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
dhonn

[d̪̊ɔ̃ʊ̃n̪ˠ]

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


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”)


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.


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


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
gheal

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

der

Mas e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, mas e na ròin do luchd-faire...

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


dall

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


dall

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

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


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


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”).


garg

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garg (genitive singular feminine gairge, comparative gairge)

gairge (feminine genitive singular)
gairge (comparative)
garg
gharg

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


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”).


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
chluas

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

cluasach

having large ears; ansated, having handles


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”).


speuclairean-grèine

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speuclairean-grèine f pl (genitive speuclairean-grèine)

/ˈs̪piaxkl̪ˠɪɾʲən ˈcɾʲeːɲə/


glainneachan-grèine

glainneachan-grèine f pl (genitive glainneachan-grèine)


speuclairean

speuclairean m pl (genitive speuclairean)


claisneach

CD claisneach


flann

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


caoch

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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”).


aiteal

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aiteal m (genitive singular aiteil, no plural)

aiteil (genitive singular)
aiteal
n-aiteal (eclipsis)


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.


peitseagach

peitseagaiche (comparative)
peitseagach
pheitseagach

peitseagach:


corcar

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