seillean-dìomhair

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seillean-dìomhair m (genitive singular seillein-dhìomhair, plural seilleanan-dìomhair)

seillein-dhìomhair (genitive singular)
seilleanan-dìomhair (plural)

seillean (“bee”) + dìomhair (“solitary, lonely, mysterious, unintelligible, secret”)


seillean-dubh

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seillean-dubh m (genitive singular seillein-dhuibh, plural seilleanan-dubha)

seillein-dhuibh (genitive singular)
seilleanan-dubha (plural)

seillean-mòr earball-bàn a' Chinn a Tuath


seillean-each

seillean-each m (genitive singular seillein-each, plural seilleanan-each)

seillein-each (genitive singular)
seilleanan-each (plural)

Pieris brassicae
Pieris brassicae#Translingual


seillean-dé

seillean-dé m (genitive singular seillein-dhé, plural seilleanan-dé)

seillein-dhé (genitive singular)
seilleanan-dé (plural)


seillean-meala

seillean-meala m (genitive singular seillein-mheala, plural seilleanan-meala)

seillein-mheala (genitive singular)
seilleanan-meala (plural)

seillean (“bee”) + meala (“of honey”, genitive singular form of mil)

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Apis mellifera
Apis mellifera#Translingual

honey bee (Genus Apis, or specifically Apis mellifera)


seillean-mil

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seillean-mil m (genitive singular seillein-mhil, plural seilleanan-mil)

seillein-mhil (genitive singular)
seilleanan-mil (plural)


seillean-sgip

seillean-sgip m (genitive singular seillein-sgip, plural seilleanan-sgip)

seillein-sgip (genitive singular)
seilleanan-sgip (plural)

honey bee (Apis, or specifically Apis mellifera)


seillean-lunndach

seillean-lunndach m (genitive singular seillein-lunndaich, plural seilleanan-lunndach)

seillein-lunndaich (genitive singular)
seilleanan-lunndach (plural)

seillean (“bee”) + lunndach (“idle, lazy, loitering”)


ainbheach

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ainbheach m (genitive singular ainbheach, plural ainbhich)

ainbheach (genitive singular)
ainbhich (plural)

debt, obligation; heavy (especially long-standing) debts.


seillean-dìomhain

seillean-dìomhain m (genitive singular seillein-dhìomhain, plural seilleanan-dìomhain)

seillein-dhìomhain (genitive singular)
seilleanan-dìomhain (plural)

seillean (“bee”) + dìomhain (“idle, lazy”)


seillean-mór

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seillean-mór m (genitive singular seillein-mhóir, plural seilleanan-móra)

seillein-mhóir (genitive singular)
seilleanan-móra (plural)


seillean-ruadh

seillean-ruadh m (genitive singular seillein-ruaidh, plural seilleanan-ruadha)

seillein-ruaidh (genitive singular)
seilleanan-ruadha (plural)

seillean (“bee”) + ruadh (“reddish, (browny) red, rust-coloured”)

compound

seillean-mòr nan dearcan-fraoich
seillean-mòr nan dearcan-fraoich

another name for seillean-mòr nan dearcan-fraoich: bilberry/mountain bumblebee (Bombus monticola)


seillean-obrach

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seillean-obrach m (genitive singular seillein-obrach, plural seilleanan-obrach)

seillein-obrach (genitive singular)
seilleanan-obrach (plural)


seillean-seimhid

seillean-seimhid m (genitive singular seillein-obrach, plural seilleanan-obrach)


bòl-sheillean

bòl-sheillean m (genitive singular bòl-sheillean, plural bòil-sheillean)

bòl-sheillean (genitive singular)
bòil-sheillean (plural)

bòl (“bole”) + sheillean (“bee”, lenited form of seillean)


cràin-sheillean

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cràin-sheillean (genitive singular cràin-sheillein, plural cràin-sheilleanan)

cràin-sheillein (genitive singular)
cràin-sheilleanan (plural)

cràin (“female of any animal”) + sheillean (“bee”, lenited form of seillean)


màthair-ghuir

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màthair-ghuir f (genitive singular màthar-guir, plural màthraichean-guir)

màthar-guir (genitive singular)
màthraichean-guir (plural)
mother of the brood (literally)

Source of infection; cause of suppuration.


cràin

cràin f (genitive singular cràine, plural cràintean)

cràine (genitive singular)
cràintean (plural)
cràin
chràin
crainn (alternative)


gath-seillein

gath-seillein m (genitive singular gatha-sheillein, plural gathan-seillein)

gatha-sheillein (genitive singular)
gathan-seillein (plural)

gath (“sting (of an insect)”) + sheillean (“bee”, lenited form of seillean)


seillean-mòr

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seillean-mòr m (genitive singular seillein-mhòir, plural seilleanan-mòra)

seillein-mhòir (genitive singular)
seilleanan-mòra (plural)
seillean-mór (alternative)
seillean mòr (alternative)


seillean càrdair cumanta

seillean càrdair cumanta m (plural seilleanan càrdair cumanta)

seillean (“bee”) + càrdair (“carder”) + cumanta (“common”)


seillean càrdair na còinnich

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seillean càrdair na còinnich m (plural seilleanan càrdair cumanta)

seillean (“bee”) + càrdair (“carder”) + cumanta (“common”) + na f (“the”, definite article, singular feminine genitive form) + còinnich f (“of moss”, genitive form of còinneach, feminine)
'Carder' refers to their nest building.


seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg

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seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg m (plural seilleanan càrdair nan lurgann dearg)

seilleanan càrdair nan lurgann dearg (plural)

seillean (“bee”) + càrdair (“carder”) + nan (“the”, definite article, genitive feminine plural) + lurgann (“shin, hind leg”, feminine) + dearg (“ruddy”)
'Carder' refers to their nest building.

compound

red-shanked carder bee or red-shanked bumblebee (Bombus ruderarius)


seillean-mòr a' bhlàir-fhraoich

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seillean-mòr a' bhlàir-fhraoich m (plural seilleanan-mòra a' bhlàir-fhraoich)

seilleanan-mòra a' bhlàir-fhraoich (plural)

seillean (“bee”) + mòr + a' (“the”, definite article, masculine singular genitive form) + bhlàir-fhraoich (“heaths”, lenited plural form of blàr-fraoich)
a' (“the”, definite article, masculine singular genitive form) + bhlàir (“fields”, lenited plural form of blàr, masculine) + fhraoich (“heathers”, lenited plural form of fraoch, masculine)


réilig

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réilig f (genitive singular réilige, plural réiligean)

réilige (genitive singular)
réiligean (plural)


colaiste

colaiste f (genitive singular colaiste, plural colaistean)

colaiste (genitive singular)
colaistean (plural)
colaiste
cholaiste

/ˈkʰɔɫ̪ɪʃtʲə/

From Middle Irish coláisde, coláiste, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.


fèineag

fèineag f (genitive singular fèineige, plural fèineagan)

fèineige (genitive singular)
fèineagan (plural)

fhèin + -ag, a calque of English selfie.


craobh-chuilinn

craobh-chuilinn f (genitive singular craoibhe-cuilinn, plural craobhan-cuilinn)

craoibhe-cuilinn (genitive singular)
craobhan-cuilinn (plural)


cuileann-tràgha

Eryngium maritimum
Eryngium maritimum#Translingual


gealbhonn-cuileann

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual


pairseil

From Middle Irish persille, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

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πετροσέλινον

Petroselinum crispum
Petroselinum crispum#Translingual


fèis

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fèis f (genitive singular fèise, plural fèisean)

fèise (genitive singular)
fèisean (plural)

festival
Gaelic music and cultural festival


mac an aba

mac an aba m (genitive singular mic an aba, plural mic an aba)

mic an aba (genitive singular)
mic an aba (plural)
mac an aba
mhac an aba
mac-an-aba (alternative)


àlas ceud bliadhna

Agave americana
Agave americana#Translingual


àlas

àlas m (genitive singular àlais, plural àlasan)

àlais (genitive singular)
àlasan (plural)
àlos (alternative)


aisil

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, plural aislean)

aisle (genitive singular)
aislean (plural)
aisil
n-aisil
h-aisil
t-aisil
aisiol (alternative)


cailleach-dhubh

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular cailliche-duibhe, plural cailleachan-dubha)

cailleach dhubh (canonical feminine)
cailliche-duibhe (genitive singular)
cailleachan-dubha (plural)

Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Phalacrocorax aristotelis#Translingual

common shag, European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)


aiteal

aiteal m (genitive singular aiteil, no plural)

aiteil (genitive singular)
aiteal
n-aiteal
h-aiteal
t-aiteal
aitiol (alternative)

/ˈaʰtʲʰəl̪ˠ/

Juniperus communis
Juniperus communis#Translingual

very small portion or quantity of anything


guirmean

guirmein (genitive singular)
guirmean
ghuirmean

Isatis tinctoria
Isatis tinctoria#Translingual


chan ann leis a' chiad bhuille a thuiteas a' chraobh

Rome wasn't built in a day
Rome wasn't built in a day

Rome wasn't built in a day (literally "it is not with the first strike that the tree will fall")


snàmhadh

snàmhadh m (genitive singular snàmhaidh)

verbal noun of snàmh (“swim; bathe; float; soak, deluge”)

Alternative form of snàmh (“swimming; floating; soaking, deluging”)


gairleag

gairleag f (genitive singular gairleige, no plural)

gairleige (genitive singular)
gairleag
ghairleag

From Middle Irish gáirleóg f (“garlic”), borrowed from Old English gārlēac, from gār (“spear”) + lēac (“leek”).


rionnach

rionnach m (genitive singular rionnaich, plural rionnaich)

rionnaich (genitive singular)
rionnaich (plural)


seach-shlighe

seach-shlighe f (genitive singular seach-shlighe, plural seach-shlighean)

seach-shlighe (genitive singular)
seach-shlighean (plural)


òglachas

òglachas m (genitive singular òglachais, no plural)

From Old Irish óclachas m (“the age of manhood; manly vigour, valour, quality or functions of a warrior; service, vassalage; name of a late kind of verse”), from óclach m (“young man; young warrior; warrior, soldier; attendant, servant, vassal”).

inh

the fourth stage of human life, from 34 to 54 years of age


feabhas

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feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais, plural feabhasan)

feabhais (genitive singular)
feabhasan (plural)
feabhas
fheabhas


mnaoi

(archaic or dialectal) dative singular of bean (“woman”)


comh-rùn

comh-rùn m (genitive singular comh-rùin, plural comh-rùintean or comh-rùntan or comh-rùinte)

comh-rùin (genitive singular)
comh-rùintean (plural)
comh-rùntan (plural)
comh-rùinte (plural)


balgan-buachair

balgan-buachair m (genitive singular balgain-bhuachair, plural balgain-bhuachair)

balgain-bhuachair (genitive singular)
balgain-bhuachair (plural)


balg-buachrach

balg-buachrach m (genitive singular builg-bhuachrach, plural builg-bhuachrach)

builg-bhuachrach (genitive singular)
builg-bhuachrach (plural)


sradag

sradag f (genitive singular sradaig, plural sradagan)

sradaig (genitive singular)
sradagan (plural)

Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica#Translingual


gearradh-arm

gearradh-arm m (genitive singular gearraidh-arm, plural gearraidhean-arm)

gearraidh-arm (genitive singular)
gearraidhean-arm (plural)
gearradh-arm
ghearradh-arm


innealta

/ˈĩɲəl̪ˠt̪ə/

mì-innealta

inelegant, ungenteel, clumsy unseemly, ungraceful


bolgam

bolgam m (genitive singular bolgaim, plural bolgaman)

bolgaim (genitive singular)
bolgaman (plural)


baraill

baraill m (genitive singular baraille, plural baraillean)

baraille (genitive singular)
baraillean (plural)
baraill
bharaill
bairill (alternative)
baraille (alternative)

From Middle Irish bairille, from Middle English barrell or Anglo-Norman baril.

leann baraille


prìne

prìne m (genitive singular prìne, plural prìneachan)

prìne (genitive singular)
prìneachan (plural)
prìne
phrìne


gille-coise

gille-coise m (genitive singular gille-choise, plural gillean-coise)

gille-choise (genitive singular)
gillean-coise (plural)
gille-coise
ghille-coise


bìth-eòin

bìth-eòin f (genitive singular bìthe-eòin, no plural)


cuir facail sa' bheul chuideigin

Cha tuirt mi sin a-riamh! Na cuir facail 'nam bheul

I never said that! Don't put words in my mouth!

put words in someone's mouth
put words in someone's mouth


an car a bha san t-seana mhaide 's duilich a thoirt às

you can't teach an old dog new tricks
you can't teach an old dog new tricks

a leopard cannot change his spots
a leopard cannot change his spots

you can't teach an old dog new tricks, old habits die hard, a leopard cannot change his spots (literally "the twist which is in the old stick is difficult to take out")


rèididheachd

rèididheachd f (genitive singular rèididheachd, plural rèididheachdan)

rèididheachd (genitive singular)
rèididheachdan (plural)


leabhar-làimhe

leabhar-làimhe m (genitive singular leabhair-làimhe, plural leabhraichean-làimhe)

leabhair-làimhe (genitive singular)
leabhraichean-làimhe (plural)


saltair

saltairean (plural)
saltair
shaltair
after "an"
t-saltair

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).


ainmear gnàthach

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ainmear gnàthach m (genitive singular ainmeir-ghnàthach, plural ainmearean-gnàthach)

ainmeir-ghnàthach (genitive singular)
ainmearean-gnàthach (plural)


poca-salainn

poca-salainn f (genitive singular poca-salainn, plural pocannan-salainn)

poca-salainn (genitive singular)
pocannan-salainn (plural)


's e miann na lacha an loch air nach bi i

the grass is always greener on the other side


agairt

agairt m (genitive singular agairt, no plural)

Verbal noun of agair, itself from Old Irish ad·gair.

Tha i ag agairt orm.

Tha e 'g agairt an dìonadair.


agair

agair (past dh'agair, future agairidh, verbal noun agairt)

dh'agair (past)
agairidh (future)
agairt (noun-from-verb)

From Old Irish ad·gair. Compare Irish agair (“plead, entreat, sue”).

Tha mi ag agairt air seòclaid.


brochan

brochan m (genitive singular brochain, plural brochain)

brochain (genitive singular)
brochain (plural)

From Old Irish brothchán (“broth, pottage, soup, gruel”), from brothach (“boiling, hot”).

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(Uist, Barra, Tiree, Mull, Islay, Perthshire) porridge

(Lewis, Harris) gruel (thinner than porridge)

Rinn thu brochan dheth!


ceannairceach

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ceannairceach m (genitive singular ceannaircich, plural ceannaircich)

ceannaircich (genitive singular)
ceannaircich (plural)
ceannarcach (alternative)


ceannairceach

ceannairciche (comparative)
ceannarcach (alternative)


ceannarcach

ceannarcach m (genitive singular ceannarcaich, plural ceannarcaich)

ceannarcaich (genitive singular)
ceannarcaich (plural)


siuthad

siuthad (imperative, plural siuthadaibh)

go on! go ahead! let's go! (second person singular)


siuthadaibh

siuthadaibh (imperative, singular siuthad)

go on! go ahead! let's go! (second person plural)


fealla-dhà

is tric a chaidh fealla-dhà gu fealla-rìreadh


dà-fhillteachd

dà-fhillteachd f (genitive singular dà-fhillteachd, plural dà-fhillteachdan)

dà-fhillteachd (genitive singular)
dà-fhillteachdan (plural)


mas breug bhuam e, is breug thugam e

jak jsem koupil, tak prodávám
jak jsem koupil, tak prodávám#Czech

I am only passing on what I have heard without being certain that it is true. (Literally "if it is a lie from me, it is a lie to me". Compare Czech jak jsem koupil, tak prodávám.)


eadhan

Alternative form of eadhon (“to wit, namely, even”)


sgrogag

sgrogag f (genitive singular sgrogaig, plural sgrogagan)

sgrogaig (genitive singular)
sgrogagan (plural)


partan-tuathal

partan-tuathal m (genitive singular partain-thuathail, plural partanan-tuathal)

partain-thuathail (genitive singular)
partanan-tuathal (plural)


tuathal

/ˈtʰuəhəl̪ˠ/

From Old Irish túaithbel, from túath (“left, north”) + sel (“turn”).


cluas-mhara

cluas-mhara f (genitive singular cluaise-mara, plural cluasan-mara)

cluaise-mara (genitive singular)
cluasan-mara (plural)
cluas-mhara
chluas-mhara


lomhainn

lomhainn f (genitive singular lomhainne, plural lomhainnean)

lomhainne (genitive singular)
lomhainnean (plural)

From Old Irish loman (“cord, rope, leash”).


cuir clos air

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

chuir clos air (past)
cuiridh clos air (future)
cur clos air (noun-from-verb)
cuirte clos air (participle past)


Ceana

a Cheana (vocative)
Ceana
Cheana
Ceanag (alternative)

a female given name, masculine equivalent Coinneach, equivalent to English Kenna


Iob

(biblical) Job, the eighteenth book of the Old Testament


toigh

From Old Irish toich. Perhaps cognate with dòigh from Old Irish doich.


gadhair

inflection of gadhar:
vocative/genitive singular

inflection of gadhar:
(dated) nominative/dative plural

inflection of gadhar:
nominative/dative plural


gamhna

inflection of gamhainn:
genitive singular


learga

learga f (genitive singular learga, plural leargan)

learga (genitive singular)
leargan (plural)


bratach na croise

Saint Andrew's cross
Saint Andrew's cross


Gàidhlig na h-Èireann

Gàidhlig na h-Èireann
Ghàidhlig na h-Èireann


Liùsaidh

a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy or Louise


Ùisdean

From Old Norse Eysteinn, from ey (“luck”) and steinn (“stone”).

a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Hugh though etymologically unrelated


guthlag

guthlag f (genitive singular guthlaige, plural guthlagan)

guthlaige (genitive singular)
guthlagan (plural)


fòirneis

fòirneis f (genitive singular fòirneise, plural fòirneisean)

fòirneise (genitive singular)
fòirneisean (plural)
fòirneis
fhòirneis

From Old French fornais (compare Irish foirnéis, Manx furnish), from Latin fornāx.


saidhbhir

saidhbhir (comparative saidhbhire or saidhbhre)

saidhbhire (comparative)
saidhbhre (comparative)
saoibhir (alternative)


eadh

From Old Irish ed (“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.


for-uinneag

for-uinneag f (genitive singular for-uinneige, plural for-uinneagan)

for-uinneige (genitive singular)
for-uinneagan (plural)


rèilig

rèilig f (genitive singular rèilige, plural rèiligean)

rèilige (genitive singular)
rèiligean (plural)
rolaig (alternative)
roilig (alternative)
réileag (alternative)
réilig (alternative)

From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae. Cognate with Irish reilig and Manx rhuillick.

stone chest where bones dug out of graves are placed


fhionn

past indicative analytic dependent of fionn


fearann

fearainn (genitive singular)
fearann
fhearann

From a Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (“to cover, envelop”) shared with Sanskrit वारण (vāraṇa, “dike, entrenchment”), वर्मन् (varman, “armor, protection”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬛𐬥𐬁 (vardnā, “cover, envelope”).


guidh

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guidh (past ghuidh, future guidhidh, verbal noun guidhe, past participle guidhte)

ghuidh (past)
guidhidh (future)
guidhe (noun-from-verb)
guidhte (participle past)

From Old Irish guidid, from Proto-Celtic *gʷedyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (“to request, pray, ask for”).

inh

Ghuidh iad gach solas do Thormod.

Ghuidh iad air Tormod.

They pleaded to / beseeched / implored Norman.

Ghuidh Tormod airson a bheatha.


guidhe

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guidhe m or f (genitive singular guidhe, plural guidheachan)

guidhe (genitive singular)
guidheachan (plural)

From Old Irish guide, from Proto-Celtic *gʷodyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰodʰ-yeh₂.

Tha iad a' cur guidhe thugad.


seadh

(uncommon, chiefly archaic) yes (in answer to a question formed with an eadh)

OK, fine, yes (in acknowledgement of an utterance generally)


Àdhamh

Àdhamh m (genitive/vocative Àdhaimh, diminutive Adaidh)

Adaidh (diminutive)
Àdhamh
n-Àdhamh
h-Àdhamh
t-Àdhamh

From Old Irish Ádam, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ, Ἄδαμος (Adám, Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אֲדָמָה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

der

Ἀδάμ, Ἄδαμος

a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam


trasta

A modified form of Middle Irish tarsna, from Old Irish tarsno.

Thàinig e trasta air leabhar.

(Colonsay, Islay, Jura) across, athwart, cross, traverse


Òban

/ən̪ˠˈt̪ʰɔːpan/

From òban (“little bay”), diminutive of òb (“bay”).


allmharach

allmharaiche (comparative)
allmharach
n-allmharach
h-allmharach
t-allmharach
allamhara (alternative)
allamharach (alternative)
allmhara (alternative)


bòrd-beulaibh

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bòrd-beulaibh m (genitive singular bùird-bheulaibh, plural bùird-bheulaibh)

bùird-bheulaibh (genitive singular)
bùird-bheulaibh (plural)


bòrd-cùlaibh

bòrd-cùlaibh m (genitive singular bùird-chùlaibh, plural bùird-chùlaibh)

bùird-chùlaibh (genitive singular)
bùird-chùlaibh (plural)


sgian-dubh

sgian-dubh f (genitive singular sgèine-duibhe, plural sgianan-dubha)

sgèine-duibhe (genitive singular)
sgianan-dubha (plural)

From sgian (“knife”) + dubh (“black; (figuratively) hidden”). Sgian is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut; to cut off, sever”); dubh from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).


dealbh-thaic

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dealbh-thaic f (genitive singular dealbh-thaice, plural dealbh-thaicean)

dealbh-thaice (genitive singular)
dealbh-thaicean (plural)


aig an dùbhlan le

Tha mi aig mo dhùbhlan le Dòmhnall!

I am at the end of my tether with Donald!

at the end of one's tether
at the end of one's tether


leughadair-d

leughadair-d m (genitive singular leughadair-d, plural leughadairean-d)

leughadair-d (genitive singular)
leughadairean-d (plural)


cairt SIM

cairt SIM f (genitive singular cairte SIM, plural cairtean SIM)

cairte SIM (genitive singular)
cairtean SIM (plural)


allamharach

allamharaiche (comparative)
allamharach
n-allamharach
h-allamharach
t-allamharach


ribean-tomhais

ribean-tomhais m (genitive singular ribein-thomhais, plural ribeanan-tomhais)

ribein-thomhais (genitive singular)
ribeanan-tomhais (plural)

From ribín (“ribbon”) + tomhais (“measure”).


fuineall

fuineall f (genitive singular fuinill, plural fuineallan)

fuinill (genitive singular)
fuineallan (plural)


pìob-tharraing

pìob-tharraing f (genitive singular pìoba-tarraing, plural pìoban-tarraing)

pìoba-tarraing (genitive singular)
pìoban-tarraing (plural)


gimleid

gimleid f (genitive singular gimleide, plural gimleidean)

gimleide (genitive singular)
gimleidean (plural)


eadra-lìon

eadra-lìon f (genitive singular eadra-lìn, plural eadra-lìontan)

eadra-lìn (genitive singular)
eadra-lìontan (plural)


coinnlear

coinnlear m (genitive singular coinnleir, plural coinnlearan)

coinnleir (genitive singular)
coinnlearan (plural)


loisgean

loisgean m (genitive singular loisgein, plural losgeanan)

loisgein (genitive singular)
losgeanan (plural)


ged a mharbhadh tu mi, chan urrainn do

Ged a mharbhadh tu mi, chan urrainn dhomh a thuigsinn.

For the life of me, I can't understand it.

for the life of one (lit. Although you would kill me, I cannot...)


aithnichear fear air a' cuideachd a chumas e

aithnichear fear air a' chuideachd a chumas e

a man is known by the company he keeps
a man is known by the company he keeps


am fear a laigheas sa pholl, togaidh e an làthach

if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas (lit. the man who lies in the bog, he rises in sludge)


théid capall don choille ach brisidh aon uallach a cridhe

théid capall don choille ach brisidh aon uallach a chridhe

the straw that broke the camel's back
the straw that broke the camel's back

the straw that broke the camel's back (lit. the colt will go to the forest but one burden will break his heart)


fada bho'n t-sùil, fada bho'n chridhe

fada bho'n t-sùil (canonical)
fada bho'n cridhe (canonical)

fada bhon t-sùil, fada bhon chridhe#Scottish_Gaelic

Obsolete spelling of fada bhon t-sùil, fada bhon chridhe.


an rud nach cluinn cluas, cha ghluais e cridhe

an rud nach cluinn cluas (canonical)
cha ghluais e cridhe (canonical)

an rud nach cluinn cluas, cha gluais e cridhe

out of sight, out of mind
out of sight, out of mind

out of sight, out of mind (lit. the thing that an ear won't hear, it won't move a heart)


cha d'fhuair droch-bhuannaiche a-riamh deagh-chorran

a bad workman always blames his tools
a bad workman always blames his tools

a bad workman always blames his tools (lit. a bad harvester never got a good scythe)

cha d'fhuair droch-ràmhaich ràmh math a-riamh


cha d'fhuair droch-ràmhaich ràmh math a-riamh

a bad workman always blames his tools (lit. a bad oarsman never got a good oar)


lighiche-inntinn

lighiche-inntinn m (genitive singular lighiche-inntinn, plural lighichean-inntinn)

lighiche-inntinn (genitive singular)
lighichean-inntinn (plural)


Earra-Ghàidheal

/ɛrˠə ˈɣɛː.əl̪ˠ/

/aɾ ˈɣɛː.əl̪ˠ/


feòrag

feòrag f (genitive singular feòraige, plural feòragan)

feòraige (genitive singular)
feòragan (plural)

From Old Irish íaru, from Proto-Celtic *wiweros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂i-h₂uer, reduplication of *h₂u(e)r. Compare Breton gwiñver, Welsh gwiwer, and Irish iora.

Cho furasta stad a chur air a' mhuir-làn ri feòrag-ruadh fhaicinn.

It's as easy to spot a red squirrel as stopping the tide from coming in.


feòrag-ghlas

feòrag-ghlas f (genitive singular feòraige-glaise, plural feòragan-glasa)

feòraige-glaise (genitive singular)
feòragan-glasa (plural)
feòrag-ghlas
fheòrag-ghlas
feòrag ghlas (alternative)


feòrag ghlas

feòrag ghlas f (genitive singular feòraige glaise, plural feòragan glasa)

feòraige glaise (genitive singular)
feòragan glasa (plural)


feòrag-ruadh

feòrag-ruadh f (genitive singular feòraige-ruaidhe, plural feòragan-ruadha)

feòraige-ruaidhe (genitive singular)
feòragan-ruadha (plural)
feòrag-ruadh
fheòrag-ruadh
feòrag ruadh (alternative)


feòrag ruadh

feòrag ruadh f (genitive singular feòraige ruaidhe, plural feòragan ruadha)

feòraige ruaidhe (genitive singular)
feòragan ruadha (plural)


feòrag-stiallach

feòrag-stiallach f (genitive singular feòraige-stiallaiche, plural feòragan-stiallach)

feòraige-stiallaiche (genitive singular)
feòragan-stiallach (plural)
feòrag-stiallach
fheòrag-stiallach
feòrag stiallach (alternative)


feòrag stiallach

feòrag stiallach f (genitive singular feòraige stiallaiche, plural feòragan stiallach)

feòraige stiallaiche (genitive singular)
feòragan stiallach (plural)

Alternative spelling of feòrag-stiallach


beag-chuid

beag-chuid f (genitive singular beag-chodach, plural beag-chodaichean)

beag-chodach (genitive singular)
beag-chodaichean (plural)


mòr-chuid

mòr-chuid f (genitive singular mòr-chodach, plural mòr-chodaichean)

mòr-chodach (genitive singular)
mòr-chodaichean (plural)


is fheàrr teine beag a gharas na teine mòr a loisgeas

too much of a good thing
too much of a good thing

You can have too much of a good thing; less is more etc. (literally "better is the small fire that warms than the great fire that burns")


pàrlamaid chrochte

pàrlamaid chrochte f (genitive singular pàrlamaide crochte, plural pàrlamaidean crochte)

pàrlamaide crochte (genitive singular)
pàrlamaidean crochte (plural)


pàrlamaid gun mhòr-chuid

pàrlamaid gun mhòr-chuid f (genitive singular pàrlamaid gun mhòr-chuid, plural pàrlamaidean gun mhòr-chuid)

pàrlamaid gun mhòr-chuid (genitive singular)
pàrlamaidean gun mhòr-chuid (plural)

hung parliament (literally, "parliament without [a] majority").


frasair

frasair m (genitive singular frasair, plural frasairean)

frasair (genitive singular)
frasairean (plural)


solas-tionndaidh

solas-tionndaidh m (genitive singular solais-thionndaidh, plural solasan-tionndaidh)

solais-thionndaidh (genitive singular)
solasan-tionndaidh (plural)

indicator (flashing light on a car signalling change of direction)


clàr-fhiacaill

clàr-fhiacaill f (genitive singular clàr-fhiacla, plural clàr-fhiaclan)

clàr-fhiacla (genitive singular)
clàr-fhiaclan (plural)


silidh

silidh m (genitive singular silidh, plural silidhean)

silidh (genitive singular)
silidhean (plural)
silidh
shilidh
after "an"
t-silidh

From Middle English gelly, from Old French gelee, from Old French geler (“to congeal”), from Latin gelō.


neach-siubhail

neach-siubhail m (plural luchd-siubhail)

neach (“person”) + siubhail (“to travel”)


neach-siubhail

a member of the nomadic people indigenous to the highlands of Scotland, known in English as Highland Travelers or poetically as Summer Walkers


luchd-siubhail

luchd (“people”) + siubhail (“to travel”)


luchd-siubhail

A nomadic people indigenous to the highlands of Scotland, known in English as Highland Travelers or poetically as Summer Walkers


bumalair

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bumalair m (genitive singular bumalair, plural bumalairean)

bumalair (genitive singular)
bumalairean (plural)
bumalair
bhumalair


co-fharpaiseach

co-fharpaiseach m (genitive singular co-fharpaisich, plural co-fharpaisich)

co-fharpaisich (genitive singular)
co-fharpaisich (plural)


co-fharpaisiche

co-fharpaisiche m (genitive singular co-fharpaisiche, plural co-fharpaisichean)

co-fharpaisiche (genitive singular)
co-fharpaisichean (plural)


farpaiseach

farpaiseach m (genitive singular farpaisich, plural farpaisich)

farpaisich (genitive singular)
farpaisich (plural)
farpaiseach
fharpaiseach


farpais

farpais f (genitive singular farpaise, plural farpaisean)

farpaise (genitive singular)
farpaisean (plural)
farpais
fharpais


eachtradh

eachtradh m (genitive singular eachtraidh, plural eachtraidhean)

eachtraidh (genitive singular)
eachtraidhean (plural)

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


coimpiutair-uchd

coimpiutair-uchd m (genitive singular coimpiutair-uchd, plural coimpiutairean-uchd)

coimpiutair-uchd (genitive singular)
coimpiutairean-uchd (plural)


Srath Chluaidh

From srath + Cluaidh ("bottom land of the River Clyde").

Strathclyde, former local government region in the west of Scotland


Hagai

(biblical) Haggai, the thirty-seventh book of the Old Testament


Iosua

(biblical) Joshua, the sixth book of the Old Testament


-ibh

ionnsaich (“learn”) + -ibh → ionnsaichibh

bruidhinn (“speak”) + -ibh → bruidhnibh

gabh (“take”) + -ibh → gabhaibh


faing

faing f (genitive singular fainge, plural faingean)

tlb

(Lewis, Harris, Trotternish, Wester Ross, Sutherland)

fainge (genitive singular)
faingean (plural)
fang (alternative)


gaoitheadh

(Uist, Barra) genitive singular of gaoth


iutharnail

Iutharnail rud!


pruinn

pronn

inflection of pronn (“mashed, scrambled, ground, frangible”):


aincheiste

aincheiste
n-aincheiste
h-aincheiste
t-aincheiste

genitive singular of aincheist (“danger, jeopardy, dilemma; perplexity, doubt; puzzle, riddle”)


brèideach

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brèideach f (genitive singular brèidich, plural brèidich)

brèidich (genitive singular)
brèidich (plural)

From brèid (“patch, kerchief, woman's headdress”) + -each (noun suffix). Stems from the tradition of Highland women wearing a white linen kerchief after their wedding night; maidens wore the stiom, a headband, but were otherwise bareheaded until marriage.


sheirbhiseach

seirbhiseach
sheirbhiseach
after "an"
t-seirbhiseach


cluain

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cluain f (genitive singular cluaine, plural cluaintean or cluainean)

cluaine (genitive singular)
cluaintean (plural)
cluainean (plural)
cluain (indefinite nominative singular)
cluaintean (indefinite nominative plural)
cluaine (genitive indefinite singular)
chluaintean (genitive indefinite plural)
cluain (dative indefinite singular)
cluaintean (dative indefinite plural)
cluainibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') chluain (definite nominative singular)
cluaintean (definite nominative plural)
na cluaintean (definite nominative plural)
cluaine (definite genitive singular)
na cluaine (definite genitive singular)
cluaintean (definite genitive plural)
nan cluaintean (definite genitive plural)
(a') chluain (dative definite singular)
cluaintean (dative definite plural)
na cluaintean (dative definite plural)
cluainibh (dative definite plural)
chluain (definite singular vocative)
chluaintean (definite plural vocative)
cluain
chluain

From Old Irish clúain, from Proto-Celtic *klounis.


comh-strì

Alternative form of còmhstri (“strife, struggle, contest, battle”)


gàir

gàir (past ghàir, future gàiridh, verbal noun gàireachdainn, past participle gàirte)

ghàir (past)
gàiridh (future)
gàireachdainn (noun-from-verb)
gàirte (participle past)
gàir
ghàir

From Old Irish gáirid, from Old Irish gáir, from Proto-Celtic *gāris (compare Middle Welsh gawr, Gaulish personal name Garo-marus), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-.


brathadair

brathadair m (genitive singular brathadair, plural brathadairean)

brathadair (genitive singular)
brathadairean (plural)


eàrra

eàrra f (genitive singular eàrra, plural eàrran)

eàrra (genitive singular)
eàrran (plural)


lucharban

lucharban m (genitive singular lucharbain, plural lucharbain)

lucharbain (genitive singular)
lucharbain (plural)


gean-math

gean-math m (genitive singular gean-math, no plural)

gean-math (genitive singular)
gean-math
ghean-math


collaidh

From Middle Irish collaide, from Old Irish colnide (“corporeal; carnal”). By surface analysis, colann + -aidh.


collaidh

collaidh m (genitive singular collaidh, plural collaidhean)

collaidh (genitive singular)
collaidhean (plural)


coilidh

coilidh m (genitive singular coilidh, plural coilidhean)

coilidh (genitive singular)
coilidhean (plural)
collaidh (alternative)


cho fad 's a bhios an deò, bidh an dòchas

while there's life, there's hope
while there's life, there's hope

where there's life, there's hope
where there's life, there's hope

while there's life, there's hope, where there's life, there's hope


deò

deò f (genitive singular deò, plural deòthan)

deò (genitive singular)
deòthan (plural)


deò-ghrèine

deò-ghrèine f (genitive singular deò-ghrèine, plural deòthan-grèine)

deò-ghrèine (genitive singular)
deòthan-grèine (plural)


Calum Cille

From Old Irish Columb Cille, from columb (“dove”) and cell (“church”). Cognate to Irish Colm Cille and Manx Colum Keeilley.


bhac

past indicative of bac (“prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain”)


Manannan mac Lir

From Old Irish Manandán mac Lir. Cognate with Irish Manannán mac Lir.


tidsear

tidsear m (genitive singular tidseir, plural tidsearan)

tidseir (genitive singular)
tidsearan (plural)
tidsear
thidsear
tidsear (indefinite nominative singular)
tidsearan (indefinite nominative plural)
tidseir (genitive indefinite singular)
thidsearan (genitive indefinite plural)
tidsear (dative indefinite singular)
tidsearan (dative indefinite plural)
tidsearaibh (dative indefinite plural)
tidsear (definite nominative singular)
an tidsear (definite nominative singular)
tidsearan (definite nominative plural)
na tidsearan (definite nominative plural)
tidseir (definite genitive singular)
an tidseir (definite genitive singular)
tidsearan (definite genitive plural)
nan tidsearan (definite genitive plural)
tidsear (dative definite singular)
an tidsear (dative definite singular)
tidsearan (dative definite plural)
na tidsearan (dative definite plural)
tidsearaibh (dative definite plural)
thidseir (definite singular vocative)
thidsearan (definite plural vocative)

[ˈtʲʰitʲ(ʃ)əɾ]


ifreann

ifreann f (genitive singular ifrinn, plural ifreannan)

ifrinn (genitive singular)
ifreannan (plural)


stòras

stòras m (genitive singular stòrais, plural stòrasan)

stòrais (genitive singular)
stòrasan (plural)

stòras nàdarra

stòras mèinnirach


muileann-luadhaidh

muileann-luadhaidh m (genitive singular muilinn-luadhaidh, plural muileannan-luadhaidh)

muilinn-luadhaidh (genitive singular)
muileannan-luadhaidh (plural)


acadamaidh

acadamaidh f (genitive singular acadamaidh, plural acadamaidhean)

acadamaidh (genitive singular)
acadamaidhean (plural)


grìbhean

grìbhean m (genitive singular grìbhein, plural grìbheanan)

grìbhein (genitive singular)
grìbheanan (plural)
grìbhean
ghrìbhean

From Old Irish gríb (“griffin”) + -an (compare Irish gríobhán).


lòchran

lòchran m (genitive singular lòchrain, plural lòchrain)

lòchrain (genitive singular)
lòchrain (plural)

From Old Irish lócharn, lúacharn, from Proto-Celtic *loukarnā, borrowed from Latin lucerna (“lamp”). Cognate with Irish lóchrann, Welsh llugorn, and Cornish lugarn. Related to Latin lux, Greek λευκός (lefkós, “white”). Sanskrit रुच् (ruc), and Persian رخش (roxš).

torch, flashlight (electric light source)


toirds

toirds f (genitive singular toirdse, plural toirdsichean)

toirdse (genitive singular)
toirdsichean (plural)


ciod

From Old Irish cid, from Proto-Celtic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid. Compare with Latin quid and Irish cad.


alt-aiseig

alt-aiseig m (genitive singular uilt-aiseig, plural altan-aiseig)

uilt-aiseig (genitive singular)
altan-aiseig (plural)


Deuteronomi

(biblical) Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Old Testament


com-pàirteachas sìobhalta

com-pàirteachas sìobhalta m (genitive singular com-pàirteachais shìobhalta, plural com-pàirteachasan sìobhalta)

com-pàirteachais shìobhalta (genitive singular)
com-pàirteachasan sìobhalta (plural)


com-pàirteachais shìobhalta

genitive singular of com-pàirteachas sìobhalta


com-pàirteachas

com-pàirteachas m (genitive singular com-pàirteachais, plural com-pàirteachasan)

com-pàirteachais (genitive singular)
com-pàirteachasan (plural)


pàirteachas

pàirteachas m (genitive singular pàirteachais, plural pàirteachasan)

pàirteachais (genitive singular)
pàirteachasan (plural)


Marcas

Marcas m (genitive Mharcais, vocative a Mharcais)

Mharcais (genitive)
a Mharcais (vocative)
Marcas
Mharcas
Marcus (alternative)

a male given name, equivalent to English Mark or Marcus

Soisgeul Mharcais; An soisgeul a rèir Mharcais


dreimire

dreimire m (genitive singular dreimire, plural dreimirean)

dreimire (genitive singular)
dreimirean (plural)


Caoimhe

a female given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Keavy, Keeva, Keevah, or Keva


ruigidh each mall muileann

slow and steady wins the race
slow and steady wins the race


bairill

bairill m (genitive singular bairille, plural bairillean)

bairille (genitive singular)
bairillean (plural)
bairill
bhairill


leabhar-d

leabhar-d m (genitive singular leabhair-d, plural leabhraichean-d)

leabhair-d (genitive singular)
leabhraichean-d (plural)

Seo an leabhar-de leamsa.


bàirneach

bàirneach f (genitive singular bàirnich, plural bàirnichean)

bàirnich (genitive singular)
bàirnichean (plural)
bàirneach
bhàirneach

From Old Irish *bairnech, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“barnacle, limpet”).


an eadh

Question particle an + pronoun eadh, and implicitly the verb is.


mì-sheaghach

mì-sheaghaiche (comparative)
mì-sheaghach
mhì-sheaghach


's e

'S e poileas a th' annam.

yes (in answer to a question formed with an e)


guala

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guala f (genitive singular gualainn or guailne, plural guailnean)

gualainn (genitive singular)
guailne (genitive singular)
guailnean (plural)
guala (indefinite nominative singular)
guailnean (indefinite nominative plural)
gualainn (genitive indefinite singular)
ghuailnean (genitive indefinite plural)
guala (dative indefinite singular)
guailnean (dative indefinite plural)
(a') ghuala (definite nominative singular)
guailnean (definite nominative plural)
na guailnean (definite nominative plural)
gualainn (definite genitive singular)
na gualainn (definite genitive singular)
guailnean (definite genitive plural)
nan guailnean (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghuala (dative definite singular)
guailnean (dative definite plural)
na guailnean (dative definite plural)
ghuala (definite singular vocative)
ghuailnean (definite plural vocative)
guala (indefinite nominative singular)
guailnean (indefinite nominative plural)
guailne (genitive indefinite singular)
ghuailnean (genitive indefinite plural)
gualainn (dative indefinite singular)
guailnean (dative indefinite plural)
(a') ghuala (definite nominative singular)
guailnean (definite nominative plural)
na guailnean (definite nominative plural)
guailne (definite genitive singular)
na guailne (definite genitive singular)
guailnean (definite genitive plural)
nan guailnean (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghualainn (dative definite singular)
guailnean (dative definite plural)
na guailnean (dative definite plural)
ghuala (definite singular vocative)
ghuailnean (definite plural vocative)
guala
ghuala

Alternative form of gualann (“shoulder”)


uile-chumhachdach

uile-chumhachdach m (genitive singular uile-chumhachdaich, plural uile-chumhachdaich)

uile-chumhachdaich (genitive singular)
uile-chumhachdaich (plural)


damhna

From Old Irish damnae (“the stuff or material out of which something is wrought or created; heir; matter, cause, reason, motive”), from Proto-Celtic *damniyom (“material, substance”), from *dem- (“to build (up)”).


Ùna

a female given name, equivalent to English Una, Agnes, or Winifred


gnè neodrach

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gnè neodrach f (genitive singular gnè neodrach, plural gnèithean neodrach)

gnè neodrach (genitive singular)
gnèithean neodrach (plural)


dòrainneach

/ˈt̪ɔːɾəɲəx/


dòrainn

dòrainn f (genitive singular dòrainne, plural dòrainnean)

dòrainne (genitive singular)
dòrainnean (plural)

From Old Irish dograing (“distress, affliction, strait, difficulty”)


feocallan

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feocallan m (genitive singular feocallain, plural feocallain)

feocallain (genitive singular)
feocallain (plural)


feocallan-Eòrpach

feocallan-Eòrpach m (genitive singular feocallain-Eòrpaich, plural feocallain-Eòrpaich)

feocallain-Eòrpaich (genitive singular)
feocallain-Eòrpaich (plural)


sileacon

sileacon m (genitive singular sileacoin, no plural)

sileacoin (genitive singular)
sileacon
shileacon
after "an"
t-sileacon


naitridean

naitridean m (genitive singular naitridein, no plural)


fluorain

fluorain m (genitive singular fluorain, no plural)


maignèisiam

maignèisiam m (genitive singular maignèisiaim, no plural)

maignèisiaim (genitive singular)
magnesium (alternative)


clòirin

clòirin m (genitive singular clòirin, no plural)


mangaineis

mangaineis m (genitive singular mangaineis, no plural)


astatain

astatain f (genitive singular astatain, no plural)


rùbaidh

rùbaidh f (genitive singular rùbaidhe, plural rùbaidhean)

rùbaidhe (genitive singular)
rùbaidhean (plural)


dearg-sheud

dearg-sheud m (genitive singular dearg-sheòid, plural dearg-sheudan)

dearg-sheòid (genitive singular)
dearg-sheudan (plural)


solas Nollaige

solas Nollaige m (genitive singular solais Nollaige, plural solais Nollaige)

solais Nollaige (genitive singular)
solais Nollaige (plural)
solas Nollaig (alternative)


solas Nollaig

solas Nollaig m (genitive singular solais Nollaig, plural solais Nollaig)

solais Nollaig (genitive singular)
solais Nollaig (plural)

solas Nollaige
solas Nollaige#Scottish_Gaelic


solais Nollaig

solas Nollaig
solas Nollaig#Scottish_Gaelic


ceòthach

ceòthach (genitive singular masculine ceòthaich, comparative ceòthaiche)

ceòthaich (genitive masculine singular)
ceòthaiche (comparative)
ceòthach
cheòthach

From Old Irish ceódach. By surface analysis, ceò + -ach.

Tha i ceòthach an-diugh.

misty, foggy, drizzling, cloudy, obscure.


fadal

fadal m (genitive singular fadail, plural fadalan)

fadail (genitive singular)
fadalan (plural)


bracaist

bracaist f (genitive singular bracaiste, plural bracaistean)

bracaiste (genitive singular)
bracaistean (plural)
bracaist
bhracaist
braiceas (alternative)
braiceast (alternative)
breacaist (alternative)
bracoist (alternative)

/ˈb̥ɾakʰɔʃtʲ/

/ˈb̥ɾɛçkʲɛs̪t̪/

/ˈb̥ɾæçkʲəs̪t̪/


dìcheallach

/ˈtʲiːçəl̪ˠəx/


stamag

stamag f (genitive singular stamaige, plural stamagan)

stamaige (genitive singular)
stamagan (plural)


dìomhain

dìomhain
dhìomhain
diamhain (alternative)

From Old Irish dímaín. By surface analysis, dì- + maoin. Cognate with Irish díomhaoin.


mathan-nighe

mathan-nighe m (genitive singular mathain-nighe, plural mathain-nighe)

mathain-nighe (genitive singular)
mathain-nighe (plural)
mathan-nighe
mhathan-nighe

Cha mhòr nach toirinn mo mhionnan gur mathan-nighe a tha ann.

I would almost swear that it's a raccoon.


saighdearach

saighdearaiche (comparative)
saighdearach
shaighdearach
after "an"
t-saighdearach

From Middle Irish saigteóir (“archer, soldier”) (compare Irish saighdiúir, saighdeoir), from saiget (“arrow”) (modern Scottish Gaelic saighead), from Latin sagitta (“arrow”). By surface analysis, saighdear + -ach.

inh

soldier-like, related or pertaining to soldiers


cròileagan

A playgroup, crèche, or nursery (primarily in a Gaelic-speaking context)


MhicFhionghain

English: MacKinnon

French: MacKinnon

English: Kinnon

English: McKinnon

French: McKinnon

English: Kinnon

English: Fingon


deud

head

deud m (genitive singular deid, plural deudan)

deid (genitive singular)
deudan (plural)

From Old Irish dét, from Proto-Celtic *dant (compare Welsh dant), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.


coròna-bhìoras

coròna-bhìoras m (genitive singular coròna-bhìorais, plural coròna-bhìorasan)

coròna-bhìorais (genitive singular)
coròna-bhìorasan (plural)
coròna-bhìoras
choròna-bhìoras

From English coronavirus. Equivalent to coròna (“corona”) + bhìoras (“virus”).

Tha Comann Luchd-àraich Bhradan na h-Alba ag ràdh gu bheil iad airson cead fhaighinn èisg a chumail anns gach làraich leis gum faodadh buaidh a' choròna-bhìorais air a' mhargaidh toirt air companaidhean stoc a chumail san uisge nas fhàide nan àbhaist.

The Scottish Salmon Producers Association say that they want to be allowed to keep fish at all their sites as the influence of the coronavirus on the market could force companies to keep stocks in the water longer than usual.


liotair

From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).


milimeatair

milimeatairean (plural)
milimeatair
mhilimeatair


heactair

Tha Riaghaltas na h-Alba ag amas gun tèid 10,000 heactair de chraobhan a chur gach bliadhna, agus craobhan air leth èifeachdach a thaobh a bhith a' tarraing chàrbon dà-ocasaid às an adhair.

2020 March 12, “Moladh air coilltean ùra nan Eilean Siar”, in BBC News, retrieved 2020-03-15:

The Scottish Government aims to plant 10,000 hectares of trees every year, trees particularly efficient in absorbing carbon dioxide from the air.


mililiotair

mililiotairean (plural)
mililiotair
mhililiotair

From mili- (“milli-”) + liotair (“litre”).


ceudameatair

From ceud (“hundred”) + meatair (“metre”).


ceudailiotair

ceudailiotair m (plural ceudailiotairean)

From ceud (“hundred”) + liotair (“litre”).


stèisean-peatrail

stèisean-peatrail m (genitive singular stèisein-pheatrail, plural stèiseanan-peatrail)

stèisein-pheatrail (genitive singular)
stèiseanan-peatrail (plural)


peatral

peatral m (genitive singular peatrail, no plural)


is toil le

Is toil leam taigeis.

An toil le Seumas an taigh seo?


cha toil le

cha toil leam… (canonical)
cha toigh le (alternative)

Cha toil leam marag dhubh.

I don't like… (literally: is not delight with me …)


Là nan Amadan

Là nan Amadan m (genitive singular Là nan Amadan, plural Làithean nan Amadan)

Là nan Amadan (genitive singular)
Làithean nan Amadan (plural)


dròn

dròn m (genitive singular dròin, plural drònaichean)

dròin (genitive singular)
drònaichean (plural)
dròn
dhròn


Dihaoine na Ceusta

Dihaoine na Ceusta m (genitive Dihaoine na Ceusta, plural Dihaoinean na Ceusta)

Dihaoine na Ceusta (genitive)
Dihaoinean na Ceusta (plural)


tasg-lann

tasg-lann f (genitive singular tasg-lainn, plural tasg-lannan)

tasg-lainn (genitive singular)
tasg-lannan (plural)

taisg (“hoard, trove”) + -lann (“place of”)


nàmhaid

head

nàmhaid m (genitive singular nàmhad, plural nàimhdean)

nàmhad (genitive singular)
nàimhdean (plural)
nàmh (alternative)

/ˈn̪ˠãːvɪtʲ/

/ˈn̪ˠãː.ɪtʲ/

[ˈn̪ˠãˑ.ætʲ]

From Middle Irish náma, from Old Irish námae, from Proto-Celtic *nāmants, traditionally said to be from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”) + *h₂em- (“love”) (compare Latin amō), but as that verb root is not otherwise attested in Celtic, this may be a folk etymology.

"Bior a d’dhòrn na fàisg;/ Easbhuidheachd ri d’ nàmhaid na rùisg;/ Ri gearradh-sgian a d’ fheòl na èisd;/ Bèist nimheil ri d’ bheò na dùisg."

"A thorn in your grasp, do not squeeze;/ Thy wants to thine enemy do not bare;/ The dagger’s point to your flesh do not hear;/ A venomous reptile do not rouse."


nàmh

nàmh m (genitive singular nàimh, plural nàimh)

nàimh (genitive singular)
nàimh (plural)


cabadaich

cabadaich f (genitive singular cabadaiche, plural cabadaichean)

cabadaiche (genitive singular)
cabadaichean (plural)
cabadaich
chabadaich

From Middle Irish cab (“mouth, muzzle”).


airidh

airidh f (genitive singular airidh, plural airidh)

airidh (genitive singular)
airidh (plural)

From Old Irish air(ch) (“primas, lord”), from Proto-Celtic *aryos (“noble”). Cognate with Irish aire (“nobleman, chief, freeman”).


airidh

'S bochd an airidh mar a thachair do Sheumas.

It's a pity the way things turned out for James.


airidh air

Tha i airidh air urram, na beò 's na marbh.

She deserves respect, whether she is dead or alive.

Cùis èiginneach airidh air ìobairt èiginneach.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.


caodachan

caodachan m (genitive singular caodachain, plural caodachain)

caodachain (genitive singular)
caodachain (plural)


sprèidh

sprèidh f (genitive singular sprèidhe, plural sprèidhean)

sprèidhe (genitive singular)
sprèidhean (plural)

→ Scots: spreath

→ English: spreath, →? spree

From Middle Irish spréid (“cattle, wealth”), from Latin praeda (“plunder, booty”) with s- of unclear origin.


èigh

èigh f (genitive singular èighe, plural èighean)

èighe (genitive singular)
èighean (plural)
éigh (alternative)
èighich (alternative)

From Middle Irish éigid, from Old Irish éigid, from Proto-Celtic *yeigeti.

Tha an èigh aig Callum.


èigh

èigh (past dh'èigh, future èighidh, verbal noun èigheachd, past participle èighte)

dh'èigh (past)
èighidh (future)
èigheachd (noun-from-verb)
èighte (participle past)
èigh
n-èigh
h-èigh
t-èigh
éigh (alternative)
èighich (alternative)

èigh sìth


èighich

èighich (past dh'èighich, future èighichidh, verbal noun èigheach, past participle èighichte)

dh'èighich (past)
èighichidh (future)
èigheach (noun-from-verb)
èighichte (participle past)
èigh (alternative)


eighre

eighre f (genitive singular eighre, no plural)


eithre

eithre f (genitive singular eithre, plural eithrean)

eithre (genitive singular)
eithrean (plural)


iasg is tiops

iasg is tiops
n-iasg is tiops
h-iasg is tiops
t-iasg is tiops

Calque of English fish and chips, from iasg (“fish”) + is (“and”) + tiops (“chips”).


eul

eul m (genitive singular eòil, plural eulan)

eòil (genitive singular)
eulan (plural)
eul
n-eul
h-eul
t-eul


itheadair-sheanganan

itheadair-sheanganan m (genitive singular itheadair-sheanganan, plural itheadairean-sheanganan)

itheadair-sheanganan (genitive singular)
itheadairean-sheanganan (plural)
itheadair-sheanganan
n-itheadair-sheanganan
h-itheadair-sheanganan
t-itheadair-sheanganan


dìonadair

dìonadair m (genitive singular dìonadair, plural dìonadairean)

dìonadair (genitive singular)
dìonadairean (plural)

Tha e 'g agairt an dìonadair.


àilean

àilean m (genitive singular àilein, plural àilein)

àilein (genitive singular)
àilein (plural)
àilean (indefinite nominative singular)
àilein (indefinite nominative plural)
àilein (genitive indefinite singular)
àilean (genitive indefinite plural)
àilean (dative indefinite singular)
àilein (dative indefinite plural)
àileanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-àilean (definite nominative singular)
an t-àilean (definite nominative singular)
h-àilein (definite nominative plural)
na h-àilein (definite nominative plural)
àilein (definite genitive singular)
an àilein (definite genitive singular)
àilean (definite genitive plural)
nan àilean (definite genitive plural)
àilean (dative definite singular)
an àilean (dative definite singular)
h-àilein (dative definite plural)
na h-àilein (dative definite plural)
h-àileanaibh (dative definite plural)
àilein (definite singular vocative)
àileana (definite plural vocative)


mathan bàn

mathan bàn m (genitive singular mathain bhàn, plural mathain bhàna or mathanan bàna)

mathain bhàn (genitive singular)
mathain bhàna (plural)
mathanan bàna (plural)
mathan bàn
mhathan bàn


tùdair-stiallach

tùdair-stiallach m (genitive singular tùdair-stiallaich, plural tùdairean-stiallach)

tùdair-stiallaich (genitive singular)
tùdairean-stiallach (plural)

/ˈtʰuːtɛrʲ ˈstʲiəl̪ˠəx/

From tùdair (“stinker”) + stiallach (“stripey”).

compound

skunk (small, omnivorous mammal from North America of the family Mephitidae)


tùdair

head

tùdair m (genitive singular tùdair, plural tùdairean)

tùdair (genitive singular)
tùdairean (plural)


tarbh-allaidh

tarbh-allaidh m (genitive singular tairbh-allaidh, plural tairbh-allaidh)

tairbh-allaidh (genitive singular)
tairbh-allaidh (plural)


Aimeireaganach

Aimeireaganach m (genitive singular Aimeireaganaich, plural Aimeireaganaich)

Aimeireaganaich (genitive singular)
Aimeireaganaich (plural)
Aimeireaganach
n-Aimeireaganach
h-Aimeireaganach
t-Aimeireaganach
Ameireaganach (alternative)


tarbh-allaidh Aimeireaganach

tarbh-allaidh Aimeireaganach m (genitive singular tairbh-allaidh Aimeireaganaich, plural tairbh-allaidh Aimeireaganach)

tairbh-allaidh Aimeireaganaich (genitive singular)
tairbh-allaidh Aimeireaganach (plural)


tarbh-allaidh Eòrpach

tarbh-allaidh Eòrpach m (genitive singular tairbh-allaidh Eòrpaiche, plural tairbh-allaidh Eòrpach)

tairbh-allaidh Eòrpaiche (genitive singular)
tairbh-allaidh Eòrpach (plural)

From tarbh-allaidh (“bison”) + Eòrpach (“European”).


Eòrpach

Eòrpach m (genitive singular Eòrpaiche, plural Eòrpach)

Eòrpaiche (genitive singular)
Eòrpach (plural)
Eòrpach
n-Eòrpach
h-Eòrpach
t-Eòrpach


an t-Aonadh Eòrpach

an t-Aonadh Eòrpach m (genitive an Aonaidh Eòrpaiche)


an Aonaidh Eòrpaiche

an t-Aonadh Eòrpach
an t-Aonadh Eòrpach#Scottish_Gaelic

genitive singular of an t-Aonadh Eòrpach (“European Union”)


Cròthais

a' Chròthais (canonical feminine)
na Cròthaise (genitive)
Cròthais
Chròthais

Ultimately from Latin Croātia (“Croatia”), itself from *xъrvatъ (“Croat”). Compare Irish An Chróit and Serbo-Croatian Hrvatska.

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Poblachd na Cròthaise

Poblachd na Cròthaise f (genitive na Poblachd na Cròthaise)

na Poblachd na Cròthaise (genitive)
Poblachd na Cròthaise
Phoblachd na Cròthaise

/pɔbl̪ˠəxɡ nəˈkrɔː.ɪʃ/

Tha Zagreb mòr-bhaile anns am Poblachd na Cròthaise.

Zagreb is a city in the Republic of Croatia.


Niseag

Niseag f (genitive singular Niseige, no plural)

From Loch Nis (“Loch Ness”) + -ag (“diminutive suffix”). Literally "Nessie."

Bha mi ag òl uisge-beatha ri Niseag.

Nessie (an affectionate name for the Loch Ness monster)


Eabhraig Nuadh

Eabhraig (“York”) + nuadh (“new”), a calque of English New York.

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)


Eabhraig

Eabhraig
nEabhraig
h-Eabhraig
tEabhraig
Eabhrac (alternative)

From Classical Gaelic Ebhroc, borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg.


daoidh

daoidh m (genitive singular daoidhe, plural daoidhean)

daoidhe (genitive singular)
daoidhean (plural)
daoidh (indefinite nominative singular)
daoidhean (indefinite nominative plural)
daoidhe (genitive indefinite singular)
dhaoidhean (genitive indefinite plural)
daoidh (dative indefinite singular)
daoidhean (dative indefinite plural)
daoidhibh (dative indefinite plural)
daoidh (definite nominative singular)
an daoidh (definite nominative singular)
daoidhean (definite nominative plural)
na daoidhean (definite nominative plural)
daoidhe (definite genitive singular)
an daoidhe (definite genitive singular)
daoidhean (definite genitive plural)
nan daoidhean (definite genitive plural)
daoidh (dative definite singular)
an daoidh (dative definite singular)
daoidhean (dative definite plural)
na daoidhean (dative definite plural)
daoidhibh (dative definite plural)
dhaoidh (definite singular vocative)
dhaoidhean (definite plural vocative)

a person with worthless or immoral attributes; a rogue, reprobate, degenerate, a wicked or immoral person


èist-bhèist

èist-bhèist f (genitive singular èist-bhèiste, plural èist-bhèistean)

èist-bhèiste (genitive singular)
èist-bhèistean (plural)


saor-dhuine

saor-dhuine m (genitive singular saor-duine or shaoir-duine, plural saor-daoine or saora-daoine)

saor-duine (genitive singular)
shaoir-duine (genitive singular)
saor-daoine (plural)
saora-daoine (plural)
saor-dhuine
shaor-dhuine
after "an"
t-saor-dhuine


fòdhpa

fodham (first-person singular)
fodhamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
fodhad (second-person singular)
fodhadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
fodha (masculine singular third-person)
fodhasan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
fòidhpe (feminine singular third-person)
fòidhpese (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
fodhainn (first-person plural)
fodhainne (emphatic first-person plural)
fodhaibh (plural second-person)
fodhaibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
fòdhpa (plural third-person)
fòdhpasan (emphatic plural third-person)
fòpa (alternative)
fopa (alternative)
fodhpa (alternative)

From Old Irish foïb. Cognate with Irish fúthu and Manx foue.


fòidhpe

fodham (first-person singular)
fodhamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
fodhad (second-person singular)
fodhadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
fodha (masculine singular third-person)
fodhasan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
fòidhpe (feminine singular third-person)
fòidhpese (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
fodhainn (first-person plural)
fodhainne (emphatic first-person plural)
fodhaibh (plural second-person)
fodhaibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
fòdhpa (plural third-person)
fòdhpasan (emphatic plural third-person)
foipe (alternative)
foidhpe (alternative)

From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognates include Irish fúithi and Manx foee.

third-person singular feminine of fo: under her; under it


dhàsan

dhomh (first-person singular)
dhòmhsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhut (second-person singular)
dhutsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dha (masculine singular third-person)
dhàsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
dhi (feminine singular third-person)
dhìse (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
dhuinn (first-person plural)
dhuinne (emphatic first-person plural)
dhuibh (plural second-person)
dhuibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
dhaibh (plural third-person)
dhaibhsan (emphatic plural third-person)
dhasan (alternative)
dasan (alternative)

/ˈɣaːs̪ən̪ˠ/

From Old Irish dosom. Cognates include Irish dósan.

third-person singular masculine emphatic of do; to him, for him


dhìse

dhomh (first-person singular)
dhòmhsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhut (second-person singular)
dhutsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dha (masculine singular third-person)
dhàsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
dhi (feminine singular third-person)
dhìse (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
dhuinn (first-person plural)
dhuinne (emphatic first-person plural)
dhuibh (plural second-person)
dhuibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
dhaibh (plural third-person)
dhaibhsan (emphatic plural third-person)
dhise (alternative)
dise (alternative)

From Old Irish disi. Cognates include Irish dise.

third-person singular feminine emphatic of do: to her, for her


dhòmhsa

dhomh (first-person singular)
dhòmhsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhut (second-person singular)
dhutsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dha (masculine singular third-person)
dhàsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
dhi (feminine singular third-person)
dhìse (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
dhuinn (first-person plural)
dhuinne (emphatic first-person plural)
dhuibh (plural second-person)
dhuibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
dhaibh (plural third-person)
dhaibhsan (emphatic plural third-person)
dhomhsa (alternative)
domhsa (alternative)

From Old Irish domsa. Cognates include Irish domsa.

Thoir càch dhòmhsa!

Cha dèan e seo dhòmhsa gu bràth!

first-person singular emphatic of do: to me, for me


dhìomsa

dhìom (first-person singular)
dhìomsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhìot (second-person singular)
dhìotsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dheth (masculine singular third-person)
dhethsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
dhith (feminine singular third-person)
dhithse (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
dhinn (first-person plural)
dhinne (emphatic first-person plural)
dhibh (plural second-person)
dhibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
dhiubh (plural third-person)
dhiubhsan (emphatic plural third-person)
dhiomsa (alternative)
diomsa (alternative)

From Old Irish dímsa. Cognates include Irish díomsa and Manx jeems.

Agus 's iad seo dealbhan dhìomsa.

first-person plural emphatic of de: of me


dhìom

dhìom (first-person singular)
dhìomsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhìot (second-person singular)
dhìotsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dheth (masculine singular third-person)
dhethsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
dhith (feminine singular third-person)
dhithse (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
dhinn (first-person plural)
dhinne (emphatic first-person plural)
dhibh (plural second-person)
dhibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
dhiubh (plural third-person)
dhiubhsan (emphatic plural third-person)
dhiom (alternative)
diom (alternative)

From Old Irish dím. Cognates include Irish díom and Manx jeem.


dhìot

dhìom (first-person singular)
dhìomsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhìot (second-person singular)
dhìotsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dheth (masculine singular third-person)
dhethsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
dhith (feminine singular third-person)
dhithse (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
dhinn (first-person plural)
dhinne (emphatic first-person plural)
dhibh (plural second-person)
dhibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
dhiubh (plural third-person)
dhiubhsan (emphatic plural third-person)
dhiot (alternative)
diot (alternative)

From Old Irish dít. Cognates include Irish díot and Manx jeed.


dhìotsa

dhìom (first-person singular)
dhìomsa (emphatic first-person singular)
dhìot (second-person singular)
dhìotsa (emphatic second-person singular)
dheth (masculine singular third-person)
dhethsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
dhith (feminine singular third-person)
dhithse (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
dhinn (first-person plural)
dhinne (emphatic first-person plural)
dhibh (plural second-person)
dhibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
dhiubh (plural third-person)
dhiubhsan (emphatic plural third-person)
dhiotsa (alternative)
diotsa (alternative)

From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognates include Irish díotsa and Manx jeeds.

second-person singular emphatic of de: of you


astrachadh sòisealta

astrachadh sòisealta m (genitive singular astrachaidh shòisealta, plural astrachaidhean sòisealta)

astrachaidh shòisealta (genitive singular)
astrachaidhean sòisealta (plural)


ùbhal

ùbhal m (genitive singular ùbhail, plural ùbhlan)

ùbhail (genitive singular)
ùbhlan (plural)


Bliadhna a' Chnàmha

Bliadhna a' Chnàmha f (genitive Bliadhna a' Chnàmha)

Bliadhna a' Chnàmha (genitive)
Bliadhna a' Chnàmha
Bhliadhna a' Chnàmha

Literally "Year of the Bone," likely in reference to the mass starvation. Also called a' Ghort Mhòr because of the modern coordinate Irish term an Gorta Mór.


Ghort Mòr

A' Ghort Mòr f (genitive na Gorta Mhòr or na Goirte Mhòr)

A' Ghort Mòr (canonical feminine)
na Gorta Mhòr (genitive)
na Goirte Mhòr (genitive)

/ə ɣɔrˠʃtʲ moːɾ/

Literally "the Great Famine," almost certainly a direct translation of the modern coordinate Irish term an Gorta Mór. Also called Bliadhna a' Chnàmha (“Year of the Bone”).


inbhir

From Old Irish *in(d)ber, from Proto-Celtic *endo-ber-o- (“carrying in”), from *endo- (“in”) (see *ande-), from Proto-Indo-European *en-do- (“in(wards), down”) (from *h₁én (“in”)) + *bʰer-o- (“carrying”). Analogous to Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”), which is ultimately from Proto-Celtic *adberos, constructed with *ad (“at, to, towards”).


Croatais

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Croatais f (genitive singular Croataise, no plural)

Croataise (genitive singular)
Croatais
Chroatais


Cròthaisis

Cròthaisise (genitive)
Cròthaisis
Chròthaisis
Croatais (alternative)

/kʰɾɔː.ɪʃɪʃ/

Tha Cròthaisis cànan sgoinneil.


Gort Mhòr

A' Ghort Mhòr f (genitive na Gorta Mòire)

A' Ghort Mhòr (canonical feminine)
na Gorta Mòire (genitive)
Gort Mhòr
Ghort Mhòr

/ə ɣɔrˠʃt̪ voːɾ/

Literally "the Great Famine," almost certainly a calque of Irish Gorta Mór.


Dàrna Cogadh Mòr

An Dàrna Cogadh Mòr (canonical masculine)
Dàrna Cogadh Mòr
Dhàrna Cogadh Mòr
An Dara Cogadh Mòr (alternative)

/daːrˠn̪ˠə koɡəɣ moːɾ/


cuilc-Fhrangach

cuilc-Fhrangach f (genitive singular cuilce-Frangaiche, plural cuilcean-Frangach)

cuilce-Frangaiche (genitive singular)
cuilcean-Frangach (plural)
bambù
bhambù

From cuilc (“reed, cane”) + Frangach (“French”).


dìle

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dìle f (dative singular dìlinn, genitive singular dìleann, plural dìleannan)

dìlinn (dative singular)
dìleann (genitive singular)
dìleannan (plural)
dìle
dhìle

Tha dìle a-muigh fhathast.

gu dìlinn


Dìle Ruadh

an Dìle Ruadh f (genitive singular na Dìleann Ruaidhe, no plural)

an Dìle Ruadh (canonical feminine)
na Dìleann Ruaidhe (genitive singular)
Dìle Ruadh
Dhìle Ruadh


Dìleann Ruaidhe

na Dìleann Ruaidhe (canonical feminine)
Dìleann Ruaidhe
Dhìleann Ruaidhe


prògramair

prògramair m (genitive singular prògramair, plural prògramairean)

prògramair (genitive singular)
prògramairean (plural)
prògramair
phrògramair

/pɾoːɡɾamɛɾʲ/

Borrowed from English programmer, but can be analyzed as prògram + -air.


geò-tasgadh

geò-tasgadh m (genitive singular geò-tasgaidh, no plural)

geò-tasgaidh (genitive singular)
geò-tasgadh
gheò-tasgadh

/ɡʲɔː tasɡəɣ/


taisg

taisg (past thaisg, future taisgidh, verbal noun tasgadh, past participle taisgte)

thaisg (past)
taisgidh (future)
tasgadh (noun-from-verb)
taisgte (participle past)

From Middle Irish taiscid, from Old Irish do·coisig or do·osaig, both derivatives of saigid. Cognate with Irish taisc.

taisg nad chuimhne


taisg

taisg f (genitive singular taisge, plural taisgean)

taisge (genitive singular)
taisgean (plural)
taisg
thaisg


tasgadh

tasgadh m (genitive singular tasgaidh, no plural)

tasgaidh (genitive singular)
tasgadh
thasgadh

/ˈt̪ʰas̪kəɣ/


iongantach

/ˈĩən̪ˠt̪əx/

/ˈɪ̃ɣən̪ˠd̪əx/

[ˈiɯːn̪ˠd̪ʌx]

[ˈɪ̃ɣən̪ˠd̪ʌx]

/ˈiũn̪ˠd̪əx/

[ˈĩ.ən̪ˠd̪ʌx]

[ˈɪ̃ɣən̪ˠd̪ʌx]

/ˈĩãn̪ˠd̥ɔx/

From Middle Irish ingantach (“wonderful”), from Old Irish ingnad (compare modern iongnadh).

Tha i ann am fonn iongantach.

'S iongantach an car a thig an cois a' chogaidh.

Strange fortunes come in the wake of war.


iongantaiche

iongantaiche
n-iongantaiche
h-iongantaiche
t-iongantaiche


iongantachd

iongantachd m (genitive singular iongantachd, no plural)

iongantachd (genitive singular)
iongantachd
n-iongantachd
h-iongantachd
t-iongantachd


mathan molach

mathan molach m (genitive singular mathain molaiche, plural mathain molacha or mathanan molacha)

mathain molaiche (genitive singular)
mathain molacha (plural)
mathanan molacha (plural)
mathan molach
mhathan molach

'S e sineach uile-itheach glè mhòr a tha ann am mathan molach.

A grizzly bear is a very large omnivorous mammal.


còmhdach-aodainn

còmhdach-aodainn m (genitive singular còmhdaich-aodainn, plural còmhdaichean-aodainn)

còmhdaich-aodainn (genitive singular)
còmhdaichean-aodainn (plural)


comhairle do dhuine glic, slat do dhruim an amadain

a nod is as good as a wink
a nod is as good as a wink

a nod is as good as a wink (literally "advice to a wise man, stick to the back of the fool")


sluagh-ghairm

sluagh-ghairm f (genitive singular sluagh-ghairme, plural sluagh-ghairmean)

sluagh-ghairme (genitive singular)
sluagh-ghairmean (plural)

/ˈsɫ̪uəɣɤɾʲəm/


bhògas na h-oidhche

bògas na h-oidhche
bògas na h-oidhche#Scottish_Gaelic


bodhaig

bodhaig f (genitive singular bodhaige, plural bodhaigean)

bodhaige (genitive singular)
bodhaigean (plural)
bodhaig
bhodhaig

From Scots bouk (“body, trunk”). Compare Old Norse búkr (“trunk (of the body), torso”), German Bauch (“belly, abdomen”), all from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”). The Gaelic word has been compared by Fick with English body, from Old English bodig, and Murray says it is thence derived, but the would scarcely disappear and leave the soft ending now so hard.

bodhaig sgudaichte

dismembered corpse, chunked body (computing)


cho sona ri luch ann an lofa

Tha iad cho sona ri luch ann an lofa cuideachd.

(simile, colloquial) incredibly happy or comfortable (as happy as a mouse in a loaf)


eilid

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eilid f (genitive singular èilde, plural èildean)

èilde (genitive singular)
èildean (plural)
eilid
n-eilid
h-eilid
t-eilid

From Old Irish elit, ailit (“doe, hind”), from Proto-Celtic *elantī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. Cognate with Irish eilit. Related to lon (“moose, elk”).


Saoghal Ùr

an Saoghal Ùr f (genitive an t-Saoghail Ùir, plural na Saoghalan Ùra)

an Saoghal Ùr (canonical feminine)
an t- Saoghail Ùir (genitive)
na Saoghalan Ùra (plural)
Saoghal Ùr
Shaoghal Ùr
after "an"
t-Saoghal Ùr

/sɯː.əɫ̪ uːr/


beag bìodach

beag bìodach (comparative bige bìodaiche or lugha bìodaiche)

bige bìodaiche (comparative)
lugha bìodaiche (comparative)
beag bìodach
bheag bìodach

cù beag bìodach


bìodach

bìodaiche (comparative)
bìodach
bhìodach


blialam

blialam m (genitive singular blialaim, no plural)

blialaim (genitive singular)
blialam
bhlialam
blialum (alternative)

Borrowed from Scots blellum (“lazy or talkative person”).

bor

person who talks gobbledygook/gibberish/nonsense


bliochdan

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bliochdan m (genitive singular bliochdain, plural bliochdain)

bliochdain (genitive singular)
bliochdain (plural)
bliochdan
bhliochdan

Cognate with Irish bliosán (“artichoke”).


bòl

bòl m (genitive singular bògais, plural bògais)

bògais (genitive singular)
bògais (plural)


bòl

bògais (genitive singular)
bògais (plural)
bòl
bhòl


ùidh

ùidh f (genitive singular ùidhe, plural ùidhean)

ùidhe (genitive singular)
ùidhean (plural)
ùidh
n-ùidh
h-ùidh
t-ùidh

From Old Irish oíd. Cognate with obsolete Irish uídh.

gun uìdh

Bha ùidh mhòr aig Seumas annta.


meilc

meilc f (genitive singular meilce, no plural)


uidh

uidh f (genitive singular uidhe, plural uidhean)

uidhe (genitive singular)
uidhean (plural)
uidh
n-uidh
h-uidh
t-uidh

From Old Irish huide. Cognate with Latin pes (“foot”), Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), and English foot, as well as Scottish Gaelic sìos (“down, downward”).


eadar-uidh

eadar-uidh f (genitive singular eadar-uidhe, plural eadar-uidhean)

eadar-uidhe (genitive singular)
eadar-uidhean (plural)
eadar-uidh
n-eadar-uidh
h-eadar-uidh
t-eadar-uidh


anmhann

anmhainne (comparative)
anmhann
n-anmhann
h-anmhann
t-anmhann
anfhann (alternative)
an-fhann (alternative)


liagh

liagh f (genitive singular lèigh, plural liaghan)

lèigh (genitive singular)
liaghan (plural)


liogh

liogh f (genitive singular lèigh, plural lioghan)

lèigh (genitive singular)
lioghan (plural)
liagh (alternative)

From Old Irish líag (“spoon, ladle”), from Proto-Celtic *leigā (“spoon”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“lick”). Cognate with Welsh llwy (“spoon”); and with Old English liccian (whence lick), Latin plānus (“I lick (up)”). Compare Irish liach.

blade (of an oar, helicopter, etc.), vane (of a mill)


liogh

lèigh (genitive singular)
lioghan (plural)
liogh
liagh (alternative)

Nach tu fhèin mo liogh?


lèigheadaireachd

lèigheadaireachd f (genitive singular lèigheadaireachd, plural lèigheadaireachd)

lèigheadaireachd (genitive singular)
lèigheadaireachd (plural)
lèigheadaireachd

/ʎeː.ətɪɾʲəxk/


aitreabh-leighis

aitreabh-leighis m (genitive singular aitreibh-leighis, plural aitreabhan-leighis)

aitreibh-leighis (genitive singular)
aitreabhan-leighis (plural)
aitreabh-leighis
n-aitreabh-leighis
h-aitreabh-leighis
t-aitreabh-leighis

/ˈahtʰʲɾʲəv ˈʎe.ɪʃ/

A bheil an seàirdeant anns an aitreabh-leighis a-rithist?


aitreabh

aitreabh m (genitive singular aitreibh, plural aitreabhan)

aitreibh (genitive singular)
aitreabhan (plural)
aitreabh
n-aitreabh
h-aitreabh
t-aitreabh

/ˈahtʰʲɾʲəv/

From Old Irish atrab, from Proto-Celtic *attrebā (“settlement”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb-. Cognate with English thorp and Albanian trevë.

aitreabhach

habitable, pertaining to an abode, locative (in linguistics)


seàirdeant

seàirdeant m (genitive singular seàirdeint, plural seàirdeantan)

seàirdeint (genitive singular)
seàirdeantan (plural)
seàirdeant
sheàirdeant
after "an"
t-seàirdeant
sàirdseant (alternative)


ceart gu leòr

/kʲʰarˠʃt kə ʎɔːɾ/

/kʲʰarˠst kə ʎɔːɾ/


alcolach

alcolach m (genitive singular alcolaich, plural alcolaich)

alcolaich (genitive singular)
alcolaich (plural)

/ˈaɫ̪kʰɔɫ̪ax/

Nach e alcolach a th' ann?


alcolach

alcolaiche (comparative)
alcolach
n-alcolach
h-alcolach
t-alcolach

/ˈaɫ̪kʰɔɫ̪ax/

alcoholic (relating to or containing alcohol)


alcolaich

alcolaich
n-alcolaich
h-alcolaich
t-alcolaich


alcolaiche

alcolaiche
n-alcolaiche
h-alcolaiche
t-alcolaiche


siùrsachd

siùrsachd f (genitive singular siùrsachd, no plural)

siùrsachd (genitive singular)
siùrsachd
shiùrsachd
after "an"
t-siùrsachd

From siùrsach (“whore, prostitute”) + -achd.


siùrsaich

siùrsaich
shiùrsaich
after "an"
t-siùrsaich


siùrsaichean

siùrsach
shiùrsach
after "an"
t-siùrsach


ball-bholaidh

ball-bholaidh m (genitive singular buill-bholaidh, plural buill-bholaidh)

buill-bholaidh (genitive singular)
buill-bholaidh (plural)
ball-bholaidh
bhall-bholaidh

/ˌpauɫ̪ ˈvɔɫ̪i/

Calque of English volleyball. However, while ball is a native Gaelic word, bholaidh is a true loan and not related to boladh.

Bidh sinn a' cluiche ball-bholaidh air an tràigh a h-uile Dihaoine.

We play volleyball on the beach every Friday.


ball-basgaid

ball-basgaid m (genitive singular buill-bhasgaid, plural buill-bhasgaid)

buill-bhasgaid (genitive singular)
buill-bhasgaid (plural)
ball-basgaid
bhall-basgaid

Calque of English basketball. However, while ball is a native Gaelic word, basgaid is a true loan.

Bidh sinn a' cluiche ball-basgaid a h-uile Dihaoine.


basgaid

basgaid f (genitive singular basgaide, plural basgaidean)

basgaide (genitive singular)
basgaidean (plural)
basgaid
bhasgaid

Càite a bheil m' aodach? Tha e sa bhasgaid.

Where are my clothes? They’re in the basket.


umha

umha m (genitive singular umha, plural umha)

umha (genitive singular)
umha (plural)
umha
n-umha
h-umha
t-umha

From Middle Irish uma, from Old Irish humæ, umae, from Proto-Celtic *omiyom. Cognate with Welsh efydd.

umhach

coppery, brassy, pertaining to bronze/copper/brass

Linn an Umha


òr-ubhal

òr-ubhal m (genitive òr-ubhail, plural òr-ùbhlan)

òr-ubhail (genitive)
òr-ùbhlan (plural)
òr-ubhal
n-òr-ubhal
h-òr-ubhal
t-òr-ubhal


meirg

meirg f (genitive singular meirge, no plural)

From Old Irish meirc, from Proto-Celtic *mergī (“rust, corrosion”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“to be wet, withered”). Cognate with Welsh merydd (“stagnant”), Middle High German murc (“withered”), Russian моро́з (moróz, “frost”) and Albanian mardhë (“frost”).


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meirg (past mheirg, future meirgidh, verbal noun meirg, past participle meirgte)

mheirg (past)
meirgidh (future)
meirg (noun-from-verb)
meirgte (participle past)
meirg
mheirg

Tha an rothair agam a' meirg sa gharaids.


goilf

goilf m (genitive singular goilf, no plural)

Ultimately from Scots golf, though it is unclear if this is a direct borrowing from Scots or borrowed by way of English. See golf for more.

Am bi thu ri goilf?


ball-goilf

ball-goilf m (genitive singular buill-goilf, plural buill-goilf)

buill-goilf (genitive singular)
buill-goilf (plural)
ball-goilf
bhall-goilf


meirg-umha

meirg-umha f (genitive singular meirg-umha, no plural)

meirg-umha (genitive singular)
meirg-umha
mheirg-umha


spìos

spìos m (genitive singular spìosa, plural spìosan)

spìosa (genitive singular)
spìosan (plural)
spìos

From Old French espice, from Latin speciēs (“kind, sort”).


spìosraich

spìosraich (past spìosraich, future spìosraichidh, verbal noun spìosrachadh, past participle spìosraichte)

spìosraich (past)
spìosraichidh (future)
spìosrachadh (noun-from-verb)
spìosraichte (participle past)

/s̪piːs̪ɾɪç/


stèidh

stèidh f (genitive singular stèidhe, plural stèidhean)

stèidhe (genitive singular)
stèidhean (plural)
stéidh (alternative)

From Old Norse stæða (“to establish”). Compare Orcadian steeth (“foundation”) and steethe (“to found”).

stèidhich

establish, found, find (determine an issue in law)


stèidh

stèidh (past stèidh, future stèidhidh, verbal noun stèidheadh, past participle stèidhte)

stèidh (past)
stèidhidh (future)
stèidheadh (noun-from-verb)
stèidhte (participle past)
stèidh
stéidh (alternative)

bonn-stèidh

basis, constitution (in law), ground, foundation

bun-stèidh

basis, foundation, origin, constitution (non-statutory)

stèidheil

well-grounded, well-founded, solid, judicious, sensible

stèidhte air fianais

stèidh mòine


stèidheadh

stèidheadh m (genitive singular stèidhidh, no plural)

stèidhidh (genitive singular)
stèidheadh

(act of) establishing, founding, setting up

stabilising peat wall (on a cart/trailer or stack etc)


stèidhte

cleachdadh stèidhte air fianais

evidence-based approach, approach based on evidence


ball-stèidhe

ball-stèidhe m (genitive singular buill-stèidhe, plural buill-stèidhe)

buill-stèidhe (genitive singular)
buill-stèidhe (plural)
ball-stèidhe
bhall-stèidhe


taigh-òsta

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

taighe-òsta (genitive singular)
taighean-òsta (plural)
taigh-òsta
thaigh-òsta
taigh-òsda (alternative)

/t̪ʰəʝ ˈɔːs̪t̪ə/

/t̪ʰəʝ ˈɔː.əs̪t̪/

/t̪ʰaʝ ˈhɔːs̪t̪ə/

From taigh + òsta. According to MacBain, òsta (earlier òsda) is from Middle English ooste, hoste (“hotel, house, hospitium”), itself from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord, host”), from Latin hospitium. Stokes suggests it is taken directly from Old French.

der

Loisg an taigh-òsta seo gu talamh!


taigh-òsta motarachd

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taigh-òsta motarachd m (genitive singular taighe-òsta motarachd, plural taighean-òsta motarachd)

taighe-òsta motarachd (genitive singular)
taighean-òsta motarachd (plural)
taigh-òsta motarachd
thaigh-òsta motarachd

/t̪əˈɔːs̪t̪ə mɔt̪ʰəɾəxk/

Loisg an taigh-òsta motarachd seo gu talamh!


Dùthaich nam Basgach

Dùthaich nam Basgach f (genitive Dùthcha nam Basgach)

Dùthcha nam Basgach (genitive)
Dùthaich nam Basgach
Dhùthaich nam Basgach

Coimhearsnachd Fèin-riaghlaidh nam Basgach

Basque Country
Basque Country#English:_Q47588

Basque Country (a cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken)

Basque Country
Basque Country#English:_Q3995

autonomous community
autonomous community

Basque Country (an autonomous community in northern Spain)


dùthchas

dùthchas m (genitive singular dùthchais, plural dùthchasan)

dùthchais (genitive singular)
dùthchasan (plural)
dùthchas
dhùthchas

heredity (relating to country, territory, native customs)


dùth

From an earlier root dù, from Old Irish dú. Stokes originally suggested that the early root was borrowed from Old French dû (> French dû, English due), from devoir (“to owe”), but MacBain notes a connection between the earlier root, dual (“hereditary right”), and dùthaich (“a country, district”).


Àisia

Àisia (genitive)
Àisia
nÀisia
h-Àisia
tÀisia
Aisia (alternative)

Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)


faobh a' chogaidh

faobh a' chogaidh m (genitive faoibh a' chogaidh)

faoibh a' chogaidh (genitive)
faobh a' chogaidh
fhaobh a' chogaidh


faobh

faobh m (genitive singular faoibh, plural faoibh)

faoibh (genitive singular)
faoibh (plural)
faobh
fhaobh

From Old Irish fodb. Possible cognate with Ancient Greek ὠθέω (ōthéō, “push”). MacBain also suggests a possible connection with Ancient Greek ἄεθλον (áethlon, “war prize”) and English wager, but these are generally considered to be from different roots in current literature.

cog

spoils, booty (especially of a dead person)


aoghaire

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aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, plural aoghairean)

aoghaire (genitive singular)
aoghairean (plural)
aoghaire
n-aoghaire
h-aoghaire
t-aoghaire

From Middle Irish áegaire, from Old Irish augaire.

aoghaireil

pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd


tòcanas

tòcanas m (genitive singular tòcanais, no plural)


sgarbh

sgarbh m (genitive singular sgairbh, plural sgarbhan)

sgairbh (genitive singular)
sgarbhan (plural)

From Old Norse skarfr, from a Germanic base imitative of the birds' harsh croaking sounds.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Tha i cho fliuch ri sgarbh.


tha gaol agam oirbh

/ha(ː)ˈkɯːɫ̪ ˌakəm ˈəɾəv/

I love you (literally "my love is on you (pl.)")


sgiort

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sgiort f (genitive singular sgiorta, plural sgiortan)

sgiorta (genitive singular)
sgiortan (plural)


meadhg

meadhg
mheadhg
meang (alternative)
miong (alternative)
miùg (alternative)

From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.


neach-caidheig

neach-caidheig m (genitive singular neach-caidheig, plural luchd-caidheig)

neach-caidheig (genitive singular)
luchd-caidheig (plural)


seilche

seilche f (genitive singular seilche, plural seilchean)

seilche (genitive singular)
seilchean (plural)

From Middle Irish seilche (“shelled animal”), from Old Irish selige, from Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”), see also English steal, Old Armenian սողիմ (sołim, “to creep”).

(folklore) a lake-dwelling water monster


sgreamhail

sgreamhail (genitive singular masculine sgreamhail, genitive singular feminine sgreamhaile, nominative plural sgreamhaile, comparative sgreamhaile)

sgreamhail (genitive masculine singular)
sgreamhaile (feminine genitive singular)
sgreamhaile (nominative plural)
sgreamhaile (comparative)


crann-tara

crann-tara m (genitive singular crainn-thara, plural crainn-thara)

crainn-thara (genitive singular)
crainn-thara (plural)


crois-tara

crois-tara m (genitive singular croise-tara, plural croisean-tara)

croise-tara (genitive singular)
croisean-tara (plural)


boma atamach

boma atamach m (genitive singular boma atamach, plural bomaichean atamach)

boma atamach (genitive singular)
bomaichean atamach (plural)


atamach

atamach (genitive singular masculine atamaich, genitive singular feminine atamaich, nominative plural atamach, comparative atamaiche)

atamaich (genitive masculine singular)
atamaich (feminine genitive singular)
atamach (nominative plural)
atamaiche (comparative)


onarach

onarach (genitive singular masculine onaraich, genitive singular feminine onoraiche)

onaraich (genitive masculine singular)
onoraiche (feminine genitive singular)
onarach (masculine nominative)
onarach (feminine nominative)
onarach (nominative plural)
onaraich (genitive masculine)
onaraiche (feminine genitive)
onaraich (feminine genitive)
onarach (genitive plural)
onarach (dative masculine)
onaraich (dative feminine)
onarach (dative plural)
onaraich (masculine vocative)
onarach (feminine vocative)
onarach (plural vocative)
onarach
n-onarach
h-onarach
t-onarach

honest (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth)


dotair-teaghlaich

dotair-teaghlaich m (genitive singular dotair-theaghlaich, plural dotairean-teaghlaich)

dotair-theaghlaich (genitive singular)
dotairean-teaghlaich (plural)

general practitioner
general practitioner


bunadh

bunadh m (genitive singular bunaidh, plural bunaidhean)

bunaidh (genitive singular)
bunaidhean (plural)
bunadh
bhunadh

From Old Irish bunad, from Proto-Celtic *bonusedom (“descent, lineage”), from *bonus (“foundation”) + the root of *sedeti (“to sit”). Related to Middle Welsh bonheð, modern Welsh bonedd.


manadh

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manadh m (genitive manaidh, plural manaidhean)

manaidh (genitive)
manaidhean (plural)
manadh
mhanadh

Cognate with Latin moneō (“warn, advise”) and Old English manian (“urge, admonish, exhort”).

cog

manadh air bàs

omen, sign, portent (esp. as a form of light)


purgadair

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purgadair m (genitive purgadair, plural purgadairean)

purgadair (genitive)
purgadairean (plural)
purgadair
phurgadair


sionnachan

sionnachan m (genitive singular sionnachain, plural sionnachain)

sionnachain (genitive singular)
sionnachain (plural)
sionnachan
shionnachan
after "an"
t-sionnachan


sionnachan-mara

sionnachan-mara m (genitive singular sionnachain-mhara, plural sionnachain-mhara)

sionnachain-mhara (genitive singular)
sionnachain-mhara (plural)
sionnachan-mara
shionnachan-mara
after "an"
t-sionnachan-mara


dìnnear

dìnnear f (genitive singular dìnneir or dìnnearach, plural dìnnearan or dìnnearachan)

dìnneir (genitive singular)
dìnnearach (genitive singular)
dìnnearan (plural)
dìnnearachan (plural)


margarain

margarain m (genitive singular margarain, plural margarainean)

margarain (genitive singular)
margarainean (plural)


dìleab

Borrowed from Pictish. Involving Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.


miotag

miotag f (genitive singular miotaige, plural miotagan)

miotaige (genitive singular)
miotagan (plural)
miotag
mhiotag

From English mitt + -ag. Compare Irish miotóg.


peansail

From English pencil, from Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil, from Latin pēnicillum, double diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”).


plèanaichean

/ˈpʰlɛːnəxʲən/


ball-chrith

ball-chrith f (genitive singular ball-chrithe, no plural)

ball-chrithe (genitive singular)
ball-chrith
bhall-chrith

From ball + crith. Literally "trembling of limbs".

Làn-obraichibh ur slàinte fhèin le eagal agus ball-chrith.

Work out thy salvation with fear and trembling.


cìl

cìl f (genitive singular cìle, no plural)

reddle, ruddle (a red ochre used for marking sheep)


cìl

cìl (past chìl, future cìlidh, verbal noun cìleadh, past participle cìlte)

chìl (past)
cìlidh (future)
cìleadh (noun-from-verb)
cìlte (participle past)


poileasaidh

poileasaidh m (genitive singular poileasaidh, plural poileasaidhean)

poileasaidh (genitive singular)
poileasaidhean (plural)


bàt'-aiseig

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

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

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

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

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


teachdaireachd

teachdaireachd f (genitive singular teachdaireachd, plural teachdaireachdan)

teachdaireachd (genitive singular)
teachdaireachdan (plural)


lèirsinneach

/ˈʎeːɾʲʃɪɲəx/


banachdach

banachdach f (genitive singular banachdaich, plural banachdaichean)

banachdaich (genitive singular)
banachdaichean (plural)


meadaigeach

/ˈmedʲɪɡʲəx/


oifigear

oifigear m (genitive singular oifigeir, plural oifigearan)

oifigeir (genitive singular)
oifigearan (plural)
oifigear
n-oifigear
h-oifigear
t-oifigear


oifigearan

oifigearan
n-oifigearan
h-oifigearan
t-oifigearan

/ˈɔfɪɡʲɛɾən/


dachaigh-cùraim

dachaigh-cùraim f (genitive singular dachaigh-cùraim, plural dachaighean-cùraim)

dachaigh-cùraim (genitive singular)
dachaighean-cùraim (plural)
dachaigh-cùraim
dhachaigh-cùraim


neach-còmhnaidh

neach-còmhnaidh m (genitive singular neach-còmhnaidh, plural luchd-còmhnaidh)

neach-còmhnaidh (genitive singular)
luchd-còmhnaidh (plural)

neach (“person”) + còmhnaidh (“dwelling, residing”)


snàmhaiche

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snàmhaiche m (genitive singular snàmhaiche, plural snàmhaichean)

snàmhaiche (genitive singular)
snàmhaichean (plural)


snàmhair

snàmhair m (genitive singular snàmhair, plural snàmhairean)

snàmhair (genitive singular)
snàmhairean (plural)
snàmhair
shnàmhair
after "an"
t-snàmhair


fradharc

fradharc m (genitive singular fradhairc, plural fradharcan)

fradhairc (genitive singular)
fradharcan (plural)
radharc (alternative)

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision”), with prosthetic f due to the initial r being interpreted as a lenited sequence fhr.


tuathanachas-gàrraidh

tuathanachas-gàrraidh m (genitive singular tuathanachais-ghàrraidh, plural tuathanachasan-gàrraidh)

tuathanachais-ghàrraidh (genitive singular)
tuathanachasan-gàrraidh (plural)


tuathanachas

tuathanachas m (genitive singular tuathanachais, plural tuathanachasan)

tuathanachais (genitive singular)
tuathanachasan (plural)


Bliadhn' Ùr Mhath

Bliadhna Mhath Ùr
Bliadhna Mhath Ùr#Scottish_Gaelic

(Uist) Alternative form of Bliadhna Mhath Ùr


òson

òson m (genitive singular òsoin, no plural)


gobha-uisge

gobha-uisge m (genitive singular gobhainn-uisge, plural goibhnean-uisge)

gobhainn-uisge (genitive singular)
goibhnean-uisge (plural)


gobhachan

gobhachan m (genitive singular gobhachain, plural gobhachain)

gobhachain (genitive singular)
gobhachain (plural)


Hiort

St Kilda (an archipelago in the westernmost part of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland)

rach a Hiort! thalla a Hiort!

cuiridh mi a Hiort thu air muin mairt!

I'll send you to St Kilda on the back of a cow!

(figurative) a proverbially distant or remote place


taigh-solais

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

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

/t̪ʰəˈs̪ɔl̪ˠɪʃ/

taigh (“house”) + solais (“of light”). Calque of English lighthouse.

lighthouse (building containing a light to warn or guide ships)


ochd-chasach

ochd-chasach m (genitive singular ochd-chasaich, plural ochd-chasaich)

ochd-chasaich (genitive singular)
ochd-chasaich (plural)
ochd-chasach
n-ochd-chasach
h-ochd-chasach
t-ochd-chasach

ochd (“eight”) + cas (“foot”) + -ach. Calque of Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous)


Raonaid

Raghnaid (alternative)
Raonailt (alternative)

a female given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Rachel, though they are etymologically unrelated.


Barraigh

→ English: Barra

Perhaps from Old Irish Fionnbharr and Old Norse ey (literally “St Finbar's island”)

bor

Barra (an island in the Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland).


crotal

crotail (genitive singular)
crotal
chrotal
cnotal (alternative)

/ˈkʰɾɔʰt̪əl̪ˠ/

crottle (Parmelia, particularly Parmelia saxatilis and omphalodes); used for producing red and brown dye


bonaid

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bonaid f (genitive singular bonaide, plural bonaidean)

bonaide (genitive singular)
bonaidean (plural)
bonaid
bhonaid

From English bonnet, from Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet, from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).


cuarantain

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cuarantain m (genitive singular cuarantain, plural cuarantain)

cuarantain (genitive singular)
cuarantain (plural)
cuarantain
chuarantain

From English quarantine, from Italian quarantina (“forty days”), the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting off port.


òrdugh-cungaidh

òrdugh-cungaidh m (genitive singular òrduigh-chungaidh, plural òrduighean-cungaidh)

òrduigh-chungaidh (genitive singular)
òrduighean-cungaidh (plural)


miong

miong
mhiong
meadhg (alternative)
meang (alternative)
miùg (alternative)

Harris; North Uist; Sutherland; Harris; North Uist; Sutherland


neo-chlaon

neo-chlaon (nominative plural claona, comparative claoine)

claona (nominative plural)
claoine (comparative)

impartial, objective, unbiased, fair-minded


smutag

smutag f (genitive singular smutaige, plural smutagan)

smutaige (genitive singular)
smutagan (plural)


cailleach a' chinn duibh

cailleachag a' chinn duibh#Scottish_Gaelic

Alternative form of cailleachag a' chinn duibh


caoile

caoile f (genitive singular caoile, no plural)

From Middle Irish caíle, from Old Irish coíle. By surface analysis, caol + -e.


caoile

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of caol:
feminine genitive singular


teallach

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teallach m (genitive singular teallaich, plural teallaichean)

teallaich (genitive singular)
teallaichean (plural)

/ˈtʲʰal̪ˠəx/

From Middle Irish tellach, from Old Irish tenlach, from the root of teine (“fire”).

hearth fireplace, fireside (open hearth)


rèis

rèis f (genitive singular rèise, plural rèisean)

rèise (genitive singular)
rèisean (plural)
réis (alternative)


spaideil

Possibly from Old Norse spázera (“to stroll”), from Middle High German spazieren, from Italian spaziare, from Latin spatiāri, present active infinitive of Latin spatior (“to go for a walk”), similarly to spaidsear (“strolling; sauntering”). The shift in meaning would be figurative, as with the English strut.
Alternatively, from Old Norse spjátra (“to act foppish”), similarly to spadair (“fop; braggart”).


sgòthach

cloudy (covered with or characterised by clouds)


laoghan

laoghan m (genitive singular laoghain, plural laoghain)

laoghain (genitive singular)
laoghain (plural)
laoghan (indefinite nominative singular)
laoghain (indefinite nominative plural)
laoghain (genitive indefinite singular)
laoghan (genitive indefinite plural)
laoghan (dative indefinite singular)
laoghain (dative indefinite plural)
laoghanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
laoghan (definite nominative singular)
an laoghan (definite nominative singular)
laoghain (definite nominative plural)
na laoghain (definite nominative plural)
laoghain (definite genitive singular)
an laoghain (definite genitive singular)
laoghan (definite genitive plural)
nan laoghan (definite genitive plural)
laoghan (dative definite singular)
an laoghan (dative definite singular)
laoghain (dative definite plural)
na laoghain (dative definite plural)
laoghanaibh (dative definite plural)
laoghain (definite singular vocative)
laoghana (definite plural vocative)


snasail

Dreach snasail


Ieremiah

(biblical) Jeremiah, the twenty-fourth book of the Old Testament


trì deug

Alternative form of trì-deug (“thirteen”)


ceithir deug

Alternative form of ceithir-deug (“fourteen”)


còig deug

Alternative form of còig-deug (“fifteen”)


feinistear

feinistear m (genitive singular feinisteir, plural feinistearan)

feinisteir (genitive singular)
feinistearan (plural)
feinistear
fheinistear


céilidhe

genitive singular of céilidh: superseded spelling of cèilidhe.


oisir

oisirean (plural)
oisir
n-oisir
h-oisir
t-oisir
eisir (alternative)

From Anglo-Norman oistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).


cuideachadh

cuideachadh m (genitive singular cuideachaidh)

cuideachaidh (genitive singular)
cuideachadh
chuideachadh

/ˈkʰutʲəxəɣ/


obair-dachaigh

obair-dachaigh f (genitive singular obrach-dachaigh or oibre-dachaigh)

obrach-dachaigh (genitive singular)
oibre-dachaigh (genitive singular)
obair-dachaigh
n-obair-dachaigh
h-obair-dachaigh
t-obair-dachaigh

obair (“work”) + dachaigh (“home”); calque of English homework.


bòrd-geal

bòrd-geal m (genitive singular bùird-ghil, plural bùird-gheala)

bùird-ghil (genitive singular)
bùird-gheala (plural)
bòrd-geal
bhòrd-geal

bòrd (“board”) + geal (“white”); calque of English whiteboard


Friseal

Friseal m (genitive Friseil, vocative Fhriseil)

Friseil (genitive)
Fhriseil (vocative)
Friseal
Fhriseal

/ˈfɾʲiʃəl̪ˠ/

a male given name, equivalent to English Fraser


coibhneil

Formed by analogy on the basis of coibhneas (“kindness”).


am fear, is fhaide chaidh bho'n bhaile, chual e'n ceòl bu mhilse leis nuair thill e dhachaidh

"Who farthest away e’er did roam heard the sweetest music on returning home."


an uair a bhios sinn ri òrach bidheadhmaid ri òrach; 's nuair a bhios sinn ri maorach, bidheadhmaid ri maorach

When we are seeking gold, let us be seeking gold; and when we are seeking bait, let us be seeking bait.


An uair a chluinneas tu sgeul gun dreach na creid i.

When you hear a tale that is not pleasant, do not believe it. (This means that one should turn a deaf ear to scandalmongers.)


an car a th' anns an t-seana mhaide, is duilich a thoirt as

an car a bha san t-seana mhaide 's duilich a thoirt às#Scottish_Gaelic

Alternative form of an car a bha san t-seana mhaide 's duilich a thoirt às (“you can't teach an old dog new tricks.”)


am fear nach seall roimhe seallaidh e as a dheigh

He who will not look before him will look behind him.


b'fhearr gun tòiseachadh na sguir gun chriochnachadh

"Better not to begin than to stop without finishing."


bidh an ubhal as fheàrr air a mheangan is àirde

"The best apple will be on the highest bough."


chan uaisle duine na cheàrd

cha’n uaisle duine na cheàrd (canonical)


a' chungaidh leighis as goirte, 's i as moth' tha dèanamh feum

The medicine that hurts the most is generally the best healer.


is motha mo shùil na mo bhrù

one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach


cho làidir ri CùChulainn

cho làidir ri Cù-Chulainn#Scottish_Gaelic

Alternative form of cho làidir ri Cù-Chulainn


am fear a nì obair na thràth, bidh e na leth-thàmh

The man who does his work in time will always have leisure time.


am fear nach dèan cuir ri là fuar, cha bhuan e ri là teth

He who will not sow in March will not reap in the Autumn.


am fear nach dèan obair na ghnìomh chan fhaigh e biadh air feadh nam preas

He who will not work or act will never find food on any track.


dùnan math innearach, màthair na ciste-mine

A good dung heap, mother of the grain bin.


cha bhi toradh gun saothair

There will be no production without labour.


cha leasachadh air droch obair-latha a bhi fada gum tòiseachadh

A late beginning will not mend a bad day's work.


ged is e an duine an tuathanach, is e an t-each an saothraiche

Although the human is the farmer, the horse is the labourer.


is fheàrr èiridh moch na suidh anmoch

early to bed, early to rise
early to bed, early to rise


is fheàrr dìcheall an duine laig, na neo-shunnt' an duine làidir

Better the diligence of the weak than the indifference of the strong.


Sealtainn

Sealtainn
Shealtainn
after "an"
t-Sealtainn

/ˈʃɛl̪ˠt̪ɪɲ/

From Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, a compound of hjalt (“hilt”) and land (“land”).


Sruighlea

Sruighlea
Shruighlea
after "an"
t-Sruighlea


Arcaibh

Originally a dative plural; probably via Pictish from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“piglet”), from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Compare Latin Orcades (the oldest attested name).


Inbhir Àir

Inbhir Àir
n-Inbhir Àir
h-Inbhir Àir
t-Inbhir Àir

Ayr (a town in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland).


Ìle

→ English: Islay

Unknown. First attested as Old Irish Ilea, Ile, probably from a pre-Indo-European substrate language.

Islay (southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides in Scotland).


dràma

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).


fad na tìde

/ˌfat̪ nə ˈtʲʰiːtʲə/


talla-cluiche

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talla-cluiche m (genitive singular tallachan-cluiche, plural tallaichean-cluiche)

tallachan-cluiche (genitive singular)
tallaichean-cluiche (plural)
talla-cluiche
thalla-cluiche

theater (place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers)


dealbh-chluich

dealbh-chluich f (genitive singular dealbhe-cluich, plural dealbhean-cluich)

dealbhe-cluich (genitive singular)
dealbhean-cluich (plural)
dealbh-chluich
dhealbh-chluich


pinnt

From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb).


gàireachdainn

/ˈkaːɾʲəxkɪɲ/


dìosal

dìosail (genitive singular)
dìosal
dhìosal

/ˈtʲiːs̪əl̪ˠ/

Named after German inventor Rudolf Diesel.


pàidh

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pàidh m (genitive singular pàidh, plural pàidhean)

pàidh (genitive singular)
pàidhean (plural)
pàidh
phàidh


còmhlan-ciùil

còmhlan-ciùil m (genitive singular còmhlain-chiùil, plural còmhlain-chiùil)

còmhlain-chiùil (genitive singular)
còmhlain-chiùil (plural)
còmhlan-ciùil
chòmhlan-ciùil


is fheàrr aon diugh na dà mhàireach

no time like the present
no time like the present

never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.


is fheàrr deagh-eòlas na droch-chàirdeas

better a good acquaintance than a bad friendship.