taghairm

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taghairm f (genitive singular taghairme, plural taghairmean)

taghairme (genitive singular)
taghairmean (plural)

→ English: taghairm

→ Scots: taghairm

From Old Irish togairm, from Proto-Celtic *to-garrman, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r̥-smn̥, from *ǵeh₂r- (“to call, shout”); compare Irish toghairm (“invocation, summons”).


ab

ab m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)

aba (genitive singular)
abachan (plural)


OMC

(chiefly Internet slang, text messaging) An exclamation of excitement, surprise, shock etc.; OMG


cum

cum (past chum, future cumaidh, verbal noun cumail or cumadh, past participle cumta)

chum (past)
cumaidh (future)
cumail (noun-from-verb)
cumadh (noun-from-verb)
cumta (participle past)

From Old Irish con·gaib. Cognate with Irish coinnigh and Manx cum.


cum

cum (past chum, future cumaidh, verbal noun cumadh, past participle cumta)

chum (past)
cumaidh (future)
cumadh (noun-from-verb)
cumta (participle past)
cum
chum

From Old Irish cummaid (“to fashion, makes”), from cummae (“act of cutting, shaping”), verbal noun of con·ben.


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”).


f

Abbreviation of feasgar (“(in the) afternoon, post meridiem”); pm, p.m.


inc

inc m or f (genitive singular ince, plural incean)

ince (genitive singular)
incean (plural)


os

"Ial, ial," os a' chailleach

Alternative form of arsa used before vowels


amar

amar m (genitive singular amair, plural amaran)

amair (genitive singular)
amaran (plural)

From Old Irish ommar (“trough for holding water”).


Canada

Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada.


ad

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ad f (genitive singular aide, plural adan or adaichean)

aide (genitive singular)
adan (plural)
adaichean (plural)

Borrowed from English hat (compare Irish hata).

ad a' bhile òir

bile na h-aide


port

port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)

puirt (genitive singular)
puirt (plural)
portan (plural)


port

puirt (genitive singular)
puirt (plural)
portan (plural)
port
phort

From Old Irish port (“bank, shore (of river or sea); landing-place, haven; bank, mound, entrenchment; place, spot, locality; stead, abode; stronghold, fortress”), ultimately from Latin portus (“harbour, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat”).


is

Clipping of agus (“as well as”). Cognate with Irish is.


is

tha mi (first-person independent present singular)
tha thu (independent present second-person singular)
tha e (independent present singular)
i (independent present singular)
tha sinn (first-person independent plural present)
tha sibh (independent plural present second-person)
tha iad (independent plural present third-person)
bha mi (first-person independent past singular)
bha thu (independent past second-person singular)
bha e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
bha sinn (first-person independent past plural)
bha sibh (independent past plural second-person)
bha iad (independent past plural third-person)
bidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
bidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
bidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
bidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
bidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
bidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
bithidh mi (emphatic first-person future independent singular)
bithidh tu (emphatic future independent second-person singular)
bithidh e (emphatic future independent singular)
i (emphatic future independent singular)
bithidh sinn (emphatic first-person future independent plural)
bithidh sibh (emphatic future independent plural second-person)
bithidh iad (emphatic future independent plural third-person)
bhithinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
bhiodh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
bhiodh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
bhiodh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
bhiomaid (conditional first-person independent plural)
bhiodh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
bhiodh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
bhithinn (conditional emphatic first-person independent singular)
bhitheadh tu (conditional emphatic independent second-person singular)
bhitheadh e (conditional emphatic independent singular)
i (conditional emphatic independent singular)
bhitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person independent plural)
bhitheamaid (conditional emphatic first-person independent plural)
bhitheadh sibh (conditional emphatic independent plural second-person)
bhitheadh iad (conditional emphatic independent plural third-person)
chan eil mi (first-person negative present singular)
chan eil thu (negative present second-person singular)
chan eil e (negative present singular)
i (negative present singular)
chan eil sinn (first-person negative plural present)
chan eil sibh (negative plural present second-person)
chan eil iad (negative plural present third-person)
cha robh mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha robh thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha robh e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha robh sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha robh sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha robh iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha bhi mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha bhi thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha bhi e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha bhi sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha bhi sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha bhi iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha bhithinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha bhiodh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha bhiodh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha bhiodh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bhiomaid (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bhiodh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha bhiodh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha bhithinn (conditional emphatic first-person negative singular)
cha bhitheadh tu (conditional emphatic negative second-person singular)
cha bhitheadh e (conditional emphatic negative singular)
i (conditional emphatic negative singular)
cha bhitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person negative plural)
cha bhitheamaid (conditional emphatic first-person negative plural)
cha bhitheadh sibh (conditional emphatic negative plural second-person)
cha bhitheadh iad (conditional emphatic negative plural third-person)
a bheil mi? (first-person present singular)
a bheil thu? (present second-person singular)
a bheil e (present singular)
i? (present singular)
a bheil sinn? (first-person plural present)
a bheil sibh? (plural present second-person)
a bheil iad? (plural present third-person)
an robh mi? (first-person past singular)
an robh thu? (past second-person singular)
an robh e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an robh sinn? (first-person past plural)
an robh sibh? (past plural second-person)
an robh iad? (past plural third-person)
am bi mi? (first-person future singular)
am bi thu? (future second-person singular)
am bi e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
am bi sinn? (first-person future plural)
am bi sibh? (future plural second-person)
am bi iad? (future plural third-person)
am bithinn? (conditional first-person singular)
am biodh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am biodh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am biodh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am biomaid? (conditional first-person plural)
am biodh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am biodh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
am bithinn? (conditional emphatic first-person singular)
am bitheadh tu? (conditional emphatic second-person singular)
am bitheadh e (conditional emphatic singular)
i? (conditional emphatic singular)
am bitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
am bitheamaid? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
am bitheadh sibh? (conditional emphatic plural second-person)
am bitheadh iad? (conditional emphatic plural third-person)
nach eil mi? (first-person present singular)
nach eil thu? (present second-person singular)
nach eil e (present singular)
nach eil sinn? (first-person plural present)
nach eil sibh? (plural present second-person)
nach eil iad? (plural present third-person)
nach robh mi? (first-person past singular)
nach robh thu? (past second-person singular)
nach robh e (past singular)
nach robh sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach robh sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach robh iad? (past plural third-person)
nach bi mi? (first-person future singular)
nach bi thu? (future second-person singular)
nach bi e (future singular)
nach bi sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach bi sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach bi iad? (future plural third-person)
nach bithinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach biodh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach biodh e (conditional singular)
nach biodh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach biomaid? (conditional first-person plural)
nach biodh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach biodh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach bithinn? (conditional emphatic first-person singular)
nach bitheadh tu? (conditional emphatic second-person singular)
nach bitheadh e (conditional emphatic singular)
nach bitheadh sinn? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
nach bitheamaid? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
nach bitheadh sibh? (conditional emphatic plural second-person)
nach bitheadh iad? (conditional emphatic plural third-person)
bhios mi (first-person singular)
a bhios mi (first-person singular)
bhios tu (second-person singular)
a bhios tu (second-person singular)
bhios e (singular)
a bhios e (singular)
i (singular)
bhios sinn (first-person plural)
a bhios sinn (first-person plural)
bhios sibh (plural second-person)
a bhios sibh (plural second-person)
bhios iad (plural third-person)
a bhios iad (plural third-person)
bhitheas mi (emphatic first-person singular)
a bhitheas mi (emphatic first-person singular)
bhitheas tu (emphatic second-person singular)
a bhitheas tu (emphatic second-person singular)
bhitheas e (emphatic singular)
a bhitheas e (emphatic singular)
i (emphatic singular)
bhitheas sinn (emphatic first-person plural)
a bhitheas sinn (emphatic first-person plural)
bhitheas sibh (emphatic plural second-person)
a bhitheas sibh (emphatic plural second-person)
bhitheas iad (emphatic plural third-person)
a bhitheas iad (emphatic plural third-person)
bitheam (first-person imperative singular)
bi (imperative second-person singular)
biodh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
biomaid (first-person imperative plural)
bithibh (imperative plural second-person)
biodh iad (imperative plural third-person)
bitheam (emphatic first-person imperative singular)
bi (emphatic imperative second-person singular)
bitheadh e (emphatic imperative singular)
i (emphatic imperative singular)
bitheamaid (emphatic first-person imperative plural)
bithibh (emphatic imperative plural second-person)
bitheadh iad (emphatic imperative plural third-person)
a bhith (noun-from-verb)
is mi (first-person independent present singular)
is tu (independent present second-person singular)
is e (independent present singular)
i (independent present singular)
is sinn (first-person independent plural present)
is sibh (independent plural present second-person)
is iad (independent plural present third-person)
bu mhi (first-person independent past singular)
bu tu (independent past second-person singular)
b' e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
bu sinn (first-person independent past plural)
bu sibh (independent past plural second-person)
b' iad (independent past plural third-person)
bu mhi (conditional first-person independent singular)
bu tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
b' e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
bu sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
bu sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
b' iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha mhi (first-person negative present singular)
cha tu (negative present second-person singular)
chan e (negative present singular)
i (negative present singular)
cha sinn (first-person negative plural present)
cha sibh (negative plural present second-person)
chan iad (negative plural present third-person)
cha bu mhi (first-person negative past singular)
cha bu tu (negative past second-person singular)
cha b' e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha bu sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha bu sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha b' iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha bu mhi (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha bu tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha b' e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha bu sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bu sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha b' iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
am mi? (first-person present singular)
an tu? (present second-person singular)
an e (present singular)
i? (present singular)
an sinn? (first-person plural present)
an sibh? (plural present second-person)
an iad? (plural present third-person)
am bu mhi? (first-person past singular)
am bu tu? (past second-person singular)
am b' e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
am bu sinn? (first-person past plural)
am bu sibh? (past plural second-person)
am b' iad? (past plural third-person)
am bu mhi? (conditional first-person singular)
am bu tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am b' e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am bu sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am bu sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am b' iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach mi? (first-person interrogative negative present singular)
nach tu? (interrogative negative present second-person singular)
nach e (interrogative negative present singular)
i? (interrogative negative present singular)
nach sinn? (first-person interrogative negative plural present)
nach sibh? (interrogative negative plural present second-person)
nach iad? (interrogative negative plural present third-person)
nach bu mhi? (first-person interrogative negative past singular)
nach bu tu? (interrogative negative past second-person singular)
nach b' e (interrogative negative past singular)
i? (interrogative negative past singular)
nach bu sinn? (first-person interrogative negative past plural)
nach bu sibh? (interrogative negative past plural second-person)
nach b' iad? (interrogative negative past plural third-person)
nach bu mhi? (conditional first-person interrogative negative singular)
nach bu tu? (conditional interrogative negative second-person singular)
nach b' e (conditional interrogative negative singular)
i? (conditional interrogative negative singular)
nach bu sinn? (conditional first-person interrogative negative plural)
nach bu sibh? (conditional interrogative negative plural second-person)
nach b' iad? (conditional interrogative negative plural third-person)
thathar (independent present)
thatar (independent present)
thathas (independent present)
bhathar (independent past)
bhatar (independent past)
bhathas (independent past)
bithear (future independent)
bitear (future independent)
bitheas (future independent)
bhite (conditional independent)
bhiteadh (conditional independent)
bhithist (conditional independent)
bhithiste (conditional independent)
chan eilear (negative present)
chan eileas (negative present)
cha robhar (negative past)
cha robhas (negative past)
cha bithear (future negative)
cha bitear (future negative)
cha bitheas (future negative)
cha bhite (conditional negative)
cha bhiteadh (conditional negative)
cha bhithist (conditional negative)
cha bhithiste (conditional negative)
am beilear? am beileas? (affirmative interrogative present)
a bheilear? a bheileas? (affirmative interrogative present)
an robhar? an robhas? (affirmative interrogative past)
am bithear? am biteas? (affirmative future interrogative)
am bite? am bithist? (affirmative interrogative)
am bite? am bithiste? (affirmative interrogative)
am biteadht? (affirmative interrogative)
am biteadhte? (affirmative interrogative)
nach eilear? nach eileas? (interrogative negative present)
nach robhar? nach robhas? (interrogative negative past)
nach bite? nach bithist? (interrogative negative)
nach bite? nach bithiste? (interrogative negative)
nach biteadht? (interrogative negative)
nach biteadhte? (interrogative negative)

From Old Irish is. Cognate with Irish is and Manx s'.


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”).


map

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map m (genitive singular map, plural mapaichean)

map (genitive singular)
mapaichean (plural)
map
mhap


cat

cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait)

cait (genitive singular)
cait (plural)
cat (indefinite nominative singular)
cait (indefinite nominative plural)
cait (genitive indefinite singular)
chat (genitive indefinite plural)
cat (dative indefinite singular)
cait (dative indefinite plural)
cataibh (dative indefinite plural)
cat (definite nominative singular)
an cat (definite nominative singular)
cait (definite nominative plural)
na cait (definite nominative plural)
(a') chait (definite genitive singular)
cat (definite genitive plural)
nan cat (definite genitive plural)
(a') chat (dative definite singular)
cait (dative definite plural)
na cait (dative definite plural)
cataibh (dative definite plural)
chait (definite singular vocative)
chata (definite plural vocative)
cat
chat

From Old Irish catt, borrowed from Late Latin cattus. Cognates include Irish cat and Manx kayt.


de

de (+ dative, triggers lenition of consonants and Dh-prothesis of vowels, combined with the singular definite article dhen)

dhìom (first-person singular)
dhìomsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhìot (second-person singular)
dhìotsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dheth (masculine singular third-person)
dhethsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Old Irish di. Cognates include Irish de and Manx jeh.


dar

Possibly a reduced form of nuair (“when”) (MacBain) or possibly from early modern an tan a, an dan a, from Old Irish in tan (“when”) from acc. sg. of Old Irish tan (“time”) (Seosamh Watson).

Bha sinne air na cuairteachdainn leis a’ Ghàidhlig dar a bha sinn nana cloinn

2005, Roy G. Wentworth, Rannsachadh air Fòn-eòlas Dualchainnt Ghàidhlig Gheàrrloch, Siorrachd Rois, page 3:

We had been surrounded with Gaelic when we were children

(Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Mull, Perthshire) when (relative/non-interrogative)


pit

pit f (genitive singular pite, plural pitean)

pite (genitive singular)
pitean (plural)
pit
phit

From Old Irish pit (“pit, hollow; female pudenda”), possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.


can

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can (past chan, future canaidh, verbal noun cantainn or canail or cantail, past participle cante)

chan (past)
canaidh (future)
cantainn (noun-from-verb)
canail (noun-from-verb)
cantail (noun-from-verb)
cante (participle past)

From Old Irish canaid (“to sing”), from Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-. Compare Welsh canu, Latin canō, Ancient Greek καναχέω (kanakhéō), Persian خواندن (xândan).

cha chan mi càil mus can mi cus

I won't say anything before I've said too much


dual

From Old Irish dúal (“that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.

inh

'S dual do phoileasman a bhith amharasach.

It's natural for a policeman to be suspicious.


dual

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dual m (genitive singular duail, plural dualan)

duail (genitive singular)
dualan (plural)

bu dual do dh'isean an ròin a dhol chun na mara


dual

From Old Irish dúal (“tress, lock of hair”), from Proto-Celtic *doklos, from Proto-Indo-European *doḱlos.


dual

dual (past dhual, future dualidh, verbal noun dualadh, past participle dualte)

dhual (past)
dualidh (future)
dualadh (noun-from-verb)
dualte (participle past)
dual
dhual


coin

inflection of cù:
genitive/vocative singular

inflection of cù:
nominative/dative plural


or

or m (genitive singular ora, plural ora or orthachan or orrachan or orthannan)

Possibly from Old Irish amar (“song, singing”). See òran.


or

or (past dh’or, future oridh, verbal noun oradh, past participle orte)

dh’or (past)
oridh (future)
oradh (noun-from-verb)
orte (participle past)

Tha Màiri ag oradh.


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”).


i

From Old Irish sí. Cognates include Irish sí and Manx ee.

third-person feminine pronoun; she, her, it


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”).


o

o (+ dative, triggers lenition, combined with the singular definite article on)

uam (first-person singular)
uamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
uat (second-person singular)
uatsa (emphatic second-person singular)
uaithe (masculine singular third-person)
uaithesan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Middle Irish ó, from Old Irish ó. Cognates include Irish ó.


mill

mill (past mhill, future millidh, verbal noun milleadh, past participle millte)

mhill (past)
millidh (future)
milleadh (noun-from-verb)
millte (participle past)

From Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”).


ag

Bha Seumas ag obair.

Used before the verbal noun to form the present participle.


ag

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ag m (genitive singular agaig or aig, no plural)

agaig (genitive singular)
aig (genitive singular)


ag

ag (past dh'ag, future agidh, verbal noun agadh)

dh'ag (past)
agidh (future)
agadh (noun-from-verb)
ag
n-ag


air

air (+ dative, triggers lenition in certain established phrases)

in certain established phrases (triggers-lenition)
orm (first-person singular)
ormsa (emphatic first-person singular)
ort (second-person singular)
ortsa (emphatic second-person singular)
air (masculine singular third-person)
airsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From a conflation of three Old Irish prepositions:
# ar, air (“for”) (triggering lenition), from Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂i. Cognates include Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and English fore.
# for (“on”) (triggering no mutation), from Proto-Celtic *uɸer (“over, on”) (compare Welsh ar, Breton war), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (compare Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Old English ofer).
# íar (“after”) (triggering eclipsis), from Proto-Celtic *eɸirom (“after, behind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.
Cognates include Irish ar and Manx er.

air bàrr a' bhalla

tha mi air an rathad

air m' fhacal, chan innis mi dhi

beag air bheag

little by little (literally, “little on little”)

air a' Ghàidhealtachd

air an dùthaich

iomradh air do ghliocas

air ainm

theich an duine orm

dè an t-ainm a tha ort?

what's your name? (literally, “what the name that is on you?”)

tha an t-acras orm

I'm hungry (literally, “the hunger is on me”)

tha falt dubh orra

they have black hair (literally, “black hair is on them”)

tha an cnatan oirre

she has a bad cold (literally, “the cold is on her”)

(idiomatic) Used to indicate inalienable possession, feelings and minor medical conditions

air an adhbhar sin

air bheag de làithean

for, on account of, by means of, through, within (triggers lenition)

bha mi air bhoil às dèidh dhomh siud fhaicinn

bhiomaid air chall nan robh sinn anns a' choille ud

thèid mi air chèilidh air mo sheanmhair

Used with a verbal noun to indicate a state (triggers lenition)

tha e air ri phàigheadh

he has to pay (literally, “it is on him to pay”)

(in conjunction with the verb bi) must, have to

rud air choreigin

(in one common phrase) or (triggers lenition)

tha mi air an obair a dhèanamh

I have done the work (literally, “I am after the work its doing”)

bha iad uile air falbh sa mhadainn

they had all left in the morning (literally, “they were all after leaving in the morning”)

bhithinn air faighinn às leis

I would have gotten away with it (literally, “I would be after getting away with it”)

Used with a verbal noun to indicate the perfect tense; after


air

third-person singular masculine of air: on him, on it


air

deich air fhichead

a' dol air beinn

form of thar; rarely used outside of the old counting system


car

car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

From Old Irish cor (“act of putting”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“to put”).


car

Tha thu car fadalach.

Thig an stòiridh gu ceann car obann.

The story came to an end somewhat abruptly.


gun

an t-amadan sin gun do thagh thu

am fear gum pòs aig deireadh na mìosa

the man that will marry at the end of the month

an taigh gu bheil aice


gun

gun (+ nominative, triggers lenition except before d, t, n or s)

except before d (triggers-lenition)
t (triggers-lenition)

gun teagamh

gun chàr

thuirt mi ris gun a dhol a-mach


gun

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


son

Dèan seo air ar son.

Dèan seo air mo shon.


at

at (past dh'at, future ataidh, verbal noun at or atadh, past participle athte)

dh'at (past)
ataidh (future)
at (noun-from-verb)
atadh (noun-from-verb)
athte (participle past)
at
n-at

From Old Irish attaid (“swells, dilates, increases”, verb), from att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).


mapa

head

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, plural mapaichean)

mapa (genitive singular)
mapaichean (plural)
mapa
mhapa


as

glic (“wise”) → as glice (“wisest”)

mòr (“big”) → as motha (“biggest”)

Creates the superlative when preceding the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.


as

dè as ciall dha?

Combination of the relative particle a with the copula is.


arm

arm m (genitive singular airm, plural airm)

airm (genitive singular)
airm (plural)
arm
n-arm

From Old Irish arm n (“armour, battle-equipment, panoply; weapon; army”), from Latin arma.


dia

head

dia m (genitive singular dè, plural diathan or dèe)

dè (genitive singular)
diathan (plural)
dèe (plural)
dia (indefinite nominative singular)
diathan (indefinite nominative plural)
dèe (indefinite nominative obsolete plural)
dhè (genitive indefinite singular)
dhia (genitive indefinite plural)
dhèe (genitive indefinite obsolete plural)
dia (dative indefinite singular)
diathan (dative indefinite plural)
dèe (dative indefinite obsolete plural)
dèibh (dative indefinite obsolete plural)
diathaibh (dative indefinite obsolete plural)
dia (definite nominative singular)
an dia (definite nominative singular)
diathan (definite nominative plural)
na diathan (definite nominative plural)
dèe (definite nominative obsolete plural)
dè (definite genitive singular)
an dè (definite genitive singular)
dia (definite genitive plural)
nan dia (definite genitive plural)
dèe (definite genitive obsolete plural)
dia (dative definite singular)
an dia (dative definite singular)
diathan (dative definite plural)
na diathan (dative definite plural)
dèe (dative definite obsolete plural)
dèibh (dative definite obsolete plural)
diathaibh (dative definite obsolete plural)
dhè (definite singular vocative)
dhia (definite singular vocative)
dhiatha (definite plural vocative)
dia
dhia

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).


man

head

man (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise, no mutation)

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


not

not m (genitive singular not, plural notaichean)

not (genitive singular)
notaichean (plural)

Borrowed from English note. The "money" sense comes from the now-rare £1 note.


an

From Old Irish in. Cognates include Irish an and Manx yn.


an

From Old Irish a. Cognates include Irish a.


an

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)

From Old Irish i. Cognates include Irish i and Manx ayns.


an

From Old Irish in. Cognates include Irish an.

Used together with a dependent form of a verb to form the interrogative.


an

is mi (first-person independent present singular)
is tu (independent present second-person singular)
is e (independent present singular)
i (independent present singular)
is sinn (first-person independent plural present)
is sibh (independent plural present second-person)
is iad (independent plural present third-person)
bu mhi (first-person independent past singular)
bu tu (independent past second-person singular)
b' e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
bu sinn (first-person independent past plural)
bu sibh (independent past plural second-person)
b' iad (independent past plural third-person)
bu mhi (conditional first-person independent singular)
bu tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
b' e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
bu sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
bu sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
b' iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha mhi (first-person negative present singular)
cha tu (negative present second-person singular)
chan e (negative present singular)
i (negative present singular)
cha sinn (first-person negative plural present)
cha sibh (negative plural present second-person)
chan iad (negative plural present third-person)
cha bu mhi (first-person negative past singular)
cha bu tu (negative past second-person singular)
cha b' e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha bu sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha bu sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha b' iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha bu mhi (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha bu tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha b' e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha bu sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bu sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha b' iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
am mi? (first-person present singular)
an tu? (present second-person singular)
an e (present singular)
i? (present singular)
an sinn? (first-person plural present)
an sibh? (plural present second-person)
an iad? (plural present third-person)
am bu mhi? (first-person past singular)
am bu tu? (past second-person singular)
am b' e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
am bu sinn? (first-person past plural)
am bu sibh? (past plural second-person)
am b' iad? (past plural third-person)
am bu mhi? (conditional first-person singular)
am bu tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am b' e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am bu sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am bu sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am b' iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach mi? (first-person interrogative negative present singular)
nach tu? (interrogative negative present second-person singular)
nach e (interrogative negative present singular)
i? (interrogative negative present singular)
nach sinn? (first-person interrogative negative plural present)
nach sibh? (interrogative negative plural present second-person)
nach iad? (interrogative negative plural present third-person)
nach bu mhi? (first-person interrogative negative past singular)
nach bu tu? (interrogative negative past second-person singular)
nach b' e (interrogative negative past singular)
i? (interrogative negative past singular)
nach bu sinn? (first-person interrogative negative past plural)
nach bu sibh? (interrogative negative past plural second-person)
nach b' iad? (interrogative negative past plural third-person)
nach bu mhi? (conditional first-person interrogative negative singular)
nach bu tu? (conditional interrogative negative second-person singular)
nach b' e (conditional interrogative negative singular)
i? (conditional interrogative negative singular)
nach bu sinn? (conditional first-person interrogative negative plural)
nach bu sibh? (conditional interrogative negative plural second-person)
nach b' iad? (conditional interrogative negative plural third-person)

Present interrogative form of is (the copula).


ear

From Old Irish an air (literally “from before”), equivalent to modern a (“from”) + air (“before”).


bad

bad m (genitive singular baid, plural badan)

Probably borrowed from Pictish [Term?]. Compare Breton bod (“cluster, bunch of grapes, thicket”).


lean

head

lean (past lean, future leanaidh, verbal noun leantainn or leanmhainn, past participle leanta)

lean (past)
leanaidh (future)
leantainn (noun-from-verb)
leanmhainn (noun-from-verb)
leanta (participle past)

From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin linō (“anoint”), Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti, “sticks, stays”).

cog

An lean an droch aimsir?


trod

head

trod m (genitive singular troid, plural troid)

troid (genitive singular)
troid (plural)
trod
throd

From Middle Irish trot, from Old Irish troit (“fight, battle, quarrel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to thrust, push”), related to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“affliction, agony, struggle”).


bog

buige (comparative)
bog (masculine nominative singular)
bhog (feminine nominative singular)
boga (nominative plural)
bhuig (masculine singular vocative)
bhog (feminine singular vocative)
boga (plural vocative)
bhuig (genitive masculine singular)
bhuig (feminine genitive singular)
buige (feminine genitive singular)
bog (genitive plural)
boga (genitive plural)
bhog (dative masculine singular)
bhuig (dative feminine singular)
boga (dative plural)
bog
bhog

Inherited from Old Irish boc (“soft, gentle, tender; tepid”).


do

From Old Irish do. Cognates include Irish do.

Bha iongantach do ghràdh dhomh.


do

head

do (+ dative, triggers lenition of consonants and Dh-prothesis of vowels, combined with the singular definite article dhan)

dhomh (first-person singular)
dhòmhsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhut (second-person singular)
dhutsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dha (masculine singular third-person)
dhàsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

Bha e a' siubhal do Shasainn an-uiridh.

Do dh'ar beatha, dhut, dhèanainn e.


do

From Middle Irish ro-, from Old Irish ro-, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-.

An do sgrìobh thu litir?

Cha do bhrist mi an uinneag.


put

put (past phut, future putaidh, verbal noun putadh, past participle pute)

phut (past)
putaidh (future)
putadh (noun-from-verb)
pute (participle past)

Borrowed from Scots put (“push”). Ultimately from the root of English put.


put

put m (genitive singular puta, plural putan)

Borrowed from Scots pout, from Middle English pulet (“a pullet”).

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put

puta (genitive singular)
putan (plural)
put
phut

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”), see also Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”).

(nautical) large buoy, float (generally of sheepskin, inflated)


dream

From Middle Irish dremm (“crowd, throng”), from Proto-Celtic *drexsmā, itself probably related to *drungos (“throng, host”).

is rìoghail mo dhream

royal is my race (motto of Clan MacGregor)


bir

onomatopoeic alarm noise of a gannet when attacked at night


-san

From Old Irish -som (3rd person singular masculine/neuter; 3rd person plural).


chan

From Middle Irish nochan, from Old Irish nícon, from ní (“not”) + con (“toward”). Cognates include Irish chan and Manx chan.

Chan fhaca mi i.

Chan eil mi fuar.

An t-aran, chan ùr e.


chan

inflection of can:
negative dependent future

inflection of can:
past (rare, usually thuirt)


sin

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish sin. Cognates include Irish sin and Manx shen.

Dè tha sin?


flat

head

flat m (genitive singular flat, plural flataichean)

flat (genitive singular)
flataichean (plural)
flat
fhlat


long

long f (genitive singular luinge, plural longan)

luinge (genitive singular)
longan (plural)

From Old Irish long. Compare Welsh llong.


bi

bi (past bha, future bidh, verbal noun bhith)

bha (past)
bidh (future)
bhith (noun-from-verb)
tha mi (first-person independent present singular)
tha thu (independent present second-person singular)
tha e (independent present singular)
i (independent present singular)
tha sinn (first-person independent plural present)
tha sibh (independent plural present second-person)
tha iad (independent plural present third-person)
bha mi (first-person independent past singular)
bha thu (independent past second-person singular)
bha e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
bha sinn (first-person independent past plural)
bha sibh (independent past plural second-person)
bha iad (independent past plural third-person)
bidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
bidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
bidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
bidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
bidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
bidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
bithidh mi (emphatic first-person future independent singular)
bithidh tu (emphatic future independent second-person singular)
bithidh e (emphatic future independent singular)
i (emphatic future independent singular)
bithidh sinn (emphatic first-person future independent plural)
bithidh sibh (emphatic future independent plural second-person)
bithidh iad (emphatic future independent plural third-person)
bhithinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
bhiodh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
bhiodh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
bhiodh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
bhiomaid (conditional first-person independent plural)
bhiodh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
bhiodh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
bhithinn (conditional emphatic first-person independent singular)
bhitheadh tu (conditional emphatic independent second-person singular)
bhitheadh e (conditional emphatic independent singular)
i (conditional emphatic independent singular)
bhitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person independent plural)
bhitheamaid (conditional emphatic first-person independent plural)
bhitheadh sibh (conditional emphatic independent plural second-person)
bhitheadh iad (conditional emphatic independent plural third-person)
chan eil mi (first-person negative present singular)
chan eil thu (negative present second-person singular)
chan eil e (negative present singular)
i (negative present singular)
chan eil sinn (first-person negative plural present)
chan eil sibh (negative plural present second-person)
chan eil iad (negative plural present third-person)
cha robh mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha robh thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha robh e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha robh sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha robh sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha robh iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha bhi mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha bhi thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha bhi e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha bhi sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha bhi sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha bhi iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha bhithinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha bhiodh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha bhiodh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha bhiodh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bhiomaid (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bhiodh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha bhiodh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha bhithinn (conditional emphatic first-person negative singular)
cha bhitheadh tu (conditional emphatic negative second-person singular)
cha bhitheadh e (conditional emphatic negative singular)
i (conditional emphatic negative singular)
cha bhitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person negative plural)
cha bhitheamaid (conditional emphatic first-person negative plural)
cha bhitheadh sibh (conditional emphatic negative plural second-person)
cha bhitheadh iad (conditional emphatic negative plural third-person)
a bheil mi? (first-person present singular)
a bheil thu? (present second-person singular)
a bheil e (present singular)
i? (present singular)
a bheil sinn? (first-person plural present)
a bheil sibh? (plural present second-person)
a bheil iad? (plural present third-person)
an robh mi? (first-person past singular)
an robh thu? (past second-person singular)
an robh e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an robh sinn? (first-person past plural)
an robh sibh? (past plural second-person)
an robh iad? (past plural third-person)
am bi mi? (first-person future singular)
am bi thu? (future second-person singular)
am bi e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
am bi sinn? (first-person future plural)
am bi sibh? (future plural second-person)
am bi iad? (future plural third-person)
am bithinn? (conditional first-person singular)
am biodh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am biodh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am biodh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am biomaid? (conditional first-person plural)
am biodh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am biodh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
am bithinn? (conditional emphatic first-person singular)
am bitheadh tu? (conditional emphatic second-person singular)
am bitheadh e (conditional emphatic singular)
i? (conditional emphatic singular)
am bitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
am bitheamaid? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
am bitheadh sibh? (conditional emphatic plural second-person)
am bitheadh iad? (conditional emphatic plural third-person)
nach eil mi? (first-person present singular)
nach eil thu? (present second-person singular)
nach eil e (present singular)
nach eil sinn? (first-person plural present)
nach eil sibh? (plural present second-person)
nach eil iad? (plural present third-person)
nach robh mi? (first-person past singular)
nach robh thu? (past second-person singular)
nach robh e (past singular)
nach robh sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach robh sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach robh iad? (past plural third-person)
nach bi mi? (first-person future singular)
nach bi thu? (future second-person singular)
nach bi e (future singular)
nach bi sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach bi sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach bi iad? (future plural third-person)
nach bithinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach biodh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach biodh e (conditional singular)
nach biodh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach biomaid? (conditional first-person plural)
nach biodh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach biodh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach bithinn? (conditional emphatic first-person singular)
nach bitheadh tu? (conditional emphatic second-person singular)
nach bitheadh e (conditional emphatic singular)
nach bitheadh sinn? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
nach bitheamaid? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
nach bitheadh sibh? (conditional emphatic plural second-person)
nach bitheadh iad? (conditional emphatic plural third-person)
bhios mi (first-person singular)
a bhios mi (first-person singular)
bhios tu (second-person singular)
a bhios tu (second-person singular)
bhios e (singular)
a bhios e (singular)
i (singular)
bhios sinn (first-person plural)
a bhios sinn (first-person plural)
bhios sibh (plural second-person)
a bhios sibh (plural second-person)
bhios iad (plural third-person)
a bhios iad (plural third-person)
bhitheas mi (emphatic first-person singular)
a bhitheas mi (emphatic first-person singular)
bhitheas tu (emphatic second-person singular)
a bhitheas tu (emphatic second-person singular)
bhitheas e (emphatic singular)
a bhitheas e (emphatic singular)
i (emphatic singular)
bhitheas sinn (emphatic first-person plural)
a bhitheas sinn (emphatic first-person plural)
bhitheas sibh (emphatic plural second-person)
a bhitheas sibh (emphatic plural second-person)
bhitheas iad (emphatic plural third-person)
a bhitheas iad (emphatic plural third-person)
bitheam (first-person imperative singular)
bi (imperative second-person singular)
biodh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
biomaid (first-person imperative plural)
bithibh (imperative plural second-person)
biodh iad (imperative plural third-person)
bitheam (emphatic first-person imperative singular)
bi (emphatic imperative second-person singular)
bitheadh e (emphatic imperative singular)
i (emphatic imperative singular)
bitheamaid (emphatic first-person imperative plural)
bithibh (emphatic imperative plural second-person)
bitheadh iad (emphatic imperative plural third-person)
a bhith (noun-from-verb)
is mi (first-person independent present singular)
is tu (independent present second-person singular)
is e (independent present singular)
i (independent present singular)
is sinn (first-person independent plural present)
is sibh (independent plural present second-person)
is iad (independent plural present third-person)
bu mhi (first-person independent past singular)
bu tu (independent past second-person singular)
b' e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
bu sinn (first-person independent past plural)
bu sibh (independent past plural second-person)
b' iad (independent past plural third-person)
bu mhi (conditional first-person independent singular)
bu tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
b' e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
bu sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
bu sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
b' iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha mhi (first-person negative present singular)
cha tu (negative present second-person singular)
chan e (negative present singular)
i (negative present singular)
cha sinn (first-person negative plural present)
cha sibh (negative plural present second-person)
chan iad (negative plural present third-person)
cha bu mhi (first-person negative past singular)
cha bu tu (negative past second-person singular)
cha b' e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha bu sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha bu sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha b' iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha bu mhi (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha bu tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha b' e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha bu sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bu sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha b' iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
am mi? (first-person present singular)
an tu? (present second-person singular)
an e (present singular)
i? (present singular)
an sinn? (first-person plural present)
an sibh? (plural present second-person)
an iad? (plural present third-person)
am bu mhi? (first-person past singular)
am bu tu? (past second-person singular)
am b' e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
am bu sinn? (first-person past plural)
am bu sibh? (past plural second-person)
am b' iad? (past plural third-person)
am bu mhi? (conditional first-person singular)
am bu tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am b' e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am bu sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am bu sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am b' iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach mi? (first-person interrogative negative present singular)
nach tu? (interrogative negative present second-person singular)
nach e (interrogative negative present singular)
i? (interrogative negative present singular)
nach sinn? (first-person interrogative negative plural present)
nach sibh? (interrogative negative plural present second-person)
nach iad? (interrogative negative plural present third-person)
nach bu mhi? (first-person interrogative negative past singular)
nach bu tu? (interrogative negative past second-person singular)
nach b' e (interrogative negative past singular)
i? (interrogative negative past singular)
nach bu sinn? (first-person interrogative negative past plural)
nach bu sibh? (interrogative negative past plural second-person)
nach b' iad? (interrogative negative past plural third-person)
nach bu mhi? (conditional first-person interrogative negative singular)
nach bu tu? (conditional interrogative negative second-person singular)
nach b' e (conditional interrogative negative singular)
i? (conditional interrogative negative singular)
nach bu sinn? (conditional first-person interrogative negative plural)
nach bu sibh? (conditional interrogative negative plural second-person)
nach b' iad? (conditional interrogative negative plural third-person)
thathar (independent present)
thatar (independent present)
thathas (independent present)
bhathar (independent past)
bhatar (independent past)
bhathas (independent past)
bithear (future independent)
bitear (future independent)
bitheas (future independent)
bhite (conditional independent)
bhiteadh (conditional independent)
bhithist (conditional independent)
bhithiste (conditional independent)
chan eilear (negative present)
chan eileas (negative present)
cha robhar (negative past)
cha robhas (negative past)
cha bithear (future negative)
cha bitear (future negative)
cha bitheas (future negative)
cha bhite (conditional negative)
cha bhiteadh (conditional negative)
cha bhithist (conditional negative)
cha bhithiste (conditional negative)
am beilear? am beileas? (affirmative interrogative present)
a bheilear? a bheileas? (affirmative interrogative present)
an robhar? an robhas? (affirmative interrogative past)
am bithear? am biteas? (affirmative future interrogative)
am bite? am bithist? (affirmative interrogative)
am bite? am bithiste? (affirmative interrogative)
am biteadht? (affirmative interrogative)
am biteadhte? (affirmative interrogative)
nach eilear? nach eileas? (interrogative negative present)
nach robhar? nach robhas? (interrogative negative past)
nach bite? nach bithist? (interrogative negative)
nach bite? nach bithiste? (interrogative negative)
nach biteadht? (interrogative negative)
nach biteadhte? (interrogative negative)
bi
bhi

From Old Irish bí. Cognate with Irish bí and Manx bee.

(auxiliary) Used with air to form various tenses with perfect meaning


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”).


far

Possibly from Middle Irish i mbaile (“where”) from Old Irish baile (“place”) (with later early modern forms like a bhail a bhfuil, bhal a bhfuil) or from Old Irish fail (“where”), perhaps influenced by mar (“as, like”), related to Irish mar (“where”).

Bha e cunnartach far an robh am balach ag iasgach.

It was dangerous where the boy was fishing.


far

thuit e far eich


san

From Middle Irish (i)sind, (i)sin, from Old Irish isin(d/t) (“in the m or f or n sg dative”), isin (“into the m or f sg accusative”), isa (“into the n sg accusative”).

inh

san anmoch

san fhad-ùine

san t-seanchas

san achadh bhuan


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”).


dust

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dust m (genitive singular dust, no plural)


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”).


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”).


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”).


gram

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma).


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”).


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”).


ball

ball m (genitive singular buill, plural buill)

buill (genitive singular)
buill (plural)

From Old Irish ball m (“limb, member, organ; member of community; part, portion, piece; article, object; place, spot; passage (of a book); spot, mark, blemish”) (compare Irish ball), from Proto-Celtic *ballos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”) (compare English ball, Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”)).


ball

buill (genitive singular)
buill (plural)
ball
bhall

From Middle English bal and/or Old Norse bǫllr (“a ball”), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”).


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”).


m

Abbreviation of sa mhadainn (“in the morning, ante meridiem”); am, a.m.


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”).


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”).


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”).


fear

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fear m (genitive singular fir, plural fir)

fir (genitive singular)
fir (plural)
fear (indefinite nominative singular)
fir (indefinite nominative plural)
fir (genitive indefinite singular)
fhear (genitive indefinite plural)
fear (dative indefinite singular)
fir (dative indefinite plural)
fearaibh (dative indefinite plural)
fear (definite nominative singular)
am fear (definite nominative singular)
fir (definite nominative plural)
na fir (definite nominative plural)
fhir (definite genitive singular)
an fhir (definite genitive singular)
fear (definite genitive plural)
nam fear (definite genitive plural)
fhear (dative definite singular)
an fhear (dative definite singular)
fir (dative definite plural)
na fir (dative definite plural)
fearaibh (dative definite plural)
fhir (definite singular vocative)
fheara (definite plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.


loch

loch f (genitive singular locha, plural lochan)

locha (genitive singular)
lochan (plural)

desctree

→ Middle English: lough, loch, louche, luh
English: lough, loch
Scots: loch

From Old Irish loch, from Proto-Celtic *loku, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus.


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”).


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”).


e

From Old Irish é. Cognates include Irish é and Manx eh.

third-person masculine pronoun; he, him, it


brat

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brat m (genitive singular brata, plural bratan)

brata (genitive singular)
bratan (plural)
brat
bhrat

From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *brattos (compare Welsh brethyn (“cloth”), from *brattinyos).

cloak, cover, covering, mantle, veil, canopy


tre

From Old Irish tri (“through”), from Proto-Celtic *trei (compare Welsh trwy), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”).


cop

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cop m (genitive singular coip, plural coip)

From Middle Irish copp, borrowed from either Old English copp or Middle English copp, both meaning "top," from Proto-West Germanic *kopp.


cop

cop (past chop, future copidh, verbal noun copadh, past participle copte)

chop (past)
copidh (future)
copadh (noun-from-verb)
copte (participle past)
cop
chop


sir

sir (past shir, future siridh, verbal noun sireadh, past participle sirte)

shir (past)
siridh (future)
sireadh (noun-from-verb)
sirte (participle past)
sir
shir
after "an"
t-sir

From Old Irish sirid (“to traverse, seek”). Cognate with Manx shirr.


fast

fast (past dh'fhast, future fastaidh, verbal noun fastadh)

dh'fhast (past)
fastaidh (future)
fastadh (noun-from-verb)

Alternative form of fastaidh (“hire, employ”)


boc

boc m (genitive singular buic, plural buic)

Inherited from Middle Irish boc, from Old Irish boc, poc(c) (“he-goat”), from Proto-Celtic *bukkos.


boc

boc (past bhoc, future bocaidh, verbal noun bocadh, past participle bocte)

bhoc (past)
bocaidh (future)
bocadh (noun-from-verb)
bocte (participle past)


cor

coir (genitive singular)
cuir (genitive singular)
cor
chor

Inherited from Old Irish cor (“act of putting, placing; setting up, etc.; act of throwing, casting; act of letting go, discarding; leap, twist; throw (in wrestling); twist, coil; twist, detour, circuit in road, etc.; tune, melody; contract; surety, guarantor; act of overthrowing, defeating; defeat, reverse; state, condition, plight; act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“sets, puts, places; throws, casts; casts down, overthrows; puts forth, emits, sends out; launches; utters, makes; raises (a shout, cry); performs, executes, wages”).

inh+

Dè do chor?
Cor math.
How are you?
I'm fine.

literally, “What's your condition? Good condition”

air chor sam bith

air chor 's gu

on condition that (cf also derived terms)


call

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call m (genitive singular calla, plural callaidhean)

calla (genitive singular)
callaidhean (plural)
call
chall


carbon

carbon m (genitive singular carboin, no plural)

carboin (genitive singular)
carbon
charbon


mu

mu (+ dative, triggers lenition, combined with the singular definite article mun)

umam (first-person singular)
umamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
umad (second-person singular)
umadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
uime (masculine singular third-person)
uimesan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Old Irish imb. Cognates include Irish um and Manx mysh.

Bha craobhan mu ghàrradh an taighe.

There were trees around the house's yard.

Bha sinn a' bruidhinn mu làithean san sgoil againn.

We were talking about our days at school.

Bidh a' chuairt a' toirt mu thrì uairean.

Dè chuireas mi umam?


saor

saoire (comparative)
saor (masculine nominative)
saor (feminine nominative)
saora (nominative plural)
saoir (genitive masculine)
saoire (feminine genitive)
saora (genitive plural)
saor (dative masculine)
saoir (dative feminine)
saora (dative plural)
saoir (masculine vocative)
saor (feminine vocative)
saora (plural vocative)

From Old Irish sóer, from Proto-Celtic *su-wiros (“good man”).


saor

saor (past shaor, future saoraidh, verbal noun saoradh, past participle saorte)

shaor (past)
saoraidh (future)
saoradh (noun-from-verb)
saorte (participle past)


saor

saor m (genitive singular saoir, plural saoir)

saoir (genitive singular)
saoir (plural)
saor
shaor
after "an"
t-saor

From Old Irish sáer, from Proto-Celtic *saɸiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sapiros, from *sap- (“skill”).


ge

From Old Irish cía (“although”). Cognate with Irish cé.


hallo

Borrowed from English hello, halloo, hollo.


bus

bus m (genitive singular buis, plural buis or busan)

buis (genitive singular)
buis (plural)
busan (plural)


bus

bus m (genitive singular bus, plural busaichean)

bus (genitive singular)
busaichean (plural)
bus
bhus


ga

Bha sinn ga thuigsinn.

Cha bhi mi ga tachairt.


am

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

nominative singular masculine preceding f-

nominative singular masculine preceding b-, m-, p-


am

Form of an (“their”) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.


am

Form of an (“in”) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.


am

Form of an (interrogative particle) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.


am

Form of an (present interrogative copula) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.


meal

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meal (past mheal, future mealaidh, verbal noun mealadh or mealtainn, past participle mealte)

mheal (past)
mealaidh (future)
mealadh (noun-from-verb)
mealtainn (noun-from-verb)
mealte (participle past)

From Middle Irish melaid (“to consume”), from Old Irish melaid (“to grind”), from Proto-Celtic *meleti (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-. Doublet of meil.


à

à (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article às)

asam (first-person singular)
asamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
asad (second-person singular)
asadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
às (masculine singular third-person)
às-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Old Irish a. Cognates include Irish as and Manx ass.


tu

Form of thu (“thou, you”) used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh.


ar

From Old Irish ar. Cognates include Irish ár.

ar n-athair.

Tha ar nighean ruadh.

Tha ar n-oilthigh ùr.


Daniel

(biblical) Daniel, the twenty-seventh book of the Old Testament

Genesis

Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament


heat

(chiefly Lewis, south Skye) anything, (in the negative) nothing


sine

sine f (genitive singular sine, plural sinean)

sine (genitive singular)
sinean (plural)

From Old Irish sine (“teat, dug, pap”), from Proto-Celtic *sɸenyos, from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn. Cognate with Old Norse speni (“teat”), English spean (“teat (of a cow)”).


sine

From Old Irish sine (“old age, seniority, antiquity”), from sen (“old”).


ola

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ola f (genitive singular ola, plural olaichean)

ola (genitive singular)
olaichean (plural)
ola
n-ola

From Old Irish olae, from Latin oleum (“oil”).


beach

beach m (genitive singular beacha, plural beachan)

beacha (genitive singular)
beachan (plural)
beach
bheach

From Old Irish bech, from Proto-Celtic *beko-, *bikos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, *bʰoik-, enlargement of *bʰī-, *bʰei-.


ach

From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *extos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs-tos.

Thèid mise ach cha tèid thusa.

Cha robh ann ach trì daoine.

There were only three people (literally "there was not there but/except for three people").


ach

Dh'aontaich e ach am biodh adhartas air choireigin ann.

He agreed so that there would be some progress.


los

From Old Irish los, from Proto-Celtic *lustā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lew- (“to divide, to split”). Cognate with Welsh llost.


seas

seas (past sheas, future seasaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seaste)

sheas (past)
seasaidh (future)
seasamh (noun-from-verb)
seaste (participle past)
seas
sheas
after "an"
t-seas


lite

lite (genitive singular)
lit (genitive singular)

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


ars

"Bu toil leam sin glè mhath," ars ise.

Ars an t-uan, "Cha d' rugadh mis' ach o chionn sia mìosan."

The lamb said, "I was only born six months ago"

Alternative form of arsa used before vowels


drama

drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)

drama (genitive singular)
dramaichean (plural)


fo

fo (+ dative, triggers lenition, combined with the singular definite article fon)

fodham (first-person singular)
fodhamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
fodhad (second-person singular)
fodhadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
fodha (masculine singular third-person)
fodhasan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

From Old Irish fo. Cognates include Irish faoi and Manx fo.


fan

fan (past dh'fhan, future fanaidh, verbal noun fantail or fantainn or fanachd)

dh'fhan (past)
fanaidh (future)
fantail (noun-from-verb)
fantainn (noun-from-verb)
fanachd (noun-from-verb)

From Old Irish anaid, fanaid (“stays, remains, abides”).


don

Chaidh i don bhùth.


nur

nur (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

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

Univerbation of an (“in”) + ur (“your”).


tartan

tartan m (genitive singular tartain, plural tartain)

tartain (genitive singular)
tartain (plural)
tartan (indefinite nominative singular)
tartain (indefinite nominative plural)
tartain (genitive indefinite singular)
thartan (genitive indefinite plural)
tartan (dative indefinite singular)
tartain (dative indefinite plural)
tartanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
tartan (definite nominative singular)
an tartan (definite nominative singular)
tartain (definite nominative plural)
na tartain (definite nominative plural)
tartain (definite genitive singular)
an tartain (definite genitive singular)
tartan (definite genitive plural)
nan tartan (definite genitive plural)
tartan (dative definite singular)
an tartan (dative definite singular)
tartain (dative definite plural)
na tartain (dative definite plural)
tartanaibh (dative definite plural)
thartain (definite singular vocative)
thartana (definite plural vocative)
tartan
thartan

tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern)


nach

tha mi (first-person independent present singular)
tha thu (independent present second-person singular)
tha e (independent present singular)
i (independent present singular)
tha sinn (first-person independent plural present)
tha sibh (independent plural present second-person)
tha iad (independent plural present third-person)
bha mi (first-person independent past singular)
bha thu (independent past second-person singular)
bha e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
bha sinn (first-person independent past plural)
bha sibh (independent past plural second-person)
bha iad (independent past plural third-person)
bidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
bidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
bidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
bidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
bidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
bidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
bithidh mi (emphatic first-person future independent singular)
bithidh tu (emphatic future independent second-person singular)
bithidh e (emphatic future independent singular)
i (emphatic future independent singular)
bithidh sinn (emphatic first-person future independent plural)
bithidh sibh (emphatic future independent plural second-person)
bithidh iad (emphatic future independent plural third-person)
bhithinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
bhiodh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
bhiodh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
bhiodh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
bhiomaid (conditional first-person independent plural)
bhiodh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
bhiodh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
bhithinn (conditional emphatic first-person independent singular)
bhitheadh tu (conditional emphatic independent second-person singular)
bhitheadh e (conditional emphatic independent singular)
i (conditional emphatic independent singular)
bhitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person independent plural)
bhitheamaid (conditional emphatic first-person independent plural)
bhitheadh sibh (conditional emphatic independent plural second-person)
bhitheadh iad (conditional emphatic independent plural third-person)
chan eil mi (first-person negative present singular)
chan eil thu (negative present second-person singular)
chan eil e (negative present singular)
i (negative present singular)
chan eil sinn (first-person negative plural present)
chan eil sibh (negative plural present second-person)
chan eil iad (negative plural present third-person)
cha robh mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha robh thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha robh e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha robh sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha robh sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha robh iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha bhi mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha bhi thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha bhi e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha bhi sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha bhi sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha bhi iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha bhithinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha bhiodh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha bhiodh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha bhiodh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bhiomaid (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bhiodh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha bhiodh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha bhithinn (conditional emphatic first-person negative singular)
cha bhitheadh tu (conditional emphatic negative second-person singular)
cha bhitheadh e (conditional emphatic negative singular)
i (conditional emphatic negative singular)
cha bhitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person negative plural)
cha bhitheamaid (conditional emphatic first-person negative plural)
cha bhitheadh sibh (conditional emphatic negative plural second-person)
cha bhitheadh iad (conditional emphatic negative plural third-person)
a bheil mi? (first-person present singular)
a bheil thu? (present second-person singular)
a bheil e (present singular)
i? (present singular)
a bheil sinn? (first-person plural present)
a bheil sibh? (plural present second-person)
a bheil iad? (plural present third-person)
an robh mi? (first-person past singular)
an robh thu? (past second-person singular)
an robh e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an robh sinn? (first-person past plural)
an robh sibh? (past plural second-person)
an robh iad? (past plural third-person)
am bi mi? (first-person future singular)
am bi thu? (future second-person singular)
am bi e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
am bi sinn? (first-person future plural)
am bi sibh? (future plural second-person)
am bi iad? (future plural third-person)
am bithinn? (conditional first-person singular)
am biodh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am biodh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am biodh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am biomaid? (conditional first-person plural)
am biodh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am biodh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
am bithinn? (conditional emphatic first-person singular)
am bitheadh tu? (conditional emphatic second-person singular)
am bitheadh e (conditional emphatic singular)
i? (conditional emphatic singular)
am bitheadh sinn (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
am bitheamaid? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
am bitheadh sibh? (conditional emphatic plural second-person)
am bitheadh iad? (conditional emphatic plural third-person)
nach eil mi? (first-person present singular)
nach eil thu? (present second-person singular)
nach eil e (present singular)
nach eil sinn? (first-person plural present)
nach eil sibh? (plural present second-person)
nach eil iad? (plural present third-person)
nach robh mi? (first-person past singular)
nach robh thu? (past second-person singular)
nach robh e (past singular)
nach robh sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach robh sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach robh iad? (past plural third-person)
nach bi mi? (first-person future singular)
nach bi thu? (future second-person singular)
nach bi e (future singular)
nach bi sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach bi sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach bi iad? (future plural third-person)
nach bithinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach biodh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach biodh e (conditional singular)
nach biodh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach biomaid? (conditional first-person plural)
nach biodh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach biodh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach bithinn? (conditional emphatic first-person singular)
nach bitheadh tu? (conditional emphatic second-person singular)
nach bitheadh e (conditional emphatic singular)
nach bitheadh sinn? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
nach bitheamaid? (conditional emphatic first-person plural)
nach bitheadh sibh? (conditional emphatic plural second-person)
nach bitheadh iad? (conditional emphatic plural third-person)
bhios mi (first-person singular)
a bhios mi (first-person singular)
bhios tu (second-person singular)
a bhios tu (second-person singular)
bhios e (singular)
a bhios e (singular)
i (singular)
bhios sinn (first-person plural)
a bhios sinn (first-person plural)
bhios sibh (plural second-person)
a bhios sibh (plural second-person)
bhios iad (plural third-person)
a bhios iad (plural third-person)
bhitheas mi (emphatic first-person singular)
a bhitheas mi (emphatic first-person singular)
bhitheas tu (emphatic second-person singular)
a bhitheas tu (emphatic second-person singular)
bhitheas e (emphatic singular)
a bhitheas e (emphatic singular)
i (emphatic singular)
bhitheas sinn (emphatic first-person plural)
a bhitheas sinn (emphatic first-person plural)
bhitheas sibh (emphatic plural second-person)
a bhitheas sibh (emphatic plural second-person)
bhitheas iad (emphatic plural third-person)
a bhitheas iad (emphatic plural third-person)
bitheam (first-person imperative singular)
bi (imperative second-person singular)
biodh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
biomaid (first-person imperative plural)
bithibh (imperative plural second-person)
biodh iad (imperative plural third-person)
bitheam (emphatic first-person imperative singular)
bi (emphatic imperative second-person singular)
bitheadh e (emphatic imperative singular)
i (emphatic imperative singular)
bitheamaid (emphatic first-person imperative plural)
bithibh (emphatic imperative plural second-person)
bitheadh iad (emphatic imperative plural third-person)
a bhith (noun-from-verb)
is mi (first-person independent present singular)
is tu (independent present second-person singular)
is e (independent present singular)
i (independent present singular)
is sinn (first-person independent plural present)
is sibh (independent plural present second-person)
is iad (independent plural present third-person)
bu mhi (first-person independent past singular)
bu tu (independent past second-person singular)
b' e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
bu sinn (first-person independent past plural)
bu sibh (independent past plural second-person)
b' iad (independent past plural third-person)
bu mhi (conditional first-person independent singular)
bu tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
b' e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
bu sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
bu sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
b' iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha mhi (first-person negative present singular)
cha tu (negative present second-person singular)
chan e (negative present singular)
i (negative present singular)
cha sinn (first-person negative plural present)
cha sibh (negative plural present second-person)
chan iad (negative plural present third-person)
cha bu mhi (first-person negative past singular)
cha bu tu (negative past second-person singular)
cha b' e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha bu sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha bu sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha b' iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha bu mhi (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha bu tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha b' e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha bu sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha bu sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha b' iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
am mi? (first-person present singular)
an tu? (present second-person singular)
an e (present singular)
i? (present singular)
an sinn? (first-person plural present)
an sibh? (plural present second-person)
an iad? (plural present third-person)
am bu mhi? (first-person past singular)
am bu tu? (past second-person singular)
am b' e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
am bu sinn? (first-person past plural)
am bu sibh? (past plural second-person)
am b' iad? (past plural third-person)
am bu mhi? (conditional first-person singular)
am bu tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am b' e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am bu sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am bu sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am b' iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach mi? (first-person interrogative negative present singular)
nach tu? (interrogative negative present second-person singular)
nach e (interrogative negative present singular)
i? (interrogative negative present singular)
nach sinn? (first-person interrogative negative plural present)
nach sibh? (interrogative negative plural present second-person)
nach iad? (interrogative negative plural present third-person)
nach bu mhi? (first-person interrogative negative past singular)
nach bu tu? (interrogative negative past second-person singular)
nach b' e (interrogative negative past singular)
i? (interrogative negative past singular)
nach bu sinn? (first-person interrogative negative past plural)
nach bu sibh? (interrogative negative past plural second-person)
nach b' iad? (interrogative negative past plural third-person)
nach bu mhi? (conditional first-person interrogative negative singular)
nach bu tu? (conditional interrogative negative second-person singular)
nach b' e (conditional interrogative negative singular)
i? (conditional interrogative negative singular)
nach bu sinn? (conditional first-person interrogative negative plural)
nach bu sibh? (conditional interrogative negative plural second-person)
nach b' iad? (conditional interrogative negative plural third-person)
thathar (independent present)
thatar (independent present)
thathas (independent present)
bhathar (independent past)
bhatar (independent past)
bhathas (independent past)
bithear (future independent)
bitear (future independent)
bitheas (future independent)
bhite (conditional independent)
bhiteadh (conditional independent)
bhithist (conditional independent)
bhithiste (conditional independent)
chan eilear (negative present)
chan eileas (negative present)
cha robhar (negative past)
cha robhas (negative past)
cha bithear (future negative)
cha bitear (future negative)
cha bitheas (future negative)
cha bhite (conditional negative)
cha bhiteadh (conditional negative)
cha bhithist (conditional negative)
cha bhithiste (conditional negative)
am beilear? am beileas? (affirmative interrogative present)
a bheilear? a bheileas? (affirmative interrogative present)
an robhar? an robhas? (affirmative interrogative past)
am bithear? am biteas? (affirmative future interrogative)
am bite? am bithist? (affirmative interrogative)
am bite? am bithiste? (affirmative interrogative)
am biteadht? (affirmative interrogative)
am biteadhte? (affirmative interrogative)
nach eilear? nach eileas? (interrogative negative present)
nach robhar? nach robhas? (interrogative negative past)
nach bite? nach bithist? (interrogative negative)
nach bite? nach bithiste? (interrogative negative)
nach biteadht? (interrogative negative)
nach biteadhte? (interrogative negative)

From Old Irish nach, from Proto-Celtic *ne-kʷe. Cognate with Irish nach.

Nach eil an t-acras ort?

Chunnaic mi i, nach fhaca?

Nach buail thu e?

Used together with the dependent form of a verb to form negative questions.

Bha e ag ràdh nach robh càr aige.

Used together with the dependent form of a verb to form negative subordinate clauses; that ... not


gar

Cò a bhios gar cuideachadh?


gar

gar (past ghar, future garaidh, verbal noun garadh, past participle garte)

ghar (past)
garaidh (future)
garadh (noun-from-verb)
garte (participle past)

From Old Irish gorim, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrenso-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- (“warm”), from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”); see also Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रंस (ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”), Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm.

cog

a' garadh an làmhan ris an teine


snog

snoige (comparative)
snog
shnog
after "an"
t-snog

A bheil thu gu snog?


Univerbation of an (“in”) + a (“his/her”).


Na bruidhinn!

don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

An do rinn iad e Disathairne? – Cha do rinn na!
Did they do it on Saturday? – They certainly did not!

particle used to emphasise a negative reply to a question


See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of an (“the”):
genitive singular feminine

inflection of an (“the”):
nominative or dative plural


Univerbation of an (interrogative particle) + do (past tense particle)

univ

Na rinn thu sin?

(chiefly Lewis, colloquial) marks an interrogative in the past tense


ros

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ros m (genitive singular rois, plural rosan)


ros

From Old Irish ros (“wood, promontory”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“before”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”).


buil

buil f (genitive singular buile, plural builean)

buile (genitive singular)
builean (plural)

From Old Irish *bol, *bel, from Proto-Celtic *bhel, *bhol, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰel-, related to Old Armenian աւել- (awel-, “more”).


tuil

tuil f (genitive singular tuile, plural tuiltean)

tuile (genitive singular)
tuiltean (plural)
tuil
thuil

From Old Irish tuile, from the root tu- (“swell”). Cognate with Greek τύλος (týlos, “knob, weal”). The Old Irish root ól- (“to flood, abound”) gives Old Irish tólam (“flood”) and imról, foróil (“abundance”).


tom

tom m (genitive singular tuim, plural toman or tomannan)

tuim (genitive singular)
toman (plural)
tomannan (plural)

From Old Irish tom (“bush, tuft; hillock, knoll”).

inh

round hillock or knoll, rising ground, swell, green eminence


craic

head

craic m (genitive singular craic, no plural)


spot

spot m (genitive singular spoit, plural spotan)

spoit (genitive singular)
spotan (plural)


bab

bab m (genitive singular baba, plural baban or babannan)

baba (genitive singular)
baban (plural)
babannan (plural)
bab
bhab

Bithidh sin 'n a bhab air fhad 's is beò e.

That will be a stain on him as long as he lives.


deur

deur m (genitive singular deòir, plural deòir)

deòir (genitive singular)
deòir (plural)

From Old Irish dér, deór (“tear; drop”) (compare Irish deoir), from Proto-Celtic *dakrom (compare Middle Welsh deigr), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

deòiridh

melancholy, tearful creature; poor desolate creature

deurach

tearful, weeping; sad, mourning; dropping

Sgìth mise bho na deòir gu bheil mi a' caoineadh.

I am weary from the tears that I have wept.


film

film m (genitive singular film, plural filmichean)

film (genitive singular)
filmichean (plural)
film
fhilm

From English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-Germanic *filminją (“thin skin, membrane”), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- (“membrane”), from *pel- (“to cover, skin”).


neo-

From Old Irish nem- (compare Irish neamh-, Manx neu-).


gum

Tha mi cinnteach gum biodh e toilichte.


coma

From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm-smiyo-, from *ḱóm (“beside, with, by”) + *sem- (“one, as one”).

Tha e coma.

'S mi a tha coma dè thachras.

Coma de sin!

Is coma sin

Is coma leam thu

Is coma leis an rìgh Eòghann agus is coma le Eòghann co-dhiù

The king doesn't like Eòghann, but Eòghann doesn't care whether the king likes him or not.

expressing dislike or even hate when used with le


toit

head

toit f (genitive singular toite, plural toitean)

toite (genitive singular)
toitean (plural)
toit
thoit

A variant of Middle Irish tútt (“stench”), from Proto-Celtic *tutto, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“hazy, dark”); compare Irish toit.


till

head

till (past thill, future tillidh, verbal noun tilleadh, past participle tillte)

thill (past)
tillidh (future)
tilleadh (noun-from-verb)
tillte (participle past)

From Middle Irish tillid, alteration of Old Irish fillid (compare Irish fill).

Thill ris.


being

being f (dative singular being or beingidh, genitive singular beinge, plural beingean)

being (dative singular)
beingidh (dative singular)
beinge (genitive singular)
beingean (plural)
being (indefinite nominative singular)
beingean (indefinite nominative plural)
beinge (genitive indefinite singular)
bheingean (genitive indefinite plural)
being (dative indefinite singular)
beingean (dative indefinite plural)
beingibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bheing (definite nominative singular)
beingean (definite nominative plural)
na beingean (definite nominative plural)
beinge (definite genitive singular)
na beinge (definite genitive singular)
beingean (definite genitive plural)
nam beingean (definite genitive plural)
(a') bheing (dative definite singular)
beingean (dative definite plural)
na beingean (dative definite plural)
beingibh (dative definite plural)
bheing (definite singular vocative)
bheingean (definite plural vocative)


mart

mart m (genitive singular mairt, plural mairt)

mairt (genitive singular)
mairt (plural)
mart
mhart


cab

cab m (genitive singular caib, plural caban)

caib (genitive singular)
caban (plural)
cab
chab

Dùin do chab!


seis

seis m (genitive singular seis, plural seisean)

seis (genitive singular)
seisean (plural)

Inherited from Middle Irish *seise, from Old Norse sessi.

Cha d'fhuair Fionn a sheis riamh.

Tha do sheis an taic riut.


dad

Ciod e th' ort? Chan eil dad.

anything, ought, (in the negative) nothing


rach

rach (past chaidh, future thèid, verbal noun dol, past participle rachte)

chaidh (past)
thèid (future)
dol (noun-from-verb)
rachte (participle past)
chaidh mi (first-person independent past singular)
chaidh thu (independent past second-person singular)
chaidh e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
chaidh sinn (first-person independent past plural)
chaidh sibh (independent past plural second-person)
chaidh iad (independent past plural third-person)
chaidheas (impersonal independent past)
rachar (impersonal independent past)
thèid mi (first-person future independent singular)
thèid thu (future independent second-person singular)
thèid e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
thèid sinn (first-person future independent plural)
thèid sibh (future independent plural second-person)
thèid iad (future independent plural third-person)
thèidear (future impersonal independent)
rachainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dheighinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
reighinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
rachadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dheigheadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
reigheadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
rachadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dheigheadh e (conditional independent singular)
reigheadh e (conditional independent singular)
rachadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
rachamaid (conditional first-person independent plural)
dheigheadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
reigheamaid (conditional first-person independent plural)
rachadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dheigheadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
reigheadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
rachadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
dheigheadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
reigheadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
rachte (conditional impersonal independent)
dheighist (conditional impersonal independent)
dheighiste (conditional impersonal independent)
reighte (conditional impersonal independent)
cha deach mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha deachaidh mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha deach thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha deachaidh thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha deach e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha deachaidh e (negative past singular)
cha deach sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha deachaidh sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha deach sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha deachaidh sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha deach iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha deachaidh iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha deachas (impersonal negative past)
cha d'rachar (impersonal negative past)
cha tèid mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha tèid thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha tèid e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha tèid sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha tèid sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha tèid iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha tèidear (future impersonal negative)
cha rachainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha deighinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha d'reighinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha rachadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha deigheadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha d'reigheadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha rachadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha deigheadh e (conditional negative singular)
cha d'reigheadh e (conditional negative singular)
cha rachadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha rachamaid (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha deigheadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha d'reigheamaid (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha rachadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha deigheadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha d'reigheadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha rachadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha deigheadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha d'reigheadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha rachte (conditional impersonal negative)
cha deighist (conditional impersonal negative)
cha deighiste (conditional impersonal negative)
cha d'reighte (conditional impersonal negative)
an deach mi? (first-person past singular)
an deachaidh mi? (first-person past singular)
an deach thu? (past second-person singular)
an deachaidh thu? (past second-person singular)
an deach e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an deachaidh e (past singular)
an deach sinn? (first-person past plural)
an deachaidh sinn? (first-person past plural)
an deach sibh? (past plural second-person)
an deachaidh sibh? (past plural second-person)
an deach iad? (past plural third-person)
an deachaidh iad? (past plural third-person)
an deachas? (impersonal past)
an d'rachar? (impersonal past)
an tèid mi? (first-person future singular)
an tèid thu? (future second-person singular)
an tèid e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an tèid sinn? (first-person future plural)
an tèid sibh? (future plural second-person)
an tèid iad? (future plural third-person)
an tèidear? (future impersonal)
an rachainn? (conditional first-person singular)
an deighinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an d'reighinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an rachadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an deigheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an d'reigheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an rachadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an deigheadh e (conditional singular)
an d'reigheadh e (conditional singular)
an rachadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an rachamaid? (conditional first-person plural)
an deigheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an d'reigheamaid? (conditional first-person plural)
an rachadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an deigheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an d'reigheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an rachadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an deigheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an d'reigheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an rachte? (conditional impersonal)
an deighist? (conditional impersonal)
an deighiste? (conditional impersonal)
an d'reighte? (conditional impersonal)
nach deach mi? (first-person past singular)
nach deachaidh mi? (first-person past singular)
nach deach thu? (past second-person singular)
nach deachaidh thu? (past second-person singular)
nach deach e (past singular)
nach deachaidh e (past singular)
nach deach sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach deachaidh sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach deach sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach deachaidh sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach deach iad? (past plural third-person)
nach deachaidh iad? (past plural third-person)
nach deachas? (impersonal past)
nach d'rachar? (impersonal past)
nach tèid mi? (first-person future singular)
nach tèid thu? (future second-person singular)
nach tèid e (future singular)
nach tèid sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach tèid sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach tèid iad? (future plural third-person)
nach tèidear? (future impersonal)
nach rachainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach deighinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach d'reighinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach rachadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach deigheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach d'reigheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach rachadh e (conditional singular)
nach deigheadh e (conditional singular)
nach d'reigheadh e (conditional singular)
nach rachadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach rachamaid (conditional first-person plural)
nach deigheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach d'reigheamaid? (conditional first-person plural)
nach rachadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach deigheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach d'reigheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach rachadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach deigheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach d'reigheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach rachte? (conditional impersonal)
nach deighist? (conditional impersonal)
nach deighiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach d'reighte? (conditional impersonal)
thèid mi (first-person singular)
a thèid mi (first-person singular)
thèid tu (second-person singular)
a thèid tu (second-person singular)
thèid e (singular)
a thèid e (singular)
i (singular)
thèid sinn (first-person plural)
a thèid sinn (first-person plural)
thèid sibh (plural second-person)
a thèid sibh (plural second-person)
thèid iad (plural third-person)
a thèid iad (plural third-person)
thèidear (impersonal)
a thèidear (impersonal)
racham! (first-person imperative singular)
theirigeam! (first-person imperative singular)
rach! (imperative second-person singular)
theirig! (imperative second-person singular)
rachadh e (imperative singular)
i! (imperative singular)
theirigeadh e (imperative singular)
rachamaid! (first-person imperative plural)
theirigeamaid! (first-person imperative plural)
rachaibh! (imperative plural second-person)
theirigibh! (imperative plural second-person)
rachadh iad! (imperative plural third-person)
theirigeadh iad! (imperative plural third-person)
rachar! (imperative impersonal)
dol (noun-from-verb)

All forms of this verb, including all the suppletive forms, are derived from some conjugation of Old Irish téit; see there for more.


sa

From Middle Irish (i)sind, (i)sin, from Old Irish isin(d/t) (“in the m or f or n sg dative”), isin (“into the m or f sg accusative”), isa (“into the n sg accusative”).

inh

sa bhliadhna de dh'aois Chrìost


fad

faid (genitive singular)
faide (genitive singular)

From Old Irish fot, from Proto-Celtic *wazdos, which could be from the same root as *wāstos (“empty”).


fad

A bheil sibh fad an latha ann?


bun

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bun m (genitive singular buna or buin, plural buin or bunan)

buna (genitive singular)
buin (genitive singular)
buin (plural)
bunan (plural)
bun
bhun

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.


putain

genitive singular of putan (“button, key”)


faire

head

faire f (genitive singular faire, plural fairean)

faire (genitive singular)
fairean (plural)
faire
fhaire

Verbal noun from fair (“to watch”), for which see aire (“care, heed, attention”).

watch (the act or period of watching or guarding)


mac

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mic)

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

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

mac Dhòmhaill

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