forca

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forca f (genitive singular fuirce, plural forcan)

fuirce (genitive singular)
forcan (plural)
forca (mutation mutation-radical)
fhorca (lenition mutation)

From Middle English forke (“digging fork”), from Old English forca (“forked instrument used to torture”), from Proto-West Germanic *furkō (“fork”), from Latin furca (“pitchfork”). Doublet of forc.


pana

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pana m (genitive singular pana, plural panaichean)

pana (genitive singular)
panaichean (plural)
pana (mutation mutation-radical)
phana (lenition mutation)


uaireadair

uaireadair m (genitive singular uaireadair, plural uaireadairean)

uaireadair (genitive singular)
uaireadairean (plural)
uaireadair (mutation mutation-radical)
n-uaireadair (eclipsis mutation)
h-uaireadair (mutation prothesis-h)
t-uaireadair (mutation prothesis-t)

From uair + -adair; compare Irish uaireadóir.


càr

càr m (genitive singular càir, plural càraichean)

càir (genitive singular)
càraichean (plural)
càr (indefinite nominative singular)
càraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
càir (genitive indefinite singular)
chàraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
càr (dative indefinite singular)
càraichean (dative indefinite plural)
càraichibh (dative indefinite plural)
càr (definite nominative singular)
an càr (definite nominative singular)
càraichean (definite nominative plural)
na càraichean (definite nominative plural)
(a') chàir (definite genitive singular)
càraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan càraichean (definite genitive plural)
(a') chàr (dative definite singular)
càraichean (dative definite plural)
na càraichean (dative definite plural)
càraichibh (dative definite plural)
chàir (definite singular vocative)
chàraichean (definite plural vocative)

gd-decl-noun-table

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

From cairb (“bent ridge of a cart saddle”), earlier "plank, ship, fuse, chariot," ultimately from the root of carbad (“chariot”).


spàin

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spàin f (genitive singular spàine, plural spàinean)

spàine (genitive singular)
spàinean (plural)

Borrowed from Old Norse spánn, spónn (compare Manx spein).

Leighiseadh biadh á spàin adhairc bò bheò iomadh tinneas—'S e sin spàin a bha air a dèanamh de adhairc a chaill mart a bha fathast beò. 'N uair a rachadh am mart a mharbhadh, chailleadh an spàin a feartan leighis.

1894, Gaelic Society of Glasgow, Papers, page 292:

A live cow's horn spoon cured many ailments—It was a spoon made from the horns of a lost cow that was still alive. When the cow was killed, the spoon lost its healing properties.


sgian

sgian f (dative singular sgithinn, genitive singular sgeine or sgithinn or sgithinne, plural sgeanan)

sgithinn (dative singular)
sgeine (genitive singular)
sgithinn (genitive singular)
sgithinne (genitive singular)
sgeanan (plural)

From Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut”).


soitheach

soitheach m or f (genitive singular soithich or soithiche, plural soithichean)

soithich (genitive singular)
soithiche (genitive singular)
soithichean (plural)
soitheach (mutation mutation-radical)
shoitheach (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-soitheach (lenition mutation)


clò

clò m (genitive singular clòdha, plural clòdhan)

clòdha (genitive singular)
clòdhan (plural)
clò (mutation mutation-radical)
chlò (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish cló (“metal spike, nail; imprint, impression; form, shape, appearance; print of a book”), from Proto-Celtic *klāwos (compare Breton klao, Welsh clo), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”) (compare Latin clāvis).


beart-chlò

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beart-chlò f (genitive singular beairt-clò, plural beartan-clò)

beairt-clò (genitive singular)
beartan-clò (plural)


gleoc àrd

gleoc àrd m (genitive singular gleoca àird, plural gleocan àrda or gleocaichean àrda)

gleoca àird (genitive singular)
gleocan àrda (plural)
gleocaichean àrda (plural)


aghann

aghann f (genitive singular aighne or aighainne, plural aghannan)

aighne (genitive singular)
aighainne (genitive singular)
aghannan (plural)


einnsean-smàlaidh

einnsean-smàlaidh m (genitive singular einnsein-smàlaidh, plural einnseanan-smàlaidh)

einnsein-smàlaidh (genitive singular)
einnseanan-smàlaidh (plural)


pacaid

pacaid f (genitive singular pacaide, plural pacaidean)

pacaide (genitive singular)
pacaidean (plural)
pacaid (mutation mutation-radical)
phacaid (lenition mutation)


gheat

gheat f (genitive singular gheat, plural gheataichean)

gheat (genitive singular)
gheataichean (plural)


tràlair

tràlair m (genitive singular tràlair, plural tràlairean)

tràlair (genitive singular)
tràlairean (plural)


sgoth-long

sgoth-long f (genitive singular sgoth-luinge, plural sgoth-longan)

sgoth-luinge (genitive singular)
sgoth-longan (plural)


cucair

cucair m (genitive singular cucair, plural cucairean)

cucair (genitive singular)
cucairean (plural)
cucair (mutation mutation-radical)
chucair (lenition mutation)


plocan buntàta

plocan buntàta m (genitive singular plocain bhuntàta, plural plocanan buntàta)

plocain bhuntàta (genitive singular)
plocanan buntàta (plural)


spàin-teatha

spàin-teatha f (genitive singular spàine-teatha, plural spàinean-teatha)

spàine-teatha (genitive singular)
spàinean-teatha (plural)


spàin-bhùird

spàin-bhùird f (genitive singular spàine-bùird, plural spàinean-bùird)

spàine-bùird (genitive singular)
spàinean-bùird (plural)


aiseag

aiseag m (genitive singular aiseig, plural aiseagan)

aiseig (genitive singular)
aiseagan (plural)

From Old Irish aisec (“act of restoring, giving back; restitution, restoration; a purge, vomit”).

inh

thèid mi a-null thar an aiseig


uaireadair-dùsgaidh

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uaireadair-dùsgaidh m (genitive singular uaireadair-dùsgaidh, plural uaireadairean-dùsgaidh)

uaireadair-dùsgaidh (genitive singular)
uaireadairean-dùsgaidh (plural)


sguabadair

sguabadair m (genitive singular sguabadair, plural sguabadairean)

sguabadair (genitive singular)
sguabadairean (plural)


bàt'-aiseig

bàt'-aiseig m (genitive singular bàt'-aiseig, plural bàtaichean-aiseig)

bàt'-aiseig (genitive singular)
bàtaichean-aiseig (plural)

Tha am bàt'-aiseig eadar Lios Mòr agus Port na h-Apann ann an cunnart a dhol à bith.

2019 December 2, “Tha dragh ann gun caill Lios Mòr seirbheis aiseig do luchd-coise”, in BBC News:

The ferry between Lismore and Port Appin is in danger of disappearing.


bàta-luath

bàta-luath m (genitive singular bàta-luath, plural bàtaichean-luath)

bàta-luath (genitive singular)
bàtaichean-luath (plural)
bàta-luath (mutation mutation-radical)
bhàta-luath (lenition mutation)


làraidh

làraidh f (genitive singular làraidhe, plural làiraidhean)

làraidhe (genitive singular)
làiraidhean (plural)
làraidh (indefinite nominative singular)
làraidhean (indefinite nominative plural)
làraidhe (genitive indefinite singular)
làraidhean (genitive indefinite plural)
làraidh (dative indefinite singular)
làraidhean (dative indefinite plural)
làraidhibh (dative indefinite plural)
làraidh (definite nominative singular)
an làraidh (definite nominative singular)
làraidhean (definite nominative plural)
na làraidhean (definite nominative plural)
làraidhe (definite genitive singular)
na làraidhe (definite genitive singular)
làraidhean (definite genitive plural)
nan làraidhean (definite genitive plural)
làraidh (dative definite singular)
an làraidh (dative definite singular)
làraidhean (dative definite plural)
na làraidhean (dative definite plural)
làraidhibh (dative definite plural)
làraidh (definite singular vocative)
làraidhean (definite plural vocative)


crannachan

crannachan m (genitive singular crannachain, plural crannachain)

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

→ English: cranachan