tuath

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tuath f (genitive singular tuatha, plural tuathan)

tuatha (genitive singular)
tuathan (plural)

From Old Irish túath, from Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

tuathanach

farmer, agriculturalist, peasant; tenant; yeoman


brod

brod m (genitive singular bruid, plural brodan)

bruid (genitive singular)
brodan (plural)

From Old Irish brot m (“goad; spike”), from Proto-Celtic *brasdu- (“thorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (“tip, point”), see also Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (“spike”).

goad, prod, prick, spear, sting (anything sharp and pointed)


brod

brod (past bhrod, future brodaidh, verbal noun brodadh, past participle brodte)

bhrod (past)
brodaidh (future)
brodadh (noun-from-verb)
brodte (participle past)
brod
bhrod


seo

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish so. Cognates include Irish seo and Manx shoh.

Seo mo dhachaigh.


seo

Cuir e seo.


domhan

domhan m (genitive singular domhain, plural domhain)

domhain (genitive singular)
domhain (plural)
domhan
dhomhan

From Old Irish domun (“the world”), from Proto-Celtic *dubnos (“the deep; the world”).


sliabh

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sliabh m (genitive singular slèibh, plural slèibhtean)

slèibh (genitive singular)
slèibhtean (plural)
sliabh
shliabh
after "an"
t-sliabh

From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *sleibos.


eala

eala f (genitive singular ealaidh, plural ealachan)

ealaidh (genitive singular)
ealachan (plural)
eala
n-eala

From Middle Irish ela, elae, from Old Irish elu, from Proto-Celtic *eli- (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“swan”).


bodhar

From Old Irish bodar, from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Kamkata-viri bera (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).

cho bodhar ri gobhar san fhoghar

deaf as a doorpost (literally, “as deaf as a goat in autumn-time”)


bodhar

bodhar m (genitive singular bodhair, plural bodhair)

bodhair (genitive singular)
bodhair (plural)
bodhar
bhodhar


gorm

From Old Irish gorm (“blue”), from Proto-Celtic *gurmos. Same root as Welsh gwrm (“dusky”).

green; blue-green to verdant (natural; of plants, especially grass)


fliuch

fliuiche (comparative)
fliche (comparative)

From Old Irish fliuch, from Proto-Celtic *wlikʷos (compare Welsh gwlyb, Cornish glyb), from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (compare Latin liquō (“to melt”), Tocharian A lyīktsi (“to wash”)).

là fliuch

fuar, fliuch gun deò léirsinn

bàta fliuch


fliuch

fliuch (past fhliuch, future fliuchaidh, verbal noun fliuchadh, past participle fliuchte)

fhliuch (past)
fliuchaidh (future)
fliuchadh (noun-from-verb)
fliuchte (participle past)
fliuch
fhliuch


cuach

cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)

cuaich (genitive singular)
cuachan (plural)

From Old Irish cuäch, cúach (“cup, goblet, bowl”), from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”).


cuach

From Old Irish cúach (“fastener, hook, buckle for cloak, hair, etc.; lock of hair, tress; hair”), from the root of sense 1.


cuach

cuaich (genitive singular)
cuachan (plural)
cuach
chuach

From Old Irish caí, cúach (“cuckoo”), caí (“act of weeping; wailing, lamentation”).


broc

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broc m (genitive singular bruic, plural bruic)

bruic (genitive singular)
bruic (plural)
broc (indefinite nominative singular)
bruic (indefinite nominative plural)
bruic (genitive indefinite singular)
bhroc (genitive indefinite plural)
broc (dative indefinite singular)
bruic (dative indefinite plural)
brocaibh (dative indefinite plural)
broc (definite nominative singular)
am broc (definite nominative singular)
bruic (definite nominative plural)
na bruic (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhruic (definite genitive singular)
broc (definite genitive plural)
nam broc (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhroc (dative definite singular)
bruic (dative definite plural)
na bruic (dative definite plural)
brocaibh (dative definite plural)
bhruic (definite singular vocative)
bhroca (definite plural vocative)
broc
bhroc

From Middle Irish brocc. Cognates include Irish broc and Manx broc.


Nollaig

Nollaig f (genitive Nollaige, plural Nollaigean)

/ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪkʲ/

From Old Irish Notlaic, from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), with specific reference to the birth of Christ.


lacrosse

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).


luach

From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”), from Proto-Celtic *lowgos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).


luch

luch (indefinite nominative singular)
luchan (indefinite nominative plural)
lucha (genitive indefinite singular)
luchan (genitive indefinite plural)
lucha (dative indefinite singular)
luchan (dative indefinite plural)
luchaibh (dative indefinite plural)
luch (definite nominative singular)
an luch (definite nominative singular)
luchan (definite nominative plural)
na luchan (definite nominative plural)
lucha (definite genitive singular)
na lucha (definite genitive singular)
luchan (definite genitive plural)
nan luchan (definite genitive plural)
lucha (dative definite singular)
an lucha (dative definite singular)
luchan (dative definite plural)
na luchan (dative definite plural)
luchaibh (dative definite plural)
luch (definite singular vocative)
luchan (definite plural vocative)
luch

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish luch. Cognates include Irish luch and Manx lugh.


crith

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crith (past chrith, future crithidh, verbal noun crith, past participle crithte)

chrith (past)
crithidh (future)
crith (noun-from-verb)
crithte (participle past)

From Middle Irish crith, from Old Irish crith, from Proto-Celtic *kritos.


crith

crith f (genitive singular crithe, plural crithean)

crithe (genitive singular)
crithean (plural)


glac

glac (past ghlac, future glacaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glacte)

ghlac (past)
glacaidh (future)
glacadh (noun-from-verb)
glacte (participle past)
a' glacadh (active participle present)


glac

glac f (genitive singular glaice, plural glacan or glacannan)

glaice (genitive singular)
glacan (plural)
glacannan (plural)
glac
ghlac


sult

suilt (genitive singular)
sult
shult
after "an"
t-sult


slapag

slapag f (genitive slapaige, plural slapagan)

slapaige (genitive)
slapagan (plural)
slapag
shlapag
after "an"
t-slapag

(slang, offensive, vulgar) slut, slapper, slattern

traditional first dram of the morning given to a houseguest while still in bed


gille-tòine

gille-tòine m (genitive singular gille-tòine, plural gillean-tòine)

gille-tòine (genitive singular)
gillean-tòine (plural)
gille-tòine
ghille-tòine

/kʲiʎə tʰɔːn/

gille + tòn, literally “arse-boy”; compare batty boy for semantics


strìopach

strìopach f (genitive singular strìopaich, plural strìopachan)

strìopaich (genitive singular)
strìopachan (plural)
strìopach

From Old French strupe (“concubinage”), from Latin stuprum (“dishonour, violation”). Cognate with Irish striapach.


siùrsach

siùrsach f (genitive singular siùrsaich, plural siùrsaichean)

siùrsaich (genitive singular)
siùrsaichean (plural)
siùrsach
shiùrsach
after "an"
t-siùrsach

The first element is apparently from English whore and the second element from the feminine termination of -seach.

(vulgar, offensive) whore, harlot, strumpet, bitch


cion

cion m (genitive singular cion, no plural)


loth

loth f (genitive singular lotha, plural lothan)

lotha (genitive singular)
lothan (plural)

From Proto-Celtic *luto-, *lutno-, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”), ultimately from *peh₂w- (“smallness”), see also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), English foal, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”)).


luid

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luid f (genitive singular luide, plural luidean)

luide (genitive singular)
luidean (plural)

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


geur

gèire (comparative)
geòire (comparative)
geur
gheur

From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér (compare Irish géar, Manx gear, geayr, geyre).


galla

galla f (genitive singular galla, plural gallachan)

galla (genitive singular)
gallachan (plural)

From Proto-Celtic *gasliyā, from *gas, of uncertain ultimate origin. Pott has adduced Spanish galgo (“greyhound”), which, however, is founded on canis Gallicus. See gasradh for root.


lach

lach f (genitive singular lacha, plural lachan)

lacha (genitive singular)
lachan (plural)

From Old Irish lachu (compare Irish lacha, Manx laagh).

(bird, poultry): duck (especially wild), mallard


mand

mand (defective, future indicative positive mandaidh, negative cha mhand, question am mand, conditional indicative positive mhandadh, negative cha mhandadh, question am mandadh)

mandaidh (future indicative positive)
cha mhand (negative)
mhandadh (conditional indicative positive)
cha mhandadh (negative)

am mandadh mi bruidhinn ris?

cha mhand mi tighinn

(Islay, South Argyll) may, can (be able to)


coll

From Old Irish coll (“hazel”), from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

(obsolete) the letter C in the Ogham alphabet


coll

From Old Irish coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).


cha

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

Cha robh bean aig Iain.

Used together with a dependent form of a verb to form the negative: not


cha

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)

Cha mhise m’ athair.

Cha bhòrd bòrd gun aran ach ’s bòrd aran leis fhèin.

A table without bread is no table but bread is a table by itself.

Cha toigh leam càise.


frith

Derived from the preposition ri (“with, against”), from Old Irish fri (“towards”).


bothan

bothan m (genitive singular bothain, plural bothain or bothanan)

bothain (genitive singular)
bothain (plural)
bothanan (plural)

From Middle Irish bothán (compare Irish bothán). By surface analysis, both + -an.


Niall

Niall m (genitive Nèill, vocative a Nèill)

From Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and niadh (“champion”).

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


sionnach

sionnach (indefinite nominative singular)
sionnaich (indefinite nominative plural)
sionnaich (genitive indefinite singular)
shionnach (genitive indefinite plural)
sionnach (dative indefinite singular)
sionnaich (dative indefinite plural)
sionnachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
sionnach (definite nominative singular)
an sionnach (definite nominative singular)
sionnaich (definite nominative plural)
na sionnaich (definite nominative plural)
t-sionnaich (definite genitive singular)
an t-sionnaich (definite genitive singular)
sionnach (definite genitive plural)
nan sionnach (definite genitive plural)
t-sionnach (dative definite singular)
an t-sionnach (dative definite singular)
sionnaich (dative definite plural)
na sionnaich (dative definite plural)
sionnachaibh (dative definite plural)
shionnaich (definite singular vocative)
shionnacha (definite plural vocative)
sionnach
shionnach
after "an"
t-sionnach

From Middle Irish sinnach, from Old Irish sinnach.


dara

/ə ˈn̪ˠd̪aɾˠə/

From Old Irish indala, from ind (“the”) + aile (“second, other”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos (compare Welsh ail), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (compare Latin alius, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis)).


osan

osan m (genitive singular osain, plural osanan)

osain (genitive singular)
osanan (plural)


ollamh

ollamh m (genitive singular ollaimh, plural ollamhan)

ollaimh (genitive singular)
ollamhan (plural)

1781, anon., 'Oran caisiomachd do dh'albainn, ann aghaidh an olla shasgunnaich' [Glasgow] Glas-gho : [s.n.], 5.
Oran do'n Olla Shasgunnach, Samuel Johnson

Song to the English doctor, Samuel Johnson


orm

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)

[ˈa˧˥ˈɾam˦˥]

From Old Irish form. Cognates include Irish orm and Manx orrym.

Tha an t-acras mòr orm.

I am very hungry. (literally, “The hunger is great on me.”)


ort

From Old Irish fort. Cognates include Irish ort and Manx ort.


lus

lus m (genitive singular luis or lusa, plural lusan)

luis (genitive singular)
lusa (genitive singular)
lusan (plural)

From Old Irish lus (“plant, herb, vegetable”).


Beurla

/ˈb̥jɤːl̪ˠə/

/ˈb̥eːrˠl̪ˠə/

[ˈb̥eːr̥ˠl̪ˠʌ]

/ˈb̥e̯ɤːl̪ˠə/

/ˈb̥ëːɤl̪ˠə/


taigh-siùrsachd

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taigh-siùrsachd m (genitive singular taighe-shiùrsachd, plural taighean-siùrsachd)

taighe-shiùrsachd (genitive singular)
taighean-siùrsachd (plural)
taigh-siùrsachd
thaigh-siùrsachd

Compound of taigh (“house”) + siùrsachd (“prostitution”)

compound

Gabh mo leisgeul, càite a bheil an taigh-siùrsachd as fhaisge?

Excuse me, where is the nearest brothel?


Iain

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Iain m (genitive Iain, diminutive Seonaidh or Seonachan)

Iain (genitive)
Seonaidh (diminutive)
Seonachan (diminutive)
Iain
n-Iain

→ English: Iain, Ian

Originally a genitive form of Ian, but since adopted as a nominative form.

a male given name, equivalent to English John


gon

gon (past ghon, future gonaidh, verbal noun gonadh, past participle gonte)

ghon (past)
gonaidh (future)
gonadh (noun-from-verb)
gonte (participle past)

From Proto-Celtic *gonô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).


Nehemiah

(biblical) Nehemiah, the sixteenth book of the Old Testament

Genesis

Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament


Isaiah

(biblical) Isaiah, the twenty-third book of the Old Testament


rann

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rann m (genitive singular rainn, plural rannan)

rainn (genitive singular)
rannan (plural)

às na ceithir ranna ruadha

from all corners of the earth, from all four corners of the world; from the four red parts


Micah

(biblical) Micah, the thirty-third book of the Old Testament


dol

dol m (genitive singular dol, no plural)

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

dul

Ross-shire, Sutherland, East Inverness-shire, Deeside


Nahum

(biblical) Nahum, the thirty-fourth book of the Old Testament


Obadiah

(biblical) Obadiah, the thirty-first book of the Old Testament


Malachi

(biblical) Malachi, the thirty-ninth book of the Old Testament


Amos

(biblical) Amos, the thirtieth book of the Old Testament


pana

pana m (genitive singular pana, plural panaichean)

pana (genitive singular)
panaichean (plural)
pana
phana


strìopachas

strìopachas m (genitive singular strìopachais, no plural)

strìopachais (genitive singular)
strìopachas


taigh-strìopachais

taigh-strìopachais m (genitive singular taighe-strìopachais, plural taighean-strìopachais)

taighe-strìopachais (genitive singular)
taighean-strìopachais (plural)
taigh-strìopachais
thaigh-strìopachais

Compound of taigh (“house”) + strìopachas (“prostitution”)

compound

Gabh mo leisgeul, càite a bheil an taigh-strìopachais as fhaisge?


òg

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òg (genitive singular masculine òig, genitive singular feminine òige, nominative plural òga, comparative òige)

òig (genitive masculine singular)
òige (feminine genitive singular)
òga (nominative plural)
òige (comparative)
òg (masculine nominative)
òg (feminine nominative)
òga (nominative plural)
òig (genitive masculine)
òige (feminine genitive)
òga (genitive plural)
òg (dative masculine)
òig (dative feminine)
òga (dative plural)
òig (masculine vocative)
òg (feminine vocative)
òga (plural vocative)

From Old Irish óc, from Proto-Celtic *yuwankos (compare Welsh ieuanc), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós (compare English young).


nuadh

nuadh (masculine nominative)
nuadh (feminine nominative)
nuadha (nominative plural)
nuaidh (genitive masculine)
nuaidhe (feminine genitive)
nuadha (genitive plural)
nuadh (dative masculine)
nuaidh (dative feminine)
nuadha (dative plural)
nuaidh (masculine vocative)
nuadh (feminine vocative)
nuadha (plural vocative)

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae (compare Irish nua, Manx noa), from Proto-Celtic *nowyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”).


ruadh

ruadh (masculine nominative)
ruadh (feminine nominative)
ruadha (nominative plural)
ruaidh (genitive masculine)
ruaidhe (feminine genitive)
ruadha (genitive plural)
ruadh (dative masculine)
ruaidh (dative feminine)
ruadha (dative plural)
ruaidh (masculine vocative)
ruadh (feminine vocative)
ruadha (plural vocative)

From Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

'S e rìbhinn ruadh mhaiseach a th' innte.

(hair color) redheaded, red-haired, ginger


mala

mala f (genitive singular mala, plural malaichean)

mala (genitive singular)
malaichean (plural)
mala
mhala

From Old Irish mala, from Proto-Celtic *malax, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, see also Breton malvenn, Old English molda (“forehead”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lofty”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mər^əδō, “demon's head”).

cog

(geography, of hill) brow; slope, incline


bàn

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bàn (genitive singular masculine bàin, genitive singular feminine bàine, nominative plural bàna, comparative bàine)

bàin (genitive masculine singular)
bàine (feminine genitive singular)
bàna (nominative plural)
bàine (comparative)
bàn (masculine nominative)
bhàn (feminine nominative)
bàna (nominative plural)
bhàin (genitive masculine)
bàine (feminine genitive)
bàna (genitive plural)
bàn (dative masculine)
bhàin (dative feminine)
bàna (dative plural)
bhàin (masculine vocative)
bhàn (feminine vocative)
bàna (plural vocative)

From Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“shine”); Greek φᾱνός (phānós, “bright”); Sanskrit भानु (bhānú, “light”); further away is English bale (bale-fire).

taigh bàn

Tha falt bàn air Seumas.


rìbhinn

rìbhinn f (genitive singular rìbhinne, plural rìbhinnean)

rìbhinne (genitive singular)
rìbhinnean (plural)

From Old Irish rígan (“queen”) (compare Irish ríon), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī.

A rìbhinn òg, bheil cuimhn' agad?


uaireadair

uaireadair m (genitive singular uaireadair, plural uaireadairean)

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

From uair + -adair; compare Irish uaireadóir.


eachdraidh

eachdraidh f (genitive singular eachdraidhe, plural eachdraidhean)

eachdraidhe (genitive singular)
eachdraidhean (plural)

From Middle Irish echtrad, from Old Irish echtra (“tale, narrative, history”), from echtar (“without, outside”), from Proto-Celtic *extros. Doublet of eachtradh. Cognate with Irish eachtra (“adventure”). Compare Welsh eithr (“except, beyond”), Latin exter (“outer”).


nighean

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

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

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

cog

An cluinn thu mi, mo nighean donn?

Will you listen to me, my brown-haired girl?


uan

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uan m (genitive singular uain, plural uain)

uain (genitive singular)
uain (plural)
uan
n-uan

From Old Irish úan, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).


ùrnaigh

ùrnaigh f (genitive singular ùrnaighe, plural ùrnaighean)

ùrnaighe (genitive singular)
ùrnaighean (plural)


-am

From Old Irish -imm. The spelling indicates that the m was broad before the loss of the broad/slender distinction in labial consonants; this pronunciation arose by leveling of this ending with the broad m found in first-person singular prepositional pronouns such as agam, asam, thugam etc. Compare the Ulster pronunciation of Irish -im (first-person singular present indicative and imperative) as /əmˠ/.

cog

first-person singular imperative ending of verbs


Ifrinn

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Ifrinn f (genitive Ifrinn, plural Ifrinnean)


gràdh

gràdh m (genitive singular gràidh, plural gràidhean)

gràidh (genitive singular)
gràidhean (plural)
gràdh
ghràdh

From Old Irish grád, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrādus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise, express approval”), see also Sanskrit गूर्ति (gūrti, “praise, benediction”).


iasg

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iasg m (genitive singular èisg, plural èisg or iasgan)

èisg (genitive singular)
èisg (plural)
iasgan (plural)
iasg (indefinite nominative singular)
èisg (indefinite nominative plural)
èisg (genitive indefinite singular)
iasg (genitive indefinite plural)
iasg (dative indefinite singular)
èisg (dative indefinite plural)
iasgaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-iasg (definite nominative singular)
an t-iasg (definite nominative singular)
h-èisg (definite nominative plural)
na h-èisg (definite nominative plural)
èisg (definite genitive singular)
an èisg (definite genitive singular)
iasg (definite genitive plural)
nan iasg (definite genitive plural)
iasg (dative definite singular)
an iasg (dative definite singular)
h-èisg (dative definite plural)
na h-èisg (dative definite plural)
h-iasgaibh (dative definite plural)
èisg (definite singular vocative)
iasga (definite plural vocative)
iasg (indefinite nominative singular)
iasgan (indefinite nominative plural)
èisg (genitive indefinite singular)
iasgan (genitive indefinite plural)
iasg (dative indefinite singular)
iasgan (dative indefinite plural)
iasgaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-iasg (definite nominative singular)
an t-iasg (definite nominative singular)
h-iasgan (definite nominative plural)
na h-iasgan (definite nominative plural)
èisg (definite genitive singular)
an èisg (definite genitive singular)
iasgan (definite genitive plural)
nan iasgan (definite genitive plural)
iasg (dative definite singular)
an iasg (dative definite singular)
h-iasgan (dative definite plural)
na h-iasgan (dative definite plural)
h-iasgaibh (dative definite plural)
èisg (definite singular vocative)
iasgan (definite plural vocative)
iasg
n-iasg

From Old Irish íasc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (compare English fish, Latin piscis, Old English fisc). The Brythonic words (Welsh pysgod, Cornish pysk, Breton pesk) are loanwords from Latin.

iasg air chladh

iasg is tiops


geal

gile (comparative)
geal (masculine nominative)
gheal (feminine nominative)
geala (nominative plural)
ghil (genitive masculine)
gile (feminine genitive)
geala (genitive plural)
geal (dative masculine)
ghil (dative feminine)
geala (dative plural)
ghil (masculine vocative)
gheal (feminine vocative)
geala (plural vocative)
geal
gheal

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

der

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

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


oidhche

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oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, plural oidhcheannan)

oidhche (genitive singular)
oidhcheannan (plural)
oidhche (indefinite nominative singular)
oidhcheannan (indefinite nominative plural)
oidhche (genitive indefinite singular)
oidhcheannan (genitive indefinite plural)
oidhche (dative indefinite singular)
oidhcheannan (dative indefinite plural)
oidhchibh (dative indefinite plural)
oidhche (definite nominative singular)
an oidhche (definite nominative singular)
h-oidhcheannan (definite nominative plural)
na h-oidhcheannan (definite nominative plural)
h-oidhche (definite genitive singular)
na h-oidhche (definite genitive singular)
oidhcheannan (definite genitive plural)
nan oidhcheannan (definite genitive plural)
oidhche (dative definite singular)
an oidhche (dative definite singular)
h-oidhcheannan (dative definite plural)
na h-oidhcheannan (dative definite plural)
h-oidhchibh (dative definite plural)
oidhche (definite singular vocative)
oidhcheannan (definite plural vocative)
oidhche
n-oidhche

From Old Irish aidche and aidchi, the oblique forms of adaig, from earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin; possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”).


leannan

leannan m (genitive singular leannain, plural leannain)

leannain (genitive singular)
leannain (plural)

From Middle Irish lennán (“(male) lover, sweetheart, beloved”).

inh

A leannain ghrinn, ciamar a theirinn cia mheud a tha gràdh agam ort?

O sweet darling, how could I say how much I love thee?


fosgail

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fosgail (past dh'fhosgail, future fosglaidh, verbal noun fosgladh, past participle fosgailte)

dh'fhosgail (past)
fosglaidh (future)
fosgladh (noun-from-verb)
fosgailte (participle past)

From Middle Irish osclaid (compare Munster, Connacht, and Standard Irish oscail), fosclaid (compare Ulster Irish foscail, Manx foshil), from Old Irish oslaicid (“opens; lets loose, releases”).


cuidich

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cuidich (past chuidich, future cuidichidh, verbal noun cuideachadh, past participle cuidichte)

chuidich (past)
cuidichidh (future)
cuideachadh (noun-from-verb)
cuidichte (participle past)

From Middle Irish cuitigid, from cuit (“portion, share”).

Cò tha gan cuideachadh?


gràdh neo-mheasarra

gràdh (“love”) + neo-mheasarra (“not moderate”)

compound

(euphemistic) 'Making love' (literally, "debauched love")


bean-phòsda

A wife, a married woman. Also see bean chèile


caileag

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caileag f (genitive singular caileige, plural caileagan)

caileige (genitive singular)
caileagan (plural)
caileag
chaileag

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

cog

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

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

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

Pollachius pollachius
Pollachius pollachius#Translingual

European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)


cèile

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cèile m or f (genitive singular cèile, plural cèilean)

cèile (genitive singular)
cèilean (plural)

From Old Irish céile (“servant, bondsman, vassal, subject; liege, vassal; fellow, companion; husband, wife”), from Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi, “follower, devotee (genitive)”), from Proto-Celtic *keiliyos.

inh

Chan eil cèile agam.

An dèidh sin, phòg iad a chèile.

Bha iad a' bruidhinn ri chèile.

Tha na taighean caob math bho chèile.

The houses are a good bit apart [from one another].


uasal

From Old Irish úasal, from Proto-Celtic *ouxselos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).


uasal

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uasal m (genitive singular uasail, plural uaislean)

uasail (genitive singular)
uaislean (plural)
uasal
n-uasal


òigh

òigh f (genitive singular òighe, plural òighean)

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

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


tìr

tìr f (genitive singular tìre, plural tìrean)

tìre (genitive singular)
tìrean (plural)

From Old Irish tír, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.


uaisleachd

From Middle Irish úaislecht. By surface analysis, uaisle + -achd. Cognate with Irish uaisleacht.


òinseach

òinseach f (genitive singular òinsiche, plural òinsichean)

òinsiche (genitive singular)
òinsichean (plural)

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


ainmhidh

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ainmhidh m (genitive singular ainmhidhe, plural ainmhidhean)

ainmhidhe (genitive singular)
ainmhidhean (plural)
ainmhidh
n-ainmhidh

From Middle Irish ainmide (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from Old Irish ainim(m) f (“soul, life”).


maighdeann

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maighdeann f (genitive singular maighdinn, plural maighdeannan)

maighdinn (genitive singular)
maighdeannan (plural)

From Middle Irish maigden, from Old English mæġden, from Proto-West Germanic *magadīn.

last handful of a crop of corn cut off the land

standard or bearer of driving-wheel (spinning-wheel)

upright support of flyers of spinning-wheel


duine

duine m (genitive singular duine, plural daoine)

duine (genitive singular)
daoine (plural)
duine
dhuine

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

der

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

Is fheudar dha duine a-riamh a dh'aithneachadh na thathar a' dèanamh le fhèin an duine.

One must always know what one is doing with oneself.

Chan eil fios aig duine a riamh.


pòg

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pòg f (genitive singular pòige, plural pògan)

pòige (genitive singular)
pògan (plural)

From Old Irish póc, from Latin ōsculum pācis (“kiss of peace”), via Brythonic.


pòg

pòg (past phòg, future pògaidh, verbal noun pògadh, past participle pògte)

phòg (past)
pògaidh (future)
pògadh (noun-from-verb)
pògte (participle past)
pòg
phòg

Tha cuimhn' agam air a' chiad àm nuair a phòg sinn...

I remember when we kissed for the first time...


amadan

amadan m (genitive singular amadain, plural amadain)

amadain (genitive singular)
amadain (plural)
amadan
n-amadan

From Middle Irish *ammatán (compare Irish amadán, Manx ommidan).


tòin

tòin f (genitive singular tòine, plural tòinean or tònan)

tòine (genitive singular)
tòinean (plural)
tònan (plural)

From Old Irish tón (“anus”), from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-, related to English thigh.

Na pòg mo thòin.

(vulgar slang, derogatory) the backside, the arse


coille

coille f (dative singular coille or coillidh, genitive singular coille, plural coilltean or coilltichean)

coille (dative singular)
coillidh (dative singular)
coille (genitive singular)
coilltean (plural)
coilltichean (plural)
coille (indefinite nominative singular)
coilltean (indefinite nominative plural)
coille (genitive indefinite singular)
coilltean (genitive indefinite plural)
coille (dative indefinite singular)
coilltean (dative indefinite plural)
(a') choille (definite nominative singular)
coilltean (definite nominative plural)
na coilltean (definite nominative plural)
coille (definite genitive singular)
na coille (definite genitive singular)
coilltean (definite genitive plural)
nan coilltean (definite genitive plural)
(a') choille (dative definite singular)
coilltean (dative definite plural)
na coilltean (dative definite plural)
choille (definite singular vocative)
coilltean (definite plural vocative)
coille
choille

From Old Irish caille, genitive singular of caill (“forest”) (compare modern Irish coill).


balach

balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)

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

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


uaisle

From Old Irish úaisle f (“nobility, dignity”), from úasal (modern uasal).

inh

nobility of descent, gentility, pride, genteel extraction, high birth, gentlemanly manners


gille

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gille m (genitive singular gille, plural gillean)

gille (genitive singular)
gillean (plural)
gille (indefinite nominative singular)
gillean (indefinite nominative plural)
gille (genitive indefinite singular)
ghillean (genitive indefinite plural)
gille (dative indefinite singular)
gillean (dative indefinite plural)
ghille (definite nominative singular)
an ghille (definite nominative singular)
gillean (definite nominative plural)
na gillean (definite nominative plural)
(a') gille (definite genitive singular)
gillean (definite genitive plural)
nan gillean (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghille (dative definite singular)
gillean (dative definite plural)
na gillean (dative definite plural)
ghille (definite singular vocative)
ghillean (definite plural vocative)
gille
ghille

From Middle Irish gilla; compare English child, Old English ċild. Zimmer thinks it is borrowed from Old Norse gildr (“stout, brawny, of full worth”); compare English guild, Old English gild (“payment”) (see geall), gilda (“fellow”).

gille-mo-ghnothaich

lively, enterprising, dependable young man

boy, lad, youth (male aged from the toddler years to about the middle twenties)

man, boy (as a familiar address for a male of any age)


uisge

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uisge m (genitive singular uisge, plural uisgeachan)

uisge (genitive singular)
uisgeachan (plural)
uisge (indefinite nominative singular)
uisgeachan (indefinite nominative plural)
uisge (genitive indefinite singular)
uisgeachan (genitive indefinite plural)
uisge (dative indefinite singular)
uisgeachan (dative indefinite plural)
uisge (definite nominative singular)
an uisge (definite nominative singular)
h-uisgeachan (definite nominative plural)
na h-uisgeachan (definite nominative plural)
h-uisge (definite genitive singular)
an h-uisge (definite genitive singular)
uisgeachan (definite genitive plural)
nan uisgeachan (definite genitive plural)
uisge (dative definite singular)
an uisge (dative definite singular)
h-uisgeachan (dative definite plural)
na h-uisgeachan (dative definite plural)
uisge (definite singular vocative)
uisgeachan (definite plural vocative)

→ English: whisky

From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Tha an t-uisge ann.


beathach

beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)

beathaich (genitive singular)
beathaichean (plural)
beathach
bheathach

From Old Irish bethach, a variant of bethadach (“animal; creature”) (whence Irish beithíoch), from bethu, Middle Irish betha (“life”) + -ach.


boireannach

boireannaich (comparative)
boireannach (masculine nominative)
bhoireannach (feminine nominative)
boireannach (nominative plural)
bhoireannaich (genitive masculine)
boireannaiche (feminine genitive)
boireannaich (feminine genitive)
boireannach (genitive plural)
boireannach (dative masculine)
bhoireannaich (dative feminine)
boireannach (dative plural)
bhoireannaich (masculine vocative)
bhoireannach (feminine vocative)
boireannach (plural vocative)

/ˈb̥ɔɾʲən̪ˠəx/

[ˈb̥ɔðən̪ˠəx]

[ˈb̥oɾʲən̪ˠʌx]

[ˈb̥oʒən̪ˠʌx]


boireannach

boireannach (indefinite nominative singular)
boireannaich (indefinite nominative plural)
boireannaich (genitive indefinite singular)
bhoireannach (genitive indefinite plural)
boireannach (dative indefinite singular)
boireannaich (dative indefinite plural)
boireannachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
boireannach (definite nominative singular)
am boireannach (definite nominative singular)
boireannaich (definite nominative plural)
na boireannaich (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhoireannaich (definite genitive singular)
boireannach (definite genitive plural)
nam boireannach (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhoireannach (dative definite singular)
boireannaich (dative definite plural)
na boireannaich (dative definite plural)
boireannachaibh (dative definite plural)
bhoireannaich (definite singular vocative)
bhoireannacha (definite plural vocative)
boireannach
bhoireannach

/ˈb̥ɔɾʲən̪ˠəx/

[ˈb̥ɔðən̪ˠəx]

[ˈb̥oɾʲən̪ˠʌx]

[ˈb̥oʒən̪ˠʌx]


fireannach

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


fireannach

fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)

fireannaich (genitive singular)
fireannaich (plural)
fireannach
fhireannach


cù

cù (indefinite nominative singular)
coin (indefinite nominative plural)
coin (genitive indefinite singular)
chon (genitive indefinite plural)
cù (dative indefinite singular)
coin (dative indefinite plural)
cù (definite nominative singular)
an cù (definite nominative singular)
coin (definite nominative plural)
na coin (definite nominative plural)
(a') choin (definite genitive singular)
con (definite genitive plural)
nan con (definite genitive plural)
(a') chù (dative definite singular)
coin (dative definite plural)
na coin (dative definite plural)
choin (definite singular vocative)
a choin (definite singular vocative)
chuilidh (definite singular vocative)
a chuilidh (definite singular vocative)
chona (definite plural vocative)
cù
chù

From Old Irish cú. Cognates include Irish cú and Manx coo.


thu

From Old Irish tú. Cognates include Irish tú and Manx oo.

Ciamar a tha thu, a Dhànaidh?

second-person singular informal pronoun; thou, you


talamh

talamh m or f (genitive singular talmhainn, plural talamhan or talmhainnean)

talmhainn (genitive singular)
talamhan (plural)
talmhainnean (plural)
talamh (indefinite nominative singular)
talamhan (indefinite nominative plural)
talmhainn (genitive indefinite singular)
thalamhan (genitive indefinite plural)
talamh (dative indefinite singular)
talamhan (dative indefinite plural)
talamh (definite nominative singular)
an talamh (definite nominative singular)
talamhan (definite nominative plural)
na talamhan (definite nominative plural)
talmhainn (definite genitive singular)
an talmhainn (definite genitive singular)
talamhan (definite genitive plural)
nan talamhan (definite genitive plural)
talamh (dative definite singular)
an talamh (dative definite singular)
talamhan (dative definite plural)
na talamhan (dative definite plural)
thalamh (definite singular vocative)
thalamhan (definite plural vocative)
talamh (indefinite nominative singular)
talamhan (indefinite nominative plural)
talmhainn (genitive indefinite singular)
thalamhan (genitive indefinite plural)
talamh (dative indefinite singular)
talamhan (dative indefinite plural)
talamh (definite nominative singular)
an talamh (definite nominative singular)
talamhan (definite nominative plural)
na talamhan (definite nominative plural)
talmhainn (definite genitive singular)
na talmhainn (definite genitive singular)
talamhan (definite genitive plural)
nan talamhan (definite genitive plural)
talamh (dative definite singular)
an talamh (dative definite singular)
talamhan (dative definite plural)
na talamhan (dative definite plural)
thalamh (definite singular vocative)
thalamhan (definite plural vocative)
talamh
thalamh

/ˈt̪ʰal̪ˠəv/

From Old Irish talam, from Proto-Celtic *talamū, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥-mon-, root *tel- (compare Latin tellus (“earth”)).


anam

anam m (genitive singular anma, plural anman or anmanna)

anma (genitive singular)
anman (plural)
anmanna (plural)
anam
n-anam

From Old Irish ainim, ainimm (compare Irish anam, Manx annym), from Latin anima.


gaoth

gaoth f (genitive singular gaoithe, plural gaothan)

gaoithe (genitive singular)
gaothan (plural)
gaoth (indefinite nominative singular)
gaothan (indefinite nominative plural)
gaoithe (genitive indefinite singular)
ghaoth (genitive indefinite plural)
gaoith (dative indefinite singular)
gaothan (dative indefinite plural)
gaothaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') ghaoth (definite nominative singular)
gaothan (definite nominative plural)
na gaothan (definite nominative plural)
gaoithe (definite genitive singular)
na gaoithe (definite genitive singular)
gaoth (definite genitive plural)
nan gaoth (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghaoith (dative definite singular)
gaothan (dative definite plural)
na gaothan (dative definite plural)
gaothaibh (dative definite plural)
ghaoth (definite singular vocative)
ghaotha (definite plural vocative)

Tha a' ghaoth ag èiridh.


teine

teine m (dative singular teine or teinidh, genitive singular teine, plural teintean)

teine (dative singular)
teinidh (dative singular)
teine (genitive singular)
teintean (plural)
teine
theine

From Old Irish teine, from Proto-Celtic *teɸnets (“fire”) (compare Breton and Cornish tan, Welsh tân).

better is the small fire that warms than the great fire that burns

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


beul-binn

beul-binn m (genitive beòil-binne, plural beòil-binne)

beòil-binne (genitive)
beòil-binne (plural)

From beul, "mouth", and binn, "melodious".


spideag

spideag f (genitive singular spideig, plural spideagan)

spideig (genitive singular)
spideagan (plural)

A, seinn dhomh, a spideag grinn.


gàire

gàire f (genitive gàire, plural gàirean)


àlainn

From Old Irish álaind (“lovely, fine, splendid”); *ad-lainn; See loinn. Stokes prefers referring it to áil (“pleasant”), *pagli-, English fair, root pag. But ra-laind (“pleasant”), *ad-pland (Holden).

inh

'S àlainn an gille bàn sin ann...!

Beautiful is that flaxen-haired lad over there...!


grinn

grinn (masculine nominative singular)
ghrinn (feminine nominative singular)
grinne (nominative plural)
ghrinn (masculine singular vocative)
ghrinn (feminine singular vocative)
grinne (plural vocative)
ghrinn (genitive masculine singular)
ghrinn (feminine genitive singular)
grinne (feminine genitive singular)
glan (genitive plural)
ghrinn (dative masculine singular)
ghrinn (dative feminine singular)
grinne (dative plural)
grinn
ghrinn

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”).

der

Abair gur grinn thusa!

sweet, delightful, beautiful, charming, elegant.


gruag

head

gruag f (genitive singular gruaige, plural gruagan)

gruaige (genitive singular)
gruagan (plural)
gruag
ghruag

Dath na gruaige

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


taigh-leighis

taigh-leighis m (genitive singular taigh-leighis, plural taighean-leighis)

taigh-leighis (genitive singular)
taighean-leighis (plural)


maise

From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”) (cognate to English measure, meet, mete, German mässig (“moderate”)).


banail

Either bean + -ail, or possibly directly from Middle Irish banamail, from the same basic etyma. Compare Irish banúil, Manx benoil.


cuimhne

head

cuimhne f (genitive singular cuimhne, plural cuimhneachan)

cuimhne (genitive singular)
cuimhneachan (plural)
cuimhne
chuimhne

From Old Irish cuimne (“faculty of memory; remembrance, memorial”), from cuman (“remembered, memorable”).

inh

Nach glan a’ chuimhne a tha agaibh!

Tha cuimhne agam ort.

I remember you. (literally, “I have a memory of you.”)

cuimhneachan

memorial, commemoration; remembrance, souvenir, keepsake, memento; memorandum; mnemonic

cuimhnich

to remember, recall, recollect; commemorate


ban-draoidh

head

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

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

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


àr

head

àr m (genitive singular àir, plural àir)

àir (genitive singular)
àir (plural)
àr
n-àr

From Old Irish ár (“slaughter”), from Proto-Celtic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵro- (“hunt”); compare Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “hunt”).

slaughter, carnage (more severe than marbh).


bàs

bàs m (genitive singular bàis, plural bàsan)

bàis (genitive singular)
bàsan (plural)
bàs
bhàs

From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”); compare the verb baid (“to die”). Cognates include Irish bás and Manx baase.

death, demise (particularly of an animal)


draoidh

draoidh m (genitive singular draoidh, plural draoidhean)

draoidh (genitive singular)
draoidhean (plural)

From Old Irish druï, druí (“druid; magician, wizard, diviner”) (compare Irish draoi), from Proto-Celtic *dru-wid- (“tree-knower”) (compare Welsh dryw), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to know”).

inh

a priest, magician, or soothsayer in the ancient Celtic religion.


èignich

head

èignich (past dh'èignich, future èignichidh, verbal noun èigneachadh, past participle èignichte)

dh'èignich (past)
èignichidh (future)
èigneachadh (noun-from-verb)
èignichte (participle past)


biadh

biadh m (genitive singular bìdh, plural biadhan)

bìdh (genitive singular)
biadhan (plural)

From Old Irish bíad (compare Irish bia).

Dh’ullaich mi biadh.


grian

grian f (genitive singular grèine, plural grianan)

grèine (genitive singular)
grianan (plural)
grian
ghrian

From Old Irish grían (“sun”), from Proto-Celtic *grēnā.


maiseach

maiseach (genitive singular masculine maisich, genitive singular feminine maisiche, comparative maisiche)

maisich (genitive masculine singular)
maisiche (feminine genitive singular)
maisiche (comparative)
maiseach (masculine nominative singular)
mhaiseach (feminine nominative singular)
maiseach (nominative plural)
mhaisich (masculine singular vocative)
maiseach
mhaiseach

From Old Irish maisech. By surface analysis, maise (“beauty, grace”) + -ach.

surf

A rìbhinn maiseach Sgitheanach

beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair, graceful


gruagach

head

gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean)

gruagaich (genitive singular)
gruagaichean (plural)
gruagach
ghruagach

From gruag (“hair”) + -ach; girls and young women in the old days of the Highlands went bareheaded before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white kerchief.

Gruagach Òg an Fhuilt Bhàin

(chiefly poetic) maiden, girl, young woman


clachan

clachan m (genitive and plural clachain)


muir

muir m or f (genitive singular mara, plural marannan)

mara (genitive singular)
marannan (plural)
muir (indefinite nominative singular)
marannan (indefinite nominative plural)
mara (genitive indefinite singular)
mharannan (genitive indefinite plural)
muir (dative indefinite singular)
marannan (dative indefinite plural)
muiribh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') mhuir (definite nominative singular)
marannan (definite nominative plural)
na marannan (definite nominative plural)
mara (definite genitive singular)
na mara (definite genitive singular)
marannan (definite genitive plural)
nam marannan (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhuir (dative definite singular)
marannan (dative definite plural)
na marannan (dative definite plural)
muiribh (dative definite plural)
mhuir (definite singular vocative)
mhara (definite plural vocative)
mharannan (definite plural vocative)
muir
mhuir

PIE word
 *móri
From Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori (compare Welsh môr), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (compare Latin mare, English mere, German Meer, Dutch meer).

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

Lean mi thar na mara thu.

air muir 's air tìr

Nach ann air a tha a' mhuir an diugh!

Tha muir ort an diugh, a Dhòmhnaill.


dùthaich

dùthaich f (genitive singular dùthcha, plural dùthchannan)

dùthcha (genitive singular)
dùthchannan (plural)
dùthaich (indefinite nominative singular)
dùthchannan (indefinite nominative plural)
dùthcha (genitive indefinite singular)
dhùthchannan (genitive indefinite plural)
dùthaich (dative indefinite singular)
dùthchannan (dative indefinite plural)
dùthaich (definite nominative singular)
an dùthaich (definite nominative singular)
dùthchannan (definite nominative plural)
na dùthchannan (definite nominative plural)
dùthcha (definite genitive singular)
na dùthcha (definite genitive singular)
dùthchannan (definite genitive plural)
nan dùthchannan (definite genitive plural)
dùthaich (dative definite singular)
an dùthaich (dative definite singular)
dùthchannan (dative definite plural)
na dùthchannan (dative definite plural)
dhùthaich (definite singular vocative)
dhùthchannan (definite plural vocative)
dùthaich
dhùthaich

From Middle Irish dúthaig, from Old Irish duthoig (“hereditary”). MacBain suggests these all come from a root, dù, that also includes dùth (“natural, hereditary, proper, fitting, suitable”), perhaps ultimately from Old French dû (“owed”), from devoir (“to owe”).

dùthaich chèin

dùthaich mhàthaireil

Dùthaich nam Basgach


taigh

taigh m (genitive singular taighe, plural taighean)

taighe (genitive singular)
taighean (plural)
taigh (indefinite nominative singular)
taighean (indefinite nominative plural)
taighe (genitive indefinite singular)
thaighean (genitive indefinite plural)
taigh (dative indefinite singular)
taighean (dative indefinite plural)
taighibh (dative indefinite plural)
taigh (definite nominative singular)
an taigh (definite nominative singular)
taighean (definite nominative plural)
na taighean (definite nominative plural)
taighe (definite genitive singular)
an taighe (definite genitive singular)
taighean (definite genitive plural)
nan taighean (definite genitive plural)
taigh (dative definite singular)
an taigh (dative definite singular)
taighean (dative definite plural)
na taighean (dative definite plural)
taighibh (dative definite plural)
thaigh (definite singular vocative)
thaighean (definite plural vocative)
taigh
thaigh

From Middle Irish taige (compare Manx thie), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).

inh

Tha Seumas anns an taigh.


tinneas

head

tinneas m (genitive singular tinneis, plural tinneasan)

tinneis (genitive singular)
tinneasan (plural)
tinneas
thinneas

/ˈt͡ʃʰiɲəs̪/

From Old Irish tinnes. By surface analysis, tinn + -as.


binn

From Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”), from Proto-Celtic *bandis (“harmonious, melodious”), probably related to Irish binn (“peak, summit”).

inh

èist ri òran binn nan eun

melodious, musical, tuneful, dulcet, sweet


binn

head

binn f (genitive singular binne, plural binnean)

binne (genitive singular)
binnean (plural)
binn
bhinn

From Proto-Celtic *bendi, *benni, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”), see also Sanskrit भान (bhāna, “evidence”), English ban (“public proclamation, edict”).

cog

(law) sentence, judgement, verdict, decision, condemnation


seanair

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

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


seanmhair

head

seanmhair f (genitive singular seanmhar, plural seanmhairean)

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

/ˈʃɛ.nə.vɛɾʲ/

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


tuig

tuig (past thuig, future tuigidh, verbal noun tuigsinn, past participle tuigte)

thuig (past)
tuigidh (future)
tuigsinn (noun-from-verb)
tuigte (participle past)
tuig
thuig

From Middle Irish tuicid, from Old Irish ·tucci, prototonic form of do·ucai (“to understand”), from Proto-Celtic *unketi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁unékti, *h₁unkénti (“to get used to, learn”, nasal infix present) from the root *h₁ewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian jùnkti (“to get used to”) and Armenian ուսանել (usanel, “to learn”).

Tha mi a' tuigsinn.

Thuig mi e.

A bheil sin air thuigsinn?


dèan

dèan (past rinn, future nì, verbal noun dèanamh, past participle dèanta)

rinn (past)
nì (future)
dèanamh (noun-from-verb)
dèanta (participle past)
rinn mi (first-person independent past singular)
rinn thu (independent past second-person singular)
rinn e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
rinn sinn (first-person independent past plural)
rinn sibh (independent past plural second-person)
rinn iad (independent past plural third-person)
rinneadh (impersonal independent past)
nì mi (first-person future independent singular)
nì thu (future independent second-person singular)
nì e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
nì sinn (first-person future independent plural)
nì sibh (future independent plural second-person)
nì iad (future independent plural third-person)
nithear (future impersonal independent)
dhèanainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dhèanadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dhèanadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dhèanadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
dhèanamaid (conditional first-person independent plural)
dhèanadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dhèanadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
dhèante (conditional impersonal independent)
dhèanteadh (conditional impersonal independent)
dhèanaist (conditional impersonal independent)
dhèanaiste (conditional impersonal independent)
cha do rinn mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha d' rinn mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do rinn thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha d' rinn thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do rinn e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha d' rinn e (negative past singular)
cha do rinn sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha d' rinn sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do rinn sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha d' rinn sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do rinn iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha d' rinn iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do rinneadh (impersonal negative past)
cha d' rinneadh (impersonal negative past)
cha dèan mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha dèan thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha dèan e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha dèan sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha dèan sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha dèan iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha dèanar (future impersonal negative)
cha dèanainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha dèanadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha dèanadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha dèanadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha dèanamaid (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha dèanadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha dèanadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha dèante (conditional impersonal negative)
cha dèanteadh (conditional impersonal negative)
cha dèanaist (conditional impersonal negative)
cha dèanaiste (conditional impersonal negative)
an do rinn mi? (first-person past singular)
an d' rinn mi? (first-person past singular)
an do rinn thu? (past second-person singular)
an d' rinn thu? (past second-person singular)
an do rinn e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an d' rinn e (past singular)
an do rinn sinn? (first-person past plural)
an d' rinn sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do rinn sibh? (past plural second-person)
an d' rinn sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do rinn iad? (past plural third-person)
an d' rinn iad? (past plural third-person)
an do rinneadh? (impersonal past)
an d' rinneadh? (impersonal past)
an dèan mi? (first-person future singular)
an dèan thu? (future second-person singular)
an dèan e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an dèan sinn? (first-person future plural)
an dèan sibh? (future plural second-person)
an dèan iad? (future plural third-person)
an dèanar? (future impersonal)
an dèanainn? (conditional first-person singular)
an dèanadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an dèanadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an dèanadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an dèanamaid? (conditional first-person plural)
an dèanadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an dèanadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an dèante? (conditional impersonal)
an dèanteadh? (conditional impersonal)
an dèanaist? (conditional impersonal)
an dèanaiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do rinn mi? (first-person past singular)
nach d' rinn mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do rinn thu? (past second-person singular)
nach d' rinn thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do rinn e (past singular)
nach d' rinn e (past singular)
nach do rinn sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach d' rinn sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do rinn sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach d' rinn sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do rinn iad? (past plural third-person)
nach d' rinn iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do rinneadh? (impersonal past)
nach d' rinneadh? (impersonal past)
nach dèan mi? (first-person future singular)
nach dèan thu? (future second-person singular)
nach dèan e (future singular)
nach dèan sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach dèan sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach dèan iad? (future plural third-person)
nach dèanar? (future impersonal)
nach dèanainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach dèanadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach dèanadh e (conditional singular)
nach dèanadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach dèanamaid? (conditional first-person plural)
nach dèanadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach dèanadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach dèante? (conditional impersonal)
nach dèanteadh? (conditional impersonal)
nach dèanaist? (conditional impersonal)
nach dèanaiste? (conditional impersonal)
nì mi (first-person singular)
a nì mi (first-person singular)
nì thu (second-person singular)
a nì thu (second-person singular)
nì e (singular)
a nì e (singular)
i (singular)
nì sinn (first-person plural)
a nì sinn (first-person plural)
nì sibh (plural second-person)
a nì sibh (plural second-person)
nì iad (plural third-person)
a nì iad (plural third-person)
nithear (impersonal)
a nithear (impersonal)
dèanam! (first-person imperative singular)
dèan! (imperative second-person singular)
dèanadh e (imperative singular)
i! (imperative singular)
dèanamaid! (first-person imperative plural)
dèanaibh! (imperative plural second-person)
dèanadh iad! (imperative plural third-person)
dèanar! (imperative impersonal)
dèanamh (noun-from-verb)
dèanta (participle past)
dèante (participle past)

From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.


dath

dath m (genitive singular datha, plural dathan)

datha (genitive singular)
dathan (plural)
dath
dhath

Amhairc an dath bàn-dhearg nam bilean.


fàinne

fàinne m or f (genitive singular fàinne, plural fàinneachan or fàinnean)

fàinne (genitive singular)
fàinneachan (plural)
fàinnean (plural)

From Old Irish áinne, from Proto-Celtic *ānniyos (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂n- (“ring”). Possibly cognate with Latin ānus and Old Armenian անուր (anur). The initial f comes from a reinterpretation of áinne as fhàinne in leniting environments, leading to fàinne as a back-formation from this supposedly underlying form in nonleniting environments. Compare Irish fáinne.


marbh

From Old Irish marb, from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”) (compare Welsh marw), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós (compare *mr̥tós), ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).


marbh

marbh (past mharbh, future marbhaidh, verbal noun marbhadh, past participle marbhta)

mharbh (past)
marbhaidh (future)
marbhadh (noun-from-verb)
marbhta (participle past)
mharbh mi (first-person independent past singular)
mharbh thu (independent past second-person singular)
mharbh e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
mharbh sinn (first-person independent past plural)
mharbh sibh (independent past plural second-person)
mharbh iad (independent past plural third-person)
mharbhadh (impersonal independent past)
marbhaidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
marbhaidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
marbhaidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
marbhaidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
marbhaidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
marbhaidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
marbharmarbhtar (future impersonal independent)
mharbhainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
mharbhadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
mharbhadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
mharbhamaidmharbhadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
mharbhadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
mharbhadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do mharbh mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do mharbh thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do mharbh e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do mharbh sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do mharbh sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do mharbh iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do mharbhadh (impersonal negative past)
cha mharbh mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha mharbh thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha mharbh e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha mharbh sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha mharbh sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha mharbh iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha mharbharcha mharbhtar (future impersonal negative)
cha mharbhainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha mharbhadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha mharbhadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha mharbhamaidcha mharbhadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha mharbhadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha mharbhadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do mharbh mi? (first-person past singular)
an do mharbh thu? (past second-person singular)
an do mharbh e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do mharbh sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do mharbh sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do mharbh iad? (past plural third-person)
an do mharbhadh? (impersonal past)
am marbh mi? (first-person future singular)
am marbh thu? (future second-person singular)
am marbh e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
am marbh sinn? (first-person future plural)
am marbh sibh? (future plural second-person)
am marbh iad? (future plural third-person)
am marbhar?am marbhtar? (future impersonal)
am marbhainn? (conditional first-person singular)
am marbhadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am marbhadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am marbhamaid?am marbhadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am marbhadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am marbhadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach do mharbh mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do mharbh thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do mharbh e (past singular)
nach do mharbh sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do mharbh sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do mharbh iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do mharbhadh? (impersonal past)
nach marbh mi? (first-person future singular)
nach marbh thu? (future second-person singular)
nach marbh e (future singular)
nach marbh sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach marbh sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach marbh iad? (future plural third-person)
nach marbhar?nach marbhtar? (future impersonal)
nach marbhainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach marbhadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach marbhadh e (conditional singular)
nach marbhamaid?nach marbhadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach marbhadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach marbhadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
mharbhas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma mharbhas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
mharbhas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma mharbhas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
mharbhas e (affirmative singular)
ma mharbhas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
mharbhas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma mharbhas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
mharbhas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma mharbhas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
mharbhas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma mharbhas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
mharbhar (affirmative impersonal)
ma mharbhar (affirmative impersonal)
marbh mi (first-person negative singular)
mur marbh mi (first-person negative singular)
marbh thu (negative second-person singular)
mur marbh thu (negative second-person singular)
marbh e (negative singular)
mur marbh e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
marbh sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur marbh sinn (first-person negative plural)
marbh sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur marbh sibh (negative plural second-person)
marbh iad (negative plural third-person)
mur marbh iad (negative plural third-person)
marbhar marbhtar (impersonal negative)
marbharmur marbhtar (impersonal negative)
murr marbhtar (impersonal negative)
murrmur marbhtar (impersonal negative)
marbham (first-person imperative singular)
marbh (imperative second-person singular)
marbhadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
marbhamaid (first-person imperative plural)
marbhaibh (imperative plural second-person)
marbhadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
marbharmarbhtar (imperative impersonal)
marbh (stem)
marbhadh (noun-from-verb)
marbhta (participle past)


marbh

marbh m (genitive singular mairbh, plural mairbh)

mairbh (genitive singular)
mairbh (plural)
marbh
mharbh


nar

nar (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

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


mol

mol (past mhol, future molaidh, verbal noun moladh, past participle molta)

mhol (past)
molaidh (future)
moladh (noun-from-verb)
molta (participle past)

From Middle Irish molaid, from Old Irish molaidir, from Proto-Celtic *molātor. Cognate with Irish mol, Manx moyl.


mol

mol m (genitive singular moil, plural molan)


mol

mol m (genitive singular moil, plural molaichean)

moil (genitive singular)
molaichean (plural)


dona

dona (comparative miosa, qualitative noun miosad or donad)

aimsir dona


aran

aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural)

[ˈa˧˥.ɾan˥˩]

From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *aragnos.

aran làthail

a tha cumail t'arain riut

Cha bhi thu gun aran.


gu

From Middle Irish go, from Old Irish co. Cognates include Irish go and Manx dy.

Tha mi gu math.

Makes an adverb when placed in front of an adjective


gu

gu (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article chun, combined with the singular definite article gun)

thugam (first-person singular)
thugamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
thugad (second-person singular)
thugadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
thuige (masculine singular third-person)
thuigesan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)

Fanaidh mi gu ochd uairean.

Chuir mi litir gu mo phàrantan.


gu

Tha mi a’ smaoineachadh gu bheil clann aca.

that; used with the dependent form of a verb to introduce a subordinate clause.


leac

leac f (dative singular lic, genitive singular lice, plural leacan)

lic (dative singular)
lice (genitive singular)
leacan (plural)

From Old Irish lecc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂ (“flat surface”).
Celtic cognates include Welsh llech, Breton lec'h, Cornish lehan (“slate, slab”), and the Gaulish toponym Are-lica. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “flat stone”). Ultimately connected with PIE *pleh₂- (“flat”).


aosda

Superseded spelling of aosta (“old, elderly”).


ainmeil

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ainmeil (genitive singular masculine ainmeil, genitive singular feminine ainmeile, nominative plural ainmeile, comparative ainmeile)

ainmeil (genitive masculine singular)
ainmeile (feminine genitive singular)
ainmeile (nominative plural)
ainmeile (comparative)

famous, distinguished, illustrious, renowned


abaich

From Middle Irish abaid, from Old Irish apaig (compare Irish aibí, Manx appee), from ad- + bongaid (“to reap, pluck”).


cia mheud

[kʰɔ̝ ˈfĩːt̪]

/kʰɔ ˈvĩãt̪/

/kʰɔ ˈmĩãt̪/

cia mheud leabhar a tha agad?


allail

From Middle Irish all, aill, perhaps from a Proto-Celtic base *al- related to Latin altus (“high, exalted”). Compare Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all”), *altos (“height”).

glorious, illustrious, noble, famed, prominent, renowned, excellent


còig

From Old Irish cóic, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.


beò

beothaich

arouse, enliven, kindle, vitalize; revive; animate


cinnteach

cinnteach (genitive singular masculine cinntich)

cinntich (genitive masculine singular)
cinnteach
chinnteach

/ˈkʰʲĩːɲtʲəx/

[ˈkʰʲẽ̠ĩɲdʲəx]

[ˈkʰʲẽ̠ĩɲəx]

[ˈkʰʲiːɲdʒʌx]

From Old Irish cinntech. By surface analysis, cinnt + -ach.

Bha Seumas cinnteach gun robh an trèan a' tighinn.

James was certain that the train was coming.

certain, sure, actual, confident, definite


bòidheach

bòidheach (genitive singular masculine bòidhich, comparative bòidhche)

bòidhich (genitive masculine singular)
bòidhche (comparative)
bòidheach (masculine nominative)
bhòidheach (feminine nominative)
bòidheach (nominative plural)
bhòidhich (genitive masculine)
bòidhiche (feminine genitive)
bòidhich (feminine genitive)
bòidheach (genitive plural)
bòidheach (dative masculine)
bhòidhich (dative feminine)
bòidheach (dative plural)
bhòidhich (masculine vocative)
bhòidheach (feminine vocative)
bòidheach (plural vocative)
bòidheach
bhòidheach

From buaidheach (“having virtues”), from buaidh + -ach.


dlùth

dlùithe (comparative)
dlùth (masculine nominative)
dhlùth (feminine nominative)
dlùtha (nominative plural)
dhlùith (genitive masculine)
dlùithe (feminine genitive)
dlùtha (genitive plural)
dlùth (dative masculine)
dhlùith (dative feminine)
dlùtha (dative plural)
dhlùith (masculine vocative)
dhlùth (feminine vocative)
dlùtha (plural vocative)

From Old Irish dlúth, from Proto-Celtic *dluti-, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly sharing a Proto-Indo-European root with Ancient Greek θλάω (thláō, “to bruise”); also compare φλάω (phláō).


ceithir

From Old Irish cethair, from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.


nas

From Middle Irish níd as (“a thing that is”); compare Irish nios.

glic → nas glice

mòr → nas motha

Precedes the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.


blàth

blàth m (genitive singular blàith, plural blàthan)

blàith (genitive singular)
blàthan (plural)

From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

der

Nach eil blàthan na siris dìreach àlainn?


blàth

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blàth (genitive singular masculine blàith, genitive singular feminine blàithe, nominative plural blàtha, comparative blàithe)

blàith (genitive masculine singular)
blàithe (feminine genitive singular)
blàtha (nominative plural)
blàithe (comparative)
blàth (masculine nominative singular)
blàth
bhlàth

From Old Irish bláith (“soft, smooth”) from earlier mláith, from Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“soft, tender”), *mlātos (“flour”), related to *meleti (“to grind, crush”). Originally meant "ground soft". Cognate with Welsh blawd (“flour, meal”).

Tha am bùrn blàth.


cumhang

From Old Irish cumung, from Proto-Celtic *kom-ingus (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂enǵʰ- (“tight, painfully constricted”).

inh

'S e neach-dìolain cumhang!

Cha chreid thu dè cho cumhang is a tha cridhe Chaluim!

You would not believe how narrow-minded Calum is!


cumhang

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cumhang m (genitive singular cumhaing, plural cumhangan)

cumhaing (genitive singular)
cumhangan (plural)


truagh

From Middle Irish trúag, from Old Irish tróg, from *trougos (“sorry, sad”). Cognate with Irish trua, Manx treih, and Welsh tru (“wretched, miserable”).

Is truagh nach d' rugadh dall mi,
 gun chainnt is gun lèirsinn.

A pity I was not born blind,
 without speech and sight.

poor, wretched, sad, miserable, pitiful, woeful


bochd

bochda (comparative)
bochd (masculine nominative)
bhochd (feminine nominative)
bochda (nominative plural)
bhochd (genitive masculine)
bochda (feminine genitive)
bochda (genitive plural)
bochd (dative masculine)
bhochd (dative feminine)
bochda (dative plural)
bhochd (masculine vocative)
bhochd (feminine vocative)
bochda (plural vocative)

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish bocht (“poor”). Cognates include Irish bocht and Manx boght.


bochd

bochd (indefinite nominative singular)
bochdan (indefinite nominative plural)
bochd (genitive indefinite singular)
bhochdan (genitive indefinite plural)
bochd (dative indefinite singular)
bochdan (dative indefinite plural)
bochd (definite nominative singular)
am bochd (definite nominative singular)
bochdan (definite nominative plural)
na bochdan (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhochd (definite genitive singular)
bochdan (definite genitive plural)
nam bochdan (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhochd (dative definite singular)
bochdan (dative definite plural)
na bochdan (dative definite plural)
bhochd (definite singular vocative)
bhochdan (definite plural vocative)
bochd
bhochd


naoi

Harris, North Uist, Skye, Wester Ross, east Inverness-shire

From Old Irish noí, from Proto-Celtic *nowan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.


ceàrr

ceàrra (comparative)
ciorra (comparative)

From Old Irish cerr (“crooked, maimed”), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kersos, from a stem *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Cognates
See also Lithuanian sker̃sas (“transverse, crooked”), Old Prussian kerscha, kērschan, kirsa, kirscha, kirschan (“over”), Proto-Slavic *čerzъ < *čersъ (Russian че́рез (čérez, “over, through; transverse, across, crosswise”), Bulgarian чрез (črez)), Ancient Greek ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios, “transverse, crosswise; lateral”).


ceàrr

ceàrra (comparative)
ciorra (comparative)
ceàrr
cheàrr


eile

From Old Irish aile, eile, oile (“second, other, another”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).

inh

Tha faclair eile agam.

'S e sin rudeigin eile.

A bheil searrag eile agaibh?


làn

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làn (genitive singular masculine làin, genitive singular feminine làine, nominative plural làna, comparative làine)

làin (genitive masculine singular)
làine (feminine genitive singular)
làna (nominative plural)
làine (comparative)
làn (masculine nominative singular)
làn (feminine nominative singular)
làna (nominative plural)
làin (masculine singular vocative)
làn (feminine singular vocative)
làna (plural vocative)
làin (genitive masculine singular)
làin (feminine genitive singular)
làine (feminine genitive singular)
làna (genitive plural)
làn (dative masculine singular)
làin (dative feminine singular)
làna (dative plural)

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.


làn

làn m (genitive singular làin, plural làin)

Fhuair e a làn de bhrot.

Ghabh mi làn beòil uisge.

Bha làn dùirn de bhuinn aca uile.


gòrach

stupid, foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, witless, absurd


soilleir

soilleirich

brighten, become bright, become clear; clarify, clear up, demonstrate, explain, illustrate


drùiseil

From Old Irish drúisemail (compare modern Irish drúisiúil). By surface analysis, drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust”) + -eil.

surf

horny, lascivious, libidinous, lusty, randy, venereal, wanton


drùis

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drùis f (genitive singular drùise, no plural)

From Middle Irish drúis, from Old Irish drús (“hot-blooded or amorous disposition”), from drúth (“wanton, unchaste”).

drùiseil

horny, lascivious, libidinous, lusty, randy, venereal, wanton


caol

From Old Irish cáel, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul).


caol

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caol m (genitive singular caoil, plural caoiltean)

caoil (genitive singular)
caoiltean (plural)
caol
chaol

→ English: kyle


fuar

From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Scottish Gaelic comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

cold, chilly, bleak, frigid, sober, stingy


fosfor

fosfor m (genitive singular fosfoir, no plural)

Ultimately from Latin phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “the bearer of light”), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).


clach

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clach f (dative singular cloich, genitive singular cloiche, plural clachan)

cloich (dative singular)
cloiche (genitive singular)
clachan (plural)

clach bhuntàta


clach

clach (past chlach, future clachaidh, verbal noun clachadh, past participle clachte)

chlach (past)
clachaidh (future)
clachadh (noun-from-verb)
clachte (participle past)
clach
chlach

Clach a' bhana-bhuidseach!


bò

bò f (dative singular bò or boin, genitive singular bà, plural bà)

bò (dative singular)
boin (dative singular)
bà (genitive singular)
bà (plural)
bò (indefinite nominative singular)
bà (indefinite nominative plural)
bà (genitive indefinite singular)
bò (genitive indefinite plural)
bò (dative indefinite singular)
boin (dative indefinite singular)
bà (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bhò (definite nominative singular)
bà (definite nominative plural)
na bà (definite nominative plural)
bà (definite genitive singular)
na bà (definite genitive singular)
bò (definite genitive plural)
nam bò (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhoin (dative definite singular)
(a') bhò (dative definite singular)
bà (dative definite plural)
na bà (dative definite plural)
bhò (definite singular vocative)
bhà (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.


umpa

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 impu. Cognates include Irish umpu and Manx moo.


asal

asal m (genitive singular asail, plural asalan)

asail (genitive singular)
asalan (plural)
asal
n-asal

From Middle Irish asal, from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).


fiar

From Middle Irish fíar, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (compare Welsh gŵyr), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro-s (“turned, twisted”) (compare English wire), from *weh₁-y (“turn, twist”) (compare Old Church Slavonic вити (viti), Latin vieō).


fiar

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fiar (past dh'fhiar, future fiaraidh, verbal noun fiaradh, past participle fiarte)

dh'fhiar (past)
fiaraidh (future)
fiaradh (noun-from-verb)
fiarte (participle past)
fiar
fhiar


cala

cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)

cala (genitive singular)
calaidhean (plural)
cala
chala

From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.


soin

From the root of sònraichte (“special, notable”).


iarann

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iarann m (genitive singular iarainn, plural iarannan)

iarainn (genitive singular)
iarannan (plural)
iarann
n-iarann

From Old Irish íarn, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Welsh haearn, Breton houarn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥.


eun

eun m (genitive singular eòin, plural eòin)

eòin (genitive singular)
eòin (plural)
eun
n-eun

English: ardian

From Old Irish én, from Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥. Doublet of peann (“pen”). Cognate with English feather, Russian перо́ (peró, “feather”), and dialectal Armenian թեր (tʻer, “leaf, petal”).

Agus cha bu luaithe a chuir esan an t-eun anns an eunain òrach na thànaig sgriach as an eun a bha oillteil agus dhùisg a h-uile duine a bh' as a' chairteal[…]

1987 July 1, Joe Neil MacNeil, John Shaw, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 276:

And no sooner had he put the bird in the golden birdhouse than came a screech from the bird that was horrible and woke up everyone in the quarter […]


tarbh

tarbh m (genitive singular tairbh, plural tairbh)

tairbh (genitive singular)
tairbh (plural)
tarbh
tharbh

From Old Irish tarb, from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”) (compare Welsh tarw, Cornish tarow, Breton tarv, Gaulish taruos), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“bull”) (compare Latin taurus).

tarbh-coille

dark cloud which when seen on New Year's Day portends a stormy season

tarbh-oighre

bull supposed to serve cows grazing near to lochs in which they are supposed to live

tarbh-tàna

parish-, district-, or herd-bull, bull which is the property of a district


mara

genitive singular of muir (“sea, ocean”)


oir

From Old Irish óre, hóre, from Latin hōra.

Thog iad teine, oir bha an latha fuar.

They made a fire since the day was cold.


oir

oir f (genitive singular oire, plural oirean)

oire (genitive singular)
oirean (plural)

oir na creige

oir dhìreach

oir phàipeir

às oir a shùla

edge, verge, fringe, margin, border, brink

air oir na h-uinneig


dall

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


dall

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

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


cuir

cuir (past chuir, future cuiridh, verbal noun cur, past participle cuirte)

chuir (past)
cuiridh (future)
cur (noun-from-verb)
cuirte (participle past)
chuir mi (first-person independent past singular)
chuir thu (independent past second-person singular)
chuir e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
chuir sinn (first-person independent past plural)
chuir sibh (independent past plural second-person)
chuir iad (independent past plural third-person)
chuireadh (impersonal independent past)
cuiridh mi (first-person future independent singular)
cuiridh tu (future independent second-person singular)
cuiridh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
cuiridh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
cuiridh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
cuiridh iad (future independent plural third-person)
cuirearcuirtear (future impersonal independent)
chuirinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
chuireadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
chuireadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
chuireamaidchuireadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
chuireadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
chuireadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do chuir mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do chuir thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do chuir e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do chuir sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do chuir sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do chuir iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do chuireadh (impersonal negative past)
cha chuir mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha chuir thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha chuir e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha chuir sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha chuir sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha chuir iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha chuirearcha chuirtear (future impersonal negative)
cha chuirinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha chuireadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha chuireadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha chuireamaidcha chuireadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha chuireadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha chuireadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do chuir mi? (first-person past singular)
an do chuir thu? (past second-person singular)
an do chuir e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do chuir sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do chuir sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do chuir iad? (past plural third-person)
an do chuireadh? (impersonal past)
an cuir mi? (first-person future singular)
an cuir thu? (future second-person singular)
an cuir e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an cuir sinn? (first-person future plural)
an cuir sibh? (future plural second-person)
an cuir iad? (future plural third-person)
an cuirear?an cuirtear? (future impersonal)
an cuirinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an cuireadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an cuireadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an cuireamaid?an cuireadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an cuireadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an cuireadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an cuirteadh?an cuirist?¹an cuiriste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do chuir mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do chuir thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do chuir e (past singular)
nach do chuir sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do chuir sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do chuir iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do chuireadh? (impersonal past)
nach cuir mi? (first-person future singular)
nach cuir thu? (future second-person singular)
nach cuir e (future singular)
nach cuir sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach cuir sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach cuir iad? (future plural third-person)
nach cuirear?nach cuirtear? (future impersonal)
nach cuirinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach cuireadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach cuireadh e (conditional singular)
nach cuireamaid?nach cuireadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach cuireadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach cuireadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
chuireas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma chuireas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
chuireas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma chuireas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
chuireas e (affirmative singular)
ma chuireas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
chuireas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma chuireas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
chuireas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma chuireas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
chuireas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma chuireas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
chuirear (affirmative impersonal)
ma chuirear (affirmative impersonal)
cuir mi (first-person negative singular)
mur cuir mi (first-person negative singular)
cuir thu (negative second-person singular)
mur cuir thu (negative second-person singular)
cuir e (negative singular)
mur cuir e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
cuir sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur cuir sinn (first-person negative plural)
cuir sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur cuir sibh (negative plural second-person)
cuir iad (negative plural third-person)
mur cuir iad (negative plural third-person)
cuirear cuirtear (impersonal negative)
cuirearmur cuirtear (impersonal negative)
murr cuirtear (impersonal negative)
murrmur cuirtear (impersonal negative)
cuiream (first-person imperative singular)
cuir (imperative second-person singular)
cuireadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
cuireamaid (first-person imperative plural)
cuiribh (imperative plural second-person)
cuireadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
cuirearcuirtear (imperative impersonal)
cuir (stem)
cur (noun-from-verb)
cuirte (participle past)

From Middle Irish cuirid, from Old Irish ·cuirethar, prototonic form of fo·ceird.

cuir a-steach

install, fit in; insert, interject; apply, put in; log in

An cuir thu am bainne ann sa chupa?

Thiginn a steach a rithist ged a chuirteadh a mach mi.

I would come in again though I were put out.

Chuir e litir thuca.

cuiridh mi sìol a-màireach

gun cuireadh e uisge!

cur is cathadh

Used to indicate falling precipitation, whether rain or snow

Chuir Seumas gòl.

cuir an lìon


cuir

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


bean-shìdh

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish ben síde, equivalent to bean- + sìdh (“fairy”). Cognates include Irish bean sí and Manx ben shee.


sìthiche

sìthiche (indefinite nominative singular)
sìthichean (indefinite nominative plural)
sìthiche (genitive indefinite singular)
shìthichean (genitive indefinite plural)
sìthiche (dative indefinite singular)
sìthichean (dative indefinite plural)
t-sìthiche (definite nominative singular)
an t-sìthiche (definite nominative singular)
sìthichean (definite nominative plural)
na sìthichean (definite nominative plural)
sìthiche (definite genitive singular)
an sìthiche (definite genitive singular)
sìthichean (definite genitive plural)
nan sìthichean (definite genitive plural)
t-sìthiche (dative definite singular)
an t-sìthiche (dative definite singular)
sìthichean (dative definite plural)
na sìthichean (dative definite plural)
shìthiche (definite singular vocative)
shìthichean (definite plural vocative)
sìthiche
shìthiche
after "an"
t-sìthiche


mult

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mult m (genitive singular muilt, plural muilt)

muilt (genitive singular)
muilt (plural)

From Old Irish molt, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).


fleogan

fleog + -an, related to fleoidhte (“flabby, flaccid”).


seula

seula m (genitive singular seula, plural seulachan)

seula (genitive singular)
seulachan (plural)


ma 's e do thoil e

mas e do thoil e
mas e do thoil e#Scottish_Gaelic


clag

clag (indefinite nominative singular)
cluig (indefinite nominative plural)
cluig (genitive indefinite singular)
chlag (genitive indefinite plural)
clag (dative indefinite singular)
cluig (dative indefinite plural)
clagaibh (dative indefinite plural)
clag (definite nominative singular)
an clag (definite nominative singular)
cluig (definite nominative plural)
na cluig (definite nominative plural)
(a') chluig (definite genitive singular)
clag (definite genitive plural)
nan clag (definite genitive plural)
(a') chlag (dative definite singular)
cluig (dative definite plural)
na cluig (dative definite plural)
clagaibh (dative definite plural)
chluig (definite singular vocative)
chlaga (definite plural vocative)
clag
chlag

From Middle Irish cloc, from Old Irish cloc. Cognates include Irish clog and Manx clag.


ris

cho sgìth ris a' chù

Tha i ga blàthachadh fhèin ris an teine.


ris

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

A bheil Alasdair coltach ris?

Tha mi a' dèanamh fiughair ris.

third-person singular masculine of ri: to him, to it, with him, with it


boma

boma m (genitive singular boma, plural bomaichean)

boma (genitive singular)
bomaichean (plural)


talla

talla m (genitive singular tallachan, plural tallaichean)

tallachan (genitive singular)
tallaichean (plural)
talla
thalla


ceap

ceap m (genitive singular cip, plural cip or ceapan or ceapannan)

cip (genitive singular)
cip (plural)
ceapan (plural)
ceapannan (plural)
ceap
cheap

From Middle Irish cepp (“tree stump; stock”), from Latin cippus (“stake”).


gagan

gagan m (genitive singular gagain, plural gaganan)

gagain (genitive singular)
gaganan (plural)

From Proto-Celtic *gaggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), see also Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”).


cinn

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cinn (past chinn, future cinnidh, verbal noun cinntinn, past participle cinnte)

chinn (past)
cinnidh (future)
cinntinn (noun-from-verb)
cinnte (participle past)

From the root of cineal (“progeny, offspring”).


croit

croit f (genitive singular croite, plural croitean)

croite (genitive singular)
croitean (plural)


croit

croite (genitive singular)
croitean (plural)
croit
chroit


stoc

stoc m (genitive singular stuic, plural stuic)

stuic (genitive singular)
stuic (plural)

From Middle Irish stoc, from Old English stoc, from Proto-Germanic *stukką.

stock, trunk (of a tree), stump (of a tree), stump

wealth, store, cattle, livestock, capital


sona

From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).

Tha mi cho sona ri bròig!


hama

From Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Doublet of cnàimh.


gadhar

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gadhar m (genitive singular gadhair, plural gadhair or gadhrain)

gadhair (genitive singular)
gadhair (plural)
gadhrain (plural)
gadhar
ghadhar

From Middle Irish gadar (“beagle, hunting dog”), from Old Irish gagar, from Old Norse gagarr.


ceòl

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ceòl m (genitive singular ciùil or ceòil)

ciùil (genitive singular)
ceòil (genitive singular)
ceòl
cheòl

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.

Bidh ceòl agus dannsadh aig a' chèilidh a-màireach.

There will be music and dancing at the ceilidh tomorrow.


rìgh

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

inh

Bha Coinneach mac Ailpein na chiad rìgh na h-Alba.

Kenneth MacAlpin was the first king of Scotland.


grod

From Middle Irish grot (“bitter, sour”).

Tha an ceòl seo grod!


Dè

Tha Iosa Criosad Mac an Dè.

genitive of Dia, God. Used to indicate possession by God.


fàilte

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fàilte f (genitive singular fàilte, plural fàiltean)

fàilte (genitive singular)
fàiltean (plural)


fàilte

Fàilte a Mhoire


dè

Clipping of ciod è (older caidhe, caide, goidé) from Old Irish cote (“what is the nature of?, of what kind is?”), synchronically analyzable as ciod + e, compare Irish caidé.

der

Dè tha thu ag iarraidh?

What do you want? (literally, “What are you at wanting?”)

Chan eil cuimhn' aice dè thuirt e.


dè

Thàinig iad feasgar, dè?

They came in the afternoon, didn't they?

Used to form tag questions in informal speech.


fios

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fios m (genitive singular fiosa, plural fiosan)

fiosa (genitive singular)
fiosan (plural)
fios
fhios

From Old Irish fis, fius, from Proto-Celtic *wissus, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus, which is derived from *weyd- (“know, see”).

Chan eil fios agam.

I don't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at me.”)

indication, information, message, notice, notification, news