mac

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mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mic)

mic (genitive singular)
mic (plural)
mac (indefinite nominative singular)
mic (indefinite nominative plural)
mic (genitive indefinite singular)
mhac (genitive indefinite plural)
mac (dative indefinite singular)
mic (dative indefinite plural)
macaibh (dative indefinite plural)
mac (definite nominative singular)
am mac (definite nominative singular)
mic (definite nominative plural)
na mic (definite nominative plural)
(a') mhic (definite genitive singular)
mac (definite genitive plural)
nam mac (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhac (dative definite singular)
mic (dative definite plural)
na mic (dative definite plural)
macaibh (dative definite plural)
mhic (definite singular vocative)
mhaca (definite plural vocative)
mac
mhac

From Middle Irish mac, from Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos. Cognates include Irish mac and Manx mac.

mac Dhòmhaill

Used as a prefix for Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames; -son


luid

luid f (genitive singular luide, plural luidean)

luide (genitive singular)
luidean (plural)

From Proto-Celtic *luddi, from the root of loitiméir (“destroyer”, literally “cutter”).


nighean

nighean f (dative nighinn, genitive nighinn or nighinne or ìghne or inghinn, plural nigheanan or nigheannan or nighnean or ìghnean or ingheanan)

nighinn (dative)
nighinn (genitive)
nighinne (genitive)
ìghne (genitive)
inghinn (genitive)
nigheanan (plural)
nigheannan (plural)
nighnean (plural)
ìghnean (plural)
ingheanan (plural)

From Old Irish ingen, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *ǵenh₁- (“produce, give birth”) (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)).


caileag

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caileag f (genitive singular caileige, plural caileagan)

caileige (genitive singular)
caileagan (plural)
caileag
chaileag

From caile (“vulgar girl, quean, hussy, strumpet, maid servant”) + -ag (“diminutive”). From Old Irish caile (“maid”); compare Breton plac’h (“girl”); Ancient Greek παλλακή (pallakḗ, “concubine”), Latin pellex.

cog

Cha b'e meud do stòrais
A chuir mi fhéin an tòir ort,
Ach caileag laghach, bhòidheach,
Bhi còmhla rium ag éirigh.

1879, Traditional, “A Mhairi Bhinn, Mheall-Shuileach”, in The Gaelic Songster (An t-Oranaiche), Glasgow: A. Stewart, page 48:

It was not the amount of your wealth
That sent myself in pursuit of you,
But a girl, pleasant, beautiful,
To be rising together with me.


òigh

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òigh f (genitive singular òighe, plural òighean)

òighe (genitive singular)
òighean (plural)
òigh
n-òigh

From Old Irish óg (“whole, entire, intact”). Cognate with Irish ógh.


òinseach

òinseach f (genitive singular òinsiche, plural òinsichean)

òinsiche (genitive singular)
òinsichean (plural)

From Old Irish óinsech (“foolish or giddy woman”).


duine

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duine m (genitive singular duine, plural daoine)

duine (genitive singular)
daoine (plural)
duine
dhuine

From Old Irish duine, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

der

1911 (Birlinn Limited), Edward Dwelly: The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary:
Duine gun mhath gun chron, is motha a chron na a mhath. ― A man that's neither good nor ill is more ill than good.


balach

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balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)

balaich (genitive singular)
balaich (plural)
balach (indefinite nominative singular)
balaich (indefinite nominative plural)
balaich (genitive indefinite singular)
bhalach (genitive indefinite plural)
balach (dative indefinite singular)
balaich (dative indefinite plural)
balachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
balach (definite nominative singular)
am balach (definite nominative singular)
balaich (definite nominative plural)
na balaich (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhalaich (definite genitive singular)
balach (definite genitive plural)
nam balach (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhalach (dative definite singular)
balaich (dative definite plural)
na balaich (dative definite plural)
balachaibh (dative definite plural)
bhalaich (definite singular vocative)
bhalacha (definite plural vocative)
balach
bhalach

From Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.


fireannach

From Old Irish firennach (“male”), from firend.


fireannach

fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)

fireannaich (genitive singular)
fireannaich (plural)
fireannach
fhireannach


gruag

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

gruaige (genitive singular)
gruagan (plural)
gruag
ghruag

Dath na gruaige

(Uist) the hair of the head, especially of a female


ban-draoidh

ban-draoidh f (genitive singular ban-draoidhe, plural ban-draoidhean)

ban-draoidhe (genitive singular)
ban-draoidhean (plural)

ban- (“female”) + draoidh (“wizard, druid, magician, sorcerer”)


seanair

seanair (indefinite nominative singular)
seanairean (indefinite nominative plural)
seanar (genitive indefinite singular)
sheanairean (genitive indefinite plural)
seanair (dative indefinite singular)
seanairean (dative indefinite plural)
seanair (definite nominative singular)
an seanair (definite nominative singular)
seanairean (definite nominative plural)
na seanairean (definite nominative plural)
t-seanar (definite genitive singular)
an t-seanar (definite genitive singular)
seanairean (definite genitive plural)
nan seanairean (definite genitive plural)
t-seanair (dative definite singular)
an t-seanair (dative definite singular)
seanairean (dative definite plural)
na seanairean (dative definite plural)
sheanair (definite singular vocative)
sheanairean (definite plural vocative)
seanair
sheanair
after "an"
t-seanair

From Old Irish senathair, from sen (“old”) + athair (“father”).


seanmhair

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seanmhair f (genitive singular seanmhar, plural seanmhairean)

seanmhar (genitive singular)
seanmhairean (plural)
seanmhair (indefinite nominative singular)
seanmhairean (indefinite nominative plural)
seanmhar (genitive indefinite singular)
sheanmhairean (genitive indefinite plural)
seanmhair (dative indefinite singular)
seanmhairean (dative indefinite plural)
t-seanmhair (definite nominative singular)
an t-seanmhair (definite nominative singular)
seanmhairean (definite nominative plural)
na seanmhairean (definite nominative plural)
seanmhar (definite genitive singular)
na seanmhar (definite genitive singular)
seanmhairean (definite genitive plural)
nan seanmhairean (definite genitive plural)
t-seanmhair (dative definite singular)
an t-seanmhair (dative definite singular)
seanmhairean (dative definite plural)
na seanmhairean (dative definite plural)
sheanmhair (definite singular vocative)
sheanmhairean (definite plural vocative)
seanmhair
sheanmhair
after "an"
t-seanmhair

/ˈʃɛ.nə.vɛɾʲ/

From Old Irish senmáthair, from sen (“old”) + máthair (“mother”). Compare Irish seanmháthair, Manx shennvoir.


piuthar

piuthar f (genitive singular peathar, plural peathraichean)

peathar (genitive singular)
peathraichean (plural)
piuthar (indefinite nominative singular)
peathraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
peathar (genitive indefinite singular)
pheathraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
piuthair (dative indefinite singular)
peathraichean (dative indefinite plural)
peathraichibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') phiuthar (definite nominative singular)
peathraichean (definite nominative plural)
na peathraichean (definite nominative plural)
peathar (definite genitive singular)
na peathar (definite genitive singular)
peathraichean (definite genitive plural)
nam peathraichean (definite genitive plural)
(a') phiuthair (dative definite singular)
peathraichean (dative definite plural)
na peathraichean (dative definite plural)
peathraichibh (dative definite plural)
phiuthair (definite singular vocative)
pheathraichean (definite plural vocative)
piuthar
phiuthar

Back-formation from Old Irish fiur, phiur, lenited form of siur, from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Old Irish s, when from Primitive Irish *sɸ- (from Proto-Celtic *sw- and *sp-), was lenited as /ɸ/ (spelled ⟨ph⟩ or ⟨f⟩), but Old Irish s, when not from Primitive Irish *sɸ (< *sw-/*sp-), was lenited as /h/, i.e. *sɸ > s, but *hɸ > f.


tighearna

tighearna (indefinite nominative singular)
tighearnan (indefinite nominative plural)
tighearna (genitive indefinite singular)
thighearnan (genitive indefinite plural)
tighearna (dative indefinite singular)
tighearnan (dative indefinite plural)
tighearna (definite nominative singular)
an tighearna (definite nominative singular)
tighearnan (definite nominative plural)
na tighearnan (definite nominative plural)
tighearna (definite genitive singular)
an tighearna (definite genitive singular)
tighearnan (definite genitive plural)
nan tighearnan (definite genitive plural)
tighearna (dative definite singular)
an tighearna (dative definite singular)
tighearnan (dative definite plural)
na tighearnan (dative definite plural)
thighearna (definite singular vocative)
thighearnan (definite plural vocative)
tighearna
thighearna

/ˈtʲʰijərˠn̪ˠə/

From Middle Irish tigerna, from Old Irish tigernae. Cognates include Irish tiarna and Manx çhiarn.


màthair

màthair f (genitive singular màthar, plural màthraichean)

màthar (genitive singular)
màthraichean (plural)
màthair (indefinite nominative singular)
màthraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
màthar (genitive indefinite singular)
mhàthraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
màthair (dative indefinite singular)
màthraichean (dative indefinite plural)
(a') mhàthair (definite nominative singular)
màthraichean (definite nominative plural)
na màthraichean (definite nominative plural)
màthar (definite genitive singular)
na màthar (definite genitive singular)
màthraichean (definite genitive plural)
nam màthraichean (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhàthair (dative definite singular)
màthraichean (dative definite plural)
na màthraichean (dative definite plural)
mhàthair (definite singular vocative)
mhàthraichean (definite plural vocative)
màthair
mhàthair

[ˈmaːhæɾʲ~ˈmaːhæʒ]

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
Proto-Celtic *mātīr
Old Irish máthir
Scottish Gaelic màthair
From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

etymon

the child who is left by himself, he shall bring his mother to shame

an leanabh a dh'fhàgar dha fhèin, cuiridh e a mhàthair gu nàire


prionnsa

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prionnsa m (genitive singular prionnsa, plural prionnsan or prionnsachan)

prionnsa (genitive singular)
prionnsan (plural)
prionnsachan (plural)

/ˈprʲũːn̪ˠs̪ə/

From Middle Irish prinnsa (compare Irish prionsa), ultimately from Latin princeps.


athair

athair m (genitive singular athar, plural athraichean)

athar (genitive singular)
athraichean (plural)
athair (indefinite nominative singular)
athraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
athar (genitive indefinite singular)
athraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
athair (dative indefinite singular)
athraichean (dative indefinite plural)
t-athair (definite nominative singular)
an t-athair (definite nominative singular)
h-athraichean (definite nominative plural)
na h-athraichean (definite nominative plural)
athar (definite genitive singular)
an athar (definite genitive singular)
athraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan athraichean (definite genitive plural)
athair (dative definite singular)
an athair (dative definite singular)
h-athraichean (dative definite plural)
na h-athraichean (dative definite plural)
athair (definite singular vocative)
athraichean (definite plural vocative)
athair
n-athair

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗrder.
Proto-Celtic *ɸatīrder.
Old Irish athair
Scottish Gaelic athair
From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


banrigh

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banrigh f (genitive singular banrighe, plural banrighean)

banrighe (genitive singular)
banrighean (plural)
banrigh
bhanrigh

/ˈpãũn̪ˠrˠɪ/

From ban- (feminine prefix) + rìgh (“king”).


Maighdeann

A' Mhaighdeann Nic Griogair

Miss, (Young) Mistress, a form of address for young and/or unmarried women


Maighstir

Maighstir Mac Dhòmhnaill (Master MacDonald)


cailleach

cailleach f (genitive singular cailliche, plural cailleachan)

cailliche (genitive singular)
cailleachan (plural)
cailleach
chailleach

From Old Irish caillech, from caille (“veil”) + -ach.

cailleach-baic

in cutting peats, the outside peat in a bank

cailleach-fhraoich

a large sheaf of heather tied tightly together with ropes of the same material, used as a door to a sheep cot or similar building

cailleach-oidhche

common owl; tawny owl; spiritless fellow; butterfly

cailleach-uisge

water-woman, water-carlin; diseased potato containing only water

Cailleach

the week in spring after; Gearran”, i.e. from 12th to 18th April”


fear-seinn

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

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


bean-seinn

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

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


òganach

òganach m (genitive singular òganaich, plural òganaich)

òganaich (genitive singular)
òganaich (plural)
òganach
n-òganach

From Middle Irish ógán + -ach, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (“young”).


ògan

ògan m (genitive singular ògain, plural òganan)

ògain (genitive singular)
òganan (plural)
ògan
n-ògan

From Middle Irish ógán, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (“young”).


bràthair-màthar

bràthair-màthar f (genitive singular bràthar-mhàthar, plural bràithrean-màthar)

bràthar-mhàthar (genitive singular)
bràithrean-màthar (plural)


piuthar-màthar

piuthar-màthar f (genitive singular peathar-màthar, plural peathraichean-màthar)

peathar-màthar (genitive singular)
peathraichean-màthar (plural)


màthair-chèile

màthair-chèile f (genitive singular màthar-cèile, plural màthraichean-cèile)

màthar-cèile (genitive singular)
màthraichean-cèile (plural)


cliamhainn

cliamhainn m (genitive singular cleamhna, plural cleamhnan)

cleamhna (genitive singular)
cleamhnan (plural)

From Middle Irish clíamain. Cognate with Irish cliamhain.


leas-mhàthair

leas-mhàthair f (genitive singular leas-mhàthar, plural leas-mhàthraichean)

leas-mhàthar (genitive singular)
leas-mhàthraichean (plural)


oide-baistidh

oide-baistidh m (genitive singular oide-baistidh, plural oidean-baistidh)

oide-baistidh (genitive singular)
oidean-baistidh (plural)


athair-baistidh

athair-baistidh m (genitive singular athar-baistidh, plural athraichean-baistidh)

athar-baistidh (genitive singular)
athraichean-baistidh (plural)


màthair-bhaiste

màthair-bhaiste f (genitive singular màthar-baiste, plural màithreachan-baiste)

màthar-baiste (genitive singular)
màithreachan-baiste (plural)


bràthair

bràthair m (genitive singular bràthar, plural bràithrean)

bràthar (genitive singular)
bràithrean (plural)
bràthair (indefinite nominative singular)
bràithrean (indefinite nominative plural)
bràthar (genitive indefinite singular)
bhràithrean (genitive indefinite plural)
bràthair (dative indefinite singular)
bràithrean (dative indefinite plural)
bràthair (definite nominative singular)
am bràthair (definite nominative singular)
bràithrean (definite nominative plural)
na bràithrean (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhràthar (definite genitive singular)
bràithrean (definite genitive plural)
nam bràithrean (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhràthair (dative definite singular)
bràithrean (dative definite plural)
na bràithrean (dative definite plural)
bhràthair (definite singular vocative)
bhràithrean (definite plural vocative)
bràthair
bhràthair

/ˈb̥ɾaːhɪɾʲ/

/ˈb̥ɾʲɑːhaɾʲ/

From Old Irish bráthair, from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Tha am bràthair aig Seumas aig am bùth.


muime

muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)

muime (genitive singular)
muimeachan (plural)
muime
mhuime

From Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”).


ogha

oghachan (plural)
oghaichean (plural)
ogha
n-ogha

→ Scots: oe

From Old Irish aue, from Proto-Celtic *pavio-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-.


oide

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oide m (genitive singular oide, plural oidean)

oide (genitive singular)
oidean (plural)
oide
n-oide

From Old Irish aite (“foster father”), from Proto-Celtic *attiyos, from Proto-Indo-European *átta.


ban-òglach

From Old Irish banóclach. By surface analysis, ban- (“female”) + òglach (“manservant”).


òglach

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òglach m (genitive singular òglaich, plural òglaich)

òglaich (genitive singular)
òglaich (plural)
òglach
n-òglach

From Old Irish óclach, from óc (“young”).


fleasgach

fleasgach m (genitive and plural fleasgaich)

From Middle Irish flescach (“lad under 17, whose weapon was a rod or wand rather than a spear”). By surface analysis, fleasg (“wand”) + -ach. Cognate with Irish fleascach.


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/


boireann-dhligheachas

boireann-dhligheachas m (genitive boireann-dhligheachais)


banarach

banarach f (genitive singular banaraich, plural banaraichean)

banaraich (genitive singular)
banaraichean (plural)


bana-bhàrd

bana-bhàrd f (genitive singular bana-bhàird, plural bana-bhàird)

bana-bhàird (genitive singular)
bana-bhàird (plural)

From bana- (“female”) + bàrd (“poet, bard”).


bana-phrionnsa

bana-phrionnsa f (genitive singular bana-phrionnsa, plural bana-phrionnsan)

bana-phrionnsa (genitive singular)
bana-phrionnsan (plural)


baintighearna

baintighearna (indefinite nominative singular)
baintighearnan (indefinite nominative plural)
baintighearna (genitive indefinite singular)
bhaintighearnan (genitive indefinite plural)
baintighearna (dative indefinite singular)
baintighearnan (dative indefinite plural)
baintighearnaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bhaintighearna (definite nominative singular)
baintighearnan (definite nominative plural)
na baintighearnan (definite nominative plural)
baintighearna (definite genitive singular)
na baintighearna (definite genitive singular)
baintighearnan (definite genitive plural)
nam baintighearnan (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhaintighearna (dative definite singular)
baintighearnan (dative definite plural)
na baintighearnan (dative definite plural)
baintighearnaibh (dative definite plural)
bhaintighearna (definite singular vocative)
bhaintighearnan (definite plural vocative)
baintighearna
bhaintighearna

/ˈpaɲ ˈtʲʰijərˠn̪ˠə/


àrd-bhainrìgh

àrd-bhainrìgh f (genitive singular àrd-bhainrìghe, plural àrd-bhainrìghrean)

àrd-bhainrìghe (genitive singular)
àrd-bhainrìghrean (plural)

From àrd- (“high”) + bainrìgh (“queen”).


uncail

uncail m (genitive singular uncail, plural uncailean)

uncail (genitive singular)
uncailean (plural)
uncail
n-uncail

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os
Latin avunculus
Old French unclebor.
Middle English uncle
English unclebor.
Scottish Gaelic uncail
From English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”).


tar-ghnèitheach

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

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


manach

manach m (genitive singular manaich, plural manaich)

manaich (genitive singular)
manaich (plural)
manach
mhanach

From Old Irish manach, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).


bana-shearbhanta

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bana-shearbhanta f (genitive singular bana-shearbhanta, plural bana-shearbhantan)

bana-shearbhanta (genitive singular)
bana-shearbhantan (plural)

bana- (“female”) + searbhanta (“servant”)


bana-bhuidseach

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bana-bhuidseach f (genitive singular bana-bhuidsich, plural bana-bhuidsichean)

bana-bhuidsich (genitive singular)
bana-bhuidsichean (plural)
bana-bhuidseach
bhana-bhuidseach

bana- (“female”) + buidseach (“wizard, sorcerer, witch, sorceress”)


ainnir

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ainnir f (genitive singular ainnire, plural ainnirean)

ainnire (genitive singular)
ainnirean (plural)

From Old Irish ainder (“non-virgin, married woman; virgin, maiden”), from Proto-Celtic *anderā.


caile

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caile f (genitive singular caile, plural cailean)

caile (genitive singular)
cailean (plural)

From Old Irish caile (“serving-girl, maid”); compare Breton plac’h (“girl”); Ancient Greek παλλακή (pallakḗ, “concubine”), Latin pellex.


tinneas-cloinne

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

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

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


bean-smàlaidh

bean-smàlaidh m (genitive singular mnatha-smàlaidh, plural mnathan-smàlaidh)

mnatha-smàlaidh (genitive singular)
mnathan-smàlaidh (plural)


fear-smàlaidh

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

fir-smàlaidh (genitive singular)
fir-smàlaidh (plural)


ìmpire

ìmpire m (genitive singular ìmpire, plural ìmpirean)

ìmpire (genitive singular)
ìmpirean (plural)
ìmpire
n-ìmpire

From Old Irish impere, impire, from Latin imperium.


bana-ghoistidh

bana-ghoistidh m (genitive singular bana-ghoistidh, plural bana-ghoistidhean)

bana-ghoistidh (genitive singular)
bana-ghoistidhean (plural)

/ˌbana ˈɣɔʃdʲɪ/

bana- + goistidh (“godfather, sponsor; bosom friend; gossip”)

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(Christianity) godmother, female sponsor


goistidh

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goistidh m (genitive singular goistidh, plural goistidhean)

goistidh (genitive singular)
goistidhean (plural)
goistidh
ghoistidh

From Middle Irish goistibe, goiste (“godparent, sponsor; gossip”), borrowed from Old English godsibb (“godparent”).


cailleach-dhubh

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular cailliche-duibhe, plural cailleachan-dubha)

cailleach dhubh (canonical feminine)
cailliche-duibhe (genitive singular)
cailleachan-dubha (plural)

Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Phalacrocorax aristotelis#Translingual

common shag, European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)


brèideach

brèideach f (genitive singular brèidich, plural brèidich)

brèidich (genitive singular)
brèidich (plural)

From brèid (“patch, kerchief, woman's headdress”) + -each (noun suffix). Stems from the tradition of Highland women wearing a white linen kerchief after their wedding night; maidens wore the stiom, a headband, but were otherwise bareheaded until marriage.