiubhal

cac-shiubhal m (genitive singular cac-shiubhail, no plural)


faighean

faighean m (genitive singular faighein, plural faighnean)

faighein (genitive singular)
faighnean (plural)
faighean (mutation mutation-radical)
fhaighean (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Irish faighin and Manx fine.


garg

garg (genitive singular feminine gairge, comparative gairge)

gairge (feminine genitive singular)
gairge (comparative)
garg (mutation mutation-radical)
gharg (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish gargg (“rough”), from Proto-Celtic *gargos.


duille

duille f (genitive singular duille, plural duillean)

duille (genitive singular)
duillean (plural)
duille (mutation mutation-radical)
dhuille (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; something resembling a leaf”).


cac

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cac m (genitive singular caca, no plural)

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā.


cuisle

cuislean (plural)
cuisle (mutation mutation-radical)
chuisle (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover”). Not related to Latin pulsus.


uaigh

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

uaighe (genitive singular)
uaghach (genitive singular)
uaighean (plural)
uaigh (mutation mutation-radical)
n-uaigh (eclipsis mutation)
h-uaigh (mutation prothesis-h)
t-uaigh (mutation prothesis-t)


glainne

glainne f (genitive singular glainne, plural glainneachan)

glainne (genitive singular)
glainneachan (plural)

From Old Irish glain (“crystal, glass”), which was related to and confused with glaine, gloine (“glass, crystal”, literally “clearness, cleanness”) (compare modern Irish gloine), from glan (“clean, pure, clear, bright, exact, complete”).


aghaidh

aghaidh f (genitive singular aghaidhe, plural aghaidhean)

aghaidhe (genitive singular)
aghaidhean (plural)
aghaidh (mutation mutation-radical)
n-aghaidh (eclipsis mutation)
h-aghaidh (mutation prothesis-h)
t-aghaidh (mutation prothesis-t)

North West Sutherland, Inverness-shire, Deeside, Perthshire

From Old Irish agad (“face, countenance; surface; expanse”).


sgòrnan

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sgòrnan m (genitive singular sgòrnain, plural sgòrnanan)

sgòrnain (genitive singular)
sgòrnanan (plural)


gruaidh

gruaidh f (genitive singular gruaidhe, plural gruaidhean)

gruaidhe (genitive singular)
gruaidhean (plural)

From Old Irish grúad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare modern Irish grua), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)).


gàirdean

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gàirdean m (genitive singular gàirdein, plural gàirdeanan)

gàirdein (genitive singular)
gàirdeanan (plural)
gàirdean (mutation mutation-radical)
ghàirdean (lenition mutation)


sùil

sùil f (genitive sùla, plural sùilean, genitive plural sùl)

sùla (genitive)
sùilean (plural)
sùl (genitive plural)
sùil (indefinite nominative singular)
sùilean (indefinite nominative plural)
sùla (genitive indefinite singular)
shùilean (genitive indefinite plural)
sùil (dative indefinite singular)
sùilean (dative indefinite plural)
sùilibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-sùil (definite nominative singular)
an t-sùil (definite nominative singular)
sùilean (definite nominative plural)
na sùilean (definite nominative plural)
sùla (definite genitive singular)
na sùla (definite genitive singular)
sùilean (definite genitive plural)
nan sùilean (definite genitive plural)
t-sùil (dative definite singular)
an t-sùil (dative definite singular)
sùilean (dative definite plural)
na sùilean (dative definite plural)
sùilibh (dative definite plural)
shùil (definite singular vocative)
shùla (definite plural vocative)
shùilean (definite plural vocative)
sùil (mutation mutation-radical)
shùil (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-sùil (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish súil, from Primitive Irish *sūli, alteration of Proto-Celtic *sūle (“suns”), dual of *sūlos, genitive of *sāwol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The change in meaning in Irish is apparently due to the mythological view of the sun as the “eye of the sky”.


rìomhach

rìomhach (masculine nominative singular)
rìomhach (feminine nominative singular)
rìomhach (nominative plural)
rìomhaich (masculine singular vocative)
rìomhaich (feminine singular vocative)
rìomhach (plural vocative)
rìomhaich (genitive masculine singular)
rìomhaich (feminine genitive singular)
rìomhach (genitive plural)
rìomhach (dative masculine singular)
rìomhaich (dative feminine singular)
rìomhach (dative plural)


brèagha

brèagha (masculine nominative)
bhrèagha (feminine nominative)
brèagha (nominative plural)
bhrèagha (genitive masculine)
bhrèagha (feminine genitive)
brèagha (genitive plural)
bhrèagha (dative masculine)
bhrèagha (dative feminine)
brèagha (dative plural)
bhrèagha (masculine vocative)
bhrèagha (feminine vocative)
brèagha (plural vocative)
brèagha (mutation mutation-radical)
bhrèagha (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish bregda (“Bregian, fine”), from Brega (“Bregia, country around the Hill of Tara”), possibly from Old Irish brí (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”). Cognate with Irish breá (archaic breagha, breaghdha). Possibly related to brìgh (“sense; strength; significance”).


leatromachd

From leatrom (“pregnancy; counterweight”) + -achd; redundant suffix probably added analogically based on leatromach.


leatromach

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leatromach (genitive singular masculine leatromaich, genitive singular feminine leatromaich, nominative plural leatromach, comparative leatromaiche)

leatromaich (genitive masculine singular)
leatromaich (feminine genitive singular)
leatromach (nominative plural)
leatromaiche (comparative)
leatromach (masculine nominative singular)
leatromach (feminine nominative singular)
leatromach (nominative plural)
leatromaich (masculine singular vocative)

/ʎɛht̪ɾəməx/


beul

beul m (genitive singular beòil, plural beòil)

beòil (genitive singular)
beòil (plural)

From Old Irish bél (compare Irish béal, Manx beeal), from Proto-Celtic *wewlos (compare Welsh gwefl (“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel).


fiamh-ghàire

smile (literally, "a tinge of laughter")


fàite-gàire

fàite-gàire f (genitive singular fàite-gàire, plural fàiteachan-gàire)

fàite-gàire (genitive singular)
fàiteachan-gàire (plural)


machlag

machlag f (genitive singular machlaig, plural machlagan)

machlaig (genitive singular)
machlagan (plural)


brù

brù f (dative singular broinn, genitive singular bronn, plural brùthan)

broinn (dative singular)
bronn (genitive singular)
brùthan (plural)
brù (indefinite nominative singular)
brùthan (indefinite nominative plural)
bronn (genitive indefinite singular)
bhronn (genitive indefinite plural)
broinn (dative indefinite singular)
bronnaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bhrù (definite nominative singular)
brùthan (definite nominative plural)
na brùthan (definite nominative plural)
bronn (definite genitive singular)
na bronn (definite genitive singular)
bronn (definite genitive plural)
nam bronn (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhroinn (dative definite singular)
bronnaibh (dative definite plural)
na bronnaibh (dative definite plural)
bhrù (definite singular vocative)
bhrùtha (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish brú, from Proto-Celtic *brusū.


sròn

sròn f (genitive singular sròine, plural srònan or sròintean or sròinean)

sròine (genitive singular)
srònan (plural)
sròintean (plural)
sròinean (plural)
sròn (indefinite nominative singular)
srònan (indefinite nominative plural)
sròine (genitive indefinite singular)
shròn (genitive indefinite plural)
sròin (dative indefinite singular)
srònan (dative indefinite plural)
srònaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-sròn (definite nominative singular)
an t-sròn (definite nominative singular)
srònan (definite nominative plural)
na srònan (definite nominative plural)
sròine (definite genitive singular)
na sròine (definite genitive singular)
sròn (definite genitive plural)
nan sròn (definite genitive plural)
t-sròin (dative definite singular)
an t-sròin (dative definite singular)
srònan (dative definite plural)
na srònan (dative definite plural)
srònaibh (dative definite plural)
shròn (definite singular vocative)
shròna (definite plural vocative)
sròn (mutation mutation-radical)
shròn (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-sròn (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish srón, from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).


làmh

làmh f (genitive singular làimhe or làimh, plural làmhan)

làimhe (genitive singular)
làimh (genitive singular)
làmhan (plural)
làmh (indefinite nominative singular)
làmhan (indefinite nominative plural)
làimhe (genitive indefinite singular)
làmh (genitive indefinite plural)
làimh (dative indefinite singular)
làmhan (dative indefinite plural)
làmhaibh (dative indefinite plural)
làmh (definite nominative singular)
an làmh (definite nominative singular)
làmhan (definite nominative plural)
na làmhan (definite nominative plural)
làimhe (definite genitive singular)
na làimhe (definite genitive singular)
làmh (definite genitive plural)
nan làmh (definite genitive plural)
làimh (dative definite singular)
an làimh (dative definite singular)
làmhan (dative definite plural)
na làmhan (dative definite plural)
làmhaibh (dative definite plural)
làmh (definite singular vocative)
làmha (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish lám, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (compare Welsh llaw), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”) (compare Latin palma, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē)).


craiceann

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craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn or craicne, plural craicnean)

craicinn (genitive singular)
craicne (genitive singular)
craicnean (plural)
craiceann (mutation mutation-radical)
chraiceann (lenition mutation)


balg

balg m (genitive singular builg, plural builg)

builg (genitive singular)
builg (plural)

From Old Irish bolg m (“bag, satchel; sack; belly, stomach; (smith's) bellows”).

balgaich

belly out, as a sail; stow in a bag or satchel; puff, blister, swell


bathais

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bathais f (genitive singular bathaise, plural bathaisean)

bathaise (genitive singular)
bathaisean (plural)

From Old Irish baithis, baithes, bathais (“baptism; the order of baptism, the baptismal rite; (by association) crown of the head”) (compare Irish baithis), from Latin baptisma, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).


mearanach

mearanach (masculine nominative singular)
mhearanach (feminine nominative singular)
mearanach (nominative plural)
mhearanaich (masculine singular vocative)
mhearanaich (feminine singular vocative)
mearanach (plural vocative)
mhearnaich (genitive masculine singular)
mhearanaich (feminine genitive singular)
mearanaich (feminine genitive singular)
mearanach (genitive plural)
mhearanach (dative masculine singular)
mhearanaich (dative feminine singular)
mearanach (dative plural)


galar-drùisealachd

sexually transmitted disease
sexually transmitted disease

venereal disease, sexually transmitted disease


galar na seirg

acquired immune deficiency syndrome
acquired immune deficiency syndrome

AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome


galar-fuail

galar-fuail (mutation mutation-radical)
ghalar-fuail (lenition mutation)


aillse

aillse (genitive singular)
aillse (mutation mutation-radical)
n-aillse (eclipsis mutation)
h-aillse (mutation prothesis-h)
t-aillse (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish aillsiu (“sore, tumour, abscess”).


fual

fual (mutation mutation-radical)
fhual (lenition mutation)


goirt

From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).


eanchainn

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eanchainn f (genitive singular eanchainne, plural eanchainnean)

eanchainne (genitive singular)
eanchainnean (plural)

From Middle Irish inchinn, from cenn (“head”).


ughlann

ughlann f (genitive singular ughlainn, plural ughlannan)

ughlainn (genitive singular)
ughlannan (plural)

From ugh (“egg”, noun) + -lann (“forms nouns of place and location from other nouns, usually an enclosed space”, suffix).


ughag

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ughag f (genitive singular ughaige, plural ughagan)

ughaige (genitive singular)
ughagan (plural)
ughag (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ughag (eclipsis mutation)
h-ughag (mutation prothesis-h)
t-ughag (mutation prothesis-t)


cathair-cuibhle

cathair-cuibhle f (genitive singular cathrach-cuibhle, plural cathraichean-cuibhle)

cathrach-cuibhle (genitive singular)
cathraichean-cuibhle (plural)


suidheachan

suidheachan m (genitive singular suidheachain, plural suidheachain)

suidheachain (genitive singular)
suidheachain (plural)

From Old Irish suidechán (compare Irish suíochán).


cathair mhòr

cathair mhòr f (genitive singular cathrach mòire, plural cathraichean mòra)

cathrach mòire (genitive singular)
cathraichean mòra (plural)
cathair mhòr (mutation mutation-radical)
chathair mhòr (lenition mutation)


cathair shiùdanach

cathair shiùdanach f (genitive singular cathrach siùdanaich, plural cathraichean siùdanach)

cathrach siùdanaich (genitive singular)
cathraichean siùdanach (plural)
cathair shiùdanach (mutation mutation-radical)
chathair shiùdanach (lenition mutation)


suidheachan mòr

suidheachan mòr m (genitive singular suidheachain mhòir, plural suidheachanan mòra)

suidheachain mhòir (genitive singular)
suidheachanan mòra (plural)
suidheachan mòr (mutation mutation-radical)
shuidheachan mòr (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-suidheachan mòr (lenition mutation)


cathair ghàirdeanach

cathair ghàirdeanach f (genitive singular cathrach gàirdeanaich, plural cathraichean gàirdeanach)

cathrach gàirdeanaich (genitive singular)
cathraichean gàirdeanach (plural)
cathair ghàirdeanach (mutation mutation-radical)
chathair ghàirdeanach (lenition mutation)


uileann

uileann f (genitive singular uilinn or uilne, plural uileannan or uilnean)

uilinn (genitive singular)
uilne (genitive singular)
uileannan (plural)
uilnean (plural)
uileann (mutation mutation-radical)
n-uileann (eclipsis mutation)
h-uileann (mutation prothesis-h)
t-uileann (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish uilen, from Proto-Celtic *olīnā. Cognate with Irish uillinn, Manx uillin, Welsh elin.


cathair-uilne

cathair-uilne f (genitive singular cathrach-uilne, plural cathraichean-uilne)

cathrach-uilne (genitive singular)
cathraichean-uilne (plural)
cathair-uilne (mutation mutation-radical)
chathair-uilne (lenition mutation)


sunnag

sunnag f (genitive singular sunnaige, plural sunnagan)

sunnaige (genitive singular)
sunnagan (plural)
sunnag (mutation mutation-radical)
shunnag (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-sunnag (lenition mutation)


suain

suain f (genitive singular suaine, plural suainean)

suaine (genitive singular)
suainean (plural)

From Old Irish súan (“slumber, sleep”), from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.


caidil

caidil (past chaidil, future caidlidh, verbal noun cadal, past participle caidilte)

chaidil (past)
caidlidh (future)
cadal (noun-from-verb)
caidilte (participle past)
a' cadal (active present)

From Middle Irish cotlaid (compare Irish codail, Manx caddil), from Old Irish ·cotli, prototonic of con·tuili, from *kom-tulī-, from Proto-Celtic *toleyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tel- (“be still”).


eiridnich

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eiridnich (past dh'eiridnich, future eiridnichidh, verbal noun eiridneachadh, past participle eiridnichte)

dh'eiridnich (past)
eiridnichidh (future)
eiridneachadh (noun-from-verb)
eiridnichte (participle past)


lighiche

lighiche m (genitive singular lighiche, plural lighichean)

lighiche (genitive singular)
lighichean (plural)

From Old Irish legib, related to líaig (“physician”).


lèigh-eòlas bhan

lèigh-eòlas bhan m (genitive singular lèigh-eòlais bhan)


fiaclaire

fiaclairean (plural)
fiaclaire (mutation mutation-radical)
fhiaclaire (lenition mutation)


lèigh-eòlas fhir

lèigh-eòlas fhir m (genitive singular lèigh-eòlais fhir, no plural)


fiacaill

fiacaill f (genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)

fiacla (genitive singular)
fiaclan (plural)
fiacaill (mutation mutation-radical)
fhiacaill (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Irish fiacail and Manx feeackle.


dubhachas

Depression, dreariness, melancholy, sadness


deoch làidir

deoch làidir f (genitive singular dighe làidir, plural deochannan làidir)

dighe làidir (genitive singular)
deochannan làidir (plural)


fìon

fìon m (genitive singular fìona, plural fìontan)

fìona (genitive singular)
fìontan (plural)
fìon (mutation mutation-radical)
fhìon (lenition mutation)


uisge-beatha

uisge-beatha m (genitive singular uisge-bheatha, plural uisgeachan-beatha)

uisge-bheatha (genitive singular)
uisgeachan-beatha (plural)
uisge-beatha (mutation mutation-radical)
n-uisge-beatha (eclipsis mutation)
h-uisge-beatha (mutation prothesis-h)
t-uisge-beatha (mutation prothesis-t)

English: whisky, water of life

/ˈɯʃkʲəˈpɛhə/

From uisge (“water”) + beatha (“life”) as a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) and *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”).


cnatan

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cnatan m (genitive singular cnatain, plural cnatain)

cnatain (genitive singular)
cnatain (plural)

Tha cnatan orm.


innidh

innidh f (genitive singular innidhe, plural innidhean)

innidhe (genitive singular)
innidhean (plural)


a' bhreac

brice (genitive)
breac (mutation mutation-radical)
bhreac (lenition mutation)


caolan

caolan m (genitive singular caolain, plural caolain or caolanan)

caolain (genitive singular)
caolain (plural)
caolanan (plural)
caolan (mutation mutation-radical)
chaolan (lenition mutation)


plàigh

plàigh (indefinite nominative singular)
plàighean (indefinite nominative plural)
plàighe (genitive indefinite singular)
phlàighean (genitive indefinite plural)
plàigh (dative indefinite singular)
plàighean (dative indefinite plural)
plàighibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') phlàigh (definite nominative singular)
plàighean (definite nominative plural)
na plàighean (definite nominative plural)
plàighe (definite genitive singular)
na plàighe (definite genitive singular)
plàighean (definite genitive plural)
nam plàighean (definite genitive plural)
(a') phlàigh (dative definite singular)
plàighean (dative definite plural)
na plàighean (dative definite plural)
plàighibh (dative definite plural)
phlàigh (definite singular vocative)
phlàighean (definite plural vocative)
plàigh (mutation mutation-radical)
phlàigh (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish plág, from Latin plāga. Cognates include Irish plá and Manx plaih.


calpa

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, plural calpannan)

calpa (genitive singular)
calpannan (plural)


magairle

magairle m or f (genitive singular magairle, plural magairlean)

magairle (genitive singular)
magairlean (plural)
magairle (mutation mutation-radical)
mhagairle (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish magarla, magairle, an alteration of Old Irish macrall, macraille f (“testicle”).


leann

leann m (genitive singular leanna, plural leanntan or leanntaidhean)

leanna (genitive singular)
leanntan (plural)
leanntaidhean (plural)
leann (mutation mutation-radical)

From Old Irish linn, lind (“drink, liquid; brew, ale, beer, intoxicating drink”) and cognate with Welsh llyn. Stokes suggests a connection with Ancient Greek πλαδαρός (pladarós, “moist”).

eadar dhà leann

'twixt sinking and swimming; water-logged

leann-loisgte

dregs from distilling whisky; dregs from which ale is brewed

leann-tàthaidh

callus fluid; cement; animal spirits in the body


peirceall

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peirceall m (genitive singular peircill, plural peirceallan)

peircill (genitive singular)
peirceallan (plural)


lurgann

lurgann f (genitive singular lurgainn, plural lurgannan)

lurgainn (genitive singular)
lurgannan (plural)


cnàimh-amhaich

cnàimh-amhaich m (plural cnàimhean na h-amhaich)


cnàimh an uga

cnàimh an uga m (genitive singular cnàimh an uga, plural cnàmhan an uga)

cnàimh an uga (genitive singular)
cnàmhan an uga (plural)


cnàimh-slinnein

cnàimh-slinnein m (genitive singular cnàmha-slinnein, plural cnàmhan-slinnein or cnàimhean-slinnein)

cnàmha-slinnein (genitive singular)
cnàmhan-slinnein (plural)
cnàimhean-slinnein (plural)


cnàimh an droma

cnàimh an droma m (genitive singular cnàmha an droma, plural cnàmhan an droma)

cnàmha an droma (genitive singular)
cnàmhan an droma (plural)


druim

druim m (genitive singular droma, plural dromannan)

droma (genitive singular)
dromannan (plural)


cnàimh

cnàimh m (genitive singular cnàmha, plural cnàmhan or cnàimhean)

cnàmha (genitive singular)
cnàmhan (plural)
cnàimhean (plural)
cnàimh (mutation mutation-radical)
chnàimh (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish cnáim, from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Doublet of hama.


claigeann

claigeann m (genitive singular claiginn, plural claignean)

claiginn (genitive singular)
claignean (plural)
claigeann (mutation mutation-radical)
chlaigeann (lenition mutation)

/ˈkʰl̪ˠakʲən̪ˠ/


failmean

failmean (indefinite nominative singular)
failmein (indefinite nominative plural)
failmein (genitive indefinite singular)
fhailmean (genitive indefinite plural)
failmean (dative indefinite singular)
failmein (dative indefinite plural)
failmeanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
failmean (definite nominative singular)
am failmean (definite nominative singular)
failmein (definite nominative plural)
na failmein (definite nominative plural)
fhailmein (definite genitive singular)
an fhailmein (definite genitive singular)
failmean (definite genitive plural)
nam failmean (definite genitive plural)
fhailmean (dative definite singular)
an fhailmean (dative definite singular)
failmein (dative definite plural)
na failmein (dative definite plural)
failmeanaibh (dative definite plural)
fhailmein (definite singular vocative)
fhailmeana (definite plural vocative)
failmean (indefinite nominative singular)
failmeanan (indefinite nominative plural)
failmein (genitive indefinite singular)
fhailmeanan (genitive indefinite plural)
failmean (dative indefinite singular)
failmeanan (dative indefinite plural)
failmeanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
failmean (definite nominative singular)
am failmean (definite nominative singular)
failmeanan (definite nominative plural)
na failmeanan (definite nominative plural)
fhailmein (definite genitive singular)
an fhailmein (definite genitive singular)
failmeanan (definite genitive plural)
nam failmeanan (definite genitive plural)
fhailmean (dative definite singular)
an fhailmean (dative definite singular)
failmeanan (dative definite plural)
na failmeanan (dative definite plural)
failmeanaibh (dative definite plural)
fhailmein (definite singular vocative)
fhailmeanan (definite plural vocative)


taigh-tinneis

taigh-tinneis m (genitive singular taigh-tinneis, plural taighean-tinneis)

taigh-tinneis (genitive singular)
taighean-tinneis (plural)
taigh-tinneis (mutation mutation-radical)
thaigh-tinneis (lenition mutation)


adhlac

adhlac (past dh'adhlac, future adhlacaidh, verbal noun adhlacadh, past participle adhlacte)

dh'adhlac (past)
adhlacaidh (future)
adhlacadh (noun-from-verb)
adhlacte (participle past)
ag adhlacadh (active present)

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


taigh-eiridinn

taigh-eiridinn m (genitive singular taigh-eiridinn, plural taighean-eiridinn)

taigh-eiridinn (genitive singular)
taighean-eiridinn (plural)
taigh-eiridinn (mutation mutation-radical)
thaigh-eiridinn (lenition mutation)


cluas

cluas f (dative singular cluas or cluais, genitive singular cluaise, plural cluasan)

cluas (dative singular)
cluais (dative singular)
cluaise (genitive singular)
cluasan (plural)
cluas (mutation mutation-radical)
chluas (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish clúas, from Proto-Celtic *kloustā.

cluasach

having large ears; ansated, having handles


sgoltadh-inntinn

sgoltadh-inntinn m (genitive singular sgoltaidh-inntinn, no plural)

From sgoltadh (“crack, fissure, splitting”) + inntinn (“mind”). Literally, "splitting of (the) mind".


nimh

nimh m (genitive singular nimhe or neimhe, plural nimhean)

nimhe (genitive singular)
neimhe (genitive singular)
nimhean (plural)

From Old Irish neim (“poison, venom; bane, malefic power; virulence, keenness, penetrating force; sharpness, bitterness, causticity”).


brillean

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brillean m (genitive singular brillein, plural brilleanan)

brillein (genitive singular)
brilleanan (plural)


cill

cill f (genitive singular cille, plural cilltean)

cille (genitive singular)
cilltean (plural)
cill (mutation mutation-radical)
chill (lenition mutation)


muin

From Old Irish muin, from Proto-Celtic *monis, *manyā, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”).


sgèimheach

sgèimheach (masculine nominative singular)
sgèimheach (feminine nominative singular)
sgèimheach (nominative plural)
sgèimhich (masculine singular vocative)
sgèimheach (feminine singular vocative)
sgèimheach (plural vocative)
sgèimhich (genitive masculine singular)
sgèimhiche (feminine genitive singular)
sgèimheach (genitive plural)
sgèimheach (dative masculine singular)
sgèimhich (dative feminine singular)
sgèimheach (dative plural)


earball

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, plural earbaill)

earbaill (genitive singular)
earbaill (plural)
earball (mutation mutation-radical)
n-earball (eclipsis mutation)
h-earball (mutation prothesis-h)
t-earball (mutation prothesis-t)

earball an eich

bun an earbaill

earball sguabach


caill

caill (mutation mutation-radical)
chaill (lenition mutation)


oisinn

oisinn f (genitive singular oisne, plural oisnean)

oisne (genitive singular)
oisnean (plural)
oisinn (mutation mutation-radical)
n-oisinn (eclipsis mutation)
h-oisinn (mutation prothesis-h)
t-oisinn (mutation prothesis-t)

From Middle Irish uisin. Cognate with Irish uisinn.


gnùis

gnùis f (genitive singular gnùise, plural gnùisean)

gnùise (genitive singular)
gnùisean (plural)
gnùis (mutation mutation-radical)
ghnùis (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish gnúis. Cognate with Irish gnúis.


aodann

aodann m (genitive singular aodainn, plural aodainnean)

aodainn (genitive singular)
aodainnean (plural)

From Old Irish étan (compare Irish éadan, Manx eddin).


clach na sùla

clach na sùla (mutation mutation-radical)
chlach na sùla (lenition mutation)

/kʰl̪ˠax nə ˈs̪uːl̪ˠə/


glùn

glùn f (genitive singular glùine, plural glùinean or glùintean)

glùine (genitive singular)
glùinean (plural)
glùintean (plural)
glùn (mutation mutation-radical)
ghlùn (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish glún, dissimilated from earlier Proto-Celtic *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.


fionnadh

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnaidh, no plural)

fionnaidh (genitive singular)
fionnadh (mutation mutation-radical)
fhionnadh (lenition mutation)

Tha fionnadh chàmal air a chòta.


lùdag

lùdag f (genitive singular lùdaig, plural lùdagan)

lùdaig (genitive singular)
lùdagan (plural)


òrdag

òrdag f (genitive singular òrdaig, plural òrdagan)

òrdaig (genitive singular)
òrdagan (plural)


meur

meur f (genitive singular meòir, plural meuran)

meòir (genitive singular)
meuran (plural)
meur (mutation mutation-radical)
mheur (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.


tinneas na dighe

tinneas na dighe m (genitive singular tinneis na dighe, no plural)


tinneas an t-siùcair

tinneas an t-siùcair m (genitive singular tinneis an t-siùcair, no plural)

tinneis an t-siùcair (genitive singular)
tinneas an t-siùcair (mutation mutation-radical)
thinneas an t-siùcair (lenition mutation)


tòn

tòn f (genitive singular tòine, plural tònan)

tòine (genitive singular)
tònan (plural)


slugan

slugan m (genitive singular slugain, plural sluganan)

slugain (genitive singular)
sluganan (plural)
slugan (mutation mutation-radical)
shlugan (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-slugan (lenition mutation)


gearan

gearan m (genitive singular gearain, plural gearanan)

gearain (genitive singular)
gearanan (plural)
gearan (mutation mutation-radical)
ghearan (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish gerán (“complaint, wailing, accusation”).


uile-losgadh

The Holocaust. (literally, the all-burning)


glugan

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glugan m (genitive singular glugain, plural gluganan)

glugain (genitive singular)
gluganan (plural)

From glug (“gulp; gurgle”) + -an (diminutive suffix).


ospadal

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ospadal m (genitive singular ospadail, plural ospadalan)

ospadail (genitive singular)
ospadalan (plural)
ospadal (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ospadal (eclipsis mutation)
h-ospadal (mutation prothesis-h)
t-ospadal (mutation prothesis-t)

From Middle Irish ospitél (compare Irish ospidéal), from Anglo-Norman ospitel, from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”).


ionga

ionga f (genitive singular ingne, plural ìngnean or ionganan or ìnean)

ingne (genitive singular)
ìngnean (plural)
ionganan (plural)
ìnean (plural)
ionga (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ionga (eclipsis mutation)
h-ionga (mutation prothesis-h)
t-ionga (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish inga (compare Manx ingin), from Proto-Celtic *angʷīnā (compare Welsh ewin, Breton ivin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃n̥gʷʰi-, from *h₃nṓgʰs (“nail”) (compare Latin unguis, English nail, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Russian но́готь (nógotʹ)).


ribe

ribe m (genitive singular ribe, plural ribeachan)

ribe (genitive singular)
ribeachan (plural)

From Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”), related to ribín (“ribbon”).


meadhan

meadhan m (genitive singular meadhain, plural meadhanan)

meadhain (genitive singular)
meadhanan (plural)
meadhan (mutation mutation-radical)
mheadhan (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus. Akin to Irish meán.


colann

colann f (genitive singular colainn, plural colainnean)

colainn (genitive singular)
colainnean (plural)
colann (mutation mutation-radical)
cholann (lenition mutation)

/ˈkʰɔl̪ˠən̪ˠ/

From Old Irish colinn (“body, flesh, corpse”), from Proto-Celtic *kolanis, from Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Germanic *huldą (“corpse, carcass”).


siabann

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siabann m (genitive singular siabainn, plural siabainn)

siabainn (genitive singular)
siabainn (plural)
siabann (mutation mutation-radical)
shiabann (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-siabann (lenition mutation)

From a Celtic borrowing from Latin sāpō, sāpōnis, of Germanic origin.
Compare Manx sheeabin (“soap”), Irish síobán (“drift”).


èist

èist (past dh'èist, future èistidh, verbal noun èisteachd, past participle èiste)

dh'èist (past)
èistidh (future)
èisteachd (noun-from-verb)
èiste (participle past)
dh'èist mi (first-person independent past singular)
dh'èist thu (independent past second-person singular)
dh'èist e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
dh'èist sinn (first-person independent past plural)
dh'èist sibh (independent past plural second-person)
dh'èist iad (independent past plural third-person)
dh'èisteadh (impersonal independent past)
èistidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
èistidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
èistidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
èistidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
èistidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
èistidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
èistearèisttear (future impersonal independent)
dh'èistinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dh'èisteadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dh'èisteadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dh'èisteamaiddh'èisteadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
dh'èisteadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dh'èisteadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do dh'èist mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do dh'èist thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do dh'èist e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do dh'èist sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do dh'èist sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do dh'èist iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do dh'èisteadh (impersonal negative past)
chan èist mi (first-person future negative singular)
chan èist thu (future negative second-person singular)
chan èist e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
chan èist sinn (first-person future negative plural)
chan èist sibh (future negative plural second-person)
chan èist iad (future negative plural third-person)
chan èistearchan èisttear (future impersonal negative)
chan èistinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
chan èisteadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
chan èisteadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
chan èisteamaidchan èisteadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
chan èisteadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
chan èisteadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do dh'èist mi? (first-person past singular)
an do dh'èist thu? (past second-person singular)
an do dh'èist e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do dh'èist sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do dh'èist sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do dh'èist iad? (past plural third-person)
an do dh'èisteadh? (impersonal past)
an èist mi? (first-person future singular)
an èist thu? (future second-person singular)
an èist e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an èist sinn? (first-person future plural)
an èist sibh? (future plural second-person)
an èist iad? (future plural third-person)
an èistear?an èisttear? (future impersonal)
an èistinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an èisteadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an èisteadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an èisteamaid?an èisteadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an èisteadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an èisteadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an èistteadh?an èistist?¹an èististe? (conditional impersonal)
nach do dh'èist mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do dh'èist thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do dh'èist e (past singular)
nach do dh'èist sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do dh'èist sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do dh'èist iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do dh'èisteadh? (impersonal past)
nach èist mi? (first-person future singular)
nach èist thu? (future second-person singular)
nach èist e (future singular)
nach èist sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach èist sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach èist iad? (future plural third-person)
nach èistear?nach èisttear? (future impersonal)
nach èistinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach èisteadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach èisteadh e (conditional singular)
nach èisteamaid?nach èisteadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach èisteadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach èisteadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
dh'èisteas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma dh'èisteas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
dh'èisteas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma dh'èisteas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
dh'èisteas e (affirmative singular)
ma dh'èisteas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
dh'èisteas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma dh'èisteas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
dh'èisteas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma dh'èisteas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
dh'èisteas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma dh'èisteas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
dh'èistear (affirmative impersonal)
ma dh'èistear (affirmative impersonal)
èist mi (first-person negative singular)
mur èist mi (first-person negative singular)
èist thu (negative second-person singular)
mur èist thu (negative second-person singular)
èist e (negative singular)
mur èist e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
èist sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur èist sinn (first-person negative plural)
èist sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur èist sibh (negative plural second-person)
èist iad (negative plural third-person)
mur èist iad (negative plural third-person)
èistear èisttear (impersonal negative)
èistearmur èisttear (impersonal negative)
murr èisttear (impersonal negative)
murrmur èisttear (impersonal negative)
èisteam (first-person imperative singular)
èist (imperative second-person singular)
èisteadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
èisteamaid (first-person imperative plural)
èistibh (imperative plural second-person)
èisteadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
èistearèisttear (imperative impersonal)
èist (stem)
èisteachd (noun-from-verb)
èistte (participle past)

From Old Irish éistid, éitsid (“listens, hearkens, attends”).


galar-pearraide

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galar-pearraide m (genitive singular galair-pearraide, plural galaran-pearraide)

galair-pearraide (genitive singular)
galaran-pearraide (plural)


fiabhras

fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, plural fiabhrasan)

fiabhrais (genitive singular)
fiabhrasan (plural)
fiabhras (mutation mutation-radical)
fhiabhras (lenition mutation)

From Old French fievre + -as, from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Irish daig (“flame”).


rìgh-chathair

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rìgh-chathair f (genitive singular rìgh-chathrach, plural rìgh-chathraichean)

rìgh-chathrach (genitive singular)
rìgh-chathraichean (plural)


cuirm

cuirm f (genitive singular cuirme, plural cuirmean)

cuirme (genitive singular)
cuirmean (plural)


corrag

corrag f (genitive singular corraig or corraige, plural corragan)

corraig (genitive singular)
corraige (genitive singular)
corragan (plural)


dèideadh

From Old Irish détidu, from dét (“tooth”).


bruis

bruis (past bhruis, future bruisidh, verbal noun bruiseadh, past participle bruiste)

bhruis (past)
bruisidh (future)
bruiseadh (noun-from-verb)
bruiste (participle past)
bruis (mutation mutation-radical)
bhruis (lenition mutation)


balt

balt m (genitive singular built, plural baltan)

built (genitive singular)
baltan (plural)
balt (mutation mutation-radical)
bhalt (lenition mutation)


speuclairean

speuclairean m pl (genitive speuclairean)


speuclairean-grèine

speuclairean-grèine f pl (genitive speuclairean-grèine)

/ˈs̪piaxkl̪ˠɪɾʲən ˈcɾʲeːɲə/


glainneachan-grèine

glainneachan-grèine f pl (genitive glainneachan-grèine)


aipeandaig

aipeandaig f (genitive singular aipeandaig, plural aipeandaigean)

aipeandaig (genitive singular)
aipeandaigean (plural)


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.


opairèisean

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opairèisean m (genitive singular opairèisein, plural opairèiseanan)

opairèisein (genitive singular)
opairèiseanan (plural)


claisneach

CD claisneach


mùn

mùn m (genitive singular mùin, no plural)


flann

From Middle Irish flann, from Proto-Celtic *wlannos, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, hit”). Related to fuil (“blood”).


smiogaid

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smiogaid m (genitive singular smiogaid, plural smiogaidean)

smiogaid (genitive singular)
smiogaidean (plural)


sgròban

sgròban m (genitive singular sgròbain, plural sgròbanan)

sgròbain (genitive singular)
sgròbanan (plural)


slios

slios m (genitive singular sliosa, plural sliosan)

sliosa (genitive singular)
sliosan (plural)
slios (mutation mutation-radical)
shlios (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-slios (lenition mutation)


cneas

cneas m (genitive singular cneasa or cneis or cnis, plural cneasan)

cneasa (genitive singular)
cneis (genitive singular)
cnis (genitive singular)
cneasan (plural)
cneas (mutation mutation-radical)
chneas (lenition mutation)


ròib

ròib f (genitive singular ròibe, no plural)


slinnean

slinnean m (genitive singular slinnein, plural slinneanan or slinneinean)

slinnein (genitive singular)
slinneanan (plural)
slinneinean (plural)


muineal

muineal m (genitive singular muineil, plural muinealan)

muineil (genitive singular)
muinealan (plural)

From Old Irish muinél (compare Irish muineál, Manx mwannal).


uinnean

uinnean m (genitive singular uinnein, plural uinneanan)

uinnein (genitive singular)
uinneanan (plural)


seile

seile m (genitive singular seile, plural seilean)

seile (genitive singular)
seilean (plural)
seile (mutation mutation-radical)
sheile (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-seile (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish saile (“sputum, spittle”) from Latin salīva.


campa bàis

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

campa bàis (genitive singular)
campaichean bàis (plural)
campa bàis (mutation mutation-radical)
champa bàis (lenition mutation)


sgealbag

sgealbag f (genitive singular sgealbaig, plural sgealbagan)

sgealbaig (genitive singular)
sgealbagan (plural)


gunna fada

gunna fada m (genitive singular gunna fada, plural gunnachan fada)

gunna fada (genitive singular)
gunnachan fada (plural)


buachar

buachar m (genitive singular buachair, no plural)


mac-an-aba

mac-an-aba m (genitive singular mic-an-aba, plural mic-an-aba)

mic-an-aba (genitive singular)
mic-an-aba (plural)
mac-an-aba (mutation mutation-radical)
mhac-an-aba (lenition mutation)


adhbrann

adhbrann m (genitive singular adhbrainn, plural adhbrainnan)

adhbrainn (genitive singular)
adhbrainnan (plural)


cadal-geamhraidh

cadal-geamhraidh m (genitive singular cadail-gheamhraidh, no plural)


caitheamh a' ghrùthain

caitheamh a' ghrùthain f (genitive singular caitheimh a' ghrùthain, plural caitheamhan a' ghrùthain)

caitheimh a' ghrùthain (genitive singular)
caitheamhan a' ghrùthain (plural)


mustais

mustais f (genitive singular mustaise, plural mustaisean)

mustaise (genitive singular)
mustaisean (plural)
mustais (mutation mutation-radical)
mhustais (lenition mutation)


adha

adha m (genitive singular adha, plural àinean)

adha (genitive singular)
àinean (plural)
adha (mutation mutation-radical)
n-adha (eclipsis mutation)
h-adha (mutation prothesis-h)
t-adha (mutation prothesis-t)

From Middle Irish áe, from Old Irish óa (“liver”), from Proto-Celtic *awV-. Compare Welsh afu.


dearc

dearc f (genitive singular deirce, plural dearcan)

deirce (genitive singular)
dearcan (plural)


caoch

caoch (genitive singular feminine caoiche)

From Old Irish cáech (“blind in one eye; a person blind in one eye”), from Proto-Celtic *kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”).


teanntachd-cuim

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teanntachd-cuim f (genitive singular teanntachd-cuim, plural teanntachdan-cuim)

teanntachd-cuim (genitive singular)
teanntachdan-cuim (plural)


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.


caol-dùirn

caol-dùirn m (genitive singular caoil-dhùirn, plural caoiltean-dùirn)

caoil-dhùirn (genitive singular)
caoiltean-dùirn (plural)


neasgaid fala

neasgaid fala f (genitive singular neasgaide fala, plural neasgaidean fala)

neasgaide fala (genitive singular)
neasgaidean fala (plural)


deoch an dorais

deoch an dorais f (genitive singular dighe an dorais, plural deochan an dorais)

dighe an dorais (genitive singular)
deochan an dorais (plural)

stirrup cup, farewell/parting drink, "one for the door" (literally "drink of the door")


neasgaid

neasgaid f (genitive singular neasgaide, plural neasgaidean)

neasgaide (genitive singular)
neasgaidean (plural)

From Middle Irish nescóit. Cognate with Irish neascóid and Manx askaid.


spot dall

spot dall m (genitive singular spoit dall, plural spotan dall)

spoit dall (genitive singular)
spotan dall (plural)


asna

asna f (genitive singular asna, plural asnaichean)

asna (genitive singular)
asnaichean (plural)
asna (mutation mutation-radical)
n-asna (eclipsis mutation)
h-asna (mutation prothesis-h)
t-asna (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish asna (compare Irish easna), from Proto-Celtic [Term?] (compare Welsh eis), from pre-Celtic *astonyo-, *h₂estnijo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óst (gen. *h₂ésts), *h₃ost- (“bone”).


anart-bàis

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

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


gualaisg

gualaisg m (genitive singular gualaisg, plural gualaisgean)

gualaisg (genitive singular)
gualaisgean (plural)


siataig

siataig f (genitive singular siataige, plural siataigean)

siataige (genitive singular)
siataigean (plural)

rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis


giall

giall m (genitive singular gialla, plural giallan)

gialla (genitive singular)
giallan (plural)
giall (mutation mutation-radical)
ghiall (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish gíall (“hostage”), from Proto-Celtic *geistlos (compare Welsh gwystl).


freumh

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

freumha (genitive singular)
freumhan (plural)
freumhaichean (plural)
freumh (mutation mutation-radical)
fhreumh (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish frém, prém, from older frén.


riaghailt-lèigh

riaghailt-lèigh f (genitive singular riaghailte-lèigh, plural riaghailtean-lèigh)

riaghailte-lèigh (genitive singular)
riaghailtean-lèigh (plural)


tinneas-cloinne

tinneas-cloinne m (genitive singular tinneis-chloinne, plural tinneasan-cloinne)

tinneis-chloinne (genitive singular)
tinneasan-cloinne (plural)
tinneas-cloinne (mutation mutation-radical)
thinneas-cloinne (lenition mutation)

Literally, “child illness”; compare Irish tinneas clainne.


iomradh-bàis

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

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


uchd

uchd m (genitive singular uchda, plural uchdan)

uchda (genitive singular)
uchdan (plural)

From Old Irish ucht (“breast, bosom; lap”).

caisean-uchd

the breast strip of a sheep killed at Christmas, or on New Year's eve and singed and smelled by each member of the family, as a charm against fairies and spirits

sailm-uchd

ointment of which fresh butter and healing herbs are the principal ingredients


ath-fhilleadh

ath-fhilleadh (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ath-fhilleadh (eclipsis mutation)
h-ath-fhilleadh (mutation prothesis-h)
t-ath-fhilleadh (mutation prothesis-t)


cìochag

cìochag f (genitive singular cìochaige, plural cìochagan)

cìochaige (genitive singular)
cìochagan (plural)

cìoch (“breast, mammary gland, pap”) + -ag


fo-chraicneach

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fo-chraicneach (genitive singular masculine fo-chraicnich)

fo-chraicnich (genitive masculine singular)
fo-chraicneach (mutation mutation-radical)
fho-chraicneach (lenition mutation)


ugan

ugan m or f (genitive singular ugain, plural ugannan)

ugain (genitive singular)
ugannan (plural)

shuas gu m' ugannan

ann an ugannan a chèile

(anatomy) upper part of the breast, fore part of the neck, throat


greim

greim m (genitive singular greime, plural greimeannan)

greime (genitive singular)
greimeannan (plural)
greim (mutation mutation-radical)
ghreim (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish greimm, from Proto-Celtic *gremman, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- + *-mn̥.


sgrath

Cognate with Irish scrath; see Old Irish scaraid (“to tear apart”).


uil-ìoc

uil-ìoc m (genitive singular uil-ìce, plural uil-ìocan)

uil-ìce (genitive singular)
uil-ìocan (plural)


ìoc

ìoc m (genitive singular ìce, plural ìocan)

From Old Irish ícc. Cognate with Irish íoc and Manx eeck.


fiacaill fhuadain

fiacaill fhuadain f (genitive singular fiacla fuadain, plural fiaclan fuadain)

fiacla fuadain (genitive singular)
fiaclan fuadain (plural)


beàrr

beàrr (past bheàrr, future bearraidh, verbal noun bearradh, past participle beàrrte)

bheàrr (past)
bearraidh (future)
bearradh (noun-from-verb)
beàrrte (participle past)


olann

olainn (genitive singular)
olann (mutation mutation-radical)
n-olann (eclipsis mutation)
h-olann (mutation prothesis-h)
t-olann (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish olann, from Proto-Celtic *ulanā, a sandhi variant of *wlanā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.


uathachas

uathachas m (genitive singular uathachais, plural uathachasan)

uathachais (genitive singular)
uathachasan (plural)


buinneach

buinneach f (genitive singular buinnich, no plural)

From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.


stais

stais f (genitive singular staise, plural staisean)

staise (genitive singular)
staisean (plural)

Tha stais mhòr aige.


ròibeag

ròibeag f (genitive singular ròibeig, plural ròibeagan)

ròibeig (genitive singular)
ròibeagan (plural)

ròib (“overgrown or squalid beard, circle of hair”) + -ag


ròibeanach

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ròibeanach (genitive singular masculine ròibeanaich, comparative ròibeanaiche)

ròibeanaich (genitive masculine singular)
ròibeanaiche (comparative)

From ròibean (“squalid little beard; bushy beard, moustache, whisker; small rope or cord; mop”) + -ach.


réibean

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réibean m (genitive singular réibein, plural réibeanan)

réibein (genitive singular)
réibeanan (plural)


feusag-bheòil

feusag-bheòil (mutation mutation-radical)
fheusag-bheòil (lenition mutation)


ròibean

ròibean m (genitive singular ròibein, plural ròibeanan)

ròibein (genitive singular)
ròibeanan (plural)


caisean-feusaig

caisean-feusaig m (genitive singular caisin-fheusaig, plural caiseanan-feusaig)

caisin-fheusaig (genitive singular)
caiseanan-feusaig (plural)
caisean-feusaig (mutation mutation-radical)
chaisean-feusaig (lenition mutation)


imich

imich (past dh'imich, future imichidh, verbal noun imeachd, past participle imichte)

dh'imich (past)
imichidh (future)
imeachd (noun-from-verb)
imichte (participle past)
imich (mutation mutation-radical)
n-imich (eclipsis mutation)
h-imich (mutation prothesis-h)
t-imich (mutation prothesis-t)

From Middle Irish immthigid, a form of Old Irish imm·téit (“go around, go away”), from imm (“around”) + téit (“goes”).


snìomh

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snìomh (past shnìomh, future snìomhaidh, verbal noun snìomh or snìomhadh, past participle snìomhte)

shnìomh (past)
snìomhaidh (future)
snìomh (noun-from-verb)
snìomhadh (noun-from-verb)
snìomhte (participle past)

From Middle Irish snímaid (“spin; twist”), from Old Irish sním, verbal noun of sníïd (“twist, grieve”).


snìomh

snìomh m (genitive singular snìomha, no plural)

iom-shnìomh

care, anxiety; restlessness; convolution; twisting; diligence


clach-chinn

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

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


cnàmharlach

cnàmharlach m (genitive singular cnàmharlaich, plural cnàmharlaich)

cnàmharlaich (genitive singular)
cnàmharlaich (plural)


seòmarach

seòmarach (mutation mutation-radical)
sheòmarach (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-seòmarach (lenition mutation)

From seòmar (“room, chamber”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).


cìoch-shlugain

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cìoch-shlugain f (genitive singular cìche-slugain, plural cìochan-slugain)

cìche-slugain (genitive singular)
cìochan-slugain (plural)
cìoch-shlugain (mutation mutation-radical)
chìoch-shlugain (lenition mutation)


màthair-ghuir

màthair-ghuir f (genitive singular màthar-guir, plural màthraichean-guir)

màthar-guir (genitive singular)
màthraichean-guir (plural)
mother of the brood (literally)


aiteal

aiteal m (genitive singular aiteil, no plural)

aiteil (genitive singular)
aiteal (mutation mutation-radical)
n-aiteal (eclipsis mutation)
h-aiteal (mutation prothesis-h)
t-aiteal (mutation prothesis-t)


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.


stamag

stamag f (genitive singular stamaige, plural stamagan)

stamaige (genitive singular)
stamagan (plural)


bodhaig

bodhaig f (genitive singular bodhaige, plural bodhaigean)

bodhaige (genitive singular)
bodhaigean (plural)
bodhaig (mutation mutation-radical)
bhodhaig (lenition mutation)

From Scots bouk (“body, trunk”). Compare Old Norse búkr (“trunk (of the body), torso”), German Bauch (“belly, abdomen”), all from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”). The Gaelic word has been compared by Fick with English body, from Old English bodig, and Murray says it is thence derived, but the would scarcely disappear and leave the soft ending now so hard.

bodhaig sgudaichte

dismembered corpse, chunked body (computing)


aitreabh-leighis

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aitreabh-leighis m (genitive singular aitreibh-leighis, plural aitreabhan-leighis)

aitreibh-leighis (genitive singular)
aitreabhan-leighis (plural)
aitreabh-leighis (mutation mutation-radical)
n-aitreabh-leighis (eclipsis mutation)
h-aitreabh-leighis (mutation prothesis-h)
t-aitreabh-leighis (mutation prothesis-t)

/ˈahtʰʲɾʲəv ˈʎe.ɪʃ/

A bheil an seàirdeant anns an aitreabh-leighis a-rithist?


alcolach

alcolaiche (comparative)
alcolach (mutation mutation-radical)
n-alcolach (eclipsis mutation)
h-alcolach (mutation prothesis-h)
t-alcolach (mutation prothesis-t)

/ˈaɫ̪kʰɔɫ̪ax/

alcoholic (relating to or containing alcohol)


banachdach

banachdach f (genitive singular banachdaich, plural banachdaichean)

banachdaich (genitive singular)
banachdaichean (plural)


meadaigeach

meadaigeach (mutation mutation-radical)
mheadaigeach (lenition mutation)

/ˈmedʲɪɡʲəx/


fradharc

fradharc m (genitive singular fradhairc, plural fradharcan)

fradhairc (genitive singular)
fradharcan (plural)

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision”), with prosthetic f due to the initial r being interpreted as a lenited sequence fhr.


cuarantain

cuarantain m (genitive singular cuarantain, plural cuarantain)

cuarantain (genitive singular)
cuarantain (plural)
cuarantain (mutation mutation-radical)
chuarantain (lenition mutation)

From English quarantine, from Italian quarantina (“forty days”), the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting off port.


òrdugh-cungaidh

òrdugh-cungaidh m (genitive singular òrduigh-chungaidh, plural òrduighean-cungaidh)

òrduigh-chungaidh (genitive singular)
òrduighean-cungaidh (plural)


bruis-fhiaclan

bruis-fhiaclan f (genitive singular bruise-fiaclan, plural bruisean-fiaclan)

bruise-fiaclan (genitive singular)
bruisean-fiaclan (plural)
bruis-fhiaclan (mutation mutation-radical)
bhruis-fhiaclan (lenition mutation)


branndaidh

branndaidh (mutation mutation-radical)
bhranndaidh (lenition mutation)

/ˈpɾãũn̪ˠt̪ɪ/


sineubhar

sineubhar m (genitive singular sineubhair, plural sineubharan)

singular sineubhair (genitive)
sineubharan (plural)
sineubhar (mutation mutation-radical)
shineubhar (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-sineubhar (lenition mutation)

From English jenever, from Dutch jenever, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).


gruagaire

gruagairean (plural)
gruagaire (indefinite nominative singular)
gruagairean (indefinite nominative plural)
gruagaire (genitive indefinite singular)
ghruagairean (genitive indefinite plural)
gruagaire (dative indefinite singular)
gruagairean (dative indefinite plural)
ghruagaire (definite nominative singular)
an ghruagaire (definite nominative singular)
gruagairean (definite nominative plural)
na gruagairean (definite nominative plural)
(a') gruagaire (definite genitive singular)
gruagairean (definite genitive plural)
nan gruagairean (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghruagaire (dative definite singular)
gruagairean (dative definite plural)
na gruagairean (dative definite plural)
ghruagaire (definite singular vocative)
ghruagairean (definite plural vocative)
gruagaire (mutation mutation-radical)
ghruagaire (lenition mutation)

/ˈkɾuəkɪɾʲə/


bhodca

Borrowed from English vodka, from Russian во́дка (vódka).


braim

braim m (genitive singular brama, plural bramannan)

brama (genitive singular)
bramannan (plural)
braim (mutation mutation-radical)
bhraim (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish broimm (verbal noun of braigid from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti) from Proto-Celtic *braxsman from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-. The modern verb is derived from the noun.


peitseagach

peitseagaiche (comparative)
peitseagach (mutation mutation-radical)
pheitseagach (lenition mutation)

peitseagach:


ciabhag

ciabhag f (genitive singular ciabhaig, plural ciabhagan)

ciabhaig (genitive singular)
ciabhagan (plural)
ciabhag (mutation mutation-radical)
chiabhag (lenition mutation)

From ciabh + -ag. Cognate with Irish ciabhóg.


corcar

From Middle Irish corcair, from Old Irish corcur; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).


imleag

imleag f (genitive singular imleig or imleige, plural imleagan)

imleig (genitive singular)
imleige (genitive singular)
imleagan (plural)
imleag (mutation mutation-radical)
n-imleag (eclipsis mutation)
h-imleag (mutation prothesis-h)
t-imleag (mutation prothesis-t)

From Middle Irish *imlec, a derivative of Old Irish imbliu, from Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl. Cognate with Irish imleacán, Latin umbilicus, English navel.