each

each m (genitive singular eich, plural eich)

eich (genitive singular)
eich (plural)
each (indefinite nominative singular)
eich (indefinite nominative plural)
eich (genitive indefinite singular)
each (genitive indefinite plural)
each (dative indefinite singular)
eich (dative indefinite plural)
eachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-each (definite nominative singular)
an t-each (definite nominative singular)
h-eich (definite nominative plural)
na h-eich (definite nominative plural)
eich (definite genitive singular)
an eich (definite genitive singular)
each (definite genitive plural)
nan each (definite genitive plural)
each (dative definite singular)
an each (dative definite singular)
h-eich (dative definite plural)
na h-eich (dative definite plural)
h-eachaibh (dative definite plural)
eich (definite singular vocative)
eacha (definite plural vocative)
each
n-each

PIE word
 *h₁éḱwos
From Old Irish ech, from Primitive Irish *ᚓᚊᚐᚄ (*eqas), from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos. Cognates include Irish each and Manx agh.

tha an t-each na throtan

air muin eich

Cò air a tha sibh a' bruidhinn? – Tha sinn a' bruidhinn air eich!
Who/what are you talking about? – None of your business!

literally, “We are talking about horses”

Equus caballus
Equus caballus#Translingual


aire

From Old Irish aire f (“freeman, noble”).

Tha rudeigin air a h-aire.

Thoiribh an aire oiribh!


mag

head

mag (past mhag, future magaidh, verbal noun magadh, past participle magte)

mhag (past)
magaidh (future)
magadh (noun-from-verb)
magte (participle past)


math

math (genitive singular masculine maith, genitive singular feminine maithe, nominative plural matha, comparative fheàrr, qualitative noun feabhas)

maith (genitive masculine singular)
maithe (feminine genitive singular)
matha (nominative plural)
fheàrr (comparative)
math (masculine nominative singular)
mhath (feminine nominative singular)

From Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic *matis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Welsh mad, Breton mad, Cornish mas. Compare Irish maith, Manx mie.

'S math sin.

Dh'òl mi uisge-beatha math an-dè.


math

Ciamar a tha thu? Meadhanach math.


math

math (past mhath, future mathaidh, verbal noun mathadh, past participle mathte)

mhath (past)
mathaidh (future)
mathadh (noun-from-verb)
mathte (participle past)
math
mhath

From Old Irish maithid (“remits, excuses; pardons, forgives; remits, abates, withholds; gives up (claim to); renounces”), from maith (“good”).


d'

A bheil fios aig d’ athair?

Seo d’ fhaclair.

Apocopic form of do (“your”) (second-person singular possessive pronoun)


nigh

head

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

nigh (past)
nighidh (future)
nighe (noun-from-verb)
nighte (participle past)
nigh mi (first-person independent past singular)
nigh thu (independent past second-person singular)
nigh e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
nigh sinn (first-person independent past plural)
nigh sibh (independent past plural second-person)
nigh iad (independent past plural third-person)
nigheadh (impersonal independent past)
nighidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
nighidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
nighidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
nighidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
nighidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
nighidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
nighearnightear (future impersonal independent)
nighinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
nigheadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
nigheadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
nigheamaidnigheadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
nigheadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
nigheadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do nigh mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do nigh thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do nigh e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do nigh sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do nigh sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do nigh iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do nigheadh (impersonal negative past)
cha nigh mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha nigh thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha nigh e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha nigh sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha nigh sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha nigh iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha nighearcha nightear (future impersonal negative)
cha nighinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha nigheadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha nigheadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha nigheamaidcha nigheadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha nigheadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha nigheadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha nighteadhcha nighist¹cha nighiste (conditional impersonal negative)
an do nigh mi? (first-person past singular)
an do nigh thu? (past second-person singular)
an do nigh e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do nigh sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do nigh sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do nigh iad? (past plural third-person)
an do nigheadh? (impersonal past)
an nigh mi? (first-person future singular)
an nigh thu? (future second-person singular)
an nigh e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an nigh sinn? (first-person future plural)
an nigh sibh? (future plural second-person)
an nigh iad? (future plural third-person)
an nighear?an nightear? (future impersonal)
an nighinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an nigheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an nigheadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an nigheamaid?an nigheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an nigheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an nigheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an nighteadh?an nighist?¹an nighiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do nigh mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do nigh thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do nigh e (past singular)
nach do nigh sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do nigh sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do nigh iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do nigheadh? (impersonal past)
nach nigh mi? (first-person future singular)
nach nigh thu? (future second-person singular)
nach nigh e (future singular)
nach nigh sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach nigh sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach nigh iad? (future plural third-person)
nach nighear?nach nightear? (future impersonal)
nach nighinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach nigheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach nigheadh e (conditional singular)
nach nigheamaid?nach nigheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach nigheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach nigheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nigheas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma nigheas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
nigheas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma nigheas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
nigheas e (affirmative singular)
ma nigheas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
nigheas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma nigheas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
nigheas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma nigheas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
nigheas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma nigheas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
nighear (affirmative impersonal)
ma nighear (affirmative impersonal)
nigh mi (first-person negative singular)
mur nigh mi (first-person negative singular)
nigh thu (negative second-person singular)
mur nigh thu (negative second-person singular)
nigh e (negative singular)
mur nigh e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
nigh sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur nigh sinn (first-person negative plural)
nigh sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur nigh sibh (negative plural second-person)
nigh iad (negative plural third-person)
mur nigh iad (negative plural third-person)
nighear nightear (impersonal negative)
nighearmur nightear (impersonal negative)
murr nightear (impersonal negative)
murrmur nightear (impersonal negative)
nigheam (first-person imperative singular)
nigh (imperative second-person singular)
nigheadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
nigheamaid (first-person imperative plural)
nighibh (imperative plural second-person)
nigheadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
nighearnightear (imperative impersonal)
nigh (stem)
nighe (noun-from-verb)
nighte (participle past)

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


fang

fang f (genitive singular fainge, plural fangan)

fainge (genitive singular)
fangan (plural)

From Old Irish fang (compare Welsh gwanc (“voracity”)).


fang

fang f (genitive singular faing, plural fangan)

faing (genitive singular)
fangan (plural)
fang
fhang

(Uist, Barra, Skye, Easter Ross, Inverness-shire, Perthshire, Argyll) fank, sheepfold

Barra; Skye; Easter Ross; Barra; Skye; Easter Ross


mar

mar (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise, triggers lenition)

with the definite article (with-nominative)
otherwise (with-dative)


falt

falt m (genitive singular fuilt, no plural)

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

Gruagach Òg an Fhuilt Bhàin


le

le (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article leis)

leam (first-person singular)
leamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
leat (second-person singular)
leatsa (emphatic second-person singular)
leis (masculine singular third-person)
leis-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Old Irish la. Cognates include Irish le and Manx lesh.

Thuit e leis a' chreig.

deòir a' ruith leis a h-aodann


bean

gd-decl-noun-table

mnà
 mnatha
 mnathadh (archaic, dialectal)

(na) mnà
 (na) mnatha
 (na) mnathadh (archaic, dialectal)

bean (indefinite nominative singular)
mnathan (indefinite nominative plural)
mnai (archaic indefinite nominative plural)
mnà (genitive indefinite singular)
mnatha (genitive indefinite singular)
mnathadh (archaic dialectal genitive indefinite singular)
ban (genitive indefinite plural)
bean (dative indefinite singular)
mnaoi (archaic dative indefinite singular)
mnathan (dative indefinite plural)
mnathaibh (archaic dative indefinite plural)
(a') bhean (definite nominative singular)
mnathan (definite nominative plural)
na mnathan (definite nominative plural)
mnai (archaic definite nominative plural)
na mnai (archaic definite nominative plural)
mnà (definite genitive singular)
na mnà (definite genitive singular)
mnatha (definite genitive singular)
na mnatha (definite genitive singular)
mnathadh (archaic definite dialectal genitive singular)
na mnathadh (archaic definite dialectal genitive singular)
ban (definite genitive plural)
nam ban (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhean (dative definite singular)
(a') mhnaoi (archaic) (dative definite singular)
mnathan (dative definite plural)
na mnathan (dative definite plural)
mnathaibh (archaic dative definite plural)
na mnathaibh (archaic dative definite plural)
bhean (definite singular vocative)
a bhean (definite singular vocative)
mhnathan (definite plural vocative)
a mhnathan (definite plural vocative)
bean
bhean

From Middle Irish ben, from Old Irish ben. Cognates include Irish bean and Manx ben.


aba

head

aba m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)

aba (genitive singular)
abachan (plural)
aba (indefinite nominative singular)
abachan (indefinite nominative plural)
aba (genitive indefinite singular)
abachan (genitive indefinite plural)
aba (dative indefinite singular)
abachan (dative indefinite plural)
t-aba (definite nominative singular)
an t-aba (definite nominative singular)
h-abachan (definite nominative plural)
na h-abachan (definite nominative plural)
aba (definite genitive singular)
an aba (definite genitive singular)
abachan (definite genitive plural)
nan abachan (definite genitive plural)
aba (dative definite singular)
an aba (dative definite singular)
h-abachan (dative definite plural)
na h-abachan (dative definite plural)
aba (definite singular vocative)
abachan (definite plural vocative)
aba
n-aba

From Old Irish abb, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

An nì a nì an dara h-aba subhach, nì e dubhach an t-aba eile.

What makes the one abbot glad makes the other abbot sad.


gaol

gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, plural gaoil)

gaoil (genitive singular)
gaoil (plural)
gaol (indefinite nominative singular)
gaoil (indefinite nominative plural)
gaoil (genitive indefinite singular)
ghaol (genitive indefinite plural)
gaol (dative indefinite singular)
gaoil (dative indefinite plural)
gaolaibh (dative indefinite plural)
gaol (definite nominative singular)
an gaol (definite nominative singular)
gaoil (definite nominative plural)
na gaoil (definite nominative plural)
(a') ghaoil (definite genitive singular)
gaol (definite genitive plural)
nan gaol (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghaol (dative definite singular)
gaoil (dative definite plural)
na gaoil (dative definite plural)
gaolaibh (dative definite plural)
ghaoil (definite singular vocative)
ghaola (definite plural vocative)
gaol
ghaol

From Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”). Cognate with Irish gaol.

Tha gaol agam ort.

I love you. (literally, “is love at me on you”)

Ghabh i trom ghaol air.

Gaol ise gaol i.


col

col m (genitive singular cola, plural colan)


là

là m (genitive singular là, plural làithean)

là (genitive singular)
làithean (plural)

From Old Irish lá, which is probably unrelated to laithe (the source of latha).


-da

Mo leannan de mòran bhliadhnaichean, 's pòsda sinn mu dheireadh thall!

My sweetheart of many years, we are married at long last!


gad

Bruidhinn nas labhaire, chan eil mi gad chluinntinn ceart.


gad

gad m (genitive singular gaid, plural gaid or gadan)

gaid (genitive singular)
gaid (plural)
gadan (plural)

From Old Irish gat, from Proto-Celtic *gazdo-, from late Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰasto- or *ǵʰasdʰo- (“branch ~ spear, sharp spine”), a root also connected to Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike”), Latin hasta (“spear”).


gad

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


Gàidhlig

head

Gàidhlig f (genitive singular Gàidhlig or Gàidhlige)

Gàidhlig (genitive singular)
Gàidhlige (genitive singular)

Gàidhlig na h-Èireann (“Irish Gaelic”)

Gàidhlig Mhanainn (“Manx”)

From Old Irish Goídelc. Cognate with Irish Gaeilge and Manx Gaelg.


Gàidhlig

Gàidhlig (nominative plural Gàidhlige, comparative Gàidhlige)

Gàidhlige (nominative plural)
Gàidhlige (comparative)
Gàidhlig (masculine nominative)
Ghàidhlig (feminine nominative)
Gàidhlige (nominative plural)
Ghàidhlig (genitive masculine)
Gàidhlige (feminine genitive)
Gàidhlige (genitive plural)
Gàidhlig (dative masculine)
Ghàidhlig (dative feminine)
Gàidhlige (dative plural)
Ghàidhlig (masculine vocative)
Ghàidhlig (feminine vocative)
Gàidhlige (plural vocative)
Gàidhlig
Ghàidhlig


-ta

'S leònta mo làmh.


seiche

seiche f (genitive singular seiche, plural seichean or seicheannan)

seiche (genitive singular)
seichean (plural)
seicheannan (plural)
seiche
sheiche
after "an"
t-seiche


toll

toll m (genitive singular tuill, plural tuill)

tuill (genitive singular)
tuill (plural)

From Old Irish toll (“hole, hollow; buttocks, hindquarters”), from Proto-Celtic *tukslo-, *tullos (“pierced, hollow”), see also Middle Low German stoken (“to stab, to prickle”), German stochern (“to pick, to poke”), Sanskrit दति (tudáti, “to push, to strike, to jab, to pierce”).


toll

head

toll (past tholl, future tollaidh, verbal noun tolladh, past participle tollte)

tholl (past)
tollaidh (future)
tolladh (noun-from-verb)
tollte (participle past)

From Old Irish tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”), from toll (“hole, hollow”). See Etymology 1 above.


t'

Alternative form of d’ (“your”) (second-person singular possessive pronoun)


-an

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish -án.

crùb (“dug”) + -an → crùban (“crouching”)

A masculine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something, often used for male given names.


-an

Originally the Old Irish accusative and vocative plural ending of n-stem nouns. For example Old Irish imbliu, vocative/accusative plural imblenna. Cognate with Irish -anna, Manx -yn.

clach (“stone”) + -an → clachan (“stones”)

Used to form regular nominatives plural of nouns.


ma

From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.

Ma tha thu ’g iarrraidh sin…

Ma bhios tu…/Ma bhitheas tu…


gob

head

gob m (genitive singular guib, plural guib or goban)

guib (genitive singular)
guib (plural)
goban (plural)
gob
ghob

From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”).

der

duilleag na ghob

gob circe

gob pinn

gob na stocainn

gob an rubha

gob na snàthaide

gob na cùiteige


ur

From Old Irish for. Cognates include Irish bhur.

Ciamar a tha ur sgòrnan, a sheanair?

Bhruidhinn mi ri ur màthraichean.


fill

head

fill (past dh'fhill, future fillidh, verbal noun filleadh, past participle fillte)

dh'fhill (past)
fillidh (future)
filleadh (noun-from-verb)
fillte (participle past)
dh'fhill mi (first-person independent past singular)
dh'fhill thu (independent past second-person singular)
dh'fhill e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
dh'fhill sinn (first-person independent past plural)
dh'fhill sibh (independent past plural second-person)
dh'fhill iad (independent past plural third-person)
dh'fhilleadh (impersonal independent past)
fillidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
fillidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
fillidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
fillidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
fillidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
fillidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
fillearfilltear (future impersonal independent)
dh'fhillinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dh'fhilleadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dh'fhilleadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dh'fhilleamaiddh'fhilleadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
dh'fhilleadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dh'fhilleadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do dh'fhill mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do dh'fhill thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do dh'fhill e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do dh'fhill sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do dh'fhill sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do dh'fhill iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do dh'fhilleadh (impersonal negative past)
chan fhill mi (first-person future negative singular)
chan fhill thu (future negative second-person singular)
chan fhill e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
chan fhill sinn (first-person future negative plural)
chan fhill sibh (future negative plural second-person)
chan fhill iad (future negative plural third-person)
chan fhillearchan fhilltear (future impersonal negative)
chan fhillinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
chan fhilleadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
chan fhilleadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
chan fhilleamaidchan fhilleadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
chan fhilleadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
chan fhilleadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do dh'fhill mi? (first-person past singular)
an do dh'fhill thu? (past second-person singular)
an do dh'fhill e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do dh'fhill sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do dh'fhill sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do dh'fhill iad? (past plural third-person)
an do dh'fhilleadh? (impersonal past)
am fill mi? (first-person future singular)
am fill thu? (future second-person singular)
am fill e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
am fill sinn? (first-person future plural)
am fill sibh? (future plural second-person)
am fill iad? (future plural third-person)
am fillear?am filltear? (future impersonal)
am fillinn? (conditional first-person singular)
am filleadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am filleadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am filleamaid?am filleadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am filleadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am filleadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
am fillteadh?am fillist?¹am filliste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do dh'fhill mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do dh'fhill thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do dh'fhill e (past singular)
nach do dh'fhill sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do dh'fhill sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do dh'fhill iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do dh'fhilleadh? (impersonal past)
nach fill mi? (first-person future singular)
nach fill thu? (future second-person singular)
nach fill e (future singular)
nach fill sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach fill sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach fill iad? (future plural third-person)
nach fillear?nach filltear? (future impersonal)
nach fillinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach filleadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach filleadh e (conditional singular)
nach filleamaid?nach filleadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach filleadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach filleadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
dh'fhilleas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma dh'fhilleas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
dh'fhilleas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma dh'fhilleas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
dh'fhilleas e (affirmative singular)
ma dh'fhilleas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
dh'fhilleas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma dh'fhilleas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
dh'fhilleas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma dh'fhilleas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
dh'fhilleas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma dh'fhilleas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
dh'fhillear (affirmative impersonal)
ma dh'fhillear (affirmative impersonal)
fill mi (first-person negative singular)
mur fill mi (first-person negative singular)
fill thu (negative second-person singular)
mur fill thu (negative second-person singular)
fill e (negative singular)
mur fill e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
fill sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur fill sinn (first-person negative plural)
fill sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur fill sibh (negative plural second-person)
fill iad (negative plural third-person)
mur fill iad (negative plural third-person)
fillear filltear (impersonal negative)
fillearmur filltear (impersonal negative)
murr filltear (impersonal negative)
murrmur filltear (impersonal negative)
filleam (first-person imperative singular)
fill (imperative second-person singular)
filleadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
filleamaid (first-person imperative plural)
fillibh (imperative plural second-person)
filleadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
fillearfilltear (imperative impersonal)
fill (stem)
filleadh (noun-from-verb)
fillte (participle past)
fill
fhill

From Old Irish fillid (“turns back”), from Proto-Celtic *welneti, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“turn”).


alp

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

ailp (genitive singular)
alpa (plural)
alp
n-alp

Possibly from Old Irish alp (“lump, loose mass”); see ailp.


druid

druid f (genitive singular druide, plural druidean)

druide (genitive singular)
druidean (plural)

From Old Irish truit f (“starling”), from Proto-Celtic *trozdis, from Proto-Indo-European *trozdos (“thrush”).


druid

druid (past dhruid, future druididh, verbal noun druideadh, past participle druidte)

dhruid (past)
druididh (future)
druideadh (noun-from-verb)
druidte (participle past)
druid
dhruid

From Old Irish druitid (“shuts, closes; moves close (to), presses (against); approaches; moves away from, abandons”), possibly related to Welsh drws (“door”).


gam

Contraction of aig + mo (at my) or aig + am (at their)

A bheil thu gam chluinntinn?

Cha robh i gam faicinn.


marc

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marc m (genitive singular mairc, plural marcan)

mairc (genitive singular)
marcan (plural)
marc
mharc

From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”).


dram

dram m (genitive singular drama, plural dramannan)

drama (genitive singular)
dramannan (plural)
dram
dhram

dram (small amount of alcoholic drink, usually whisky)


cog

cog (past chog, future cogaidh, verbal noun cogadh, past participle cogte)

chog (past)
cogaidh (future)
cogadh (noun-from-verb)
cogte (participle past)

Back-formation from cogadh (“war, fighting”).


cur

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cur m (genitive singular cuir, no plural)


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
shlat
after "an"
t-slat

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


From Old Irish dïa n- (“if, when”) with irregular change of initial d- to n-. Cognate with Irish dá (“if”).

Nan robh mi beartach, b'urrainn dhomh taigh mór a cheannach.

Bhiodh gràdh agam air fhathast nan robh e beartach neo bochd.

I would still love him whether he were rich or poor.


nan (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

of a vowel (triggers-eclipsis)
nam (first-person singular)

Univerbation of an (“in”) + an (“their”).

univ

Bha iad nan cadal.

They were sleeping. (literally, “They were in their sleep.”)


genitive plural preceding a consonant (excluding b-, f-, m-, p-)

inflection of an (“the”):
genitive plural preceding a vowel


iris

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iris f (genitive singular irise, plural irisean)

irise (genitive singular)
irisean (plural)
iris
n-iris


tog

tog (past thog, future togaidh, verbal noun togail, past participle togta)

thog (past)
togaidh (future)
togail (noun-from-verb)
togta (participle past)

From Middle Irish tócbáil, verbal noun of do·fócaib (“lifts up, raises; takes, takes up; brings; takes away, lifts off, removes; raises, sets up (of stones, buildings, etc.); exalts, uplifts, elevates, extols; rears, brings up, fosters; exacts, levies, raises (a tribute or tax); awakens, rouses, excites”).

togarrach

desirous, keen, wishful; inviting, enticing, alluring; stimulating


gall

gall m (genitive singular goill, plural goill)

goill (genitive singular)
goill (plural)


cam

cam (masculine nominative singular)
cham (feminine nominative singular)
cama (nominative plural)
chaim (masculine singular vocative)
chaim (feminine singular vocative)
cama (plural vocative)
chaim (genitive masculine singular)
chaim (feminine genitive singular)
caime (feminine genitive singular)
cam (genitive plural)
cham (dative masculine singular)
chaim (dative feminine singular)
cama (dative plural)
cam
cham


mort

mort m (genitive singular moirt, plural moirt)

moirt (genitive singular)
moirt (plural)


mort

mort (past mhort, future mortaidh, verbal noun mort or mortadh, past participle morte)

mhort (past)
mortaidh (future)
mort (noun-from-verb)
mortadh (noun-from-verb)
morte (participle past)


mire

mire f (genitive singular mire, plural mirean)

mire (genitive singular)
mirean (plural)
mire
mhire

From Old Irish mire (“madness, frenzy, infatuation”).


toil

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toil f (genitive singular toile, plural toilean)

toile (genitive singular)
toilean (plural)


bail

From the root of buil (“consequence, completion, result”)


mall

feasgar mall 's na h-eòin a' seinn


snag

snag f (genitive singular snaige, plural snagan)

snaige (genitive singular)
snagan (plural)
snag
shnag
after "an"
t-snag


staid

staid f (genitive singular staide, plural staidean)

staide (genitive singular)
staidean (plural)
staid

From Middle Irish stait, from Latin statiō. Compare Irish stáid — possibly from the same source, though MacBain suggests the Modern Irish term may be a direct loan from English state — and Welsh ystad, which instead comes from Latin status.

Bha e ann an droch staid air an latha sin.

"Dh'fhòghlum mi anns ciod sam bith staid am beil mi, leis a sin a bhi toilichte."

1846, John Bunyan, translated by John Mackenzie, Sighs from Hell, Etc. (Osnaichean Bho Ifrinn, Etc.), page 25:

"I learned that in whatever state I am, with that to be content."


feud

From Middle Irish fétaid (“be able, can”), from Old Irish ·éta, prototonic form of ad·cota (“obtain”).

's fheudar gu bheil sin fìor

b' fheudar dhomh falbh


snap

snap m (genitive singular snaip, plural snapan)

snaip (genitive singular)
snapan (plural)

snapach

having a trigger; that misses fire; that fires; that strikes fast


snap

snap (past snap, future snapaidh, verbal noun snapadh, past participle snapta)

snap (past)
snapaidh (future)
snapadh (noun-from-verb)
snapta (participle past)

snapaireachd

snapping, snapping sound, as that caused by pulling the trigger of a gun


pas

pas m (genitive singular pais, plural pasaichean)

pais (genitive singular)
pasaichean (plural)


lot

lot m (genitive singular lota, plural lotan)

From Old Irish lott, from Proto-Celtic *lottô, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁ (“to cut off, separate, free”), see also Latin luō (“expiate, pay”), Sanskrit लून (lūna, “sever, cut forth, destroy, annihilate”), English loose, Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem) and Albanian lirë. Stokes prefers a comparison with Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal, hide”), *lūtaną (“to bow down”).


lot

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lot (past lot, future lotaidh, verbal noun lot or lotadh)

lot (past)
lotaidh (future)
lot (noun-from-verb)
lotadh (noun-from-verb)

From Old Irish loittid, for further see Etymology 1.


lot

lot f (genitive singular lota, plural lotaichean)

lota (genitive singular)
lotaichean (plural)


rag

From Proto-Celtic *razgo-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind”), see also Middle High German ric (“string, band”) and Old Irish riag (“a type of torture”).


teth

From Old Irish té, from Proto-Celtic *teɸents, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm”).


bac

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bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

baca (genitive singular)
baic (genitive singular)
bacan (plural)

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).


bac

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bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

bhac (past)
bacaidh (future)
bacadh (noun-from-verb)
bacte (participle past)
bac
bhac


sean

From Old Irish sen (compare Manx shenn), from Proto-Celtic *senos (compare Welsh hen), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”) (compare Latin senior/senex, Lithuanian sẽnas).


catalog

catalog m (genitive cataloig, plural catalogan)


sia

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish sé, Manx shey.


-t

iomair (“play, undertake, campaign”) + -t → iomairt (“playing, undertaking, campaign”)

geil (“graze”) + -t → geilt (“grazing”)

Suffix forming a verbal noun from verbs ending in -(a)il, or -(a)ir


mise

From Old Irish messe. Cognates include Irish mise and Manx mish.


cana

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canachan)

cana (genitive singular)
canachan (plural)

According to MacBain, apparently related to sense 2 (“puppy”) by transference.


cana

From Middle Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).


cana

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canaichean)

cana (genitive singular)
canaichean (plural)
cana
chana


cargo

cargo m (genitive singular cargo, plural cargothan)

cargo (genitive singular)
cargothan (plural)


stad

stad (past stad, future stadaidh, verbal noun stadadh, past participle stadte)

stad (past)
stadaidh (future)
stadadh (noun-from-verb)
stadte (participle past)
stad mi (first-person independent past singular)
stad thu (independent past second-person singular)
stad e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
stad sinn (first-person independent past plural)
stad sibh (independent past plural second-person)
stad iad (independent past plural third-person)
stadadh (impersonal independent past)
stadaidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
stadaidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
stadaidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
stadaidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
stadaidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
stadaidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
stadarstadtar (future impersonal independent)
stadainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
stadadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
stadadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
stadamaidstadadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
stadadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
stadadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do stad mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do stad thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do stad e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do stad sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do stad sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do stad iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do stadadh (impersonal negative past)
cha stad mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha stad thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha stad e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha stad sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha stad sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha stad iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha stadarcha stadtar (future impersonal negative)
cha stadainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha stadadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha stadadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha stadamaidcha stadadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha stadadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha stadadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha stadtadhcha stadaist¹cha stadaiste (conditional impersonal negative)
an do stad mi? (first-person past singular)
an do stad thu? (past second-person singular)
an do stad e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do stad sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do stad sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do stad iad? (past plural third-person)
an do stadadh? (impersonal past)
an stad mi? (first-person future singular)
an stad thu? (future second-person singular)
an stad e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an stad sinn? (first-person future plural)
an stad sibh? (future plural second-person)
an stad iad? (future plural third-person)
an stadar?an stadtar? (future impersonal)
an stadainn? (conditional first-person singular)
an stadadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an stadadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an stadamaid?an stadadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an stadadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an stadadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an stadtadh?an stadaist?¹an stadaiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do stad mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do stad thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do stad e (past singular)
nach do stad sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do stad sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do stad iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do stadadh? (impersonal past)
nach stad mi? (first-person future singular)
nach stad thu? (future second-person singular)
nach stad e (future singular)
nach stad sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach stad sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach stad iad? (future plural third-person)
nach stadar?nach stadtar? (future impersonal)
nach stadainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach stadadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach stadadh e (conditional singular)
nach stadamaid?nach stadadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach stadadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach stadadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
stadas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma stadas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
stadas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma stadas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
stadas e (affirmative singular)
ma stadas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
stadas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma stadas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
stadas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma stadas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
stadas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma stadas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
stadar (affirmative impersonal)
ma stadar (affirmative impersonal)
stad mi (first-person negative singular)
mur stad mi (first-person negative singular)
stad thu (negative second-person singular)
mur stad thu (negative second-person singular)
stad e (negative singular)
mur stad e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
stad sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur stad sinn (first-person negative plural)
stad sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur stad sibh (negative plural second-person)
stad iad (negative plural third-person)
mur stad iad (negative plural third-person)
stadar stadtar (impersonal negative)
stadarmur stadtar (impersonal negative)
murr stadtar (impersonal negative)
murrmur stadtar (impersonal negative)
stadam (first-person imperative singular)
stad (imperative second-person singular)
stadadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
stadamaid (first-person imperative plural)
stadaibh (imperative plural second-person)
stadadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
stadarstadtar (imperative impersonal)
stad (stem)
stadadh (noun-from-verb)
stadta (participle past)

From Old Irish stad, from Latin status, perfect passive participle of stō (“stand, remain”).


stad

stad m (genitive singular stada, plural stadan)

stada (genitive singular)
stadan (plural)


poll

poll m (genitive singular puill, plural puill)

puill (genitive singular)
puill (plural)
poll
pholl

From Middle Irish poll (“hole”), from Old English pull, pyll (“tidal pool”) or Old Norse pollr (whence Icelandic pollur), from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool”). Cognate with Welsh pwll.


dà

From Old Irish dá, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.


mil

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

mealach (genitive singular)
meala (genitive singular)
mealan (plural)
mil
mhil

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).


bris

bris (past bhris, future brisidh, verbal noun briseadh, past participle briste)

bhris (past)
brisidh (future)
briseadh (noun-from-verb)
briste (participle past)

From Old Irish brisid. Cognate with English burst and German bersten.


post

post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)

puist (genitive singular)
puist (plural)


post

post (past phost, future postaidh, verbal noun postadh, past participle poste)

phost (past)
postaidh (future)
postadh (noun-from-verb)
poste (participle past)
post
phost


beag

beag (genitive singular masculine big, genitive singular feminine bige, nominative plural beaga, comparative bige or lugha)

big (genitive masculine singular)
bige (feminine genitive singular)
beaga (nominative plural)
bige (comparative)
lugha (comparative)
beag (masculine nominative)
bheag (feminine nominative)
beaga (nominative plural)
bhig (genitive masculine)
bige (feminine genitive)
beaga (genitive plural)
beag (dative masculine)
bhig (dative feminine)
beaga (dative plural)
bhig (masculine vocative)
bheag (feminine vocative)
beaga (plural vocative)
beag
bheag

From Old Irish bec (“small, little”) (compare Manx beg, Irish beag), from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”) (compare Breton bic’han and Welsh bach, bychan).

less is more; better is the small fire that warms than the great fire that burns

is fheàrr an teine beag a gharas na an teine mòr a loisgeas

duine beag

ùine bheag

Is beag orm thu.

I hate you. (literally, “You are disagreeable to me.”)

Is beag seo.

na sionnaich bheaga

Is beag sin de Ghàidhlig.

Tha e fìor bheag 'n a nàdar.


sear

Variant of the synonym an ear, from Old Irish an air (“from before”).


buachaill

buachaill m (genitive singular buachaille, plural buachaillean)

buachaille (genitive singular)
buachaillean (plural)
buachaill
bhuachaill

From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷōus (“cow”) + *kʷel (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).

buachaill-bréige

rudely built monument on the crest of a hill

watch or protector of cattle of any kind


gin

gin (past ghin, future ginidh, verbal noun gintinn, past participle ginte)

ghin (past)
ginidh (future)
gintinn (noun-from-verb)
ginte (participle past)
gin
ghin

From Old Irish gainithir (“is born”), from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor (compare Welsh geni (“be born, bear”)) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (compare English kin, Latin gignō (“beget, bear”), Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “become”), Sanskrit जनति (janati, “beget”)).


leabhar

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leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, plural leabhraichean)

leabhair (genitive singular)
leabhraichean (plural)
leabhar (indefinite nominative singular)
leabhraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
leabhair (genitive indefinite singular)
leabhraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
leabhar (dative indefinite singular)
leabhraichean (dative indefinite plural)
leabhar (definite nominative singular)
an leabhar (definite nominative singular)
leabhraichean (definite nominative plural)
na leabhraichean (definite nominative plural)
leabhair (definite genitive singular)
an leabhair (definite genitive singular)
leabhraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan leabhraichean (definite genitive plural)
leabhar (dative definite singular)
an leabhar (dative definite singular)
leabhraichean (dative definite plural)
na leabhraichean (dative definite plural)
leabhar (definite singular vocative)
leabhraichean (definite plural vocative)

Seo an leabhar leamsa.


balla

balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan)

balla (genitive singular)
ballachan (plural)
balla (indefinite nominative singular)
ballachan (indefinite nominative plural)
balla (genitive indefinite singular)
bhallachan (genitive indefinite plural)
balla (dative indefinite singular)
ballachan (dative indefinite plural)
balla (definite nominative singular)
am balla (definite nominative singular)
ballachan (definite nominative plural)
na ballachan (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhalla (definite genitive singular)
ballachan (definite genitive plural)
nam ballachan (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhalla (dative definite singular)
ballachan (dative definite plural)
na ballachan (dative definite plural)
bhalla (definite singular vocative)
bhallachan (definite plural vocative)
balla
bhalla

From Middle Irish *balla, from Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).


alt

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alt m (genitive singular uilt, plural altan)

From Old Irish alt (“joint, articulation”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸaltom (“joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan, “to fold”) and Ancient Greek πέπλος (péplos, “woven cloth”).


gill

inflection of geall (“bet, wager”):
vocative/genitive singular

inflection of geall (“bet, wager”):
nominative/dative plural


macaroni

From English macaroni, from Italian maccheroni.


beatha

head

beatha f (genitive singular beatha, plural beathannan)

beatha (genitive singular)
beathannan (plural)
beatha (nominative singular)
a' bheatha (nominative singular)
beathannan (nominative plural)
na beathannan (nominative plural)
beatha (genitive singular)
na beatha (genitive singular)
bheatha (genitive plural)
nam beatha (genitive plural)
beatha (dative singular)
a' bheatha (dative singular)
na beathannan (dative plural)
beatha
bheatha

From Middle Irish betha, from Old Irish bethu, from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts, from *biwos from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).


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
chlann

→ English: clan (see there for further descendants)

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

clann an cloinne

Thoir seo don chloinn!

A bheil clann agaibh?

1993, Dr. Richard Cox, Anne Lorne Gillies, “Speaking our Language 7:1”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

clann Dòmhnaill

Clanna nan Gàidheal an guaillibh a chéile!

1882, proverb, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection, page 150:

May all the Highlander clans stand shoulder to shoulder!

na clannaibh


gal

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


gal

gail (genitive singular)
gail (plural)
gal
ghal

From Old Irish gal (“warlike ardour, fury, valour”).


tuilleadh

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tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuilleadh, no plural)

From Old Irish tuilled (“(act of) increasing, adding to; increase, additional quantity, supplement”), verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).

inh

more (additional amount or number), encore


tuilleadh

Bidh tuilleadh agam an-ath-sheachdain.

Chan eil gaol agam ort tuilleadh.

Cha tàinig e tuilleadh.


caoin

head

caoin (past chaoin, future caoinidh, verbal noun caoineadh, past participle caointe)

chaoin (past)
caoinidh (future)
caoineadh (noun-from-verb)
caointe (participle past)

From Middle Irish caínid, from Old Irish coínid, from Brythonic (compare Welsh cwyn (“lament”)).


caoin

caoin f (genitive singular caoine, no plural)

From Middle Irish caín (“smooth finished side; especially the outer surface of a wall, etc.”), a substantivization of caín (“fine, beautiful”).


milis

head

milis (genitive singular feminine mìlse, nominative plural mìlse, comparative mìlse)

mìlse (feminine genitive singular)
mìlse (nominative plural)
mìlse (comparative)
milis (masculine singular)
mhilis (feminine singular)
mìlse (plural)
mhilis (genitive masculine singular)
milis
mhilis

From Old Irish milis, from Proto-Celtic *melissos, from *meli. Akin to mil.

cho milis ris an t-siùcar

'S mìlse leam mo Mhòrag ― Sweet to me is my Mòrag (from the traditional song Mòrag à Dùn Bheagain)

cha dèan corrag mhilis ìm

a sweet tooth will never make butter (literally, “a sweet finger will not make butter”)


seid

seid f (genitive singular seide, plural seidean or seideachan)

seide (genitive singular)
seidean (plural)
seideachan (plural)

tympany, swelling of the body from flatulence

Nach ann a tha 'n t-seid!

swelling in a person from luxurious living and deep potations

Fhuair e a sheid.

'na luidhe air seid

seid luachrach

bed spread on the floor, palette, shakedown

sop as gach seid

bench or form to sit on made of grass or heath


salach

salach (masculine nominative)
salach (feminine nominative)
salach (nominative plural)
salaich (genitive masculine)
salaiche (feminine genitive)
salaich (feminine genitive)
salach (genitive plural)
salach (dative masculine)
salaich (dative feminine)
salach (dative plural)
salaich (masculine vocative)
salach (feminine vocative)
salach (plural vocative)

From Middle Irish salach from Old Irish salach, from Proto-Celtic *salākos. By surface analysis, sal + -ach.


goil

goil (past ghoil, future goilidh, verbal noun goil, past participle goilte)

ghoil (past)
goilidh (future)
goil (noun-from-verb)
goilte (participle past)

From Proto-Celtic *gali-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“to dribble; gush forth; spring; squirt; throw”). Compare also goile (“stomach, appetite”).


ite

head

ite f (genitive singular ite, plural itean)

ite (genitive singular)
itean (plural)
ite
n-ite


faide

genitive singular of fad (“length, distance, duration”)


tinn

From Old Irish tinn, from Proto-Celtic *tenni-, related to *tanauyos (“thin”).


dul

dul m (genitive singular dula, plural dulachan)

dula (genitive singular)
dulachan (plural)
dul
dhul


dul

dul m (genitive singular dul, no plural)

From Old Irish dul (“going, to go”), verbal noun of téit.

Ross-shire, Sutherland, East Inverness-shire, and Deeside form of dol


ith

ith (past dh'ith, future ithidh, verbal noun ithe, past participle ithte)

dh'ith (past)
ithidh (future)
ithe (noun-from-verb)
ithte (participle past)
dh'ith mi (first-person independent past singular)
dh'ith thu (independent past second-person singular)
dh'ith e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
dh'ith sinn (first-person independent past plural)
dh'ith sibh (independent past plural second-person)
dh'ith iad (independent past plural third-person)
dh'itheadh (impersonal independent past)
ithidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
ithidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
ithidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
ithidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
ithidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
ithidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
ithearithtear (future impersonal independent)
dh'ithinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dh'itheadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dh'itheadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dh'itheamaiddh'itheadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
dh'itheadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dh'itheadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do dh'ith mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do dh'ith thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do dh'ith e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do dh'ith sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do dh'ith sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do dh'ith iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do dh'itheadh (impersonal negative past)
chan ith mi (first-person future negative singular)
chan ith thu (future negative second-person singular)
chan ith e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
chan ith sinn (first-person future negative plural)
chan ith sibh (future negative plural second-person)
chan ith iad (future negative plural third-person)
chan ithearchan ithtear (future impersonal negative)
chan ithinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
chan itheadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
chan itheadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
chan itheamaidchan itheadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
chan itheadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
chan itheadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
chan ithteadhchan ithist¹chan ithiste (conditional impersonal negative)
an do dh'ith mi? (first-person past singular)
an do dh'ith thu? (past second-person singular)
an do dh'ith e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do dh'ith sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do dh'ith sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do dh'ith iad? (past plural third-person)
an do dh'itheadh? (impersonal past)
an ith mi? (first-person future singular)
an ith thu? (future second-person singular)
an ith e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an ith sinn? (first-person future plural)
an ith sibh? (future plural second-person)
an ith iad? (future plural third-person)
an ithear?an ithtear? (future impersonal)
an ithinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an itheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an itheadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an itheamaid?an itheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an itheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an itheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an ithteadh?an ithist?¹an ithiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do dh'ith mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do dh'ith thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do dh'ith e (past singular)
nach do dh'ith sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do dh'ith sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do dh'ith iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do dh'itheadh? (impersonal past)
nach ith mi? (first-person future singular)
nach ith thu? (future second-person singular)
nach ith e (future singular)
nach ith sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach ith sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach ith iad? (future plural third-person)
nach ithear?nach ithtear? (future impersonal)
nach ithinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach itheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach itheadh e (conditional singular)
nach itheamaid?nach itheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach itheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach itheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
dh'itheas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma dh'itheas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
dh'itheas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma dh'itheas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
dh'itheas e (affirmative singular)
ma dh'itheas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
dh'itheas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma dh'itheas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
dh'itheas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma dh'itheas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
dh'itheas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma dh'itheas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
dh'ithear (affirmative impersonal)
ma dh'ithear (affirmative impersonal)
ith mi (first-person negative singular)
mur ith mi (first-person negative singular)
ith thu (negative second-person singular)
mur ith thu (negative second-person singular)
ith e (negative singular)
mur ith e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
ith sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur ith sinn (first-person negative plural)
ith sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur ith sibh (negative plural second-person)
ith iad (negative plural third-person)
mur ith iad (negative plural third-person)
ithear ithtear (impersonal negative)
ithearmur ithtear (impersonal negative)
murr ithtear (impersonal negative)
murrmur ithtear (impersonal negative)
itheam (first-person imperative singular)
ith (imperative second-person singular)
itheadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
itheamaid (first-person imperative plural)
ithibh (imperative plural second-person)
itheadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
ithearithtear (imperative impersonal)
ith (stem)
ithe (noun-from-verb)
ithte (participle past)

From Old Irish ithid (“eats, bites, devours; grazes”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸiteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-.

inh

Ith do leòr!

Ith, òl agus bi subhach!


glan

head

glan (comparative glaine or gloine, qualitative noun glainead or gloinead)

glaine (comparative)
gloine (comparative)

From Old Irish glan, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”).


glan

chòrd e rium glan

(colloquial, as an intensifier) very much, really, a lot, thoroughly


glan

glan (past ghlan, future glanaidh, verbal noun glanadh, past participle glante)

ghlan (past)
glanaidh (future)
glanadh (noun-from-verb)
glante (participle past)

From Old Irish glanaid (“cleanses, purifies, purges”), from glan.


ri

head

ri (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article ris)

rium (first-person singular)
riumsa (emphatic first-person singular)
riut (second-person singular)
riutsa (emphatic second-person singular)
ris (masculine singular third-person)
ris-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Middle Irish fri (“towards, against”), from Old Irish fri. Cognates include Irish fré and Manx rish.

ris a' ghaoith

chaidh iad ris an leathad

Tha Seòras cho righinn ri ròn.

George is as tough as nails. (literally, “George is as tough as a seal.”)

Bha a' chlann sin ri mì-mhodh.

Bha i an urra ris an losgadh anns a' Chròthais beagan bhliadhnachan an dèidh cogadh Iugoslabhach.

She was responsible for the shooting in Croatia a few years after the Yugoslav War.

Used with a noun or verbal noun to express up to or involved in


fada

fada (comparative fhaide, qualitative noun fhaide)

fhaide (comparative)
fada (masculine nominative)
fhada (feminine nominative)
fada (nominative plural)
fhada (genitive masculine)
fada (feminine genitive)
fada (genitive plural)
fada (dative masculine)
fhada (dative feminine)
fada (dative plural)
fhada (masculine vocative)
fhada (feminine vocative)
fada (plural vocative)

From Old Irish fota. Cognates include Irish fada and Manx foddey.


fada

Bha agam ri feitheamh fada ro fhada.

Bha agam ri feitheamh fada ro fhada.


peann

peann m (genitive singular pinn, plural pinn)

pinn (genitive singular)
pinn (plural)
peann (indefinite nominative singular)
pinn (indefinite nominative plural)
pinn (genitive indefinite singular)
pheann (genitive indefinite plural)
peann (dative indefinite singular)
pinn (dative indefinite plural)
peannaibh (dative indefinite plural)
peann (definite nominative singular)
am peann (definite nominative singular)
pinn (definite nominative plural)
na pinn (definite nominative plural)
(a') phinn (definite genitive singular)
peann (definite genitive plural)
nam peann (definite genitive plural)
(a') pheann (dative definite singular)
pinn (dative definite plural)
na pinn (dative definite plural)
peannaibh (dative definite plural)
phinn (definite singular vocative)
pheanna (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish penn, from Latin penna (“feather”).


doras

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

Dùin an dorus.

neasgaid làn dhorsan


torc

head

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

tuirc (genitive singular)
tuirc (plural)
torc
thorc

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).


sibh

From Old Irish sib. Cognates include Irish sibh and Manx shiu.

second-person plural/formal pronoun; ye, you


obair

obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean)

obrach (genitive singular)
oibre (genitive singular)
obraichean (plural)
obair
n-obair

From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).

obair-cheàrdail

engine, machinery, work done by machinery

obair-chrèadha

porcelain, china-work, earthenware, delf, pottery

obair-làimhe

handiwork; work done by hand in contradistinction to that done by machinery


litir

litir f (genitive singular litreach, plural litrichean)

litreach (genitive singular)
litrichean (plural)

From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.


rothair

rothair m (genitive singular rothair, plural rothairean)

rothair (genitive singular)
rothairean (plural)
rothair


againn

agam (first-person singular)
agamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
agad (second-person singular)
agadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
aige (masculine singular third-person)
aigesan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Middle Irish ocainn, from Old Irish ocunn. Cognates include Irish againn and Manx ain.

Tha bàta againn.

We have a boat. (literally, “A boat is at us.”)


agaibh

From Old Irish occaib. Cognates include Irish agaibh and Manx eu.

A bheil piuthar agaibh?

Do you have a sister? (literally, “Is a sister at you?”)


airgead

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, no plural)

airgid (genitive singular)
airgead
n-airgead

/ˈɛɾʲɛkʲət̪/

[ˈæ.ɾʲækʲət̪~ˈæ.ʒækʲət̪]

From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”)).


rothar

head

rothar m (genitive singular rothair, plural rotharan)

rothair (genitive singular)
rotharan (plural)


agus

From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally “proximity”), from Proto-Celtic *adgostus (“near”). Doublet of faisg.

aran agus ìm

Tha e cheart cho math agus a bha e.

Nach truagh leat mi, agus mi am prìosan?

Do you not pity me, although I am in prison?

while; although (introduces a small clause)


cailc

cailc f (genitive singular cailce, no plural)

From Old Irish cailc, from Latin calx (compare Welsh calch), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).


aige

aigesan (emphatic)
agam (first-person singular)
agamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
agad (second-person singular)
agadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
aige (masculine singular third-person)
aigesan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Middle Irish aice, from Old Irish occo. Cognates include Irish aige and Manx echey.

Chan eil fhios aige.

He doesn't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at him.”)

third-person singular masculine of aig at him; at it


agam

From Middle Irish ocum, from Old Irish ocum. Cognates include Irish agam and Manx aym.

Chan eil obair agam.

I don't have a job. (literally, “A job is not at me”)


deise

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


deise

head

deise f (genitive singular deise, plural deiseachan)

deise (genitive singular)
deiseachan (plural)
deise
dheise

From Middle Irish deise (“suit [of armour or clothes], apparel”).

inh

Fhuair e deise ùr, ach cha chuireadh e uime i.

He got a new suit but he wouldn't put it on.


deas

From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).

deas-cheumach

stately in gait; having a neat manner of walking

deas-labhairt

eloquence, address, fluency of speech; elocution

deas-làmhach

right-handed, ambidexterous; dexterous,; neat-handed.”; ready-handed; of, or pertaining to, a right hand”

deas-làmhachd

ambidexterity; dexterity,; neatness” of hand”

deiseil

southward, sunward; clockwise; having a southern exposure; lucky; ready, prepared, finished


deas

head

deas f (genitive singular deise, plural deasan)

deise (genitive singular)
deasan (plural)


fuil

fuil f (genitive singular fala, no plural)

fala (genitive singular)
fuil (indefinite nominative singular)
fala (genitive indefinite singular)
fuil (dative indefinite singular)
an fhuil (definite nominative singular)
na fala (definite genitive singular)
an fhuil (dative definite singular)
fhuil (definite singular vocative)
fuil
fhuil

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


bas

bas f (dative singular bois, genitive singular boise, plural basan)

bois (dative singular)
boise (genitive singular)
basan (plural)

buailibh ur basan


uaine

From Old Irish úaine, úanne (“green, verdant”), from possible Proto-Celtic *utnio-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet”).

green (bright, vivid; artificial, unnatural; as opposed to gorm, the natural green of grass)


bile

bile f (genitive singular bile, plural bilean)

bile (genitive singular)
bilean (plural)

From Old Irish bél (“lip”). Related to beul.


bile

bile m (genitive singular bile, plural bilean)


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.


dubh

dubh m (genitive singular duibh, plural dubhan)

duibh (genitive singular)
dubhan (plural)


dubh

dubh (past dhubh, future dubhaidh, verbal noun dubhadh, past participle dubhte)

dhubh (past)
dubhaidh (future)
dubhadh (noun-from-verb)
dubhte (participle past)
dubh
dhubh


seasamh

seasamh m (genitive singular seasaimh, plural seasamhan)

seasaimh (genitive singular)
seasamhan (plural)
seasamh
sheasamh
after "an"
t-seasamh

From Old Irish sessam. By surface analysis, seas + -amh


mór

mór (comparative and superlative forms motha, also mó)

forms motha (comparative superlative)
mó (comparative superlative)


dearg

From Old Irish derg, from Proto-Celtic *dergos (“red, crimson”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to dim, darken”); compare Old English deorc (“dark”) and Tocharian A tärkär/B tarkär (“cloud”).


dearg

head

dearg (genitive singular masculine deirg, genitive singular feminine deirge, nominative plural dearga, comparative deirge)

deirg (genitive masculine singular)
deirge (feminine genitive singular)
dearga (nominative plural)
deirge (comparative)
dearg (masculine nominative)
dhearg (feminine nominative)
dearga (nominative plural)
dheirg (genitive masculine)
deirge (feminine genitive)
dearga (genitive plural)
dearg (dative masculine)
dheirg (dative feminine)
dearga (dative plural)
dheirg (masculine vocative)
dhearg (feminine vocative)
dearga (plural vocative)

reddish (forming compounds with other colours)


fionn

fionna (comparative)
fionn (masculine nominative singular)
fhionn (feminine nominative singular)
fionna (nominative plural)

Chunnaic mi Cailean Fionn a' tighinn gam ionnsaigh.

I saw Fair-haired Colin coming towards me.


fionn

fionn (past dh'fhionn, future fionnaidh, verbal noun fionnadh, past participle fionnte)

dh'fhionn (past)
fionnaidh (future)
fionnadh (noun-from-verb)
fionnte (participle past)
fionn
fhionn


min

min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

mine (genitive singular)
minean (plural)
min
mhin

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).


ro

From Old Irish ró, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro (compare Old Welsh ry), from Proto-Indo-European *pro (compare Latin pro).

ro-bheag

le ro-aire

ro mhath

Tha e ro fhuar.

ro aire

Is tu an Dia ro mhòr.

Chan eil mi ro chinnteach.

Tha e ro bhochd.

Chan eil e ro thogarrach.

ro sgairteil

ro shleamhainn

Bu ro chaomh leam tighinn.


ro

romham (first-person singular)
romhamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
romhad (second-person singular)
romhadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
roimhe (masculine singular third-person)
roimhesan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Old Irish ré. Cognates include Irish roimh.

Thigibh ro chòig uairean.


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”).


ugh

ugh m (genitive singular uigh or uighe, plural uighean)

uigh (genitive singular)
uighe (genitive singular)
uighean (plural)
ugh
n-ugh

From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.


crois

crois f (genitive singular croise, plural croisean)

croise (genitive singular)
croisean (plural)


glas

glaise (comparative)
glas (masculine nominative)
ghlas (feminine nominative)
glasa (nominative plural)
ghlais (genitive masculine)
glaise (feminine genitive)
glasa (genitive plural)
glas (dative masculine)
ghlais (dative feminine)
glasa (dative plural)
ghlais (masculine vocative)
ghlas (feminine vocative)
glasa (plural vocative)

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish glas (descriptive of various shades of light green and blue, passing from grass-green to grey). Cognates include Irish glas and Manx glass.

inh

grey (of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc.; also of eyes)


glas

ghlas mi (first-person independent past singular)
ghlas tu (independent past second-person singular)
ghlas e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
ghlas sinn (first-person independent past plural)
ghlas sibh (independent past plural second-person)
ghlas iad (independent past plural third-person)
ghlasadh (impersonal independent past)
glasaidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
glasaidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
glasaidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
glasaidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
glasaidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
glasaidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
glasarglastar (future impersonal independent)
ghlasainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
ghlasadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
ghlasadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
ghlasamaidghlasadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
ghlasadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
ghlasadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do ghlas mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do ghlas tu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do ghlas e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do ghlas sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do ghlas sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do ghlas iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do ghlasadh (impersonal negative past)
cha ghlas mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha ghlas tu (future negative second-person singular)
cha ghlas e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha ghlas sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha ghlas sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha ghlas iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha ghlasarcha ghlastar (future impersonal negative)
cha ghlasainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha ghlasadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha ghlasadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha ghlasamaidcha ghlasadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha ghlasadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha ghlasadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do ghlas mi? (first-person past singular)
an do ghlas tu? (past second-person singular)
an do ghlas e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do ghlas sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do ghlas sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do ghlas iad? (past plural third-person)
an do ghlasadh? (impersonal past)
an glas mi? (first-person future singular)
an glas tu? (future second-person singular)
an glas e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an glas sinn? (first-person future plural)
an glas sibh? (future plural second-person)
an glas iad? (future plural third-person)
an glasar?an glastar? (future impersonal)
an glasainn? (conditional first-person singular)
an glasadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an glasadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an glasamaid?an glasadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an glasadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an glasadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an glastadh?an glasaist?¹an glasaiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do ghlas mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do ghlas tu? (past second-person singular)
nach do ghlas e (past singular)
nach do ghlas sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do ghlas sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do ghlas iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do ghlasadh? (impersonal past)
nach glas mi? (first-person future singular)
nach glas tu? (future second-person singular)
nach glas e (future singular)
nach glas sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach glas sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach glas iad? (future plural third-person)
nach glasar?nach glastar? (future impersonal)
nach glasainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach glasadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach glasadh e (conditional singular)
nach glasamaid?nach glasadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach glasadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach glasadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
ghlasas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma ghlasas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ghlasas tu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma ghlasas tu (affirmative second-person singular)
ghlasas e (affirmative singular)
ma ghlasas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
ghlasas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma ghlasas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ghlasas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma ghlasas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ghlasas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma ghlasas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ghlasar (affirmative impersonal)
ma ghlasar (affirmative impersonal)
glas mi (first-person negative singular)
mur glas mi (first-person negative singular)
glas tu (negative second-person singular)
mur glas tu (negative second-person singular)
glas e (negative singular)
mur glas e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
glas sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur glas sinn (first-person negative plural)
glas sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur glas sibh (negative plural second-person)
glas iad (negative plural third-person)
mur glas iad (negative plural third-person)
glasar glastar (impersonal negative)
glasarmur glastar (impersonal negative)
murr glastar (impersonal negative)
murrmur glastar (impersonal negative)
glasam (first-person imperative singular)
glas (imperative second-person singular)
glasadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
glasamaid (first-person imperative plural)
glasaibh (imperative plural second-person)
glasadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
glasarglastar (imperative impersonal)
glas (stem)
glasadh (noun-from-verb)
glasta (participle past)


glas

glas (indefinite nominative singular)
glasan (indefinite nominative plural)
glaise (genitive indefinite singular)
ghlas (genitive indefinite plural)
glais (dative indefinite singular)
glasan (dative indefinite plural)
glasaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') ghlas (definite nominative singular)
glasan (definite nominative plural)
na glasan (definite nominative plural)
glaise (definite genitive singular)
na glaise (definite genitive singular)
glas (definite genitive plural)
nan glas (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghlais (dative definite singular)
glasan (dative definite plural)
na glasan (dative definite plural)
glasaibh (dative definite plural)
ghlas (definite singular vocative)
ghlasa (definite plural vocative)

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish glas (“clasp; lock”). Cognates include Irish glas and Manx glass.


glas

ghlas mi (first-person independent past singular)
ghlas tu (independent past second-person singular)
ghlas e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
ghlas sinn (first-person independent past plural)
ghlas sibh (independent past plural second-person)
ghlas iad (independent past plural third-person)
ghlasadh (impersonal independent past)
glasaidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
glasaidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
glasaidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
glasaidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
glasaidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
glasaidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
glasarglastar (future impersonal independent)
ghlasainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
ghlasadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
ghlasadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
ghlasamaidghlasadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
ghlasadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
ghlasadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do ghlas mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do ghlas tu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do ghlas e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do ghlas sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do ghlas sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do ghlas iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do ghlasadh (impersonal negative past)
cha ghlas mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha ghlas tu (future negative second-person singular)
cha ghlas e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha ghlas sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha ghlas sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha ghlas iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha ghlasarcha ghlastar (future impersonal negative)
cha ghlasainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha ghlasadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha ghlasadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha ghlasamaidcha ghlasadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha ghlasadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha ghlasadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do ghlas mi? (first-person past singular)
an do ghlas tu? (past second-person singular)
an do ghlas e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do ghlas sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do ghlas sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do ghlas iad? (past plural third-person)
an do ghlasadh? (impersonal past)
an glas mi? (first-person future singular)
an glas tu? (future second-person singular)
an glas e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an glas sinn? (first-person future plural)
an glas sibh? (future plural second-person)
an glas iad? (future plural third-person)
an glasar?an glastar? (future impersonal)
an glasainn? (conditional first-person singular)
an glasadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an glasadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an glasamaid?an glasadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an glasadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an glasadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an glastadh?an glasaist?¹an glasaiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do ghlas mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do ghlas tu? (past second-person singular)
nach do ghlas e (past singular)
nach do ghlas sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do ghlas sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do ghlas iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do ghlasadh? (impersonal past)
nach glas mi? (first-person future singular)
nach glas tu? (future second-person singular)
nach glas e (future singular)
nach glas sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach glas sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach glas iad? (future plural third-person)
nach glasar?nach glastar? (future impersonal)
nach glasainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach glasadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach glasadh e (conditional singular)
nach glasamaid?nach glasadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach glasadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach glasadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
ghlasas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma ghlasas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ghlasas tu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma ghlasas tu (affirmative second-person singular)
ghlasas e (affirmative singular)
ma ghlasas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
ghlasas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma ghlasas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ghlasas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma ghlasas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ghlasas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma ghlasas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ghlasar (affirmative impersonal)
ma ghlasar (affirmative impersonal)
glas mi (first-person negative singular)
mur glas mi (first-person negative singular)
glas tu (negative second-person singular)
mur glas tu (negative second-person singular)
glas e (negative singular)
mur glas e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
glas sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur glas sinn (first-person negative plural)
glas sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur glas sibh (negative plural second-person)
glas iad (negative plural third-person)
mur glas iad (negative plural third-person)
glasar glastar (impersonal negative)
glasarmur glastar (impersonal negative)
murr glastar (impersonal negative)
murrmur glastar (impersonal negative)
glasam (first-person imperative singular)
glas (imperative second-person singular)
glasadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
glasamaid (first-person imperative plural)
glasaibh (imperative plural second-person)
glasadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
glasarglastar (imperative impersonal)
glas (stem)
glasadh (noun-from-verb)
glasta (participle past)
glas
ghlas


Calum

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Calum m (genitive Caluim, vocative a Chaluim)

Caluim (genitive)
a Chaluim (vocative)
Calum
Chalum

From Middle Irish Colm, from Late Latin Columba (literally “dove”).

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Malcolm


baile

baile m (genitive singular baile, plural bailtean)

baile (genitive singular)
bailtean (plural)
baile
bhaile


grad

From Proto-Celtic *groddo, ultimately from the root of greas (“to hasten”).


com

com m (genitive singular cuim, plural cuim)

cuim (genitive singular)
cuim (plural)
com
chom

From Old Irish comm. Cognate with Irish coim.


bod

bod m (genitive singular boid, plural boid)

boid (genitive singular)
boid (plural)
bod
bhod

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


sinn

From Old Irish sinni. Cognates include Irish sinn and Manx shin.

Thèid sinn dhan bhanca a-màireach; chì sibh sinn ann.

We’ll go to the bank tomorrow; you'll see us there.


rib

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rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)

rib (past)
ribidh (future)
ribeadh (noun-from-verb)
ribte (participle past)


abairt

abairt f (genitive singular abairte, plural abairtean)

abairte (genitive singular)
abairtean (plural)

From Old Irish epert (“a saying, utterance”), from as·beir (“says”); compare abair.


ainm

ainm m (genitive singular ainme, plural ainmean or ainmeannan)

ainme (genitive singular)
ainmean (plural)
ainmeannan (plural)

From Old Irish ainmm n, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚅᚋ (anm), from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Dè an t-ainm a th’ oirbh?


cas

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.


famh

famh f (genitive singular faimh, plural famhan)

faimh (genitive singular)
famhan (plural)


peur

peur f (genitive singular pèire, plural peuran)

pèire (genitive singular)
peuran (plural)
peur
pheur

From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular. Cognate with English pear and French poire.


aingeal

aingeal m (genitive singular aingil, plural aingil or ainglean)

aingil (genitive singular)
aingil (plural)
ainglean (plural)

From Old Irish aingel, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

der

/ˈã(ĩ)ŋʲɡʲal̪ˠ/


aingeal

aingil (genitive singular)
aingil (plural)
ainglean (plural)
aingeal
n-aingeal

From Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”).

/ˈã(ĩ)ŋʲɡʲal̪ˠ/


Art

a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Arthur


Alba

na h-Alba (genitive)
Alba (nominative singular)
(na h-)Alba (genitive singular)
(na h-)Albann (archaic) (genitive singular)
Alba (dative singular)
Albainn (archaic dative singular)
Alba (singular vocative)
Alba
n-Alba

→ English: Alba

From Old Irish Albu. Compare with English Albion.

Tha Loch Laomainn ann an Albainn.
Loch Lomond is in Scotland.

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Fionn

From Old Irish Finn, an epithet from the adjective finn (“white, bright, fair, handsome”).


Dia

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Dia m (genitive singular Dhè or Dè, plural Diathan)

Dhè (genitive singular)
Dè (genitive singular)
Diathan (plural)
Dia
Dhia

From Old Irish día, from Proto-Celtic *deiwos.


Marc

Marc m (genitive Mhairc, vocative a Mhairc)

Mhairc (genitive)
a Mhairc (vocative)
Marc
Mharc

a male given name, variant of Marcas, equivalent to English Mark


Moire

Moire f (genitive Moire or Mhoire, vocative a Mhoire)

Moire (genitive)
Mhoire (genitive)
a Mhoire (vocative)
Moire
Mhoire

From Old Irish Maire, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (maryām) or Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām).


Ester

(biblical) Esther, the seventeenth book of the Old Testament

Genesis

Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament


Genesis

(biblical) Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament


Rob

a diminutive of the male given name Raibeart, equivalent to English Rob


Anna

From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ, literally “grace, gracious”).

der

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Ann


Rut

(biblical) Ruth, the eighth book of the Old Testament


bann

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bann m (genitive singular banna or bainne, plural bannan or banntan)

banna (genitive singular)
bainne (genitive singular)
bannan (plural)
banntan (plural)

Borrowed from English band, from Old Norse band, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹 (bandi), Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he/she binds”), Modern Irish banna.


F

The sixth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by e and followed by g. Its traditional name is feàrna (“alder”).


B

The second letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by a and followed by c. Its traditional name is beith (“birch”).


D

The fourth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by c and followed by e. Its traditional name is dair (“oak”).


L

The tenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by i and followed by m. Its traditional name is luis (“rowan”).


E

The fifth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by d and followed by f. Its traditional name is eadha (“aspen”).


G

The seventh letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by f and followed by h. Its traditional name is gort (“ivy”).


R

The fifteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by p and followed by s. Its traditional name is ruis (“elder”).


P

The fourteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by o and followed by r. Its traditional name is beith bhog (“soft birch”).


N

The twelfth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by m and followed by o. Its traditional name is nuin (“ash”).


C

The third letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by b and followed by d. Its traditional name is coll (“hazel”).


cian

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cian m (dative singular cèin, genitive singular cèin)

cèin (dative singular)
cèin (genitive singular)

From Old Irish cían (“far, distant”), from Proto-Celtic *kēnos.

’S cian nan cian bho dh’fhàg mi Leòdhas


U

The eighteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by t. Its traditional name is ur (“heather”).


H

The eighth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by g and followed by i. Its traditional name is uath (“hawthorn”).


T

The seventeenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by s and followed by u. Its traditional name is teine (“gorse”).


M

The eleventh letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by l and followed by n. Its traditional name is muin (“vine”).


S

The sixteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by r and followed by t. Its traditional name is suil (“willow”).


mo

From Old Irish mo. Cognates include Irish mo.


O

The thirteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by n and followed by p. Its traditional name is onn or oir (“gorse”).


cearc

cearc f (dative singular cearc or circ, genitive singular circe, plural cearcan)

cearc (dative singular)
circ (dative singular)
circe (genitive singular)
cearcan (plural)
cearc
chearc

From Old Irish cerc, from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.


allas

allas m (genitive singular allais, no plural)

allais (genitive singular)
allas
n-allas

From Old Irish allas (“perspiration”), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”).


BP

Ball Pàrlamaid
Ball Pàrlamaid#Scottish_Gaelic

Initialism of Ball Pàrlamaid (Member of Parliament)


corrach

From Middle Irish corrach. By surface analysis, còrr + -ach.


I

The ninth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by h and followed by l. Its traditional name is iodh (“yew”).


corp

corp m (genitive singular cuirp, plural cuirp)

cuirp (genitive singular)
cuirp (plural)
corp
chorp

From Old Irish corp, borrowed from Latin corpus.


caca

dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, unpleasant, yucky


ann

From Old Irish and. Cognates include Irish ann and Manx ayn.

A bheil thu ann?


ann

annsan (emphatic)
annam (first-person singular)
annamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
annad (second-person singular)
annadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
ann (masculine singular third-person)
annsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

Chan eil coire sam bith ann.

Chan eil ann ach crochair.

He is but a rascal. (literally, “It is but a rascal that is in him.”)

third-person singular masculine of an; in him, in it


amas

amas m (genitive singular amais, plural amasan)

amais (genitive singular)
amasan (plural)

From Old Irish ammus m (“attempt, effort; act of attacking, attack”).


graf

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graf m (genitive singular grafa, plural grafaichean)

grafa (genitive singular)
grafaichean (plural)


leat

leam (first-person singular)
leamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
leat (second-person singular)
leatsa (emphatic second-person singular)
leis (masculine singular third-person)
leis-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Old Irish lat. Cognates include Irish leat and Manx lhiat.

second-person singular of le: with you; by you


pian

pian f (genitive singular péin, plural piantan or pianta or piantaidh)

péin (genitive singular)
piantan (plural)
pianta (plural)
piantaidh (plural)

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin pēna, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty”).

pain, pang, torture, torment, anguish, trouble, sorrow


pian

pian (past phian, future pianaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle piante)

phian (past)
pianaidh (future)
pianadh (noun-from-verb)
piante (participle past)


bre

From Old Irish brí (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *brixs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰŕ̥ǵʰs. Distantly cognate with English borough.


calma

From Middle Irish calma (“strong; brave, valiant”).


mun

about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which

around the, around their, around my, around whom, around which

concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which


tum

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tum (past thum, future tumaidh, verbal noun tumadh, past participle tumta)

thum (past)
tumaidh (future)
tumadh (noun-from-verb)
tumta (participle past)

From Old Irish tummaid (“dips, plunges, immerses”).


mic

inflection of mac (“son”):
genitive singular

inflection of mac (“son”):
nominative plural


nam

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.


nam

Bha mi nam chadal.

I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).


nam

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nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

of a vowel (triggers-eclipsis)
nam (first-person singular)

Univerbation of an (“in”) + am (“their”).


nam

inflection of an (“the”):
genitive plural before f-

inflection of an (“the”):
genitive plural before b-, m-, p-


linn

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linn m or f (genitive singular linn or linne, plural linntean)

linn (genitive singular)
linne (genitive singular)
linntean (plural)

From Old Irish linn (“period, space of time”).

inh

Linn Ùr

Linn an Umha

san 20mh linn

bho linn gu linn


allt

head

allt m (genitive singular uillt, plural uillt)

uillt (genitive singular)
uillt (plural)

From Middle Irish alt, from Old Irish alt (“shore, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (“cliff”).
Cognates in the Celtic languages include Irish alt (“height, glenside, cliff”), Cornish als (“cliff”), and Breton aot (“shore”). MacBain suggests the Scottish Gaelic form and meaning has a Pictish origin.

Tha an t-allt a' ruith.


fois

fois f (genitive singular foise, plural foisean)

foise (genitive singular)
foisean (plural)


lios

lios f or m (genitive singular lise or liosa, plural liosan)

lise (genitive singular)
liosa (genitive singular)
liosan (plural)

lios luibhean

lios-àraich

lios-olaidh

lios rìoghail

lios ìosal


tro

tro (+ dative, triggers lenition, combined with the singular definite article tron)

tromham (first-person singular)
tromhamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
tromhad (second-person singular)
tromhadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
troimhe (masculine singular third-person)
troimhesan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Old Irish tremi, tre, from Proto-Celtic *trimo-, *trei, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.


seinn

seinn (past sheinn, future seinnidh, verbal noun seinn, past participle seinnte)

sheinn (past)
seinnidh (future)
seinn (noun-from-verb)
seinnte (participle past)

From Middle Irish sendim, from Old Irish sennim, seinnid (“to make a sound, play an instrument”).

(dated) play (other musical instruments)


seinn

seinne (genitive singular)
seinn
sheinn
after "an"
t-seinn


gan

A bheil sibh gan creidsinn?


beinn

beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan)

beinne (genitive singular)
beanntan (plural)
beinn (indefinite nominative singular)
beanntan (indefinite nominative plural)
beinne (genitive indefinite singular)
beann (genitive indefinite plural)
beinn (dative indefinite singular)
beanntan (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bheinn (definite nominative singular)
beanntan (definite nominative plural)
na beanntan (definite nominative plural)
beinne (definite genitive singular)
na beinne (definite genitive singular)
beann (definite genitive plural)
nam beann (definite genitive plural)
(a') bheinn (dative definite singular)
beanntan (dative definite plural)
na beanntan (dative definite plural)
bheinn (definite singular vocative)
bheannta (definite plural vocative)
beinn
bheinn

→ Scots: ben

From Old Irish benn (“peak, point, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”). Doublet of beann.

der

mar an ceò thall air a' bheinn


nota

head

nota m (genitive singular nota, plural notaichean)

nota (genitive singular)
notaichean (plural)


posta

posta m (genitive singular posta, plural postachan or postaichean)

posta (genitive singular)
postachan (plural)
postaichean (plural)
posta
phosta


damh

damh m (genitive singular daimh, plural daimh or damhan)

daimh (genitive singular)
daimh (plural)
damhan (plural)
damh
dhamh

From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).


teas

teas m (genitive singular teas, no plural)

Bha iad gam blianadh fhèin anns teas na grèine.

They were basking in the heat of the sun.


teip

teip f (genitive teip, plural teipichean)

teip (genitive)
teipichean (plural)
teip
theip


langa

From Old Norse langa; compare Irish langa.


Mgr

Mgr MacLeòid - Mr MacLeod


Samhain

Samhna (genitive)
Samhain
Shamhain
after "an"
t-Samhain


forca

forca f (genitive singular fuirce, plural forcan)

fuirce (genitive singular)
forcan (plural)
forca
fhorca

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.


aon

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos (compare Welsh un), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (compare Latin unus, Old English ān).

aon-ghuthach

unanimous; symphonious, concordant; unison; monotonous


a

The first letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is followed by b. Its traditional name is ailm (“elm”).


a

From Old Irish a, from Proto-Celtic *ā. Cognates include Irish a and Welsh a.

Halò, a Ruairidh.


a

From Old Irish a. Cognates include Irish a.


a

Cuin a chluinneas tu e?

When will you hear it? (literally, “When [is it] that you will hear it?”)


a

A bheil agad a ceithir?

Used before cardinal numbers not succeded by a noun


a

Tha mi a' dol a chadal.

Used to mark the infinitive of a verb; to


a

head

a (+ dative, triggers lenition of consonants and Dh-prothesis of vowels)

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


co-

Usually (but not always) designates mutuality or reciprocity.


buan

From Old Irish búan (“lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering”).

inh

durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived