lite

lite (genitive singular)
lit (genitive singular)

From Old Irish littiu f (“porridge, gruel”).


mart

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mart m (genitive singular mairt, plural mairt)

mairt (genitive singular)
mairt (plural)
mart (mutation mutation-radical)
mhart (lenition mutation)


mil

mil f (genitive singular mealach or meala, plural mealan)

mealach (genitive singular)
meala (genitive singular)
mealan (plural)
mil (mutation mutation-radical)
mhil (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish mil (genitive mela), from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Welsh mêl, Cornish mill, Breton mel, Latin mel, Greek μέλι (méli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), Old Armenian մեղր (mełr).


macaroni

macaroni (mutation mutation-radical)
mhacaroni (lenition mutation)

From English macaroni, from Italian maccheroni.


min

min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

mine (genitive singular)
minean (plural)
min (mutation mutation-radical)
mhin (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”), from Proto-Celtic *min-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂, see also Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō). However, compare μάσσω (mássō).


aran

aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural)

[ˈa˧˥.ɾan˥˩]

From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *aragnos.

aran làthail


hama

From Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Doublet of cnàimh.


isbean

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isbean m (genitive singular isbein, plural isbeanan)

isbein (genitive singular)
isbeanan (plural)
isbean (mutation mutation-radical)
n-isbean (eclipsis mutation)
h-isbean (mutation prothesis-h)
t-isbean (mutation prothesis-t)


rus

rus m (genitive singular ruis, no plural)


brot

brot m (genitive singular brota, plural brotan)

brota (genitive singular)
brotan (plural)


feòil

feòla (genitive singular)
feòil (indefinite nominative singular)
feòilean (indefinite nominative plural)
feòla (genitive indefinite singular)
fheòilean (genitive indefinite plural)
feòil (dative indefinite singular)
feòilean (dative indefinite plural)
feòilibh (dative indefinite plural)
fheòil (definite nominative singular)
an fheòil (definite nominative singular)
feòilean (definite nominative plural)
na feòilean (definite nominative plural)
feòla (definite genitive singular)
na feòla (definite genitive singular)
feòilean (definite genitive plural)
nam feòilean (definite genitive plural)
fheòil (dative definite singular)
an fheòil (dative definite singular)
feòilean (dative definite plural)
na feòilean (dative definite plural)
feòilibh (dative definite plural)
fheòil (definite singular vocative)
fheòla (definite plural vocative)
fheòilean (definite plural vocative)
feòil (mutation mutation-radical)
fheòil (lenition mutation)

gd-decl-noun-table

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

From Old Irish féoil. Cognate with Irish feoil, Manx feill.


mìlsean

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mìlsean m (genitive singular mìlsein, plural mìlseanan)

mìlsein (genitive singular)
mìlseanan (plural)
mìlsean (mutation mutation-radical)
mhìlsean (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish millsén (“sweetmeat, delicacy”) (compare modern Irish milseán). By surface analysis, milis (“sweet”) + -an (diminutive suffix).

surf

dessert, pudding, confection, sweet (course)


aran milis

A sweetbread, gingerbread, shortbread, cake, or bun


breacag

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breacag f (genitive singular breacaige, plural breacagan)

breacaige (genitive singular)
breacagan (plural)


reòiteag

reòiteag f (genitive singular reòiteige, plural reòiteagan)

reòiteige (genitive singular)
reòiteagan (plural)


bonnach

bonnach m (genitive singular bonnaich, plural bonnaich)

bonnaich (genitive singular)
bonnaich (plural)
bonnach (mutation mutation-radical)
bhonnach (lenition mutation)

Possibly related to Gaulish *bunia, if this word existed. See French beignet, East Ulster Irish bannach.


sùgh

sùgh m (genitive singular sùigh or sùgha, plural sùghan)

sùigh (genitive singular)
sùgha (genitive singular)
sùghan (plural)

From Old Irish súg, from Proto-Celtic *sūgos. Cognate with Latin sūcus.

sùgh am poit


meacan-ruadh

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

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


staoig

staoig f (genitive singular staoige, plural staoigean)

staoige (genitive singular)
staoigean (plural)

From Middle Irish staíc (“steak, piece of meat”), from Old Norse steik. Cognate with Irish stéig.


feòil-uain

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feòil uain f (genitive singular feòla-uain)

feòil uain (canonical feminine)
feòla-uain (genitive singular)


feòil-laoigh

feòil-laoigh f (genitive singular feòla-laoigh)


feòil-chaorach

feòil-chaorach f (genitive singular feòla-caorach, no plural)


càise

From Old Irish cáise, from Latin cāseus.

pailteas de ìm is de chàise


salann

salann m (genitive singular salainn, no plural)

salainn (genitive singular)
salann (mutation mutation-radical)
shalann (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-salann (lenition mutation)

/ˈs̪al̪ˠən̪ˠ/

From Old Irish salann, from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *sáls (“salt”).


feamainn

feamainn f (genitive singular feamann or feamnach or feamad, no plural)

feamann (genitive singular)
feamnach (genitive singular)
feamad (genitive singular)

From Middle Irish femain, femmain (“(edible) seaweed”), from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, related to Old Breton goumon (late Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon (“seaweed”)), whence French goémon.


marag dhubh

marag dhubh f (genitive singular maraig duibhe, plural maragan dubha)

maraig duibhe (genitive singular)
maragan dubha (plural)


taigeis

taigeis f (genitive singular taigeise, plural taigeisean)

taigeise (genitive singular)
taigeisean (plural)
taigeis (mutation mutation-radical)
thaigeis (lenition mutation)

Borrowed from English haggis. The initial t- arose from the borrowed initial /h/ being reinterpreted as lenited t-, which also results in the same sound.


sitheann

sitheann f (genitive singular sìthne or sithinn, no plural)

sìthne (genitive singular)
sithinn (genitive singular)
sitheann (mutation mutation-radical)
shitheann (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-sitheann (lenition mutation)

sitheann fèidh


ceapaire

ceapaire m (genitive singular ceapaire, plural ceapairean)

ceapaire (genitive singular)
ceapairean (plural)
ceapaire (mutation mutation-radical)
cheapaire (lenition mutation)

/ˈkʲʰɛhpəɾʲə/

Originally “shaped object”, from ceap (“to shape, form”) + -aire.


piobar

piobar m (genitive singular piobair, plural piobaran)

piobair (genitive singular)
piobaran (plural)

From Middle Irish pipur, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).


buntàta pronn

buntàta pronn m (genitive singular buntàta phruinn, plural buntàta pronn)

buntàta phruinn (genitive singular)
buntàta pronn (plural)

buntàta = "potato(es)" (noun, both singular and plural) pronn = "mashed, scrambled, ground, frangible" (adjective)


creamh-gàrraidh

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

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


creamh

creamh m (genitive singular creamha, plural creamhan)

creamha (genitive singular)
creamhan (plural)

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

creamh mac-féidh

asparagus; hart's tongue fern; elecampane


nùdail

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nùdail f (genitive singular nùdail, plural nùdailean)

nùdail (genitive singular)
nùdailean (plural)


suiteas

suiteas m (genitive singular suiteis, plural suiteis)

suiteis (genitive singular)
suiteis (plural)
suiteas (mutation mutation-radical)
shuiteas (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-suiteas (lenition mutation)


ròsta

/ˈrˠɔːs̪t̪ə/

buntàta ròsta


mairtfheòil

mairtfheòil f (genitive singular mairtfheòla)

mart (“cow”) + feòil (“meat, flesh”). Compare Irish mairteoil.


aran-coirce

aran-coirce m (genitive singular arain-choirce)


guga

guga m (genitive singular guga, plural gugachan)

guga (genitive singular)
gugachan (plural)

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

onomatopoeic

imitative

Morus bassanus
Morus bassanus#Translingual

Young of the northern gannet, Morus bassanus.


sliseag

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sliseag f (genitive singular sliseige, plural sliseagan)

sliseige (genitive singular)
sliseagan (plural)


buileann

buileann f (genitive singular builinn, plural builinn)

builinn (genitive singular)
builinn (plural)


maorach

maorach m (genitive singular maoraich, plural maoraich)

maoraich (genitive singular)
maoraich (plural)

From Old Irish maerach (“shellfish”), murach (“shellfish; murex, purple-fish”), possibly from Latin mūrex (“purple-fish”).

buain am maorach nuair a tha an tràigh ann


diathad

diathad m (genitive singular diathaid, plural diathadan)

diathaid (genitive singular)
diathadan (plural)
diathad (mutation mutation-radical)
dhiathad (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish díthat (“repast, collation”).


gàd teòclaid

gàd teòclaid m (genitive singular gàda theòclaid, plural gàdaichean teòclaid)

gàda theòclaid (genitive singular)
gàdaichean teòclaid (plural)
gàd teòclaid (mutation mutation-radical)
ghàd teòclaid (lenition mutation)


gairleag

gairleag f (genitive singular gairleige, no plural)

gairleige (genitive singular)
gairleag (mutation mutation-radical)
ghairleag (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish gáirleóg f (“garlic”), borrowed from Old English gārlēac, from gār (“spear”) + lēac (“leek”).


brochan

brochan m (genitive singular brochain, plural brochain)

brochain (genitive singular)
brochain (plural)

From Old Irish brothchán (“broth, pottage, soup, gruel”), from brothach (“boiling, hot”).


silidh

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silidh m (genitive singular silidh, plural silidhean)

silidh (genitive singular)
silidhean (plural)
silidh (mutation mutation-radical)
shilidh (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-silidh (lenition mutation)

From Middle English gelly, from Old French gelee, from Old French geler (“to congeal”), from Latin gelō.


tiops

tiops (mutation mutation-radical)
thiops (lenition mutation)


iasg is tiops

iasg is tiops (mutation mutation-radical)
n-iasg is tiops (eclipsis mutation)
h-iasg is tiops (mutation prothesis-h)
t-iasg is tiops (mutation prothesis-t)

Calque of English fish and chips, from iasg (“fish”) + is (“and”) + tiops (“chips”).


spìosraich

spìosraich (past spìosraich, future spìosraichidh, verbal noun spìosrachadh, past participle spìosraichte)

spìosraich (past)
spìosraichidh (future)
spìosrachadh (noun-from-verb)
spìosraichte (participle past)

/s̪piːs̪ɾɪç/


oisir

oisirean (plural)
oisir (mutation mutation-radical)
n-oisir (eclipsis mutation)
h-oisir (mutation prothesis-h)
t-oisir (mutation prothesis-t)

From Anglo-Norman oistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).


pàidh

pàidh m (genitive singular pàidh, plural pàidhean)

pàidh (genitive singular)
pàidhean (plural)
pàidh (mutation mutation-radical)
phàidh (lenition mutation)


brot Albannach

brot Albannach m (genitive singular brota Albannaich)

brota Albannaich (genitive singular)
brot Albannach (mutation mutation-radical)
bhrot Albannach (lenition mutation)


pàidh Albannach

pàidh Albannach m (genitive singular pàidh Albannaich, plural pàidhean Albannach)

pàidh Albannaich (genitive singular)
pàidhean Albannach (plural)
pàidh Albannach (mutation mutation-radical)
phàidh Albannach (lenition mutation)


piotsa

piotsathan (plural)
piotsa (mutation mutation-radical)
phiotsa (lenition mutation)


roile

roile m (genitive singular roile, plural roilean)

roile (genitive singular)
roilean (plural)

bread roll (miniature round loaf of bread)


mions

mions (mutation mutation-radical)
mhions (lenition mutation)


tablaid

tablaid f (genitive singular tablaide, plural tablaidean)

tablaide (genitive singular)
tablaidean (plural)
tablaid (indefinite nominative singular)
tablaidean (indefinite nominative plural)
tablaide (genitive indefinite singular)
thablaidean (genitive indefinite plural)
tablaid (dative indefinite singular)
tablaidean (dative indefinite plural)
tablaidibh (dative indefinite plural)
tablaid (definite nominative singular)
an tablaid (definite nominative singular)
tablaidean (definite nominative plural)
na tablaidean (definite nominative plural)
tablaide (definite genitive singular)
na tablaide (definite genitive singular)
tablaidean (definite genitive plural)
nan tablaidean (definite genitive plural)
tablaid (dative definite singular)
an tablaid (dative definite singular)
tablaidean (dative definite plural)
na tablaidean (dative definite plural)
tablaidibh (dative definite plural)
thablaid (definite singular vocative)
thablaidean (definite plural vocative)

From English tablet, from Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete.

tablet (type of confection; tablet computer)


sgona

scone (small, rich, pastry or quick bread)


foileag

foileag f (genitive singular foileige, plural foileagan)

foileige (genitive singular)
foileagan (plural)
foileag (mutation mutation-radical)
fhoileag (lenition mutation)


sgona bhuntàta

sgona bhuntàta f (plural sgonaichean buntàta)

From sgona (“scone”) + buntàta (“potato”), a calque of Scots tattie scone.

tattie scone (scone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour)


coiridh

coiridhean (plural)
coiridh (mutation mutation-radical)
choiridh (lenition mutation)

From English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).


sabhs

sabhs m (genitive singular saibhse, plural sabhsan)

saibhse (genitive singular)
sabhsan (plural)
sabhs (mutation mutation-radical)
shabhs (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-sabhs (lenition mutation)

From English sauce, from Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Latin salsus (“salted”).


crannachan

crannachan m (genitive singular crannachain, plural crannachain)

crannachain (genitive singular)
crannachain (plural)
crannachan (mutation mutation-radical)
chrannachan (lenition mutation)

→ English: cranachan


uainfheòil

uainfheòil f (genitive singular uainfheola)

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

Alternative form of feòil-uain (“lamb (flesh of lamb as food)”)


muicfheòil

muicfheòil f (genitive singular muicfheòla)

muicfheòla (genitive singular)
muicfheòil (mutation mutation-radical)
mhuicfheòil (lenition mutation)

From muc (“pig”) + feòil (“meat”). Compare Irish muiceóil.


suipear

suipear f (genitive singular suipearach, plural suipearan)

suipearach (genitive singular)
suipearan (plural)
suipear (mutation mutation-radical)
shuipear (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-suipear (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish suipér (whence also Irish suipéar and Manx shibber), from Anglo-Norman soper; compare English supper and French souper.


sailead

sailead m (genitive singular saileid, plural saileadan)

saileid (genitive singular)
saileadan (plural)
sailead (mutation mutation-radical)
shailead (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-sailead (lenition mutation)

From English salad, from Middle English salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salata, from Latin sal (“salt”).


strùan

strùan m (genitive singular strùain, plural strùanan)

strùain (genitive singular)
strùanan (plural)

A cake prepared on Michaelmas, composed of an inner scone layer and an outer, darker layer made with treacle.


costag

costag f (genitive singular costaige, plural costagan)

costaige (genitive singular)
costagan (plural)
costag (mutation mutation-radical)
chostag (lenition mutation)

From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos, “an aromatic plant”). Cognate with Irish costóg (“chervil”).
MacBain cites costag as a borrowing of English costmary. This differs from the consensus of modern or botanical sources, in which the term refers to the unrelated genus Anthriscus. Cameron cites costag as sharing ancestry with the English costus, from which the name of costmary ("costus of Mary") is derived.


seanas

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seanas m (genitive singular seanais, plural seanasan)

seanais (genitive singular)
seanasan (plural)

Myrrhis odorata
Myrrhis odorata#Translingual


cos-uisge

cos-uisge f (genitive singular cois-uisge)

cois-uisge (genitive singular)
cos-uisge (mutation mutation-radical)
chos-uisge (lenition mutation)

/kʰɔs ˈɯʃkʲə/

cost (“aromatic plant”) + uisge (“water”), "water-scented plant"


suipeir

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suipeir f (genitive singular suipeire, plural suipeirean)

suipeire (genitive singular)
suipeirean (plural)
suipeir (mutation mutation-radical)
shuipeir (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-suipeir (lenition mutation)