not

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not m (genitive singular not, plural notaichean)

not (genitive singular)
notaichean (plural)

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


tog

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

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

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

togarrach

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


liath

From Old Irish líath, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos, from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“grey”).


bann

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

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

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


cumha

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cumha f (genitive singular cumha, plural cumhachan)

cumha (genitive singular)
cumhachan (plural)

(business) stipulation, clause, condition, term


gnothach

gnothach m (genitive singular gnothaich, plural gnothaichean)

gnothaich (genitive singular)
gnothaichean (plural)

Lewis, Harris, Ross-shire, Sutherland, East Inverness-shire

Compare Old Irish gnó m (“business, matter, concern”).

gille-mo-ghnothaich

lively, enterprising, dependable young man


crùb

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crùb m (genitive singular crùba, plural crubannan)

crùba (genitive singular)
crubannan (plural)
crùb
chrùb

Borrowed from Old Norse krjúpa (“creep”), from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną. Cognate with English creep.

(agriculture) a "polycrub", a polycarbonate tunnel akin to a polytunnel or greenhouse used mainly in the Western Isles


cuing

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, plural cuingean)

cuinge (genitive singular)
cuingean (plural)
cuing
chuing

From Middle Irish cuing, from Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.


pàirc

pàirc f (genitive singular pàirce, plural pàircean)

pàirce (genitive singular)
pàircean (plural)


saor-dhuais

saor-dhuais f (genitive singular saor-dhuaise, plural saor-dhuaisean)

saor-dhuaise (genitive singular)
saor-dhuaisean (plural)

/ˌsɯːɾˈɣuəʃ/


mèinn

mèinn f (genitive singular mèinne, plural mèinnean)

mèinne (genitive singular)
mèinnean (plural)

From Middle Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).

(geology, mining) ore; mine, vein, seam (deposit of ore)


mèinn

mèinn (past mhèinn, future mèinnidh, verbal noun mèinneadh, past participle mèinnte)

mhèinn (past)
mèinnidh (future)
mèinneadh (noun-from-verb)
mèinnte (participle past)
mèinn
mhèinn


feamainn

feamainn (past dh'fheamainn, future feamainnidh, verbal noun feamnadh, past participle feamainnte)

dh'fheamainn (past)
feamainnidh (future)
feamnadh (noun-from-verb)
feamainnte (participle past)
feamainn
fheamainn

From Middle Irish femain, femmain (“(edible) seaweed”), from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, related to Old Breton goumon (late Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon (“seaweed”)), whence French goémon.

(agriculture) manure, fertilise (with seaweed)


fèill

fèill f (genitive singular fèille, plural fèillean or fèilltean)

fèille (genitive singular)
fèillean (plural)
fèilltean (plural)
fèill
fhèill
féill (alternative)

From Old Irish féil (“feast-day, festival”) (compare Irish féile, Manx feaill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”). Compare Irish féile and Manx feaill.

der

Chan eil fèill mhòr air.

There isn't a great demand/market for it.


urras

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urras m (genitive singular urrais, plural urrasan)

urrais (genitive singular)
urrasan (plural)
urras
n-urras
h-urras
t-urras


feannag

feannag f (genitive singular feannaige, plural feannagan)

feannaige (genitive singular)
feannagan (plural)
feannag
fheannag

From Old Irish fennóc; perhaps ultimately from the root of fionna (“hair, pile”), from Proto-Celtic *wes-nyā, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).

der

This sentence is translated in Campbell's West Highland Tales “It is too big for a crow and too little for land.” Gaelic Names of Beasts by Alex Forbes gives a modern application of this saying from personal experience, which make the meaning clearer and as he narrowly escaped with his life on the occasion, the word and their application are indelibly fixed in his memory. When out fishing in the Sound of Sleat in his youth and overtaken by a storm, an old fisherman who was at the helm told the boys who were rowing to keep a sharp lookout for land, as the evening twilight was fast failing. One of the latter suddenly cried out “Chì mi feannagan a Néill! Tha sinn faisg air a' Chill bhig.” After taking a deliberate survey (no easy matter in the circumstances), Niall replied “Chan eil fhios 'am an e, 'illean, tha e ro mhór de dh'fheannag agus ro bheag do dh'fhearran ach dh'fhaodadh gur e an t-eilean mór a th' ann,” (I don't know, boys, it seems too big for a rig and too small for the land but perhaps it's the large island.) - which it was.

Arsa an seòladair ann a' chrannaig - “Tha e ro mhór do fheannaig agus ro bheag do fhearainn”.

Quoth the sailor in the cross-trees - “It is too much for a rig and too little for a lot”.

(agriculture) lazy-bed (for planting), rig, a ridge of ground generally used for growing potatoes and sometimes also for raising corn, the seed being laid on the surface and covered with earth dug out of trenches along both sides


lùb

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lùb f (genitive singular lùib, plural lùban)

From Old Irish lúb, from a Germanic language, probably Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap, run”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”).


acair

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acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)

acrach (genitive singular)
acraichean (plural)
acair
n-acair
h-acair
t-acair

(agriculture) small stack of corn on field


geamhrachadh

geamhrachadh m (genitive singular geamhrachaidh, plural geamhrachaidhean)

geamhrachaidh (genitive singular)
geamhrachaidhean (plural)


airgead-calpa

airgead-calpa m (genitive singular airgid-calpa, plural airgid-calpa)

airgid-calpa (genitive singular)
airgid-calpa (plural)
airgead-calpa
n-airgead-calpa
h-airgead-calpa
t-airgead-calpa


cuibhreann

cuibhreann m (genitive singular cuibhrinn, plural cuibhreannan or cuibhrinnean)

cuibhrinn (genitive singular)
cuibhreannan (plural)
cuibhrinnean (plural)
cuibhreann
chuibhreann


inneal-airgid

inneal-airgid m (genitive singular inneil-airgid, plural innealan-airgid)

inneil-airgid (genitive singular)
innealan-airgid (plural)
inneal-airgid
n-inneal-airgid
h-inneal-airgid
t-inneal-airgid

automated teller machine
automated teller machine

(banking) automated teller machine, cash machine


pàirc-coillidh

(Canada, agriculture) wooded clearing burnt for planting crops


buain

buain (past bhuain, future buainidh, verbal noun buain, past participle buainte)

bhuain (past)
buainidh (future)
buain (noun-from-verb)
buainte (participle past)

From Middle Irish búainid, from Old Irish búain (“act of cutting, breaking; cutting down, reaping; crop, harvest”), verbal noun of bongaid (“to cut, break”).

inh

buain am maorach nuair a tha an tràigh ann

(agriculture) reap, harvest, cut down, crop, mow


masg

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masg (past mhasg, future masgaidh, verbal noun masgadh)

mhasg (past)
masgaidh (future)
masgadh (noun-from-verb)


eadar-dhealachadh bathair

product differentiation
product differentiation

(economics, marketing) product differentiation


dròn

dròn m (genitive singular dròin, plural drònaichean)

dròin (genitive singular)
drònaichean (plural)
dròn
dhròn


iodhlann

iodhlann f (genitive singular iodhlainn, plural iodhlainnean or iodhlannan)

iodhlainn (genitive singular)
iodhlainnean (plural)
iodhlannan (plural)
iodhlainn (alternative)
iothlann (alternative)
iothlainn (alternative)

From Old Irish ithland, from Proto-Celtic *ɸitulandā. By surface analysis, ioth (“corn”) + -lann

surf

(agriculture) ruined building used for making stacks in


eàrlas

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eàrlas m (genitive singular eàrlais, plural eàrlasan)

eàrlais (genitive singular)
eàrlasan (plural)