falbh

falbh (past dh'fhalbh, future falbhaidh, verbal noun falbh, past participle falbhte)

dh'fhalbh (past)
falbhaidh (future)
falbh (noun-from-verb)
falbhte (participle past)

[ˈfa˧˥ˈl̪ˠa˦˥]

The noun is from Old Irish folúamain, verbal noun of fo·luathar (“fly, flee, abscond”). The verb is from the noun. Cognate with Irish foluain (“fluttering, flying, hovering”).


falbh

[ˈfa˧˥ˈl̪ˠa˦˥]


an-diugh

From Old Irish indiu, composed of i (“in”) or in (“the”) plus the dative singular of día (“day”). Compare an-dè (“yesterday”).

Tha Dòmhnall a’ faighinn cù an-diugh.


aisling

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aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, plural aislingean)

aislinge (genitive singular)
aislingean (plural)

From Old Irish aislinge f (“vision, dream”).


aisling

aisling (past aisling, future aislingidh, verbal noun aisling, past participle aislingte)

aisling (past)
aislingidh (future)
aisling (noun-from-verb)
aislingte (participle past)


reothadh

reothadh m (genitive singular reothaidh, plural reothaidhean)

reothaidh (genitive singular)
reothaidhean (plural)


carbad-eiridinn

carbad-eiridinn m (genitive singular carbaid-eiridinn, plural carbadan-eiridinn)

carbaid-eiridinn (genitive singular)
carbadan-eiridinn (plural)


eiridinn

eiridinn m (genitive singular eiridinn, no plural)

eiridneach

cherishing, affectionate; medicinal, having the power of healing; restorative


fead

fead f (genitive singular fead, plural feadan)

fead (genitive singular)
feadan (plural)


fead

fead (past dh'fhead, future feadaidh, verbal noun feadail, past participle feadte)

dh'fhead (past)
feadaidh (future)
feadail (noun-from-verb)
feadte (participle past)


leig seachad

Leig e seachad smocadh.

Leig iad seachad am biadh.


gealach chrotach

gealach chrotach f (genitive singular gealaich crotaich, plural gealaichean crotach)

gealaich crotaich (genitive singular)
gealaichean crotach (plural)


linne

linne f (genitive singular linne, plural linneachan or linntean)

linne (genitive singular)
linneachan (plural)
linntean (plural)


ficheadamh

an fhicheadamh (canonical)
am ficheadamh (canonical)

/ə ˈɲiçət̪u/

[ə ˈɲiçət̪ʉ]

From Middle Irish fichetmad (compare Irish fichiú, Manx feedoo). By surface analysis, fichead + -amh


meanbh-chlàr

meanbh-chlàr m (genitive singular meanbh-chlàir, plural meanbh-chlàran)

meanbh-chlàir (genitive singular)
meanbh-chlàran (plural)


clàr cruaidh

clàr-cruaidh m (genitive singular clàir chruaidh, plural clàran cruaidh)

clàr-cruaidh (canonical masculine)
clàir chruaidh (genitive singular)
clàran cruaidh (plural)


clàr-inneal

clàr-inneal m (genitive singular clàir-inneal, plural clàran-inneal)

clàir-inneal (genitive singular)
clàran-inneal (plural)


clàr-iùil

clàr-iùil m (genitive singular clàir-iùil, plural clàran-iùil)

clàir-iùil (genitive singular)
clàran-iùil (plural)


bana-shearbhanta

bana-shearbhanta f (genitive singular bana-shearbhanta, plural bana-shearbhantan)

bana-shearbhanta (genitive singular)
bana-shearbhantan (plural)

bana- (“female”) + searbhanta (“servant”)


searbhanta

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searbhanta m or f (genitive singular searbhanta, plural searbhantan)

searbhanta (genitive singular)
searbhantan (plural)
searbhanta
shearbhanta
after "an"
t-searbhanta

From Middle Irish serbḟóntaid, serbóntaid (compare modern Irish searbhónta), based on Anglo-Norman servaunt.


ath-chuairtich

ath-chuairtich (past dh'ath-chuairtich, future ath-chuairtichidh, verbal noun ath-chuairteachadh, past participle ath-chuairtichte)

dh'ath-chuairtich (past)
ath-chuairtichidh (future)
ath-chuairteachadh (noun-from-verb)
ath-chuairtichte (participle past)


cuairtich

cuairtich (past chuairtich, future cuairtichidh, verbal noun cuairteachadh, past participle cuairtichte)

chuairtich (past)
cuairtichidh (future)
cuairteachadh (noun-from-verb)
cuairtichte (participle past)
cuartaich (alternative)


cuartaich

cuartaich (past chuartaich, future cuartaichidh, verbal noun cuartachadh, past participle cuartaichte)

chuartaich (past)
cuartaichidh (future)
cuartachadh (noun-from-verb)
cuartaichte (participle past)


a-nochd

From Old Irish innocht, from the definite article in followed by an oblique case form of Proto-Celtic *noxs.

Cha tig e a-nochd.

a-nochd is an-raoir


dannsa

dannsa m (genitive singular dannsa, plural dannsaichean)

dannsa (genitive singular)
dannsaichean (plural)

/ˈt̪ãũn̪ˠs̪ə/


peilear

peilear m (genitive singular peileir, plural peilearan)

peileir (genitive singular)
peilearan (plural)
peileir (alternative)


peileir

peileir m (genitive singular peileir, plural peileirean)

peileir (genitive singular)
peileirean (plural)


siabann

siabann m (genitive singular siabainn, plural siabainn)

siabainn (genitive singular)
siabainn (plural)
siabann
shiabann
after "an"
t-siabann

From a Celtic borrowing from Latin sāpō, sāpōnis, of Germanic origin.
Compare Manx sheeabin (“soap”), Irish síobán (“drift”).


nuair a thig air duine, thig air uile

it never rains but it pours
it never rains but it pours

it never rains but it pours (literally "when it befalls one, it befalls all")


maoidh

maoidh (past mhaoidh, future maoidhidh, verbal noun maoidheadh, past participle maoidhte)

mhaoidh (past)
maoidhidh (future)
maoidheadh (noun-from-verb)
maoidhte (participle past)
maoidh
mhaoidh


maoidhear

maoidhear m (genitive singular maoidheir, plural maoidhearan)

maoidheir (genitive singular)
maoidhearan (plural)


dol-às

cha robh dol-às againn a-nis ach...

there was now no escape/way out for us but...


deichnear

deichnear m (genitive singular deichneir, plural deichnearan)

deichneir (genitive singular)
deichnearan (plural)
deichnear
dheichnear

From Middle Irish dechnebor, dechneabur, from Old Irish dechenbor.


deicheamh

/ə ˈɲd̥ʲeçu/

/ə ˈn̪ˠd̥ʲʒeçu/

an deicheamh cuid dhe do thuarastal


deicheamh

deicheamh m (genitive singular deicheimh, plural deicheamhan)

deicheimh (genitive singular)
deicheamhan (plural)


air na h-uile cor

air a h-uile cor
air a h-uile cor#Scottish_Gaelic


cor-inntinn

cor-inntinn m (genitive singular coir-inntinn)


ball-coise

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

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

/ˌpaul̪ˠ ˈkʰɔʃə/


Bliadhna Ùr

a' Bhliadhna Ùr f (genitive na Bliadhna Ùire)

a' Bhliadhna Ùr (canonical feminine)
na Bliadhna Ùire (genitive)


Là na Bliadhna Ùire

Là na Bliadhna Ùire m (genitive Là na Bliadhna Ùire)

Là na Bliadhna Ùire (genitive)
Là na Bliadhn' Ùire (alternative)


Là na Bliadhn' Ùire

Là na Bliadhn' Ùire m (genitive Là na Bliadhn' Ùire)

Là na Bliadhna Ùire
Là na Bliadhna Ùire#Scottish_Gaelic

Alternative form of Là na Bliadhna Ùire.


Oidhche Challainn

Oidhche Challainn f (genitive Oidhche Challainn)


Dihaoine na Càisge

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

Dihaoine na Càisge (genitive)
Dihaoinean na Càisge (plural)


Dihaoine

Dihaoine (genitive)
Di-haoine (alternative)

/tʲəˈhɤ̃ːɲə/

/tʲəˈhɯ̃ːɲə/

Literally "day of the fast". Can be analyzed synchronically as di- + aoine.

Didòmhnaich · Diluain · Dimàirt · Diciadain · Diardaoin · Dihaoine · Disathairne [edit]


Diluain

Diluain (genitive)
Di-luain (alternative)

/d̥ʲəˈl̪ˠũɤ̃ɲ/

/d̥ʒəˈl̪ˠuəɲ/

/d̥ʲəˈl̪ˠuən/


Dimàirt

Dimàirt (genitive)
Di-màirt (alternative)
Di-Màirt (alternative)

/d̥ʲəˈmãːrˠs̪t̪/

/d̥ʒəˈmaːɾʲʂtʲ/

/d̥ʲəˈmaːʂʈ/

Ultimately borrowed from Latin dies Martis; compare Irish Máirt, Dé Máirt.


Diciadain

Diciadain (genitive)
Di-ciadain (alternative)
Di-ciadaoin (alternative)

/d̥ʲəˈkʲʰiɤt̪ɪɲ/

/d̥ʒəˈkʲʰiət̪ɪɲ/

/d̥ʲɪˈkʲʰiət̪ɪn/

Di- + ciadain, from Old Irish ceud (“first”) and aoine (“fast”).


Diardaoin

Diardaoin (genitive)
Di-ardaoin (alternative)

/tʲərˠˈt̪ɤ̃ːɲ/

/tʃəɾˈt̪ɯːɲ/

/təɻ̥ˈt̪ɯ̃ːɲ/

From Old Irish dardóen, literally the “day between two fasts.” Can be analyzed synchronically as di- + eadar + dà + aoine.


Disathairne

Disathairne (genitive)
Disatharna (alternative)
Di-sathurna (alternative)
Disathuirne (alternative)
Di-sathuirne (alternative)

[d̥ʲəˈs̪ahəɻɳ(ə)]

/d̥ʒəˈs̪ahərˠnə/

/d̥ʒəˈs̪ahuɾʲɲə/

[d̥ʒəˈs̪ahər̥ˠɲʌ]

From Latin diēs Sāturnī (literally “day of Saturn”).


Didòmhnaich

tlb

(chiefly Benbecula, South Uist, Barra, Tiree)

Didòmhnaich (genitive)
Di-dòmhnaich (alternative)

/d̥ʲəˈd̪̊ɔ̃ːnɪç/

/d̥ʒəˈd̪̊ɔ̃ːnɪç/

/d̥ʲəˈd̪̊õːnɪç/

From Latin diēs Dominicus (“the day of our Lord”).

bor

Cha robh mi ag òl Didòmhnaich.


Oidhche Chiadain

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Oidhche Chiadain f (genitive Oidhche Chiadain)


Oidhche Ardaoin

Oidhche Aordain f (genitive Oidhche Ardaoin)

Oidhche Aordain (canonical feminine)
Oidhche Ardaoin (genitive)


Oidhche Haoine

Oidhche Haoine f (genitive Oidhche Haoine)


Oidhche Shathairne

Oidhche Shathairne f (genitive Oidhche Shathairne)


Oidhche Dhòmhnaich

Oidhche Dhòmhnaich f (genitive Oidhche Dhòmhnaich)

Oidhche Dhòmhnaich (genitive)
Oidhche Dòmhnaich (alternative)


Oidhche Dòmhnaich

Oidhche Dòmhnaich f (genitive Oidhche Dòmhnaich)

Oidhche Dhòmhnaich
Oidhche Dhòmhnaich#Scottish_Gaelic


Caingis

a' Chaingis (canonical feminine)
Caingis (genitive)


Carghas

From Old Irish Corgus, from Latin quadrāgēsima.


Lùnastal

an Lùnastal (canonical masculine)
Lùnastail (genitive)
an Lùnasdal (alternative)

/ˈl̪ˠuːnəs̪t̪əl̪ˠ/

August (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)


Là Bealltainn

Là Bealltainn m (genitive Là Bealltainn)

Là Bealltainn (genitive)
Bealltainn (alternative)
Là Buidhe Bealltainn (alternative)


Là Buidhe Bealltainn

Là Buidhe Bealltainn m (genitive Là Bealltainn)

Là Bealltainn
Là Bealltainn#Scottish_Gaelic


Oidhche Nollaig

Oidhche Nollaige
Oidhche Nollaige#Scottish_Gaelic


Càisg nan Iùdhach

Càisg nan Iùdhach f (genitive Càisge nan Iùdhach)


Anndrais

Anndrais (genitive)
Aindrea (alternative)
Anndra (alternative)

An Naomh Anndrais

Fèill Anndrais

Eaglais Naoimh Anndrais

a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew


Fèill an Taisbeanaidh

Fèill an Taisbeanaidh f (genitive Fèille an Taisbeanaidh, plural Fèillean an Taisbeanaidh or Fèilltean an Taisbeanaidh)

Fèille an Taisbeanaidh (genitive)
Fèillean an Taisbeanaidh (plural)
Fèilltean an Taisbeanaidh (plural)


Là nan Trì Rìghrean

Là nan Trì Rìghrean m (genitive Là nan Trì Rìghrean, plural Làithean nan Trì Rìghrean)

Là nan Trì Rìghrean (genitive)
Làithean nan Trì Rìghrean (plural)


taisbeanadh

taisbeanadh m (genitive singular taisbeanaidh, plural taisbeanaidhean)

taisbeanaidh (genitive singular)
taisbeanaidhean (plural)

exhibition, display, show, demonstration, presentation


Fèill Brìghde

Fèill Brìghde f (genitive Fèille Brìghde, plural Fèillean Brìghde or Fèilltean Brìghde)

Fèille Brìghde (genitive)
Fèillean Brìghde (plural)
Fèilltean Brìghde (plural)
Fèill Brìde (alternative)

fèill Brìghde "feast of Brigid", là fhèill Brìghde "feast day of Brigid" (literally, "day of the feast of Brigid").


Fèill Mìcheil

Fèill Mìcheil f (genitive Fèille Mìcheil, plural Fèillean Mìcheil or Fèilltean Mìcheil)

Fèille Mìcheil (genitive)
Fèillean Mìcheil (plural)
Fèilltean Mìcheil (plural)
Fèill Mìcheil
Fhèill Mìcheil


Mìcheal

Mìcheal m (genitive Mhìcheil, vocative a Mhìcheil)

Mhìcheil (genitive)
a Mhìcheil (vocative)
Mìcheal
Mhìcheal

From Latin Michael, Michahel, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

der

(Christianity, Judaism, Islam) Michael, the archangel


Fèill Màrtainn

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Fèill Màrtainn f (genitive Fèille Màrtainn, plural Fèillean Màrtainn or Fèilltean Màrtainn)

Fèille Màrtainn (genitive)
Fèillean Màrtainn (plural)
Fèilltean Màrtainn (plural)


Màrtainn

Màrtainn m (genitive Mhàrtainn, vocative a Mhàrtainn)

Mhàrtainn (genitive)
a Mhàrtainn (vocative)
Màrtainn
Mhàrtainn

/ˈmaːrˠʃt̪ɪɲ/

a male given name, equivalent to English Martin


Fèill nan Naoimh Uile

Fèill nan Naoimh Uile f (genitive Fèille nan Naoimh Uile, plural Fèillean nan Naoimh Uile or Fèilltean nan Naoimh Uile)

Fèille nan Naoimh Uile (genitive)
Fèillean nan Naoimh Uile (plural)
Fèilltean nan Naoimh Uile (plural)


naomh

naomh m (genitive singular naoimh, plural naoimh)

naoimh (genitive singular)
naoimh (plural)

From Middle Irish náem, from Old Irish noíb, noeb (“holy; sacred, consecrated”).


Naomh

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Naomh m (genitive singular Naoimh, plural Naoimh)

Naoimh (genitive singular)
Naoimh (plural)


Fèill Pàdraig

Fèill Pàdraig f (genitive Fèille Pàdraig, plural Fèillean Pàdraig or Fèilltean Pàdraig)

Fèille Pàdraig (genitive)
Fèillean Pàdraig (plural)
Fèilltean Pàdraig (plural)


Pàdraig

Pàdraig m (genitive Phàdraig, vocative a Phàdraig, diminutive Pàra or Padaidh or Pàidean)

Phàdraig (genitive)
a Phàdraig (vocative)
Pàra (diminutive)
Padaidh (diminutive)
Pàidean (diminutive)
Pàdruig (alternative)
Pàraig (alternative)

/ˈpʰaːt̪ɾɪkʲ/

From Latin Patricius, likely via Old Welsh. Cognate to Irish Pádraig.

a male given name, equivalent to English Patrick or Peter, the latter of which is etymologically unrelated


Faoilteach

am Faoilteach (canonical masculine)
Faoiltich (genitive)

Alternative form of am Faoilleach (“January”)


Giblinn

a' Ghiblinn (canonical feminine)
Giblinne (genitive)


Ògmhios

an t-Ògmhios (canonical masculine)
an Ògmhiosa (genitive)
Ògmhios
n-Ògmhios
h-Ògmhios
t-Ògmhios
Ògmhìos (alternative)
Òg-mhios (alternative archaic)
Òg-mhìos (alternative archaic)

/ˈɔːk ˌvĩãs̪/

June (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar)


Sultainn

an t-Sultainn (canonical feminine)
Sultainne (genitive)


Sultuin

an t-Sultuine (canonical feminine)
Sultuin (genitive)


Dàmhar

an Dàmhar f (genitive Dàmhair, plural Dàmhairean)

an Dàmhar (canonical feminine)
Dàmhair (genitive)
Dàmhairean (plural)


dusan

dusan m (genitive singular dusain, plural dusain)

dusain (genitive singular)
dusain (plural)


dà dhusan dheug

dà dhusan dheug m (genitive singular dà dhusain dheug, plural dà dhusain dheug)

dà dhusain dheug (genitive singular)
dà dhusain dheug (plural)


mìleamh

From Middle Irish *mílmad. By surface analysis, mìle (“thousand”) + -amh (ordinal suffix). Compare Classical Gaelic mílmad, Irish míliú, and Manx millioo.


ceudamh

/ˈkʰʲeːt̪əv/

From Middle Irish cétmad, from Proto-Celtic *kantometos. By surface analysis, ceud (“hundred”) + -amh. Cognate with Irish céadú.


milleanamh

From millean (“million”) + -amh (“-th”, ordinal suffix).


billean

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billean m (genitive singular billein, plural billeanan)

billein (genitive singular)
billeanan (plural)


fùdar-gunna

fùdar-gunna m (genitive singular fùdair-gunna, plural fùdaran-gunna)

fùdair-gunna (genitive singular)
fùdaran-gunna (plural)
pùdar-gunna (alternative)


pùdar-gunna

pùdar-gunna m (genitive singular pùdair-gunna, plural pùdaran-gunna)

pùdair-gunna (genitive singular)
pùdaran-gunna (plural)


fùdar

fùdar m (genitive singular fùdair, plural fùdaran)

fùdair (genitive singular)
fùdaran (plural)
pùdar (alternative)


pùdar

pùdar m (genitive singular pùdair, plural pùdaran)

pùdair (genitive singular)
pùdaran (plural)


seòlta

cunning, artful, crafty, wily, manipulative


fàd

fàd m (genitive singular fàid, plural fàdan)

From Old Irish fót, from Proto-Celtic *wonto-.


nàdarrach

nàdarrach (genitive singular masculine nàdarraich, comparative nàdarraiche)

nàdarraich (genitive masculine singular)
nàdarraiche (comparative)

/n̪ˠaːt̪ərˠəx/


nàdar

nàdar m (genitive singular nàdair, plural nàdairean)

nàdair (genitive singular)
nàdairean (plural)

nature, temperament, character, disposition


naoinear

naoinear m (genitive singular naoineir, plural naoinearan)

naoineir (genitive singular)
naoinearan (plural)
naonar (alternative)
naoidhnear (alternative)

From Old Irish nónbor (compare Irish naonúr).


naochad

/ˈn̪ˠɯːxət̪/


òrd

òrd m (genitive singular ùird, plural ùird or òrdan)

ùird (genitive singular)
ùird (plural)
òrdan (plural)
òrd
n-òrd
h-òrd
t-òrd

From Old Irish ord, ordd, from Proto-Celtic *ordos (compare Welsh gordd).

mar fhuaim ùird

dog-head of a gun, the part of a gunlock from which the flint strikes fire

Gearr 'n a òrdan e.

òrd éisg


carson

/kʰɔrˠˈs̪ɔn/

[kʰaˈs̪ˠɔ̝n]

Contraction of cia ar son, from son (“sake of”) + cé / cia + air. See also airson.


os-bhiolait

os-bhiolait f (genitive singular os-bhiolait, plural os-bhiolaitean)

os-bhiolait (genitive singular)
os-bhiolaitean (plural)


daonna

From Middle Irish dóenda (“human, secular, humane”).


daonnaire

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daonnaire m (genitive singular daonnaire, plural daonnairean)

daonnaire (genitive singular)
daonnairean (plural)


daonnaireachd

daonnaireachd f (genitive singular daonnaireachd, plural daonnaireachdan)

daonnaireachd (genitive singular)
daonnaireachdan (plural)


os-stàit

os-stàit f (genitive singular os-stàite, plural os-stàitean)

os-stàite (genitive singular)
os-stàitean (plural)


stàit

stàit f (genitive singular stàite, plural stàitean)

stàite (genitive singular)
stàitean (plural)


eadarnàiseanta

eadarnàiseanta
n-eadarnàiseanta
h-eadarnàiseanta
t-eadarnàiseanta
eadar-nàiseanta (alternative)

From eadar- (“inter-”) + nàiseanta (“national”).


eadar-nàiseanta

eadar-nàiseanta
n-eadar-nàiseanta
h-eadar-nàiseanta
t-eadar-nàiseanta


nàisean

head

nàisean m (genitive singular nàisein, plural nàiseanan)

nàisein (genitive singular)
nàiseanan (plural)


nàiseantach

nàiseantach (genitive singular masculine nàiseantaich, comparative nàiseantaiche)

nàiseantaich (genitive masculine singular)
nàiseantaiche (comparative)

/n̪ˠaːʃən̪ˠt̪əx/


nàiseantach

nàiseantach m (genitive singular nàiseantaich, plural nàiseantaich)

nàiseantaich (genitive singular)
nàiseantaich (plural)

/n̪ˠaːʃən̪ˠt̪əx/


nàiseantachd

nàiseantachd f (genitive singular nàiseantachd, plural nàiseantachdan)

nàiseantachd (genitive singular)
nàiseantachdan (plural)


os-fhìreachas

os-fhìreachas m (genitive singular os-fhìreachais, plural os-fhìreachasan)

os-fhìreachais (genitive singular)
os-fhìreachasan (plural)


Sàbaid

Sàbaidean (plural)
Sàboind (alternative)

/ˈs̪aːb̥ɔtʲ/


meadhan-là

meadhan-là m (genitive singular meadhain-là, no plural)

meadhain-là (genitive singular)
meadhan-latha (alternative)


meadhan-oidhche

meadhan-oidhche m (genitive singular meadhain-oidhche, no plural)


èist

èist (past dh'èist, future èistidh, verbal noun èisteachd, past participle èiste)

dh'èist (past)
èistidh (future)
èisteachd (noun-from-verb)
èiste (participle past)
èist (stem)
èisteachd (noun-from-verb)
èistte (participle past)
dh'èist mi (first-person independent past singular)
dh'èist thu (independent past second-person singular)
dh'èist e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
dh'èist sinn (first-person independent past plural)
dh'èist sibh (independent past plural second-person)
dh'èist iad (independent past plural third-person)
dh'èisteadh (impersonal independent past)
èistidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
èistidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
èistidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
èistidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
èistidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
èistidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
èistearèisttear (future impersonal independent)
dh'èistinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dh'èisteadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dh'èisteadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dh'èisteamaiddh'èisteadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
dh'èisteadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dh'èisteadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do dh'èist mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do dh'èist thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do dh'èist e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do dh'èist sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do dh'èist sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do dh'èist iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do dh'èisteadh (impersonal negative past)
chan èist mi (first-person future negative singular)
chan èist thu (future negative second-person singular)
chan èist e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
chan èist sinn (first-person future negative plural)
chan èist sibh (future negative plural second-person)
chan èist iad (future negative plural third-person)
chan èistearchan èisttear (future impersonal negative)
chan èistinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
chan èisteadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
chan èisteadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
chan èisteamaidchan èisteadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
chan èisteadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
chan èisteadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do dh'èist mi? (first-person past singular)
an do dh'èist thu? (past second-person singular)
an do dh'èist e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do dh'èist sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do dh'èist sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do dh'èist iad? (past plural third-person)
an do dh'èisteadh? (impersonal past)
an èist mi? (first-person future singular)
an èist thu? (future second-person singular)
an èist e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an èist sinn? (first-person future plural)
an èist sibh? (future plural second-person)
an èist iad? (future plural third-person)
an èistear?an èisttear? (future impersonal)
an èistinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an èisteadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an èisteadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an èisteamaid?an èisteadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an èisteadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an èisteadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an èistteadh?an èistist?¹an èististe? (conditional impersonal)
nach do dh'èist mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do dh'èist thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do dh'èist e (past singular)
nach do dh'èist sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do dh'èist sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do dh'èist iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do dh'èisteadh? (impersonal past)
nach èist mi? (first-person future singular)
nach èist thu? (future second-person singular)
nach èist e (future singular)
nach èist sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach èist sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach èist iad? (future plural third-person)
nach èistear?nach èisttear? (future impersonal)
nach èistinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach èisteadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach èisteadh e (conditional singular)
nach èisteamaid?nach èisteadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach èisteadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach èisteadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
dh'èisteas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma dh'èisteas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
dh'èisteas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma dh'èisteas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
dh'èisteas e (affirmative singular)
ma dh'èisteas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
dh'èisteas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma dh'èisteas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
dh'èisteas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma dh'èisteas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
dh'èisteas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma dh'èisteas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
dh'èistear (affirmative impersonal)
ma dh'èistear (affirmative impersonal)
èist mi (first-person negative singular)
mur èist mi (first-person negative singular)
èist thu (negative second-person singular)
mur èist thu (negative second-person singular)
èist e (negative singular)
mur èist e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
èist sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur èist sinn (first-person negative plural)
èist sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur èist sibh (negative plural second-person)
èist iad (negative plural third-person)
mur èist iad (negative plural third-person)
èistear èisttear (impersonal negative)
èistearmur èisttear (impersonal negative)
murr èisttear (impersonal negative)
murrmur èisttear (impersonal negative)
èisteam (first-person imperative singular)
èist (imperative second-person singular)
èisteadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
èisteamaid (first-person imperative plural)
èistibh (imperative plural second-person)
èisteadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
èistearèisttear (imperative impersonal)
èisd (alternative)
éisd (alternative)
éist (alternative)

From Middle Irish éistid, éitsid (“to listen”), from Old Irish in·túaisi (“to listen”). Cognate with Irish éist and Manx eaisht.


stob

stob m (genitive singular stuib, plural stoban)

stuib (genitive singular)
stoban (plural)

Perhaps of Germanic origin, connected with English stab.


stob

stob (past stob, future stobaidh, verbal noun stobadh, past participle stobte)

stob (past)
stobaidh (future)
stobadh (noun-from-verb)
stobte (participle past)


seachdad

seachdad
sheachdad
after "an"
t-seachdad

Thachair sin anns na seachdadan.


seachdamh

an seachdamh (canonical)
an t-seachdamh (canonical)

/ə ˈn̪ˠd̥ʲʰɛxku/

/ə ˈn̪ˠd̥ʒʰɛxku/


seachdnar

seachdnar m (genitive singular seachdnair, plural seachdnaran)

seachdnair (genitive singular)
seachdnaran (plural)
seachdnar
sheachdnar
after "an"
t-seachdnar


seachd-shliosach

seachd-shliosach m (genitive singular seachd-shliosaich, plural seachd-shliosaichean)

seachd-shliosaich (genitive singular)
seachd-shliosaichean (plural)
seachd-shlisneach (alternative)


Seachd-Reultan

Na Seachd-Reultan (canonical feminine plural)


obann

obainne (comparative)
obann
n-obann
h-obann
t-obann

From Middle Irish opunn (“quick, sudden”). Cognate with Irish tobann.


cliath-theine

cliath-theine m (genitive singular clèithe-teine, plural cliathan-teine)

clèithe-teine (genitive singular)
cliathan-teine (plural)


cliath

cliath f (genitive singular clèithe, plural cliathan)

clèithe (genitive singular)
cliathan (plural)

From Middle Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *kleitā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).


cliath

cliath (past chliath, future cliathaidh, verbal noun cliathadh, past participle cliathte)

chliath (past)
cliathaidh (future)
cliathadh (noun-from-verb)
cliathte (participle past)
cliath
chliath


cliath-bhogsa

cliath-bhogsa m (genitive singular clèithe-bogsa, plural cliathan-bogsa)

clèithe-bogsa (genitive singular)
cliathan-bogsa (plural)


leathad

leathad m (genitive singular leathaid or leòthaid, plural leòidean)

leathaid (genitive singular)
leòthaid (genitive singular)
leòidean (plural)


sgadan

sgadan m (genitive singular sgadain, plural sgadain)

sgadain (genitive singular)
sgadain (plural)

From Old Irish scatán; cognate with Irish scadán and Welsh ysgadan. All could be related to Old English sceadd (modern English shad), along with Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”), but the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.


einnsean

einnsean m (genitive singular einnsein, plural einnseanan)

einnsein (genitive singular)
einnseanan (plural)


einnseanair

einnseanair m (genitive singular einnseanair, plural einnseanairean)

einnseanair (genitive singular)
einnseanairean (plural)


einnseanaireachd

einnseanaireachd f (genitive singular einnseanaireachd, plural einnseanaireachdan)

einnseanaireachd (genitive singular)
einnseanaireachdan (plural)


einnsean-smàlaidh

einnsean-smàlaidh m (genitive singular einnsein-smàlaidh, plural einnseanan-smàlaidh)

einnsein-smàlaidh (genitive singular)
einnseanan-smàlaidh (plural)


einnsean-smùide

einnsean-smùide m (genitive singular einnsein-smùide, plural einnseanan-smùide)

einnsein-smùide (genitive singular)
einnseanan-smùide (plural)


smàil

smàil (past smàil, future smàilidh, verbal noun smàladh, past participle smàilte)

smàil (past)
smàilidh (future)
smàladh (noun-from-verb)
smàilte (participle past)
smàl (alternative)


smàl

smàl (past smàl, future smàlaidh, verbal noun smàladh, past participle smàlte)

smàl (past)
smàlaidh (future)
smàladh (noun-from-verb)
smàlte (participle past)


lèirmheas

lèirmheas m (genitive singular lèirmheis or lèirmheasa, plural lèirmheasan)

lèirmheis (genitive singular)
lèirmheasa (genitive singular)
lèirmheasan (plural)


lèirmheasaiche

lèirmheasaiche m (genitive singular lèirmheasaiche, plural lèirmheasaichean)

lèirmheasaiche (genitive singular)
lèirmheasaichean (plural)


carago

carago m (genitive singular carago, plural caragothan)

carago (genitive singular)
caragothan (plural)
cargo (alternative)
cargu (alternative)


cargu

cargu m (genitive singular cargu, plural cargothan)

cargu (genitive singular)
cargothan (plural)


sgiobair

sgiobair m (genitive singular sgiobair, plural sgiobairean)

sgiobair (genitive singular)
sgiobairean (plural)

From English skipper, from Middle English skippere, from Middle Dutch schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz.


caiptean

caiptean m (genitive singular caiptein, plural caipteanan)

caiptein (genitive singular)
caipteanan (plural)


buidseach

buidseach m or f (genitive singular buidsich, plural buidsichean or buidseachan)

buidsich (genitive singular)
buidsichean (plural)
buidseachan (plural)
buitseach (alternative)


bana-bhuidseach

bana-bhuidseach f (genitive singular bana-bhuidsich, plural bana-bhuidsichean)

bana-bhuidsich (genitive singular)
bana-bhuidsichean (plural)
bana-bhuidseach
bhana-bhuidseach

bana- (“female”) + buidseach (“wizard, sorcerer, witch, sorceress”)


stòir

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stòir (past stòir, future stòiridh, verbal noun stòireadh, past participle stòirte)

stòir (past)
stòiridh (future)
stòireadh (noun-from-verb)
stòirte (participle past)
stòr (alternative)


dùsal

dùsal m (genitive singular dùsail, plural dùsail)

dùsail (genitive singular)
dùsail (plural)


faochnach

nì faochnach


gealtair

gealtair m (genitive singular gealtaire, plural gealtairean)

gealtaire (genitive singular)
gealtairean (plural)


cladhaire

cladhaire m (genitive singular cladhaire, plural cladhairean)

cladhaire (genitive singular)
cladhairean (plural)
cladhaire
chladhaire

/ˈkʰl̪ˠɤ.ɪɾʲə/

From Middle Irish cladaire m (“ditch digger”), from Old Irish clad m (“ditch, trench; dyke, earthen rampart”).

der

one superintending the burying of soldiers in an army


cladhaireachd

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cladhaireachd f (genitive singular cladhaireachd, plural cladhaireachdan)

cladhaireachd (genitive singular)
cladhaireachdan (plural)


leth-chrùn

leth-chrùn m (genitive singular leth-chrùin, plural leth-chrùintean)

leth-chrùin (genitive singular)
leth-chrùintean (plural)


crùn

crùn m (genitive singular crùin, plural crùintean)

crùin (genitive singular)
crùintean (plural)


crùn

crùn (past chrùn, future crùnaidh, verbal noun crùnadh, past participle crùinte)

chrùn (past)
crùnaidh (future)
crùnadh (noun-from-verb)
crùinte (participle past)


crùnadh

crùnadh m (genitive singular crùnaidh, plural crùnaidhean)

crùnaidh (genitive singular)
crùnaidhean (plural)


fèath

fèath m or f (genitive singular fèatha, plural fèathan)

fèatha (genitive singular)
fèathan (plural)


fèath nan eun

fèath nan eun m or f (genitive singular fèatha nan eun, plural fèathan nan eun)

fèatha nan eun (genitive singular)
fèathan nan eun (plural)


cù-eunaich

cù-eunaich m (genitive singular coin-eunaich, plural coin-eunaich)

coin-eunaich (genitive singular)
coin-eunaich (plural)


cù-chaorach

cù-chaorach m (genitive singular coin-chaorach, plural coin-chaorach)

coin-chaorach (genitive singular)
coin-chaorach (plural)


còignear

còignear m (genitive singular cóigneir, plural cóignearan)

cóigneir (genitive singular)
cóignearan (plural)
còignear
chòignear


aonar

aonair (genitive singular)
aonar
n-aonar
h-aonar
t-aonar

From Old Irish oenar (“a single individual, one alone”), a compound of óen (“one”) + fer (“man”).


naodhamh

/ə ˈn̪ˠɤ̃ĩɣu/

[ə ˈn̪ˠɤ̃ɨ̃ɣʉ]

/ə ˈn̪ˠɯːɣəv/

/ə ˈn̪ˠɯːɣu/


còigeamh

/ə ˈŋkʰoːkʲu/

[ə ˈŋ̊ʰoːɡ̊ʲʉ]

/ə ˈŋɡ̊ʰoːkʲu/

From Old Irish cóiced (“fifth”). By surface analysis, còig + -amh.


fo-dhearg

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fo-dhearg f (genitive singular fo-dheirg)


fo-

From fo, from Old Irish fo (“under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around”).


purpaidh

From Middle Irish purpuir, from Latin purpura. Cognate with Welsh porphor and English purple.

Cha toil leam purpaidh idir.


purpar

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purpar m (genitive singular purpair, plural purparan)

purpair (genitive singular)
purparan (plural)


easgann

easgann f (genitive singular easgainn or easgainne, plural easgannan)

easgainn (genitive singular)
easgainne (genitive singular)
easgannan (plural)


torrach

From Old Irish torrach, from Proto-Celtic *torrākos, from *torr- (“belly”).


Libearalach

Libearalach (genitive singular masculine Libearalaich, comparative Libearalaiche)

Libearalaich (genitive masculine singular)
Libearalaiche (comparative)


Libearalach

Libearalach m (genitive singular Libearalaich, plural Libearalaich)

Libearalaich (genitive singular)
Libearalaich (plural)


pailt-làmhach

pailt-làmhaiche (comparative)
pailt-làmhach
phailt-làmhach

From pailt (“plentiful”) + làmhach (“handed”).

af

[…] cha dùth dha a bhi fialuidh no pailt-làmhach a thaobh nam feadhnach againne. Chan eil sinne a' faighinn uair sam bith ach an spruidhleach a thuiteas o a bhòrd-san.

1917, A.M.E., “Ceist An Ionmhais”, in Guth na bliadhna, volume 14, page 136:

He doesn't have to be hospitable or generous towards us. We are only ever getting the crumbs that fall from his table.


pailt

Probably borrowed from Pictish [Term?]. Cognate with Cornish pals (“plentiful”) and Breton paot (“plentiful”).


pailteas

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pailteas m (genitive singular pailteis, no plural)


buabhall

buabhall m (genitive singular buabhaill, plural buabhallan)

buabhaill (genitive singular)
buabhallan (plural)
buabhall
bhuabhall

From Old Irish búaball, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).


buabhall Afragach

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buabhall Afragach m (genitive singular buabhaill Afragach, plural buabhallan Afragach)

buabhaill Afragach (genitive singular)
buabhallan Afragach (plural)


buabhall Ceap

buabhall Ceap m (genitive singular buabhaill Ceap, plural buabhallan Ceap)

buabhaill Ceap (genitive singular)
buabhallan Ceap (plural)


buabhall uisge

buabhall uisge m (genitive singular buabhaill uisge, plural buabhallan uisge)

buabhaill uisge (genitive singular)
buabhallan uisge (plural)


bìoson

bìoson m (genitive singular bìosoin, plural bìosoin)

bìosoin (genitive singular)
bìosoin (plural)

Bison bonasus
Bison bonasus#Translingual


bìoson Ameireaganach

bìoson-Ameireaganach m (genitive singular bìosoin Ameireaganach, plural bìosoin Ameireaganach)

bìoson-Ameireaganach (canonical masculine)
bìosoin Ameireaganach (genitive singular)
bìosoin Ameireaganach (plural)


Ameireaganach

Ameireaganach m (genitive singular Ameireaganaich, plural Ameireaganaich)

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


Afragach

Afragach (genitive singular feminine Afragaiche)

Afragaiche (feminine genitive singular)
Afragach
n-Afragach
h-Afragach
t-Afragach


crodh

crodh m (genitive singular cruidh, no plural)

From Old Irish crod (“cattle, herds, stock; goods, property, wealth”).


Breatnach

Breatnach (genitive)
Breatnach
Bhreatnach


luchag

luchag (indefinite nominative singular)
luchagan (indefinite nominative plural)
luchaige (genitive indefinite singular)
luchaig (genitive indefinite singular)
luchag (genitive indefinite plural)
luchaig (dative indefinite singular)
luchagan (dative indefinite plural)
luchagaibh (dative indefinite plural)
luchag (definite nominative singular)
an luchag (definite nominative singular)
luchagan (definite nominative plural)
na luchagan (definite nominative plural)
luchaige (definite genitive singular)
na luchaige (definite genitive singular)
luchaig (definite genitive singular)
luchag (definite genitive plural)
nan luchag (definite genitive plural)
luchaig (dative definite singular)
an luchaig (dative definite singular)
luchagan (dative definite plural)
na luchagan (dative definite plural)
luchagaibh (dative definite plural)
luchag (definite singular vocative)
luchaga (definite plural vocative)
luchag


fear-caitheamh

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fear-caitheamh m (genitive singular fir-caitheamh, plural fir-caitheamh)

fir-caitheamh (genitive singular)
fir-caitheamh (plural)
neach-caitheamh (alternative)


neach-caitheamh

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

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


tapadh leibh

thank you (formal or to more than one person)


tapaidh

From Middle Irish tapaid (“quick, swift”).


tapachd

tapachd (genitive singular)
tapadh (alternative)


fo-chlàs

fo-chlàs m (genitive singular fo-chlàsa, plural fo-chlàsan)

fo-chlàsa (genitive singular)
fo-chlàsan (plural)


clàs

clàs m (genitive singular clàsa, plural clàsan)

clàsa (genitive singular)
clàsan (plural)


fo-lagh

fo-lagh m (genitive singular fo-lagha, plural fo-laghannan)

fo-lagha (genitive singular)
fo-laghannan (plural)


fo-rèile

fo-rèile f (genitive singular fo-rèile, plural fo-rèilichean)

fo-rèile (genitive singular)
fo-rèilichean (plural)


rèile

rèile f (genitive singular rèile, plural rèilichean)

rèile (genitive singular)
rèilichean (plural)


fo-thiotal

fo-thiotal m (genitive singular fo-thiotail, plural fo-thiotalan)

fo-thiotail (genitive singular)
fo-thiotalan (plural)
fo-thiteal (alternative)


tiotal

tiotal m (genitive singular tiotal, plural tiotalen)

tiotal (genitive singular)
tiotalen (plural)


uisge beatha

uisge beatha m (genitive singular uisge bheatha, plural uisgeachan beatha)

uisge bheatha (genitive singular)
uisgeachan beatha (plural)


fiach

fiach m (genitive singular fèich, plural fiachan)

fèich (genitive singular)
fiachan (plural)


pacaid

pacaid f (genitive singular pacaide, plural pacaidean)

pacaide (genitive singular)
pacaidean (plural)
pacaid
phacaid

pacaid litrichean


punnd

punnd m (genitive singular puinnd, plural puinnd)

puinnd (genitive singular)
puinnd (plural)

/pʰɔ̃ũn̪ˠt̪/

[pʰɔ̃ʊ̃n̪̊ˠt̪]


beann

beann f (genitive singular beinn, plural beannan)

beinn (genitive singular)
beannan (plural)
beann (indefinite nominative singular)
beannan (indefinite nominative plural)
beinne (genitive indefinite singular)
beinn (genitive indefinite singular)
bheann (genitive indefinite plural)
beinn (dative indefinite singular)
beannan (dative indefinite plural)
beannaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bheann (definite nominative singular)
beannan (definite nominative plural)
na beannan (definite nominative plural)
beinne (definite genitive singular)
na beinne (definite genitive singular)
beinn (definite genitive singular)
beann (definite genitive plural)
nam beann (definite genitive plural)
(a') bheinn (dative definite singular)
beannan (dative definite plural)
na beannan (dative definite plural)
beannaibh (dative definite plural)
bheann (definite singular vocative)
bheanna (definite plural vocative)

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

der

a bheann iùbhraidh


roth

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roth m (genitive singular rotha, plural rothan)

rotha (genitive singular)
rothan (plural)

From Old Irish roth, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel, chariot”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂os.

roth a' mhuilinn

roth-cartach

roth mór

eadar na rothan

(chiefly Uist, Barra, Tiree, Colonsay, Islay, Jura, Arran) wheel

chiefly Uist; Barra; chiefly Uist; Barra

Tha roth mun ghealaich.


leabhar-fiosrachaidh

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

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


fiosrachadh

fiosrachadh m (genitive singular fiosrachaidh, plural fiosrachaidhean)

fiosrachaidh (genitive singular)
fiosrachaidhean (plural)


fiosrach

well-informed, knowledgeable, learned, versed


lus dà bhliadhnail

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

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


bliadhnail

From bliadhna (“year”) + -ail (compare Manx bleinoil).


ionad

ionad m (genitive singular ionaid, plural ionadan)

ionaid (genitive singular)
ionadan (plural)
ionad
n-ionad
h-ionad
t-ionad

ionad eadar-lìon


ùghdarras

ùghdarras m (genitive singular ùghdarrais, plural ùghdarrasan)

ùghdarrais (genitive singular)
ùghdarrasan (plural)


reòdh

reòdh (past reòdh, future reòdhaidh, verbal noun reòdhadh, past participle reòdhte)

reòdh (past)
reòdhaidh (future)
reòdhadh (noun-from-verb)
reòdhte (participle past)


reòta

reòdhta (alternative)
reòidhte (alternative)
reòite (alternative)
reòthte (alternative)


reothadair

reothadair m (genitive singular reothadair, plural reothadairean)

reothadair (genitive singular)
reothadairean (plural)


uisge-adhair

uisge-adhair m (genitive singular uisge-adhair, plural uisgeachan-adhair)

uisge-adhair (genitive singular)
uisgeachan-adhair (plural)
uisge-adhair
n-uisge-adhair
h-uisge-adhair
t-uisge-adhair

/ɯʃkʲə a.ɪɾʲ/


uisge-searbhaig

uisge-searbhaig m (genitive singular uisge-searbhaig, plural uisgeachan-searbhaig)

uisge-searbhaig (genitive singular)
uisgeachan-searbhaig (plural)


searbhag

searbhag f (genitive singular searbhaig, plural searbhagan)

searbhaig (genitive singular)
searbhagan (plural)


dìonach

proof, tight (as in leakproof, waterproof, watertight etc)


uisge-stiùireach

uisge-stiùireach m (genitive singular uisge-stiùireach, plural uisgeachan-stiùireach)

uisge-stiùireach (genitive singular)
uisgeachan-stiùireach (plural)


uisge-coisrigte

uisge-coisrigte m (genitive singular uisge-coisrigte, plural uisgeachan-coisrigte)

uisge-coisrigte (genitive singular)
uisgeachan-coisrigte (plural)


coisrig

coisrig (past choisrig, future coisrigidh, verbal noun coisrigeadh, past participle coisrigte)

choisrig (past)
coisrigidh (future)
coisrigeadh (noun-from-verb)
coisrigte (participle past)

From Middle Irish coisecraid, coisricid, from Old Irish con·secra (“to consecrate”), from Latin cōnsecrō (“to consecrate”). Cognate with Irish coisric.

Choisrig e a bheatha do dh'adhbhar na saorsa.

He devoted his life to the cause of freedom.


pearraid

pearraid f (genitive singular pearraid or pearraide, plural pearraidean)

pearraid (genitive singular)
pearraide (genitive singular)
pearraidean (plural)
piorraid (alternative)


galar-pearraide

galar-pearraide m (genitive singular galair-pearraide, plural galaran-pearraide)

galair-pearraide (genitive singular)
galaran-pearraide (plural)
galar na pearraide (alternative)


galar na pearraide

galar na pearraide m (genitive singular galair na pearraide, plural galaran na pearraide)

galair na pearraide (genitive singular)
galaran na pearraide (plural)
galar na pearraide
ghalar na pearraide


ionad-beachd

ionad-beachd m (genitive singular ionaid-bheachd, plural ionadan-beachd)

ionaid-bheachd (genitive singular)
ionadan-beachd (plural)


beachd

beachd m (genitive singular beachda, plural beachdan)

beachda (genitive singular)
beachdan (plural)
beachd
bheachd

From Middle Irish bechta (“accuracy, preciseness”); cognate with Irish beacht (“exact position”).


ionad-seallaidh

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ionad-seallaidh m (genitive singular ionaid-seallaidh, plural ionadan-seallaidh)

ionaid-seallaidh (genitive singular)
ionadan-seallaidh (plural)


ionad-bhùthan

ionad-bhùthan m (genitive singular ionaid-bhùthan, plural ionadan-bhùthan)

ionaid-bhùthan (genitive singular)
ionadan-bhùthan (plural)


ionad-cleasachd

ionad-cleasachd m (genitive singular ionaid-cleasachd, plural ionadan-cleasachd)

ionaid-cleasachd (genitive singular)
ionadan-cleasachd (plural)


cleasachd

cleasachd f (genitive singular cleasachd)


cleasaich

cleasaich (past chleasaich, future cleasaichidh, verbal noun cleasachd, past participle cleasaichte)

chleasaich (past)
cleasaichidh (future)
cleasachd (noun-from-verb)
cleasaichte (participle past)


ionad-còmhnaidh

ionad-còmhnaidh m (genitive singular ionaid-còmhnaidh, plural ionadan-còmhnaidh)

ionaid-còmhnaidh (genitive singular)
ionadan-còmhnaidh (plural)


ionad-dìon nàdair

ionad-dìon nàdair m (genitive singular ionaid-dìon nàdair, plural ionadan-dìon nàdair)

ionaid-dìon nàdair (genitive singular)
ionadan-dìon nàdair (plural)


dìon

dìon m (genitive singular dìona, plural dìonan)

dìona (genitive singular)
dìonan (plural)


dìon

dìon (past dhìon, fut dìonaidh, verbal noun dìon or dìonadh, past participle dìonte)

dhìon (past)
dìon (noun-from-verb)
dìonadh (noun-from-verb)
dìonte (participle past)


ionad-fiosrachaidh

ionad-fiosrachaidh m (genitive singular ionaid-fiosrachaidh, plural ionadan-fiosrachaidh)

ionaid-fiosrachaidh (genitive singular)
ionadan-fiosrachaidh (plural)


ionad-thaighean

ionad-thaighean m (genitive singular ionaid-thaighean, plural ionadan-thaighean)

ionaid-thaighean (genitive singular)
ionadan-thaighean (plural)


ionad-spòrsa

ionad-spòrsa m (genitive singular ionaid-spòrsa, plural ionadan-spòrsa)

ionaid-spòrsa (genitive singular)
ionadan-spòrsa (plural)


spòrs

spòrs f (genitive singular spòrsa, plural spòrsachan)

spòrsa (genitive singular)
spòrsachan (plural)


ionad-slàinte

ionad-slàinte m (genitive singular ionaid-slàinte, plural ionadan-slàinte)

ionaid-slàinte (genitive singular)
ionadan-slàinte (plural)


ionad-siubhail

ionad-siubhail m (genitive singular ionaid-siubhail, plural ionadan-siubhail)

ionaid-siubhail (genitive singular)
ionadan-siubhail (plural)


ionad-obrach

ionad-obrach m (genitive singular ionaid-obrach, plural ionadan-obrach)

ionaid-obrach (genitive singular)
ionadan-obrach (plural)


oibrich

oibrich (past dh'oibrich, future oibrichidh, verbal noun oibreachadh or obair, past participle oibrichte)

dh'oibrich (past)
oibrichidh (future)
oibreachadh (noun-from-verb)
obair (noun-from-verb)
oibrichte (participle past)


ionad-gnìomhachais

ionad-gnìomhachais m (genitive singular ionaid-gnìomhachais, plural ionadan-gnìomhachais)

ionaid-gnìomhachais (genitive singular)
ionadan-gnìomhachais (plural)


maoiseach

maoiseach f (genitive singular maoisich, plural maoisichean)

maoisich (genitive singular)
maoisichean (plural)
maoisleach (alternative)


maoisleach

maoisleach f (genitive singular maoislich, plural maoislichean)

maoislich (genitive singular)
maoislichean (plural)


maoim-sneachda

maoim-sneachda f (genitive singular maoime-sneachda, plural maoimean-sneachda)

maoime-sneachda (genitive singular)
maoimean-sneachda (plural)


maoim

maoim f (genitive singular maoime, plural maoimean)

maoime (genitive singular)
maoimean (plural)


an-earar

Univerbation of an oirthir, literally “in the east part”, from Old Irish.


a-màireach

/ə ˈmaːɾʲəx/

From Old Irish i mbárach (“tomorrow”), from bárach, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”) (compare Welsh bore (“morning”)).


an-uiridh

/(ə)ˈn̪ˠuɾɪ/

/(ə)ˈn̪ˠɯɾɪ/

/(ə)ˈn̪ˠɯɾʲɪ/

From Old Irish in uraid, in urid (compare Irish anuraidh, Manx nurree). Probably related to *péruti.


am bliadhna

From early modern i mbliadhna, from Old Irish i mblíadnai, the preposition i (“in”) and the long dative of blíadain (“year”). Compare Irish i mbliana, Manx mleeaney, myleeaney.


an ath-bhliadhna

an ath bhliadhna
an ath bhliadhna#Scottish_Gaelic

Alternative form of an ath bhliadhna (“next year; the following year”).

Alternative form of an-ath-bhliadhna (“next year; the year after this one”).


a-raoir

From Old Irish irráir (“the time before the dawn”) (compare Irish aréir, Manx riyr).

inh

an-raoir (alternative)
an-reidhir (alternative)
an-roir (alternative)
raoir (alternative)
raidhir (alternative)
rair (alternative)
reidhir (alternative)
reir (alternative)

Nan robh e a-muigh a-raoir, cha bhiodh an creutair beò an-diugh.

If he were out last night, the poor soul wouldn't have lived to see today.


ro-riochdair

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ro-riochdair m (genitive singular ro-riochdair, plural ro-riochdairean)

ro-riochdair (genitive singular)
ro-riochdairean (plural)

(grammar) Alternative form of roi-riochdair


riochdair roimhearach

riochdair roimhearach m (genitive singular riochdair roimhearaich, plural riochdairean roimhearach)

riochdair roimhearaich (genitive singular)
riochdairean roimhearach (plural)


abairt roimhearach

abairt roimhearach f (genitive singular abairte roimhearaich, plural abairtean roimhearach)

abairte roimhearaich (genitive singular)
abairtean roimhearach (plural)

prepositional phrase
prepositional phrase


fiadhach

fiadhach m (genitive singular fiadhaich)

fiadhaich (genitive singular)
fiadhach
fhiadhach

From Old Irish fíadach, synchronically fiadh (“deer”) + -ach.


muinntir

muinntir f (genitive singular muinntire or muinntreach, no plural)

muinntire (genitive singular)
muinntreach (genitive singular)
muinntir
mhuinntir

/ˈmɤ̃ĩɲdʲəɾ/

/ˈmɯiɲdʲʒɪɾʲ/

From Old Irish muinter (“family, community, attendants”).

inh

'S ann de mhuinntir Uibhist a tha e.

He is a native of Uist, or His relations are Uist people.

Tha dà bhàt'-aiseig a' frithealadh air muinntir Lios Mòir.

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

There are two ferries serving inhabitants of Lismore.

Cha do ghabh a mhuinntir fhèin ris.


misg

From Old Irish mescae (“drunkenness, intoxication”) or mesc (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *meik-sko- (“mixed”), from *meik- (“to mix”).

Uair air mhisg is uair air uisge.

One day drunk and one day drinking water.

One time on drunkenness and one time on water.


croitear

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croitear m (genitive singular croiteir, plural croitearan)

croiteir (genitive singular)
croitearan (plural)
croitear
chroitear


muinear

muinear m (genitive singular muineir, plural muinearan)

muineir (genitive singular)
muinearan (plural)
muintear (alternative)


muintear

muintear m (genitive singular muinteir, plural muintearan)

muinteir (genitive singular)
muintearan (plural)
Alternative spelling of muinear (canonical)


cairteal

cairteal m (genitive singular cairteil, plural cairtealan)

cairteil (genitive singular)
cairtealan (plural)


seipinn

seipinn f (genitive singular seipinn, plural seipinnean)

seipinn (genitive singular)
seipinnean (plural)
seipeinn (alternative)


seipeinn

seipeinn f (genitive singular seipeinn, plural seipeinnean)

seipeinn (genitive singular)
seipeinnean (plural)


bathar-bog

bathar-bog m (genitive singular bathair-bhuig, no plural)

bathair-bhuig (genitive singular)
bathar bog (alternative)

bathar (“wares”) + bog (“soft”), a calque of English software.


bathar-cruaidh

bathar-cruaidh m (genitive singular bathair-chruaidh, no plural)

bathair-chruaidh (genitive singular)
bathar cruaidh (alternative)

bathar (“wares”) + cruaidh (“hard”), a calque of English hardware.


bathar cruaidh

bathar cruaidh m (genitive singular bathair chruaidh, no plural)


bathar bog

bathar bog m (genitive singular bathair bhuig, no plural)


ballrachd

ballrachd f (genitive singular ballrachd, plural ballrachdan)

ballrachd (genitive singular)
ballrachdan (plural)


gloinne

gloinne m (genitive singular gloinne, plural gloinneachan)

gloinne (genitive singular)
gloinneachan (plural)


stairsneach

stairsneach f (genitive singular stairsnich, plural stairsnichean)

stairsnich (genitive singular)
stairsnichean (plural)
stairseach (alternative)

From Old Irish tairsech (“threshold of a door; entrance, edge, boundary of cities, countries, etc.”).


stairseach

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stairseach m (genitive singular stairsich, plural stairsichean)

stairsich (genitive singular)
stairsichean (plural)


staidhre

staidhre f (genitive singular staidhre, plural staidhrichean)

staidhre (genitive singular)
staidhrichean (plural)
staidhir (alternative)

/ˈs̪t̪aiɾʲə/

From Middle English steire, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”). Cognate with Irish staighre.


staidhir

head

staidhir f (genitive singular staidhreach, plural staidhrichean)

staidhreach (genitive singular)
staidhrichean (plural)
staidhir (indefinite nominative singular)
staidhrichean (indefinite nominative plural)
staidhreach (genitive indefinite singular)
staidhrichean (genitive indefinite plural)
staidhir (dative indefinite singular)
staidhrichean (dative indefinite plural)
staidhir (definite nominative singular)
an staidhir (definite nominative singular)
staidhrichean (definite nominative plural)
na staidhrichean (definite nominative plural)
staidhreach (definite genitive singular)
na staidhreach (definite genitive singular)
staidhrichean (definite genitive plural)
nan staidhrichean (definite genitive plural)
staidhir (dative definite singular)
an staidhir (dative definite singular)
staidhrichean (dative definite plural)
na staidhrichean (dative definite plural)
staidhir (definite singular vocative)
staidhrichean (definite plural vocative)

/ˈs̪t̪ajɪɾʲ/


a bheil Beurla agad

Do you speak English?
do you speak English


a bheil Beurla agaibh

(formal or plural) Do you speak English?


chan eil Beurla agam

I don't speak English
I don't speak English


siostam

siostam m (genitive singular siostaim, plural siostaman)

siostaim (genitive singular)
siostaman (plural)


teasachadh

teasachadh m (genitive singular teasachaidh, plural teasachaidhean)

teasachaidh (genitive singular)
teasachaidhean (plural)


teasaich

teasaich (past theasaich, future teasaichidh, verbal noun teasachadh, past participle teasaichte)

theasaich (past)
teasaichidh (future)
teasachadh (noun-from-verb)
teasaichte (participle past)


àrd-ollamh

àrd-ollamh m (genitive singular àrd-ollaimh, plural àrd-ollamhan)

àrd-ollaimh (genitive singular)
àrd-ollamhan (plural)

2010, Gillian Munro & Iain Mac an Tàilleir, Coimhearsnachd na Gàidhlig an-diugh/ Gaelic Communities Today, Dunedin Academic Press, p.xi

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dotair

dotair m (genitive singular dotair, plural dotairean)

dotair (genitive singular)
dotairean (plural)

/ˈt̪ɔht̪ɛɾʲ/


dril

dril f (genitive singular drile, plural drilean)

drile (genitive singular)
drilean (plural)
dril
dhril

From Middle Irish drithle. Cognate with Irish drithle.

tipsiness (state of being slightly drunk)


gabh socair

Gabh air do shocair!

Gabhaibh air ur socair!


oilthigh

oilthigh m (genitive singular oilthigh, plural oilthighean)

oilthigh (genitive singular)
oilthighean (plural)

From oil (“educate, rear”) + taigh (“house”). It is usually spelt as a single word in modern orthography.


iolair-bhuidhe

iolair-bhuidhe f (genitive singular iolaire-buidhe, plural iolairean-buidhe)

iolaire-buidhe (genitive singular)
iolairean-buidhe (plural)
iolair-bhuidhe
n-iolair-bhuidhe
h-iolair-bhuidhe
t-iolair-bhuidhe


iolaire

/ˈjul̪ˠɪɾʲə/


iolairean

nominative/genitive/dative/vocative plural of iolair


uinneag mullaich

uinneag mullaich f (genitive singular uinneige mullaich, plural uinneagan mullaich)

uinneige mullaich (genitive singular)
uinneagan mullaich (plural)
uinneag-mullaich (alternative)


uinneag-mullaich

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

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

uinneag mullaich
uinneag mullaich#Scottish_Gaelic


ciaradh

ciaradh m (genitive singular ciaraidh, plural ciaraidhean)

ciaraidh (genitive singular)
ciaraidhean (plural)


fiabhras

fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, plural fiabhrasan)

fiabhrais (genitive singular)
fiabhrasan (plural)
fiabhras
fhiabhras

From Old French fievre + -as, from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Irish daig (“flame”).


Aifreannan

Aifreannan
nAifreannan
h-Aifreannan
tAifreannan


dràc

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dràc m (genitive singular dràic, plural dràcan)

dràic (genitive singular)
dràcan (plural)
ràc (alternative)


ràc

ràc m (genitive singular ràic, plural ràcan)

ràic (genitive singular)
ràcan (plural)
dràc (alternative)


ràc

ràc (past ràc, future ràcaidh, verbal noun ràcadh, past participle ràcte)

ràc (past)
ràcaidh (future)
ràcadh (noun-from-verb)
ràcte (participle past)


caorann

caorann m (genitive singular caorainn, plural caorainn)

caorainn (genitive singular)
caorainn (plural)


mion-chànan

mion-chànan m (genitive singular mion-chànain, plural mion-chànanan)

mion-chànain (genitive singular)
mion-chànanan (plural)


tilleadh

tilleadh m (genitive singular tillidh, no plural)

tillidh (genitive singular)
tilleadh
thilleadh


lean air

lean air (present participle leantainn air or leantail air)

leantainn air (participle present)
leantail air (participle present)

Feumaidh mi leantainn orm le mo sgrìobhadh.

Bha i sgìth ach lean i oirre.

continue, go on, carry on, keep on, persist, persevere


sàsar

sàsar m (genitive singular sàsair, plural sàsaran)

tlb

(Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye, Inverness-shire)

sàsair (genitive singular)
sàsaran (plural)


òigridh

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òigridh f (genitive singular òigridh, no plural)

[ˈɔːkʲɹ̠̊˔ə]

youth, the young (young people collectively)


òganta

From Middle Irish ógánta (“youthful”); see óg (“youth”).


giomach

giomach m (genitive singular giomaich, plural giomaich)

giomaich (genitive singular)
giomaich (plural)
giomach
ghiomach

Cognate with Irish gliomach, Manx gimmagh, and possibly Welsh cimwch.


Spàinnteach

Spàinnteach m (genitive singular Spàinntich, plural Spàinntich)

Spàinntich (genitive singular)
Spàinntich (plural)

Alternative form of Spàinneach (“Spaniard”)


Spàinnt

An Spàinnt (canonical feminine)
na Spàinnte (genitive)


speal

speal (past speal, future spealaidh, verbal noun spealadh, past participle spealte)

speal (past)
spealaidh (future)
spealadh (noun-from-verb)
spealte (participle past)

From Middle Irish spelaid, said by DIL to be from Middle English pelen (“peel”), though the s- remains unexplained. The noun is derived from the verb.


speal

speal f (genitive singular speala, plural spealan)

speala (genitive singular)
spealan (plural)


crùbag

crùbag f (genitive singular crùbaig, plural crùbagan)

crùbaig (genitive singular)
crùbagan (plural)

From crùb (duck, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, contract, shrink, cringe, crawl, creep) + -ag (-diminutive).

suffix

Cancer pagurus
Cancer pagurus#Translingual

specifically the edible crab (Cancer pagurus)


Alba Nuadh

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Alba Nuadh f (genitive na h-Albann Nuaidh)

na h-Albann Nuaidh (genitive)
Alba Nuadh
n-Alba Nuadh
h-Alba Nuadh
t-Alba Nuadh

Alba (“Scotland”) + nuadh (“new”), a calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)


ainm-baistidh

ainm-baistidh m (genitive singular ainme-baistidh, plural ainmean-baistidh)

ainme-baistidh (genitive singular)
ainmean-baistidh (plural)

forename, first name, given name, Christian name


baisteadh

baisteadh m (genitive singular baistidh, plural baistidhean)

baistidh (genitive singular)
baistidhean (plural)
baisteadh
bhaisteadh

From Old Irish baitzed. By surface analysis, baist + -eadh (verbal noun ending).


luachmhor

From Old Irish lógmar (“precious, valuable”). By surface analysis, luach (“value, worth”) + -mhor (adjectival suffix).


daimh

inflection of damh (“ox, bullock; stag”):


damhan

head

damhan m (genitive singular damhain, plural damhain)

damhain (genitive singular)
damhain (plural)

spider; usually in the compound term damhan-allaidh


eadar-mheadhanair

eadar-mheadhanair m (genitive singular eadar-mheadhanair, plural eadar-mheadhanairean)

eadar-mheadhanair (genitive singular)
eadar-mheadhanairean (plural)

eadar-mheadhanaireachd

intercession, intercessorship, mediation; intercessor


eadar-mheadhanach

eadar-mheadhanach
n-eadar-mheadhanach
h-eadar-mheadhanach
t-eadar-mheadhanach


Gall

Gall m (genitive singular Goill, plural Goill)

Goill (genitive singular)
Goill (plural)
Gall
Ghall
gall (alternative)

From Old Irish Gall (“a Gaul”), from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”), from a native Celtic name, the Gauls being the first strangers to visit or be visited by the Irish in Pre-Roman and Roman times. Compare Proto-Celtic *gallos (whence Welsh gal (“enemy, foe”)).


Nirribheach

Nirribheach m (genitive singular Nirribhich, plural Nirribhich)

Nirribhich (genitive singular)
Nirribhich (plural)


saor-latha

saor-latha m (genitive singular saor-lathaichean, plural saor-làithean)

saor-lathaichean (genitive singular)
saor-làithean (plural)
saor-là (alternative)


arc-eòlas

arc-eòlas m (genitive singular arc-eòlais, no plural)


àrsaidheachd

àrsaidheachd m (genitive singular àrsaidheachd, no plural)


àrsair

àrsair m (genitive singular àrsair, plural àrsairean)

àrsair (genitive singular)
àrsairean (plural)


rafail

rafail f (genitive singular rafail, plural rafailean)

rafail (genitive singular)
rafailean (plural)


co-dhiù

bha co-dhiù ceithir ceud duine ann

there were at least four hundred people there


co-dhiù

Tha mi coma co-dhiù a rinn thu sin no nach do rinn.


an siud

/an̪ˠəˈʃit̪/

/an̪ˠəˈʃit̪ɔxkɪɲ/

From an siud (literally “in yonder”). Akin to Irish ansiúd and Manx ayns shid.

a shiud (alternative)
an siudach (alternative)
a shiudach (alternative)


's dòcha

/s̪ ˈd̪̊ɔːxə/

/s̪ ˈd̪̊ɔːxkə/


an siud 's an seo

/əɲˈʃit̪ ʃ‿əɲˈʃɔ/

an siud is an seo
an siud is an seo#Scottish_Gaelic


math na bà

math na bà m (genitive singular maith na bà)


an sin

/an̪ˠəˈʃĩnɔxkɪɲ/

From an sin (literally “in that”). Akin to Irish ansin and Manx ayns shen.

a shin (alternative)
an sineach (alternative)
a shineach (alternative)


buaireadh

buaireadh m (genitive singular buairidh, plural buairidhean)

buairidh (genitive singular)
buairidhean (plural)
buaireadh
bhuaireadh

Agus na leig ann am buaireadh sinn.


a-rithist

/əˈɾʲi.ɪʃtʲ/

From Old Irish frithissi, from frith + éis. Cognate with Irish arís.

a-rìs (alternative)
a-rithistich (alternative)

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

I would come in again though I were put out.


buair

buair (past bhuair, future buairidh, verbal noun buaireadh, past participle buairte)

bhuair (past)
buairidh (future)
buaireadh (noun-from-verb)
buairte (participle past)

From Old Irish búaidrid (“disturbs, troubles, harasses, confuses”, verb), from búaidre f (“confusion, distraction, disturbance”).


buaireadair

head

buaireadair m (genitive singular buaireadair, plural buaireadairean)

buaireadair (genitive singular)
buaireadairean (plural)

buair (“disturb, trouble, upset”) + -adair


slaodach

slaodaiche (comparative)
slaodach
shlaodach
after "an"
t-slaodach

/ˈs̪l̪ˠɯːt̪əx/

From Middle Irish *sláetach (“in layers”) from sláet (“layer, pile”) + -ach. Compare Irish slaodach (“in layers; heavy, oppressive”).


eag-eòlas

head

eag-eòlas m (genitive singular eag-eòlais, no plural)


lethbhreac

lethbhreac m (genitive singular lethbhric, plural lethbhreacan)

lethbhric (genitive singular)
lethbhreacan (plural)


clàr-grèine

clàr-grèine m (genitive singular clàir-grèine, plural clàran-grèine)

clàir-grèine (genitive singular)
clàran-grèine (plural)
clàr grèine (alternative)


clàr grèine

clàr grèine m (genitive singular clàir grèine, plural clàran grèine)

clàir grèine (genitive singular)
clàran grèine (plural)


ma-thà

matà (alternative)
ma-tà (alternative)
ma tha (alternative)


crann-gaoithe

crann-gaoithe m (genitive singular crainn-ghaoithe, plural crainn-ghaoithe)

crainn-ghaoithe (genitive singular)
crainn-ghaoithe (plural)


fiabhras-ballach

am fiabhras-ballach m (genitive singular fiabhrais-bhallach, plural fiabhrasan-ballach)

am fiabhras-ballach (canonical masculine)
fiabhrais-bhallach (genitive singular)
fiabhrasan-ballach (plural)


ballach

From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (“spot, mark”) + -ach.


riabhach

From Middle Irish ríabach, from Proto-Celtic *rēbākos, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Latvian raibs (“multicolored”), Albanian rrebe (“caprice”).


fiabhras-breac

head

am fiabhras-breac m (genitive singular fiabhrais-bhric, no plural)

am fiabhras-breac (canonical masculine)
fiabhrais-bhric (genitive singular)


a-nis

From Old Irish indossa (compare Irish anois, Manx nish).

a-nisd (alternative)
a-nise (alternative)
a-nist (alternative)
nis (alternative)
nise (alternative)
nist (alternative)
a-neisd (alternative)
a-neist (alternative)
neisd (alternative)
neist (alternative)


dèanadach

òganach dèanadach

hard-working, industrious, diligent, laborious


sgol

sgol (past sgol, future sgolaidh, verbal noun sgoladh, past participle sgolte)

sgol (past)
sgolaidh (future)
sgoladh (noun-from-verb)
sgolte (participle past)


uinneag bàta

uinneag bàta f (genitive singular uinneige bàta, plural uinneagan bàta)

uinneige bàta (genitive singular)
uinneagan bàta (plural)


uinneige bàta

uinneag bàta
uinneag bàta#Scottish_Gaelic


uinneag cearcaill

uinneag cearcaill f (genitive singular uinneige cearcaill, plural uinneagan cearcaill)

uinneige cearcaill (genitive singular)
uinneagan cearcaill (plural)


uinneige cearcaill

uinneag cearcaill
uinneag cearcaill#Scottish_Gaelic


cearcall

cearcall m (genitive singular cearcaill, plural cearcaill or cearcallan)

cearcaill (genitive singular)
cearcaill (plural)
cearcallan (plural)

From Old Irish circul, from Latin circulus.


cearclach

cearclach (genitive singular masculine cearclaich, comparative cearclaiche)

cearclaich (genitive masculine singular)
cearclaiche (comparative)
cearclach
chearclach
cearcallach (alternative)

From cearcall (“circle”) + -ach. Compare Irish ciorclach.


uinneag còmhlaidh

uinneag còmhlaidh f (genitive singular uinneige còmhlaidh, plural uinneagan còmhlaidh)

uinneige còmhlaidh (genitive singular)
uinneagan còmhlaidh (plural)


uinneige còmhlaidh

uinneag còmhlaidh
uinneag còmhlaidh#Scottish_Gaelic


còmhladh

còmhladh m (genitive singular còmhlaidh, plural còmhlaidhean)

còmhlaidh (genitive singular)
còmhlaidhean (plural)


còmhlan

còmhlan m (genitive singular còmhlain, plural còmhlain)

còmhlain (genitive singular)
còmhlain (plural)

/ˈkʰɔ̃ːl̪ˠan/


gamhainn

gamhainn m (genitive singular gaimhne or gamhna, plural gaimhne or gamhna)

gaimhne (genitive singular)
gamhna (genitive singular)
gaimhne (plural)
gamhna (plural)


pùball

pùball m (genitive singular pùbaill, plural pùballan)

pùbaill (genitive singular)
pùballan (plural)

From Old Irish pupall (“tent, pavilion; awning or baldaquin over a chariot”).

inh

Shuidhich iad am pùbaill.


gall-chnò

head

gall-chnò f (genitive singular gall-chnò, plural gall-chnòtha)

gall-chnò (genitive singular)
gall-chnòtha (plural)


cip

inflection of ceap (“block, lump”):
genitive singular

inflection of ceap (“block, lump”):
nominative plural


gèibhinn

From Old Irish gébend (“bond, fetter, captivity”).


clèireach

head

clèireach m (genitive singular clèirich, plural clèirich)

clèirich (genitive singular)
clèirich (plural)

From Old Irish cléirech (“cleric; clerk”), from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).


Clèireach

Clèireach m (genitive singular Clèirich, plural Clèirich)

Clèirich (genitive singular)
Clèirich (plural)


urra

urra f (genitive singular urra, plural urraidhean)

urra (genitive singular)
urraidhean (plural)
urra
n-urra
h-urra
t-urra

From Old Irish aurrae (“person who is native within the bounds of a fine, túath, etc; leader, chief; surety, guarantor”).


an urra

Tha iad trì notaichean an urra.

Thug ian pinnt leanna an urra dhuinn.


an urra ri

tha e an urra riutsa

it depends on you (literally "it is dependent on you")

eaconomaidh an urra ri àiteachas

an urra ri drogaichean

Tha i an urra ris an sgoil.

Tha an sgoil an urra rithe.

The school is entrused to her/She is in charge of the school.


aidich

head

aidich (past dh'aidich, future aidichidh, verbal noun aideachadh, past participle aidichte)

dh'aidich (past)
aidichidh (future)
aideachadh (noun-from-verb)
aidichte (participle past)


deimhinn

deimhinn
dheimhinn
deimhinne (alternative)

From Old Irish demin (“sure, certain, undoubted”) (compare Irish deimhin).


cinnt

head

cinnt f (genitive singular cinnte, plural cinntean)

cinnte (genitive singular)
cinntean (plural)

Back-formation from cinnteach, by removing the -each adjective suffix.


uinneag chrochte

uinneag chrochte f (genitive singular uinneige crochte, plural uinneagan crochte)

uinneige crochte (genitive singular)
uinneagan crochte (plural)


uinneige crochte

uinneag chrochte
uinneag chrochte#Scottish_Gaelic


croch

croch (past chroch, future crochaidh, verbal noun crochadh, past participle crochte)

chroch (past)
crochaidh (future)
crochadh (noun-from-verb)
crochte (participle past)
croch
chroch

From Old Irish crochaid, from the noun croch (“cross”). Doublet of crois.


uinneag bhannach

uinneag bhannach f (genitive singular uinneige bannach, plural uinneagan bannach)

uinneige bannach (genitive singular)
uinneagan bannach (plural)


uinneige bannach

uinneag bhannach
uinneag bhannach#Scottish_Gaelic


uinneag dà-ghlainne

uinneag dà-ghlainne f (genitive singular uinneige dà-ghlainne, plural uinneagan dà-ghlainne)

uinneige dà-ghlainne (genitive singular)
uinneagan dà-ghlainne (plural)
uinneag dà-ghlainneach (alternative)


uinneige dà-ghlainne

uinneag dà-ghlainne
uinneag dà-ghlainne#Scottish_Gaelic

genitive singular of uinneag dà-ghlainne


dà-ghlainne

From dà- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + glainne (“glass”).


dà-ghlainneach

head

dà-ghlainneach (genitive singular masculine dà-ghlainnich)

dà-ghlainnich (genitive masculine singular)
dà-ghlainneach
dhà-ghlainneach

From dà- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + glainne (“glass”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Synonym of dà-ghlainne (“double-glazed”)


uinneag dà-ghlainneach

uinneag dà-ghlainneach f (genitive singular uinneige dà-ghlainneach, plural uinneagan dà-ghlainneach)

uinneige dà-ghlainneach (genitive singular)
uinneagan dà-ghlainneach (plural)


uinneige dà-ghlainneach

uinneag dà-ghlainneach
uinneag dà-ghlainneach#Scottish_Gaelic

genitive singular of uinneag dà-ghlainneach


treubh

treubh f (genitive singular trèibh or treubha, plural treubhan)

trèibh (genitive singular)
treubha (genitive singular)
treubhan (plural)


às aonais

às aonais (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

às m' aonais (first-person singular)
às m' aonais-sa (emphatic first-person singular)
às d' aonais (second-person singular)
às d' aonais-sa (emphatic second-person singular)
às aonais (masculine singular third-person)
às aonais-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
às a h-aonais (feminine singular third-person)
às a h-aonais-se (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
às ar n-aonais (first-person plural)
às ar n-aonais-ne (emphatic first-person plural)
às ur n-aonais (plural second-person)
às ur n-aonais-se (emphatic plural second-person)
às an aonais (plural third-person)
às an aonais-san (emphatic plural third-person)
às iùnais (alternative)

/as̪ ˈɤ̃ːnɪʃ/


liomaid

liomaid f (genitive singular liomaide, plural liomaidean)

liomaide (genitive singular)
liomaidean (plural)


innleadair-thogalach

innleadair-thogalach m (genitive singular innleadair-thogalach, plural innleadairean-thogalach)

innleadair-thogalach (genitive singular)
innleadairean-thogalach (plural)


togalach

togalach m (genitive singular togalaich, plural togalaichean)

togalaich (genitive singular)
togalaichean (plural)


togalach

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


dèanta

dèainte (alternative)
dèant' (alternative)
dèante (alternative)


dèanta

làn-dèanta

quite finished, perfectly formed; perfectly trained

leth-dhèanta

half-formed; half-performed or executed, half-made, half-done


amaideach

amaideach
n-amaideach
h-amaideach
t-amaideach

Probably a back-formation from amaideachd, based on the relation between -achd and -ach.

absurd, foolish, ludicrous, silly, stupid, ridiculous

baoth

foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept

gòrach

stupid, foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, witless, absurd

amaideas

absurdity, foolishness, silliness, nonsense


amaideachd

head

amaideachd f (genitive singular amaideachd, plural amaideachdan)

amaideachd (genitive singular)
amaideachdan (plural)

From Middle Irish amaidecht (“foolishness”) (compare Irish amaideacht).


amaideas

amaideas m (genitive singular amaideis, plural amaideasan)

amaideis (genitive singular)
amaideasan (plural)

absurdity, foolishness, silliness, nonsense


fiabhras-buidhe

am fiabhras-buidhe m (genitive singular fiabhrais-bhuidhe, no plural)

am fiabhras-buidhe (canonical masculine)
fiabhrais-bhuidhe (genitive singular)


dòchasach

dòchasach (genitive singular masculine dòchasaich, comparative dòchasaiche)

dòchasaich (genitive masculine singular)
dòchasaiche (comparative)
dòchasach
dhòchasach

/t̪ɔːxəs̪əx/


gealltanach

Gleidhidh 'n talamh chun an t-samhraidh;
Sin a chrann e 'n dràst;
Beith is cailltainn Latha Bealltainn
Gealltanach air fàs.

c. 1740, Rob Donn, Ian Grimble, Town & Country Life; republished as The World of Rob Donn, The Saltire Society, 1999, →ISBN, page 16:

The land will hide until summer;
It is hibernating now;
Birch and hazel on the day of Beltane [May 1st]
Will be showing promise of growth.


gealltanach

gealltanach m (genitive singular gealltanaich, plural gealltanaich)

gealltanaich (genitive singular)
gealltanaich (plural)
gealltanach
ghealltanach


fiabhras-dearg

am fiabhras-dearg m (genitive singular fiabhrais-dheirg, no plural)

am fiabhras-dearg (canonical masculine)
fiabhrais-dheirg (genitive singular)


cuairte

genitive singular of cuairt (“circle; circuit; journey”)


fiabhras-lòinidh

am fiabhras-lòinidh m (genitive singular fiabhrais-lòinidh, no plural)

am fiabhras-lòinidh (canonical masculine)
fiabhrais-lòinidh (genitive singular)


lòinidh

lòinidh m or f (genitive singular lòinidh, no plural)


gealltanas

gealltanas m (genitive singular gealltanais, plural gealltanasan)

gealltanais (genitive singular)
gealltanasan (plural)
gealltanas
ghealltanas
gealltaineas (alternative)


fiabhras-feòir

am fiabhras-feòir m (genitive singular fiabhrais-feòir, no plural)

am fiabhras-feòir (canonical masculine)
fiabhrais-feòir (genitive singular)


fiabhras-clèibhe

am fiabhras-clèibhe m (genitive singular fiabhrais-clèibhe, no plural)

am fiabhras-clèibhe (canonical masculine)
fiabhrais-clèibhe (genitive singular)


cliabh

cliabh m (genitive singular clèibh, plural clèibh)

clèibh (genitive singular)
clèibh (plural)
cliabh
chliabh

From Old Irish clíab, from Proto-Celtic *kleibos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).


broilleach

broilleach m (genitive singular broillich, plural broillichean)

broillich (genitive singular)
broillichean (plural)

From Old Irish brollach (“breast, bosom, chest”).


fiabhras-eanchainne

head

am fiabhras-eanchainne m (genitive singular fiabhrais-eanchainne, plural fiabhrasan-eanchainne)

am fiabhras-eanchainne (canonical masculine)
fiabhrais-eanchainne (genitive singular)
fiabhrasan-eanchainne (plural)


fiabhrais-eanchainne

genitive singular of fiabhras-eanchainne


dreuchd

dreuchd f (genitive singular dreuchd, plural dreuchdan)

dreuchd (genitive singular)
dreuchdan (plural)


tuarasdal

tuarasdal m (genitive singular tuarasdail, plural tuarasdalan)

tuarasdail (genitive singular)
tuarasdalan (plural)
tuarasdal
thuarasdal


pàigh

pàigh m (genitive singular pàigh, plural pàighean)

pàigh (genitive singular)
pàighean (plural)


pàigh

pàigh (past phàigh, future pàighidh, verbal noun pàigheadh, past participle pàighte)

phàigh (past)
pàighidh (future)
pàigheadh (noun-from-verb)
pàighte (participle past)


is tighe fuil na bùrn

blood is thicker than water
blood is thicker than water


tiugh

From Old Irish tiug (compare Irish tiubh, Manx çhiu), from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.


duslach

duslach m (genitive singular duslaich, no plural)


stùr

stùr m (genitive singular stùir, no plural)


dustaig

dustaig (past dhustaig, future dustaigidh, verbal noun dustaigeadh, past participle dustaigte)

dhustaig (past)
dustaigidh (future)
dustaigeadh (noun-from-verb)
dustaigte (participle past)


leas-ainm

leas-ainm m (genitive singular leas-ainm, plural leas-ainmean)

leas-ainm (genitive singular)
leas-ainmean (plural)


ròpa

ròpa m (genitive singular ròpa, plural ròpaichean or ròpannan)

ròpa (genitive singular)
ròpaichean (plural)
ròpannan (plural)
ròp (alternative)


ròp

ròp m (genitive singular ròpa, plural ròpaichean or ròpannan)

ròpa (genitive singular)
ròpaichean (plural)
ròpannan (plural)


còisir

còisir f (genitive singular còisire or còisre, plural còisirean)

còisire (genitive singular)
còisre (genitive singular)
còisirean (plural)
còisir
chòisir

Uncertain; possibly from French causerie (“chat, talking”), or related to English coach in the sense of "en route to the party."


snucair

Bha iad a' cluich air snucair.


brà

brà f (genitive singular bràthan, plural bràthntan)

bràthan (genitive singular)
bràthntan (plural)
brà (indefinite nominative singular)
bràthntan (indefinite nominative plural)
bràthan (genitive indefinite singular)
bhràthntan (genitive indefinite plural)
brà (dative indefinite singular)
bràthntan (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bhrà (definite nominative singular)
bràthntan (definite nominative plural)
na bràthntan (definite nominative plural)
bràthan (definite genitive singular)
na bràthan (definite genitive singular)
bràthntan (definite genitive plural)
nam bràthntan (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhrà (dative definite singular)
bràthntan (dative definite plural)
na bràthntan (dative definite plural)
bhrà (definite singular vocative)
bhràthntan (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish brao (“quern; millstone, grindstone”); compare Irish bró.


riochdaich

head

riochdaich (past riochdaich, future riochdaichidh, verbal noun riochdachadh, past participle riochdaichte)

riochdaich (past)
riochdaichidh (future)
riochdachadh (noun-from-verb)
riochdaichte (participle past)


leagh

leagh (past leagh, future leaghaidh, verbal noun leaghadh, past participle leaghte)

leagh (past)
leaghaidh (future)
leaghadh (noun-from-verb)
leaghte (participle past)

From Old Irish legaid, from Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *leg-. Cognate with Irish leáigh, Manx lheie, and English leak.


ionmhuinn

annsa (comparative)
ionmhainn (alternative)

'S ionmhuinn leam biadh ach 's annsa leam deoch.

B’ annsa leam an ceòl.


dìol

dìol (past dhìol, future dìolaidh, verbal noun dìoladh, past participle dìolte)

dhìol (past)
dìolaidh (future)
dìoladh (noun-from-verb)
dìolte (participle past)
dìoghail (alternative)

From Old Irish dílaid, from díl (“satisfaction, paying, of a debt”) (see below).


dìol

dìol m (genitive singular dìola, no plural)

dìola (genitive singular)
dìoghail (alternative)

From a conflation of Old Irish díl (“satisfaction, paying, of a debt”) (from do·lá (“rejects, remits (a debt)”), from Proto-Celtic *dī-layeti (“throw away”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“loosen, release”)) and dìoghail, from Old Irish dígal (“vengeance”) (from Proto-Celtic *dī-galā).


dìoghail

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dìoghail (past dhìoghail, future dìoghlaidh, verbal noun dìoghladh, past participle dìoghailte)

dhìoghail (past)
dìoghlaidh (future)
dìoghladh (noun-from-verb)
dìoghailte (participle past)


siùbhlach

siùbhlach
shiùbhlach
after "an"
t-siùbhlach

From siubhail (“travel, commute; walk, move, stroll; go, depart”) + -ach.

af

fluent, fluid, articulate, flowing, racy (speech)


neul-sùla

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neul-sùla m (genitive singular neòil-sùla, plural neòil-sùla)

neòil-sùla (genitive singular)
neòil-sùla (plural)

/ɲiaɫ̪ suːl̪ˠə/

From neul (“cloud”) and sùil (“eye”) (here in the genitive singular form).


meòraich

meòraich (past mheòraich, future meòraichidh, verbal noun meòrachadh, past participle meòraichte)

mheòraich (past)
meòraichidh (future)
meòrachadh (noun-from-verb)
meòraichte (participle past)
meòmhraich (alternative)

meditate, ponder, muse, contemplate, deliberate, consider, reflect


meòmhraich

meòmhraich (past mheòmhraich, future meòmhraichidh, verbal noun meòmhrachadh, past participle meòmhraichte)

mheòmhraich (past)
meòmhraichidh (future)
meòmhrachadh (noun-from-verb)
meòmhraichte (participle past)


ealantach

ealantach m (genitive singular ealantaich, plural ealantaich)

ealantaich (genitive singular)
ealantaich (plural)


ceilp

ceilp f (genitive singular ceilpe, plural ceilpean)

ceilpe (genitive singular)
ceilpean (plural)
ceilp
cheilp


às leth

às leth (+ genitive or possessive determiner)


àicheidh

àicheidh (past dh'àicheidh, future àicheidhidh, verbal noun àicheadh)

dh'àicheidh (past)
àicheidhidh (future)
àicheadh (noun-from-verb)
àicheidh
n-àicheidh
h-àicheidh
t-àicheidh

From Old Irish áithchid (“opposes, contradicts”).


a dh'aon ghnothach

a dh'aona ghnothach (alternative)
a dh'aon ghnothaich (alternative)

expressly, deliberately, specifically, purposely, on purpose


a dh'aona ghnothach

a dh'aon ghnothach
a dh'aon ghnothach#Scottish_Gaelic


droigheann

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droigheann m (genitive singular droighinn, plural droighinn)

droighinn (genitive singular)
droighinn (plural)

/ˈt̪ɾɔjən̪ˠ/

From Old Irish draigen (whence also Irish draighean and Manx drine), from Proto-Celtic *dragenā (“sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa”) (compare Welsh draen), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (“blackbush, sloe tree”).

inh

às an dris anns an droigheann

(idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire

am fear a thèid san droigheann dhomh, thèid mi san dris dha

(idiomatic) you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours


deilgneach

From Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”).


dealg

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dealg f (genitive singular deilg, plural dealgan)

deilg (genitive singular)
dealgan (plural)
dealg
dhealg


dealgan

dealgan m (genitive singular dealgain, plural dealgain)

dealgain (genitive singular)
dealgain (plural)

→ English: dealgan

From dealg + -an. Compare Irish dealgán (“knitting needle”).


dealgan

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


tuairisgeul

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tuairisgeul m (genitive singular tuairisgeil, plural tuairisgeulan)

tuairisgeil (genitive singular)
tuairisgeulan (plural)


dìthean

dìthean m (genitive singular dìthein, plural dìtheanan)

tlb

(chiefly Lewis, Harris, North Uist, Benbecula)

dìthein (genitive singular)
dìtheanan (plural)


flùr

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flùr m (genitive singular flùir, plural flùraichean)

flùir (genitive singular)
flùraichean (plural)
flùr
fhlùr

From Anglo-Norman flur (compare Irish plúr), from Old French flor, from Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs.

(chiefly South Uist, Eriskay, Barra, Skye, Tiree, Mull) blossom, bloom, flower

chiefly South Uist; Barra; Skye; chiefly South Uist; Barra; Skye


flùraichean

/ˈfl̪ˠuːɾəxʲən/


sampall

sampall m (genitive singular sampaill, plural sampallan)

sampaill (genitive singular)
sampallan (plural)


sgillinn ruadh

sgillinn-ruadh m (genitive singular sgillinne ruaidhe, plural sgillinnean ruadha)

sgillinn-ruadh (canonical masculine)
sgillinne ruaidhe (genitive singular)
sgillinnean ruadha (plural)


sgillinne ruaidhe

sgillinn ruadh
sgillinn ruadh#Scottish_Gaelic


ionad-àraich

ionad-àraich m (genitive singular ionaid-àraich, plural ionadan-àraich)

ionaid-àraich (genitive singular)
ionadan-àraich (plural)


àrach

àrach m (genitive singular àraich, plural àraich)

àraich (genitive singular)
àraich (plural)
àrach
n-àrach
h-àrach
t-àrach


bleadraig

bleadraig (past bhleadraig, future bleadraigidh, verbal noun bleadraigeadh, past participle bleadraigte)

bhleadraig (past)
bleadraigidh (future)
bleadraigeadh (noun-from-verb)
bleadraigte (participle past)


bi an crochadh

Tha sin an crochadh air dè nì iad.

A bheil sibh uile an crochadh oirre?


gràisg

gràisg f (genitive singular gràisge, plural gràisgean)

gràisge (genitive singular)
gràisgean (plural)


gràisgealachd

gràisgealachd f (genitive singular gràisgealachd, no plural)


ceannard gràisge

ceannard gràisge m (genitive singular ceannaird gràisge, plural ceannardan gràisge)

ceannaird gràisge (genitive singular)
ceannardan gràisge (plural)


ceannaird gràisge

ceannard gràisge
ceannard gràisge#Scottish_Gaelic


ceannard

ceannard m (genitive singular ceannaird, plural ceannardan)

ceannaird (genitive singular)
ceannardan (plural)

/ˈkʰʲan̪ˠaɾʃt̪/


bàic

bàic m (genitive singular bàic, plural bàicichean)

bàic (genitive singular)
bàicichean (plural)
baic (alternative)


connadh

connadh m (genitive singular connaidh, plural connaidhean)

connaidh (genitive singular)
connaidhean (plural)
connadh
chonnadh


geansaidh

geansaidh m (genitive singular geansaidh, plural geansaidhean)

geansaidh (genitive singular)
geansaidhean (plural)
geansaidh
gheansaidh

Borrowed from English guernsey (compare Irish geansaí).


neo-aontachd

neo-aontachd m (genitive singular neo-aontachd, plural neo-aontachdan)

neo-aontachd (genitive singular)
neo-aontachdan (plural)


cnuasaich

cnuasaich (past chnuasaich, future cnuasaichidh, verbal noun cnuasachadh, past participle cnuasaichte)

chnuasaich (past)
cnuasaichidh (future)
cnuasachadh (noun-from-verb)
cnuasaichte (participle past)


imlich

imlich (past dh'imlich, future imlichidh, verbal noun imlich or imleach, past participle imlichte)

dh'imlich (past)
imlichidh (future)
imlich (noun-from-verb)
imleach (noun-from-verb)
imlichte (participle past)
imlich (stem)
imlich (noun-from-verb)
imleach (noun-from-verb)
imlichte (participle past)
dh'imlich mi (first-person independent past singular)
dh'imlich thu (independent past second-person singular)
dh'imlich e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
dh'imlich sinn (first-person independent past plural)
dh'imlich sibh (independent past plural second-person)
dh'imlich iad (independent past plural third-person)
dh'imlicheadh (impersonal independent past)
imlichidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
imlichidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
imlichidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
imlichidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
imlichidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
imlichidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
imlichearimlichtear (future impersonal independent)
dh'imlichinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dh'imlicheadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dh'imlicheadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dh'imlicheamaiddh'imlicheadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
dh'imlicheadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dh'imlicheadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do dh'imlich mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do dh'imlich thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do dh'imlich e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do dh'imlich sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do dh'imlich sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do dh'imlich iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do dh'imlicheadh (impersonal negative past)
chan imlich mi (first-person future negative singular)
chan imlich thu (future negative second-person singular)
chan imlich e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
chan imlich sinn (first-person future negative plural)
chan imlich sibh (future negative plural second-person)
chan imlich iad (future negative plural third-person)
chan imlichearchan imlichtear (future impersonal negative)
chan imlichinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
chan imlicheadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
chan imlicheadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
chan imlicheamaidchan imlicheadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
chan imlicheadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
chan imlicheadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do dh'imlich mi? (first-person past singular)
an do dh'imlich thu? (past second-person singular)
an do dh'imlich e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do dh'imlich sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do dh'imlich sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do dh'imlich iad? (past plural third-person)
an do dh'imlicheadh? (impersonal past)
an imlich mi? (first-person future singular)
an imlich thu? (future second-person singular)
an imlich e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an imlich sinn? (first-person future plural)
an imlich sibh? (future plural second-person)
an imlich iad? (future plural third-person)
an imlichear?an imlichtear? (future impersonal)
an imlichinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an imlicheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an imlicheadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an imlicheamaid?an imlicheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an imlicheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an imlicheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach do dh'imlich mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do dh'imlich thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do dh'imlich e (past singular)
nach do dh'imlich sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do dh'imlich sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do dh'imlich iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do dh'imlicheadh? (impersonal past)
nach imlich mi? (first-person future singular)
nach imlich thu? (future second-person singular)
nach imlich e (future singular)
nach imlich sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach imlich sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach imlich iad? (future plural third-person)
nach imlichear?nach imlichtear? (future impersonal)
nach imlichinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach imlicheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach imlicheadh e (conditional singular)
nach imlicheamaid?nach imlicheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach imlicheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach imlicheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
dh'imlicheas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma dh'imlicheas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
dh'imlicheas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma dh'imlicheas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
dh'imlicheas e (affirmative singular)
ma dh'imlicheas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
dh'imlicheas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma dh'imlicheas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
dh'imlicheas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma dh'imlicheas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
dh'imlicheas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma dh'imlicheas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
dh'imlichear (affirmative impersonal)
ma dh'imlichear (affirmative impersonal)
imlich mi (first-person negative singular)
mur imlich mi (first-person negative singular)
imlich thu (negative second-person singular)
mur imlich thu (negative second-person singular)
imlich e (negative singular)
mur imlich e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
imlich sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur imlich sinn (first-person negative plural)
imlich sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur imlich sibh (negative plural second-person)
imlich iad (negative plural third-person)
mur imlich iad (negative plural third-person)
imlichear imlichtear (impersonal negative)
imlichearmur imlichtear (impersonal negative)
murr imlichtear (impersonal negative)
murrmur imlichtear (impersonal negative)
imlicheam (first-person imperative singular)
imlich (imperative second-person singular)
imlicheadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
imlicheamaid (first-person imperative plural)
imlichibh (imperative plural second-person)
imlicheadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
imlichearimlichtear (imperative impersonal)
ilmich (alternative)
ilimich (alternative)

From Old Irish imm + ligid (“about-lick”).


clàbar

clàbair (genitive singular)
clàbar
chlàbar

/ˈkʰl̪ˠaːpəɾ/


gliong

gliong m (genitive singular glionga, plural gliongan)

glionga (genitive singular)
gliongan (plural)


giobach

From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).


cùmhnant

cùmhnant m (genitive singular cùmhnaint, plural cùmhnantan)

cùmhnaint (genitive singular)
cùmhnantan (plural)

Borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”).


còmhdaich

còmhdaich (past chòmhdaich, future còmhdaichidh, verbal noun còmhdachadh, past participle còmhdaichte)

chòmhdaich (past)
còmhdaichidh (future)
còmhdachadh (noun-from-verb)
còmhdaichte (participle past)

From Middle Irish *cumtaigid, a denominative verb from Old Irish cumtach (whence còmhdach), the verbal noun of Old Irish con·utaing. Cognate to Irish cumhdaigh and Manx coodee.


cumhachd

cumhachd m or f (genitive singular cumhachd, plural cumhachdan)

cumhachd (genitive singular)
cumhachdan (plural)
cumhachd (indefinite nominative singular)
cumhachdan (indefinite nominative plural)
cumhachd (genitive indefinite singular)
chumhachdan (genitive indefinite plural)
cumhachd (dative indefinite singular)
cumhachdan (dative indefinite plural)
cumhachd (definite nominative singular)
an cumhachd (definite nominative singular)
cumhachdan (definite nominative plural)
na cumhachdan (definite nominative plural)
(a') chumhachd (definite genitive singular)
cumhachdan (definite genitive plural)
nan cumhachdan (definite genitive plural)
(a') chumhachd (dative definite singular)
cumhachdan (dative definite plural)
na cumhachdan (dative definite plural)
chumhachd (definite singular vocative)
chumhachdan (definite plural vocative)
cumhachd (indefinite nominative singular)
cumhachdan (indefinite nominative plural)
cumhachd (genitive indefinite singular)
chumhachdan (genitive indefinite plural)
cumhachd (dative indefinite singular)
cumhachdan (dative indefinite plural)
cumhachdaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') chumhachd (definite nominative singular)
cumhachdan (definite nominative plural)
na cumhachdan (definite nominative plural)
cumhachd (definite genitive singular)
na cumhachd (definite genitive singular)
cumhachdan (definite genitive plural)
nan cumhachdan (definite genitive plural)
(a') chumhachd (dative definite singular)
cumhachdan (dative definite plural)
na cumhachdan (dative definite plural)
cumhachdaibh (dative definite plural)
chumhachd (definite singular vocative)
chumhachdan (definite plural vocative)
cumhachd
chumhachd
comhachd (alternative)
cumachda (alternative)

From Old Irish cumachtae (“power, strength, might”).


cumhachdach

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cumhachdach (genitive singular masculine cumhachdaich, comparative cumhachdaiche)

cumhachdaich (genitive masculine singular)
cumhachdaiche (comparative)
comhachdach (alternative)

From Old Irish cumachtach (“powerful, mighty; invested with (magical) powers; mighty one, ruler; wizard”) (compare modern Irish cumhachtach). By surface analysis, cumhachd + -ach.


cumhachdach

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cumhachdach m (genitive singular cumhachdaich, plural cumhachdaich)

cumhachdaich (genitive singular)
cumhachdaich (plural)
cumhachdach
chumhachdach
comhachdach (alternative)


rìgh-chathair

rìgh-chathair f (genitive singular rìgh-chathrach, plural rìgh-chathraichean)

rìgh-chathrach (genitive singular)
rìgh-chathraichean (plural)

metropolis (that contains the monarch's residence)


cathrach

genitive singular of cathair (“chair, seat, bench, throne”)


cathrach

genitive singular of cathair (“town, city”)


cathrach

genitive singular of cathair (“gig; bed; stock, colewort, cabbage; plot (of land); guard, sentinel, warder”)


dòigh-beatha

dòigh-beatha f (genitive singular dòighe-beatha, plural dòighean-beatha)

dòighe-beatha (genitive singular)
dòighean-beatha (plural)


dòigh

dòigh f (genitive singular dòighe, plural dòighean)

dòighe (genitive singular)
dòighean (plural)
dòigh
dhòigh


sirist

sirist m (genitive singular sirist, plural siristean)

sirist (genitive singular)
siristean (plural)


ainm àite

ainm-àite m (genitive singular ainm àite, plural ainmean àite)

ainm-àite (canonical masculine)
ainm àite (genitive singular)
ainmean àite (plural)


èalaidh

èalaidh (past dh'èalaidh, future èalaidhidh, verbal noun èaladh or èalaidh, past participle èalaidhte)

dh'èalaidh (past)
èalaidhidh (future)
èaladh (noun-from-verb)
èalaidh (noun-from-verb)
èalaidhte (participle past)


eucoir

eucoir f (genitive singular eucorach, plural eucoirean)

eucorach (genitive singular)
eucoirean (plural)


eucoireach

eucoireach m (genitive singular eucoirich, plural eucoirich)

eucoirich (genitive singular)
eucoirich (plural)
eucoireach
n-eucoireach
h-eucoireach
t-eucoireach


baidhsagal

baidhsagal m (genitive singular baidhsagail, plural baidhsagalan)

baidhsagail (genitive singular)
baidhsagalan (plural)


stàball

stàball m (genitive singular stàbaill, plural stàballan)

stàbaill (genitive singular)
stàballan (plural)


ri linn

ri linn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

Siud mar a bha e ri linn m' òige.

during, within, when (longer periods of time, e.g. years, or a lifetime)

Bha e freagarrach ri linn 's gur ann à Port Rìgh a tha i.

It was appropriate, on account of the fact she's from Portree.


slaod

slaod (past shlaod, future slaodaidh, verbal noun slaodadh, past participle slaodte)

shlaod (past)
slaodaidh (future)
slaodadh (noun-from-verb)
slaodte (participle past)

[s̪l̪ˠɯ̞ːt̪]

Perhaps a borrowing from Old Norse slóða (“to drag, trail”), from Old Norse slóð (“a track, trail”), from Proto-Germanic *slōdō. Compare Dutch slodderen, German schlottern.

drag, draw, haul, lug, pull, tow, trail, yank


srathair

srathair f (genitive singular srathaire or srathrach, plural srathraichean)

srathaire (genitive singular)
srathrach (genitive singular)
srathraichean (plural)
srathair
shrathair
after "an"
t-srathair

/ˈs̪t̪ɾahɪɾʲ/

From Old Irish srathar (“pack-saddle”), from Latin strātūra.


srathrach

srathrach
shrathrach
after "an"
t-srathrach

genitive singular of srathair (“packsaddle”)


sràbh

sràbh m (genitive singular sràibh, plural sràbhan)

sràibh (genitive singular)
sràbhan (plural)


arbhar

corn (fruits of a cereal crop, growing or in sheaf; includes grain and straw, but ceases to be applied to either when separated by threshing)


arbhar

arbhair (genitive singular)
arbhar
n-arbhar
h-arbhar
t-arbhar


sreathart

sreathart m (genitive singular sreathairt, plural sreathartan)

sreathairt (genitive singular)
sreathartan (plural)


breugaire

breugaire m (genitive singular breugaire, plural breugairean)

breugaire (genitive singular)
breugairean (plural)

From Middle Irish brécaire (“liar, deceiver; flatterer; hypocrite”). By surface analysis, breug (“lie”) + -aire (agent noun suffix).


breugadair

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breugadair m (genitive singular breugadair, plural breugadairean)

breugadair (genitive singular)
breugadairean (plural)


breugaiche

breugaiche m (genitive singular breugaiche, plural breugaichean)

breugaiche (genitive singular)
breugaichean (plural)


breugach

breugach (genitive singular masculine breugaich)

breugaich (genitive masculine singular)
breugach
bhreugach

From Old Irish brécach. By surface analysis, breug + -ach.


smig

smig m (genitive singular smig, plural smigean)

smig (genitive singular)
smigean (plural)


guil

guil (past ghuil, future guilidh, verbal noun gul, past participle guilte)

ghuil (past)
guilidh (future)
gul (noun-from-verb)
guilte (participle past)
gail (alternative)

Related to Irish gal (“weeping”), which is possibly related to Proto-Celtic *galarom (“painful condition”), see also Lithuanian gélti (“to smart”), Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”).


gail

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gail (past ghail, future gailidh, verbal noun gal, past participle gailte)

ghail (past)
gailidh (future)
gal (noun-from-verb)
gailte (participle past)


brunndail

brunndail (past bhrunndail, future brunndailidh, verbal noun brunndail, past participle brunndailte)

bhrunndail (past)
brunndailidh (future)
brunndail (noun-from-verb)
brunndailte (participle past)
brùnndail (alternative)