dìobair

dìobair (past dhìobair, future dìobraidh, verbal noun dìobradh, past participle dìobairte)

dhìobair (past)
dìobraidh (future)
dìobradh (noun-from-verb)
dìobairte (participle past)
dìobair (stem)
dìobradh (noun-from-verb)
dìobairte (participle past)
dhìobair mi (first-person independent past singular)
dhìobair thu (independent past second-person singular)
dhìobair e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
dhìobair sinn (first-person independent past plural)
dhìobair sibh (independent past plural second-person)
dhìobair iad (independent past plural third-person)
dhìobaireadh (impersonal independent past)
dìobairidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
dìobairidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
dìobairidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
dìobairidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
dìobairidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
dìobairidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
dìobaireardìobairtear (future impersonal independent)
dhìobairinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dhìobaireadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dhìobaireadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dhìobaireamaiddhìobaireadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
dhìobaireadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dhìobaireadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do dhìobair mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do dhìobair thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do dhìobair e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do dhìobair sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do dhìobair sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do dhìobair iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do dhìobaireadh (impersonal negative past)
cha dìobair mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha dìobair thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha dìobair e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha dìobair sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha dìobair sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha dìobair iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha dìobairearcha dìobairtear (future impersonal negative)
cha dìobairinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha dìobaireadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha dìobaireadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha dìobaireamaidcha dìobaireadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha dìobaireadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha dìobaireadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do dhìobair mi? (first-person past singular)
an do dhìobair thu? (past second-person singular)
an do dhìobair e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do dhìobair sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do dhìobair sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do dhìobair iad? (past plural third-person)
an do dhìobaireadh? (impersonal past)
an dìobair mi? (first-person future singular)
an dìobair thu? (future second-person singular)
an dìobair e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an dìobair sinn? (first-person future plural)
an dìobair sibh? (future plural second-person)
an dìobair iad? (future plural third-person)
an dìobairear?an dìobairtear? (future impersonal)
an dìobairinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an dìobaireadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an dìobaireadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an dìobaireamaid?an dìobaireadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an dìobaireadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an dìobaireadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach do dhìobair mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do dhìobair thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do dhìobair e (past singular)
nach do dhìobair sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do dhìobair sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do dhìobair iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do dhìobaireadh? (impersonal past)
nach dìobair mi? (first-person future singular)
nach dìobair thu? (future second-person singular)
nach dìobair e (future singular)
nach dìobair sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach dìobair sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach dìobair iad? (future plural third-person)
nach dìobairear?nach dìobairtear? (future impersonal)
nach dìobairinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach dìobaireadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach dìobaireadh e (conditional singular)
nach dìobaireadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach dìobaireadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
dhìobaireas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma dhìobaireas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
dhìobaireas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma dhìobaireas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
dhìobaireas e (affirmative singular)
ma dhìobaireas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
dhìobaireas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma dhìobaireas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
dhìobaireas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma dhìobaireas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
dhìobaireas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma dhìobaireas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
dhìobairear (affirmative impersonal)
ma dhìobairear (affirmative impersonal)
dìobair mi (first-person negative singular)
mur dìobair mi (first-person negative singular)
dìobair thu (negative second-person singular)
mur dìobair thu (negative second-person singular)
dìobair e (negative singular)
mur dìobair e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
dìobair sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur dìobair sinn (first-person negative plural)
dìobair sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur dìobair sibh (negative plural second-person)
dìobair iad (negative plural third-person)
mur dìobair iad (negative plural third-person)
dìobairear dìobairtear (impersonal negative)
dìobairearmur dìobairtear (impersonal negative)
murr dìobairtear (impersonal negative)
murrmur dìobairtear (impersonal negative)
dìobaiream (first-person imperative singular)
dìobair (imperative second-person singular)
dìobaireadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
dìobaireamaid (first-person imperative plural)
dìobairibh (imperative plural second-person)
dìobaireadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
dìobaireardìobairtear (imperative impersonal)


bòidhchead

bòidhcheid (genitive)
bòidhichead (alternative)
bòidheachd (alternative)


beò-ghlacadh

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beò-ghlacadh m (genitive singular beò-ghlacaidh, plural beò-ghlacaidhean)

beò-ghlacaidh (genitive singular)
beò-ghlacaidhean (plural)


beò-ghlac

beò-ghlac (past bheò-ghlac, future beò-ghlacaidh, verbal noun beò-ghlacadh, past participle beò-ghlacte)

bheò-ghlac (past)
beò-ghlacaidh (future)
beò-ghlacadh (noun-from-verb)
beò-ghlacte (participle past)
a' beò-ghlacadh (active present)
bheò-ghlac (active past)
bheò-ghlacadh (passive past)
beò-ghlacaidh (active future)
beò-ghlacar (future passive)
bheò-ghlacadh (active conditional)
bheò-ghlactadh (conditional passive)


iarla

iarla m (genitive singular iarla, plural iarlan or iarlaichean)

iarla (genitive singular)
iarlan (plural)
iarlaichean (plural)
iarla
n-iarla
h-iarla
t-iarla


siorrachd

siorrachd f (genitive singular siorrachd, plural siorrachdan)

siorrachd (genitive singular)
siorrachdan (plural)
siorramachd (alternative)


mòrachd

mòrachd f (genitive singular mòrachd, plural mòrachdan)

mòrachd (genitive singular)
mòrachdan (plural)

majesty, lordliness, greatness, highness


Màthair

Màthair f (genitive Màthar, plural Màthraichean)


Màmag

Màmag (canonical feminine)
gen Màmaig or pl Màmagan (canonical)


Boban

Boban m (genitive Bobain, plural Bobanan)


Dadaidh

Dadaidh m (genitive Dadaidhe, plural Dadaidhean)


Mamaidh

Mamaidh f (genitive singular Mamaidhe, plural Mamaidhean)

Mamaidhe (genitive singular)
Mamaidhean (plural)


bàrdachd

From bàrd (“bard, poet, minstrel”) + -achd.


Ollamh

Ollamh m (genitive singular Ollaimh, plural Ollamhan)

Ollaimh (genitive singular)
Ollamhan (plural)

an t-Ollamh Peutan

Doctor (non-medical, a person of science or learning)


sgoltadh-inntinn

sgoltadh-inntinn m (genitive singular sgoltaidh-inntinn, no plural)

From sgoltadh (“crack, fissure, splitting”) + inntinn (“mind”). Literally, "splitting of (the) mind".


Ridire

an Ridire Alasdair Mac an t-Saoir


ridire

ridire m (genitive singular ridire, plural ridirean)

ridire (genitive singular)
ridirean (plural)

From Old Irish ritire (“rider, knight”) (compare Welsh rheidyr), from Old English ridere (“horseman”), ridda, riddan (“knight”) (compare German Ritter (“knight”), Old Norse riddari (“rider, knight”)); related to English ride (see réidh).


ainmh-eòlas

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


eòlas-talmhainn

eòlas-talmhainn m (genitive singular eòlais-talmhainn, plural eòlasan-talmhainn)

eòlais-talmhainn (genitive singular)
eòlasan-talmhainn (plural)
eòlas-talmhainn
n-eòlas-talmhainn
h-eòlas-talmhainn
t-eòlas-talmhainn


sloinntearachd

sloinntearachd f (genitive singular sloinntearachd, plural sloinntearachdan)

sloinntearachd (genitive singular)
sloinntearachdan (plural)


sloinneadh

sloinneadh m (genitive singular sloinnidh, plural sloinnidhean)

sloinnidh (genitive singular)
sloinnidhean (plural)
sloinneadh
shloinneadh
after "an"
t-sloinneadh

/ˈs̪l̪ˠɤɲəɣ/

[ˈs̪l̪ˠɯ̃ɲəɣ]

From Old Irish slondud, sloinded, verbal noun of sluindid (“to name, mention”).


nimh

nimh m (genitive singular nimhe or neimhe, plural nimhean)

nimhe (genitive singular)
neimhe (genitive singular)
nimhean (plural)
neimh (alternative)

From Old Irish neim (“poison, venom; bane, malefic power; virulence, keenness, penetrating force; sharpness, bitterness, causticity”).


casg-gineamhainn

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casg-gineamhainn m (genitive caisg-gineamhainn)


ceimigeachd

ceimigeachd f (genitive singular ceimigeachd, plural ceimigeachdan)

ceimigeachd (genitive singular)
ceimigeachdan (plural)


dùil

dùil f (genitive singular dùile, plural dùilean)

dùile (genitive singular)
dùilean (plural)

MacBain suggests a relation to Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós, “soul, desire, passion”) and Lithuanian dūmas (“smoke”) (NB: Perhaps erroneously, MacBain glosses the Lithuanian as dumas (“thought”)). Regardless, if true, it would be from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”).


dùil

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dùil f (genitive dùile, plural dùilean or dùiltean, genitive plural dùl)

dùile (genitive)
dùilean (plural)
dùiltean (plural)
dùl (genitive plural)
dùil
dhùil

From Old Irish dúil, dúl. MacBain relates this to Sanskrit धूलि (dhūli, “dust”) and Latin fūlīgō (“soot”), however Stokes suggests a relation to German zeugen (“to beget, to bear witness”) and Latin dūcō (“I pull, I guide”) to explain dialectic na dùil (“poor creatures!”) (cf. Irish dúil (“creature”)) and dùileag (“a term of affection for a girl”).


eòlaiche

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eòlaiche m (genitive singular eòlaiche, plural eòlaichean)

eòlaiche (genitive singular)
eòlaichean (plural)


alcol

alcol m (genitive singular alcoil, plural alcoil)

alcoil (genitive singular)
alcoil (plural)
alcol
n-alcol
h-alcol
t-alcol


gile

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (“white, bright”).


gile

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

comparative degree of geal (“white; fine”)


speur

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speur m (genitive singular speura, plural speuran)

speura (genitive singular)
speuran (plural)


smid

smid f (genitive singular smide, plural smidean)

smide (genitive singular)
smidean (plural)

From Proto-Celtic *smiddi- (“an opening of the mouth”), perhaps from the same ultimate source as smèid (“smile”).


gèadh

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gèadh m or f (genitive singular geòidh, plural geòidh)

geòidh (genitive singular)
geòidh (plural)
gèadh (indefinite nominative singular)
geòidh (indefinite nominative plural)
geòidh (genitive indefinite singular)
ghèadh (genitive indefinite plural)
gèadh (dative indefinite singular)
geòidh (dative indefinite plural)
gèadhaibh (dative indefinite plural)
gèadh (definite nominative singular)
an gèadh (definite nominative singular)
geòidh (definite nominative plural)
na geòidh (definite nominative plural)
(a') gheòidh (definite genitive singular)
gèadh (definite genitive plural)
nan gèadh (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghèadh (dative definite singular)
geòidh (dative definite plural)
na geòidh (dative definite plural)
gèadhaibh (dative definite plural)
gheòidh (definite singular vocative)
ghèadha (definite plural vocative)
gèadh
ghèadh

From Middle Irish géd m (“goose”), from Proto-Celtic *gezdā. Cognate with Irish gé, Welsh gŵydd.


starrag

starrag f (genitive singular starraig, plural starragan)

starraig (genitive singular)
starragan (plural)

Corvus cornix
Corvus cornix#Translingual


ròcas

ròcas m (genitive singular ròcais, plural ròcasan)

ròcais (genitive singular)
ròcasan (plural)

(Wester Ross) carrion crow (rooks are supposedly rare in this area)


fitheach

fitheach m (genitive singular fithich, plural fithich)

fithich (genitive singular)
fithich (plural)


flath

flath m (genitive singular flaith, plural flaith or flathan)

flaith (genitive singular)
flaith (plural)
flathan (plural)
flath
fhlath

From Old Irish flaith (“prince, ruler”).


banfhlath

banfhlath f (genitive singular banfhlaithe, plural banfhlaithean)

banfhlaithe (genitive singular)
banfhlaithean (plural)

ban- (“female”) + flath (“prince, noble”)


daonfhlaitheas

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daonfhlaitheas m (genitive singular daonfhlaitheis, plural daonfhlaitheasan)

daonfhlaitheis (genitive singular)
daonfhlaitheasan (plural)
daonfhlaitheas
dhaonfhlaitheas


flaitheas

flaitheas m (genitive singular flaitheis, plural flaitheasan)

flaitheis (genitive singular)
flaitheasan (plural)
flaitheas
fhlaitheas

/ˈfl̪ˠaçəs̪/

From Old Irish flaithius (“rule, sovereignty”). By surface analysis, flaith + -as.


neach-coimhideachd

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

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

(dated) servant, attendant, member of a retinue


reachd

reachd m or f (genitive singular reachd, plural reachdan)

reachd (genitive singular)
reachdan (plural)

From Old Irish recht (compare Irish reacht), from Proto-Celtic *rextus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-tus. Cognate with Welsh rhaith (“a right, entitlement”) and Breton reizh (“law, right”), and indirectly German Recht (“law”) (from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“a right, privilege”)).


reachd

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reachd f (genitive singular reachd, plural reachdan)

Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care for, worry about”). If so, ultimately cognate to Etymology 1 above.


co-sheòrsach

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co-sheòrsach m (genitive singular co-sheòrsaich, plural co-sheòrsaich)

co-sheòrsaich (genitive singular)
co-sheòrsaich (plural)
co-sheòrsach
cho-sheòrsach


diùid

diùide (comparative)
diùid (masculine nominative)
dhiùid (feminine nominative)
diùide (nominative plural)
dhiùid (genitive masculine)
diùide (feminine genitive)
diùide (genitive plural)
diùid (dative masculine)
dhiùid (dative feminine)
diùide (dative plural)
dhiùid (masculine vocative)
dhiùid (feminine vocative)
diùide (plural vocative)
diùid
dhiùid

Inherited from Old Irish dḯuit (“simple”).


gealtach

gealtaiche (comparative)
gealtach (masculine nominative)
ghealtach (feminine nominative)
gealtach (nominative plural)
ghealtaich (genitive masculine)
gealtaiche (feminine genitive)
gealtaich (feminine genitive)
gealtach (genitive plural)
gealtach (dative masculine)
ghealtaich (dative feminine)
gealtach (dative plural)
ghealtaich (masculine vocative)
ghealtach (feminine vocative)
gealtach (plural vocative)
gealtach
ghealtach

cowardly, chicken-hearted, timid, dastardly


gealtaire

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gealtaire m (genitive singular gealtaire, plural gealtairean)

gealtaire (genitive singular)
gealtairean (plural)
gealtair (alternative)


uamh

uamh f (genitive singular uaimhe or uamha, plural uamhan)

uaimhe (genitive singular)
uamha (genitive singular)
uamhan (plural)


poca

poca m (genitive singular poca, plural pocannan)

poca (genitive singular)
pocannan (plural)
poca
phoca


brillean

brillean m (genitive singular brillein, plural brilleanan)

brillein (genitive singular)
brilleanan (plural)


Cairistìona

a Chairistìona (vocative)
Cairistìona
Chairistìona

a female given name, equivalent to English Christina or Christine


astar

astar m (genitive singular astair, plural astaran)

astair (genitive singular)
astaran (plural)
astar
n-astar
h-astar
t-astar


nìghneag

nìghneag f (genitive singular nìghneige or nìghneig, plural nìghneagan)

nìghneige (genitive singular)
nìghneig (genitive singular)
nìghneagan (plural)
nigheanag (alternative)
nighneag (alternative)
nìonag (alternative)


macan

macan m (genitive singular macain, plural macain)

macain (genitive singular)
macain (plural)
macan
mhacan


balachan

balachan m (genitive singular balachain, plural balachain)

balachain (genitive singular)
balachain (plural)


leas

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

cha leig thu leas a bhith a' gàireachdainn

you don't have to laugh; it wouldn't benefit you to laugh


radan

radan (indefinite nominative singular)
radain (indefinite nominative plural)
radain (genitive indefinite singular)
radan (genitive indefinite plural)
radan (dative indefinite singular)
radain (dative indefinite plural)
radanaibh (dative indefinite plural)
radan (definite nominative singular)
an radan (definite nominative singular)
radain (definite nominative plural)
na radain (definite nominative plural)
radain (definite genitive singular)
an radain (definite genitive singular)
radan (definite genitive plural)
nan radan (definite genitive plural)
radan (dative definite singular)
an radan (dative definite singular)
radain (dative definite plural)
na radain (dative definite plural)
radanaibh (dative definite plural)
radain (definite singular vocative)
radana (definite plural vocative)
radan

Borrowed from an Anglic language. Compare dialectal English ratton.


sian

sian f (genitive singular sìne, plural siantan)

sìne (genitive singular)
siantan (plural)

From Old Irish sín, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā. Cognate with Irish síon.


maith

maith (past mhaith, future maithidh, verbal noun mathadh, past participle maithte)

mhaith (past)
maithidh (future)
mathadh (noun-from-verb)
maithte (participle past)


rud

rud m (genitive singular ruid, plural rudan)


spòg

spòg f (genitive singular spòig, plural spògan)

spòig (genitive singular)
spògan (plural)


gunna

gunna m (genitive singular gunna, plural gunnachan)

gunna (genitive singular)
gunnachan (plural)
gunna
ghunna

From Middle Irish gunna, from Middle English gunne.


cultur

cultur m (genitive singular cultuir, plural culturan)

cultuir (genitive singular)
culturan (plural)


cairt

cairt f (genitive singular cairte, plural cairtean)

cairte (genitive singular)
cairtean (plural)
cairt
chairt

From Old Irish cairt, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).


tana

From Old Irish tanae, from Proto-Celtic *tanawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.


daga

daga m (genitive singular daga, plural dagaichean)

daga (genitive singular)
dagaichean (plural)
daga
dhaga

From English dag (“dagger; pistol”), itself from Old French dague.


dighe

dighe
dhighe
dibhe (alternative)
dìbhe (alternative)
dìghe (alternative)


drochaid

drochaid f (genitive singular drochaide, plural drochaidean)

drochaide (genitive singular)
drochaidean (plural)

/ˈd̪̊ɾɔxɪtʲ/

/ˈd̪̊ɾɔhɪtʲ/

/ˈd̪̊ɾɔxɛtʲ/

/ˈd̪̊ɾɔxətʲ/

From Old Irish drochet, from droch (“wheel”) + sét (“path”).


caman

caman m (genitive singular camain, plural camain or camanan)

camain (genitive singular)
camain (plural)
camanan (plural)

From Old Irish cammán. By surface analysis, cam (“curved, bent, crooked”) + -an.


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grianach (genitive singular masculine grianaich, comparative grianaiche)

grianaich (genitive masculine singular)
grianaiche (comparative)
grianach
ghrianach

From Old Irish gríanach. By surface analysis, grian (“sun”) + -ach.


cill

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cill f (genitive singular cille, plural cilltean)

cille (genitive singular)
cilltean (plural)
cill
chill


eas

eas m (genitive singular easa, plural easan)

easa (genitive singular)
easan (plural)
eas
n-eas
h-eas
t-eas

From Old Irish es, ess (“cataract, rapid, rapidly flowing stream”).


màileid

màileid f (genitive màileide, plural màileidean)

màileide (genitive)
màileidean (plural)
màileid
mhàileid

Derivative of màla (see there for more). Compare Irish máiléid. Ultimately from the same source as English mail.


leabaidh

leabaidh f (genitive leapa or leapach, plural leabaichean or leapannan)

leapa (genitive)
leapach (genitive)
leabaichean (plural)
leapannan (plural)

From Old Irish lepaid (“harbourage, protection, bed”).


càise

From Old Irish cáise, from Latin cāseus.

pailteas de ìm is de chàise


leisg

cho leisg ris a' chù

very lazy (idiom, literally "as lazy as the dog")


leisg

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leisg f (genitive singular leisge, no plural)

leisge (genitive singular)
leisge (alternative)

laziness, sloth, slothfulness, indolence, inertia


deiseil

From Old Irish dessel, from dess (“south, right”) and sel (“turn”). See deas and seal.

A bheil thu deiseil?

Bha a' bhanntrach 'ga deanamh fèin deiseil air son na h-eaglaise.

1921, Stuart Ruaraidh Joseph Erskine, An Ròsarnach, volume 3, Glasgow: Alasdair MacLabhrainn & Sons, page 80:

The widow was getting herself ready for church.


deiseil

→ English: deasil


feith

feith (past dh'fheith, future feithidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feithte)

dh'fheith (past)
feithidh (future)
feitheamh (noun-from-verb)
feithte (participle past)
feith
fheith

From Middle Irish fethid, from Proto-Celtic *weteti (“be acquainted with”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“be acquainted with, turn to”) (compare Sanskrit वत् (vat, “get acquainted with”)).


Tormod

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Tormod m (genitive Thormoid, vocative a Thormoid)

Thormoid (genitive)
a Thormoid (vocative)
Tormod
Thormod
Tormad (alternative)
Tarmad (alternative)
Tarmod (alternative)

/ˈt̪ʰaˈɾamɔt̪/

/ˈt̪ʰaˈɾamət̪/

/ˈt̪ʰɔˈɾamat̪/

/ˈt̪ʰɔˈɾɔmɛt̪/

From the Old Norse adjective þormóðr (“brave”), or a compound name such as Þórmundr.

a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Norman though they are etymologically unrelated


muin

From Old Irish muin, from Proto-Celtic *monis, *manyā, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”).


muin

muin (past mhuin, future muinidh, verbal noun muineadh, past participle muinte)

mhuin (past)
muinidh (future)
muineadh (noun-from-verb)
muinte (participle past)

From Old Irish múinid, possibly from Latin moneō (“to remind, advise, teach”), with phonological influence from mūnire (“to defend, protect”).


sgèimheach

sgèimhiche (comparative)
sgèimheach (masculine nominative)
sgèimheach (feminine nominative)
sgèimheach (nominative plural)
sgèimhich (genitive masculine)
sgèimhiche (feminine genitive)
sgèimhich (feminine genitive)
sgèimheach (genitive plural)
sgèimheach (dative masculine)
sgèimhich (dative feminine)
sgèimheach (dative plural)
sgèimhich (masculine vocative)
sgèimheach (feminine vocative)
sgèimheach (plural vocative)


sgèimh

An alternative form of sgiamh, from Old Irish scíam (“appearance, beauty”) (whence also Irish scéimh), from Latin schēma (“form, shape, figure”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape, figure”).


sgiamh

From Old Irish scíam (“appearance, beauty”) (whence also Irish scéimh), from Latin schēma (“form, shape, figure”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape, figure”).


Sion

Shioin (genitive)
Sion
Shion
after "an"
t-Sion

From Old Irish Sïón, from Ecclesiastical Latin, from Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).


pìobaireachd

A type of music native to the Scottish Highlands and performed on the Great Highland bagpipes.


thar

tharam (first-person singular)
tharamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
tharad (second-person singular)
tharadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
thairis (masculine singular third-person)
thairis-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
thairte (feminine singular third-person)
thairtese (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
tharainn (first-person plural)
tharainne (emphatic first-person plural)
tharaibh (plural second-person)
tharaibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
tharta (plural third-person)
thartasan (emphatic plural third-person)

From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Irish thar.

Sheòl sinn thar na mara.

Tha sin thar mo chomais.


1 Samuel

(biblical) 1 Samuel, the ninth book of the Old Testament


2 Samuel

(biblical) 2 Samuel, the tenth book of the Old Testament


faoileag

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faoileag f (genitive singular faoileige, plural faoileagan)

faoileige (genitive singular)
faoileagan (plural)
faoileag
fhaoileag

From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn + -ag. Cognate with Irish faoileog and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.

Faoileag. Bha faoileag na laighe, marbh, aig casan Anna.

2017, Coinneach Lindsay, A' Choille Fhiadhaich:

Seagull. A seagull was lying dead at Anna's feet.

Tha faoileagan air a' mhuir.


faoileann

faoileann f (genitive singular faoilinn, plural faoileannan)

faoilinn (genitive singular)
faoileannan (plural)

From Old Irish faílenn, foílenn (“seagull”).


botal

botal m (genitive singular botail, plural botail)

botail (genitive singular)
botail (plural)
botal
bhotal


arsa

orsa (alternative)
ars (alternative)
ors (alternative)
as (alternative)
os (alternative)

"Ist!" arsa mise. "Bi sàmhach!"

"Nam bitheadh tu cho math," arsa Fionn.


osann

osann m (genitive singular osainn, plural osainn)

osainn (genitive singular)
osainn (plural)


cìobair

cìobair m (genitive singular cìobair, plural cìobairean)

cìobair (genitive singular)
cìobairean (plural)
cìobair (indefinite nominative singular)
cìobairean (indefinite nominative plural)
cìobair (genitive indefinite singular)
chìobairean (genitive indefinite plural)
cìobair (dative indefinite singular)
cìobairean (dative indefinite plural)
chìobair (definite nominative singular)
an chìobair (definite nominative singular)
cìobairean (definite nominative plural)
na cìobairean (definite nominative plural)
(a') cìobair (definite genitive singular)
cìobairean (definite genitive plural)
nan cìobairean (definite genitive plural)
(a') chìobair (dative definite singular)
cìobairean (dative definite plural)
na cìobairean (dative definite plural)
chìobair (definite singular vocative)
chìobairean (definite plural vocative)
cìobair
chìobair


idir

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish etir (“at all”), originally 3rd person sg. neut. form of Old Irish eter (“between”).

Chan eil idir.


campa

campa m (genitive singular campa, plural campaichean)

campa (genitive singular)
campaichean (plural)
campa
champa


maide

maide m (genitive singular maide, plural maidean or maideachan)

maide (genitive singular)
maidean (plural)
maideachan (plural)
maide
mhaide

clàr-maide

stick laid across a doorway to close up the space between door and floor and exclude wind

maide a' bhallain

stick run through the handles of a tub when carrying it

maide-briste

broken stick; pair of tongs formed of a broken stick

maide-ceangail

piece of wood joining the two beams of the rafters of a house

maide-doichill

stick placed across a doorway instead of closing the door, when people were dining

maide-feannaig

projecting piece of wood which appears above the thatch at each end of a blackhouse

maide-frasaidh

stick used for separating the ears of corn from the sheaves


briathar

briathar m (genitive singular briathair, plural briathran)

briathair (genitive singular)
briathran (plural)
briathar
bhriathar

From Old Irish bríathar, from Proto-Celtic *breitrā.


Iosrael

Iosraeil (genitive)
Israel (alternative)

From Old Irish Isra(h)él (“Israel”), from Latin Isrāēl, Isrāhēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


baoiseach

baoiseach (genitive singular masculine baoisich, comparative baoisiche)

baoisich (genitive masculine singular)
baoisiche (comparative)
baoiseach
bhaoiseach


taba

taba m (genitive singular taba, plural tabaichean)

taba (genitive singular)
tabaichean (plural)


fuath bhan

Misogyny, hatred of women, prejudice against women.


fuath fhir

Misandry, hatred of men, prejudice against men.


fuath dhaoine

Misanthropy, hatred of humankind, prejudice against humankind.


fuath

fuath m (genitive singular fuatha, plural fuathan)

fuatha (genitive singular)
fuathan (plural)
fuath
fhuath

From Middle Irish fúath (“hatred, abhorrence”), from Old Irish úath (“horror”).


gur

Tha e ag ràdh gur e Suòmach a tha ann.


gur

Nach eil mi gur tuigsinn?

you (plural or formal singular, direct object)


mìle

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mìle m or f (genitive singular mìle, plural mìltean)

mìle (genitive singular)
mìltean (plural)


ceud

From Old Irish cét, from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.


ceud

ceud m (genitive singular ceud, plural ceudan)

ceud (genitive singular)
ceudan (plural)


deich

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.


earball

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, plural earbaill)

earbaill (genitive singular)
earbaill (plural)
earball
n-earball
h-earball
t-earball
earaball (alternative)
iorball (alternative)
urball (alternative)
ealabar (alternative)
ulabar (alternative)

earball an eich

bun an earbaill

earball sguabach


fichead

From Old Irish fichet (compare Manx feed), genitive singular of fiche (“twenty”), from Proto-Celtic *wikantī (compare Welsh ugain), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥t (compare Latin vīgintī), from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two-ten”).


ochd

From Old Irish ocht, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.


seachd

From Old Irish secht, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.


saoghal

saoghal m (genitive singular saoghail, plural saoghalan)

saoghail (genitive singular)
saoghalan (plural)
saoghal (indefinite nominative singular)
saoghalan (indefinite nominative plural)
saoghail (genitive indefinite singular)
shaoghalan (genitive indefinite plural)
saoghal (dative indefinite singular)
saoghalan (dative indefinite plural)
saoghalaibh (dative indefinite plural)
saoghal (definite nominative singular)
an saoghal (definite nominative singular)
saoghalan (definite nominative plural)
na saoghalan (definite nominative plural)
t-saoghail (definite genitive singular)
an t-saoghail (definite genitive singular)
saoghalan (definite genitive plural)
nan saoghalan (definite genitive plural)
t-saoghal (dative definite singular)
an t-saoghal (dative definite singular)
saoghalan (dative definite plural)
na saoghalan (dative definite plural)
saoghalaibh (dative definite plural)
shaoghail (definite singular vocative)
shaoghalan (definite plural vocative)
saoghal
shaoghal
after "an"
t-saoghal

/ˈs̪ɯːvəl̪ˠ/

/ˈs̪ɯː.əl̪ˠ/

[ˈs̪ɯː˧˥vəl̪ˠ˥˩]

/ˈs̪ɯˑ.əl̪ˠ/

/ˈs̪ɯˑ.əl̪ˠ/

/ˈs̪ɯːɣəl̪ˠ/

/ˈs̪ɯː.ul̪ˠ/

From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum.

air feadh an t-saoghail

Càit air an t-saoghal an robh sibh?

fad do shaoghail

Ma gheibh mi saoghal, nì mi mo dhìcheall a bhith nam dhuine math.

If I survive, I’ll try to be a good person.

droch shaoghal

(dated) means, subsistence, riches, occupation


gàradh

gàradh m (genitive singular gàraidh, plural gàraidhean)

gàraidh (genitive singular)
gàraidhean (plural)


fasan

fasan m (genitive singular fasain, plural fasanan)

fasain (genitive singular)
fasanan (plural)

A bheil gorm san fhasan no às an fhasan am bliadhna?

Is blue in fashion or out of fashion this year?


spaid

spaid f (genitive singular spaide, plural spaidean)

spaide (genitive singular)
spaidean (plural)


buntàta

buntàta m (genitive singular bhuntàta, no plural)

bhuntàta (genitive singular)
buntàta
bhuntàta

/b̥əˈn̪ˠd̥ʰaːʰt̪/

/məˈn̪ˠd̥aːht̪ə/

/b̥əˈn̪ˠd̥aːht̪ə/

[məˈn̪ˠd̥aːht̪ʌ]

From English potato, modified by association with bun (“bottom”).


càl

càl m (genitive singular càil, no plural)

càil (genitive singular)
càl
chàl
càdhal (alternative)

From Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Irish cál, English cole and kale, Icelandic kál, German Kohl, etc.

Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient

An d' fhuair thu do chàl?


bambù

bambù m (genitive singular bambù, plural bambùthaichean)

bambù (genitive singular)
bambùthaichean (plural)
bambù
bhambù

From English bamboo, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).


Danmhairg

An Danmhairg (canonical feminine)
Danmhairg
Dhanmhairg


briseadh

briseadh m (genitive singular brisidh, plural brisidhean)

brisidh (genitive singular)
brisidhean (plural)
briseadh
bhriseadh

/ˈb̥ɾʲiʃtʲəɣ/

/ˈb̥ɾʲiʃtʲək/

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“breaks, smashes, destroys”). By surface analysis, bris + -adh (verbal noun suffix).


cuing

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cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, plural cuingean)

cuinge (genitive singular)
cuingean (plural)
cuing
chuing

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


gus

gus (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise)

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


gus

Chaidh e dhan bhùth gus biadh a cheannach.

Thuirt am Bòrd gu bheil siostaman ann gus nach bi buaidh air seirbheisean.

2020 December 11, “Na h-Eileanan Siar gun chùisean ùra Diardaoin”, in BBC News:

The Board said that systems are in place to ensure that services will not be affected.


tapais

tapais f (genitive singular tapais, plural tapaisean)

tapais (genitive singular)
tapaisean (plural)


magnait

magnait m (genitive singular magnait, plural magnaitean)

magnait (genitive singular)
magnaitean (plural)


ince

ince m (genitive singular ince, plural incean)

ince (genitive singular)
incean (plural)


esan

From Old Irish ésom. Cognates include Irish eisean and Manx eshyn.


preas

preas m (genitive singular preasa, plural preasan)

preasa (genitive singular)
preasan (plural)
preasa (alternative)

gun phreas gun smal

Tha preasan 'na aodann.


preas

preas m (genitive singular pris, plural preasan or pris)

pris (genitive singular)
preasan (plural)
pris (plural)
preasa (alternative)


preas

preas (past phreas, future preasaidh, verbal noun preasadh, past participle preaste)

phreas (past)
preasaidh (future)
preasadh (noun-from-verb)
preaste (participle past)
preasa (alternative)


preas

pris (genitive singular)
preasan (plural)
pris (plural)
preas
phreas
preasa (alternative)

Probably borrowed from Pictish. Cognate with Welsh prys (“bush, copse”).

Thilg i an leanabh fo aon de na preasan.

She threw the child under one of the shrubs.

Cha deach car do theadhair mu phreas.

Your tether has not gone round the bush.


briosgaid

briosgaid f (genitive singular briosgaide, plural briosgaidean)

briosgaide (genitive singular)
briosgaidean (plural)
briosgaid
bhriosgaid

Borrowed from English biscuit (by folk etymology made to agree with the Gaelic word brisg (“brittle”)). Compare Irish briosca. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English.


acras

acras m (genitive singular acrais, plural acran)

acrais (genitive singular)
acran (plural)

Tha an t-acras orm.


pathadh

pathadh m (genitive singular pathaidh, no plural)

pathaidh (genitive singular)
padhadh (alternative)

Tha pathadh orm.

A bheil pathadh ort?


amh

aimhe (comparative)
amh
n-amh
h-amh
t-amh

From Old Irish om (“raw, uncooked”) (compare Manx aw), from Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emós, *h₂eh₃mós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós), Sanskrit आम (āmá) and Old Armenian հում (hum, “raw”).


coinneal

coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, plural coinnlean)

coinnle (genitive singular)
coinnlean (plural)
coinneal
choinneal

From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.


Arasdotal

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).


truinnsear

truinnsear m (genitive singular truinnseir, plural truinnsearan)

truinnseir (genitive singular)
truinnsearan (plural)
troinnsear (alternative)

truinnsear staoin


pìob

pìob f (genitive singular pìoba, plural pìoban)

pìoba (genitive singular)
pìoban (plural)

From Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pipire, pipiare, pipare, from pīpiō (“to chirp, peep”), of imitative origin; possibly via Old English pipe or Old Norse pípa. Compare Irish píb.

onomatopoeic

imitative


sguab

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sguab f (genitive singular sguaibe, plural sguaban)

sguaibe (genitive singular)
sguaban (plural)

From Middle Irish scúap, from Latin scōpa. Cognate with Irish scuab.

(obsolete) candle extinguisher (hollow, conical shaped object)


sguab

sguab (past sguab, future sguabaidh, verbal noun sguabadh, past participle sguabte)

sguab (past)
sguabaidh (future)
sguabadh (noun-from-verb)
sguabte (participle past)


leatha

leam (first-person singular)
leamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
leat (second-person singular)
leatsa (emphatic second-person singular)
leis (masculine singular third-person)
leis-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
leatha (feminine singular third-person)
leathase (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
leinn (first-person plural)
leinne (emphatic first-person plural)
leibh (plural second-person)
leibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
leotha (plural third-person)
leothasan (emphatic plural third-person)

From Old Irish lee. Cognates include Irish léi and Manx lhee.

third-person singular feminine of le: with her; by her


leatha

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


orra

an orra-bhalbh

an amulet to prevent one's agent to make a defense in a court of justice

orra-an-donais

amulet to send one's foe to the mischief

orra-chomais

an amulet to deprive a man of his virility (especially on the marriage night)

orra-ghrùdaire

an amulet to make every drop of the wash to overflow the wash-tuns

orra-sheamlachais

an amulet to make a cow allow the calf of another cow to suck her


orra

orm (first-person singular)
ormsa (emphatic first-person singular)
ort (second-person singular)
ortsa (emphatic second-person singular)
air (masculine singular third-person)
airsan (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
oirre (feminine singular third-person)
oirrese (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
oirnn (first-person plural)
oirnne (emphatic first-person plural)
oirbh (plural second-person)
oirbhse (emphatic plural second-person)
orra (plural third-person)
orrasan (emphatic plural third-person)
orra
n-orra
h-orra
t-orra

From Old Irish forru. Cognates include Irish orthu and Manx orroo.


mean

From Old Irish menbach (“small”), from a Proto-Celtic derivation of the root *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Latin minus, minor, minutus and Ancient Greek μινύθω (minúthō, “lessen”).


cuid

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cuid f (genitive singular codach, plural codaichean)

codach (genitive singular)
codaichean (plural)
cuid (indefinite nominative singular)
codaichean (indefinite nominative plural)
codach (genitive indefinite singular)
chodaichean (genitive indefinite plural)
cuid (dative indefinite singular)
codaichean (dative indefinite plural)
(a') chuid (definite nominative singular)
codaichean (definite nominative plural)
na codaichean (definite nominative plural)
codach (definite genitive singular)
na codach (definite genitive singular)
codaichean (definite genitive plural)
nan codaichean (definite genitive plural)
(a') chuid (dative definite singular)
codaichean (dative definite plural)
na codaichean (dative definite plural)
chuid (definite singular vocative)
chodaiche (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish cuit (“part, portion, share”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Welsh peth (“thing”), Breton pezh (“piece”)). Doublet of pìos.


éist

éist (past dh'éist, future éistidh, verbal noun éisteachd, past participle éiste)

dh'éist (past)
éistidh (future)
éisteachd (noun-from-verb)
éiste (participle past)
éist
n-éist
h-éist
t-éist


tabhair

tabhair (past thug, future bheir, verbal noun toirt, past participle tugta)

thug (past)
bheir (future)
toirt (noun-from-verb)
tugta (participle past)
tabhair
thabhair

From Old Irish ·tabair, prototonic form of do·beir.


luath

each luath

fast, swift, fleet, nimble, quick, speedy

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

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

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


luath

luath f (genitive singular luaithe or luatha, no plural)

luaithe (genitive singular)
luatha (genitive singular)

From Old Irish lúaith (“ashes, dust”), from Proto-Celtic *loutus.
Cognate with Welsh lludw.

luath bholcàno


BPA

Initialism of Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (“Member of the Scottish Parliament”).


itheann

itheann f (genitive singular ithinn, plural itheannan)

ithinn (genitive singular)
itheannan (plural)

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of ifrinn (“hell”), representing Tiree Scottish Gaelic.


gach

From Middle Irish gach, from Old Irish cach, proclitic form of cách, from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos (compare Welsh pob).


paidir

paidir f (genitive singular paidire, plural paidrichean)

paidire (genitive singular)
paidrichean (plural)

From Old Irish paiter, from Latin pater (“father”), the first word of the Lord's Prayer in Latin.

(Christianity) the Lord's Prayer, paternoster


fiacail

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)

fiacla (genitive singular)
fiaclan (plural)
fiacaill
fhiacaill
fiacaill (alternative)
fiacal (alternative)

[ˈfiəʰkə̯ɪʎ]

[ˈfiəhkə̯ɪʎ]

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Irish fiacail and Manx feeackle.


lofa

lofa m (genitive singular lofa, plural lofan)

lofa (genitive singular)
lofan (plural)
lofa


gort

gort f (genitive singular gorta, plural gortan)

gorta (genitive singular)
gortan (plural)

From Old Irish gorte, from goirt (“starved”). Cognate with Irish gorta.


gort

Derivative of Etymology 3 ("field, enclosure") via a change in gender.


gort

gort m (genitive singular goirt, plural goirt)

goirt (genitive singular)
goirt (plural)
gort
ghort

From Old Irish gort, from Proto-Celtic *gortos (compare Welsh garth), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos (“enclosure, yard”) (compare Latin hortus, Old English geard). Doublet of gàrradh.


ullamh

ullaimhe (comparative)
ullamh
n-ullamh
h-ullamh
t-ullamh

From Old Irish ellam, ullam, ollam (“quick, prompt, speedy; soon, readily; ready, prepared; finished, complete; ready (for), predisposed (to), inclined (to)”). Related to ealamh.


càite

Contraction of cia (“what”) + àite (“place”).

càit (alternative apocopic)
càit' (alternative apocopic)
cà (alternative colloquial short-form)

Càite a bheil a' Bheilg?


ceist

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ceist f (genitive singular ceiste, plural ceistean)

ceiste (genitive singular)
ceistean (plural)
ceist
cheist

From Old Irish ceist, from Latin quaestiō.

Bu toigh leam beagan cheistean a chur air an duine sin.

I would like to ask that man a few questions.

Cha robh ceist air a chur air.

tha, gun cheist

tha, a cheist


coileach

coileach m (genitive singular coilich, plural coilich)

coilich (genitive singular)
coilich (plural)

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).

the apex of a thatched hay- or corn-stack


caill

caill (past chaill, future caillidh, verbal noun call, past participle caillte)

chaill (past)
caillidh (future)
call (noun-from-verb)
caillte (participle past)

From Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kold- (“strike, cut”).


caith

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caith (past chaith, future caithidh, verbal noun caitheamh, past participle caithte)

chaith (past)
caithidh (future)
caitheamh (noun-from-verb)
caithte (participle past)

From Old Irish caithid, from Proto-Celtic *katyeti; compare Latin catēia (“projectile”), which is from Gaulish.


creid

creid (past chreid, future creididh, verbal noun creidsinn or creidse, past participle creidte)

chreid (past)
creididh (future)
creidsinn (noun-from-verb)
creidse (noun-from-verb)
creidte (participle past)
creid
chreid

From Old Irish creitid, from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁-.

creididh iad sinne

cha chreid mi gun tèid i ann

Thill e. – An do thill? – Cha chreid mi nach do thill.

He returned. – Did he? – I do believe he did.

cha ghabh e creidsinn

tha i a' creidsinn ann an sìthichean


buail

buail (past bhuail, future buailidh, verbal noun bualadh, past participle buailte)

bhuail (past)
buailidh (future)
bualadh (noun-from-verb)
buailte (participle past)
buail
bhuail

From Old Irish búalaid. See buille (“blow, stroke”).

strike, hit, bang, beat, smite, knock, pelt, rap, thrust, thump


iarr

iarr (past dh'iarr, future iarraidh, verbal noun iarraidh, past participle iarrte)

dh'iarr (past)
iarraidh (future)
iarraidh (noun-from-verb)
iarrte (participle past)
iarr (stem)
iarraidh (noun-from-verb)
iarrte (participle past)
dh'iarr mi (first-person independent past singular)
dh'iarr thu (independent past second-person singular)
dh'iarr e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
dh'iarr sinn (first-person independent past plural)
dh'iarr sibh (independent past plural second-person)
dh'iarr iad (independent past plural third-person)
dh'iarradh (impersonal independent past)
iarraidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
iarraidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
iarraidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
iarraidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
iarraidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
iarraidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
iarrariarrtar (future impersonal independent)
dh'iarrainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
dh'iarradh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
dh'iarradh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
dh'iarramaiddh'iarradh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
dh'iarradh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
dh'iarradh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do dh'iarr mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do dh'iarr thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do dh'iarr e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do dh'iarr sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do dh'iarr sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do dh'iarr iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do dh'iarradh (impersonal negative past)
chan iarr mi (first-person future negative singular)
chan iarr thu (future negative second-person singular)
chan iarr e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
chan iarr sinn (first-person future negative plural)
chan iarr sibh (future negative plural second-person)
chan iarr iad (future negative plural third-person)
chan iarrarchan iarrtar (future impersonal negative)
chan iarrainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
chan iarradh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
chan iarradh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
chan iarramaidchan iarradh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
chan iarradh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
chan iarradh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do dh'iarr mi? (first-person past singular)
an do dh'iarr thu? (past second-person singular)
an do dh'iarr e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do dh'iarr sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do dh'iarr sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do dh'iarr iad? (past plural third-person)
an do dh'iarradh? (impersonal past)
an iarr mi? (first-person future singular)
an iarr thu? (future second-person singular)
an iarr e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an iarr sinn? (first-person future plural)
an iarr sibh? (future plural second-person)
an iarr iad? (future plural third-person)
an iarrar?an iarrtar? (future impersonal)
an iarrainn? (conditional first-person singular)
an iarradh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an iarradh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an iarramaid?an iarradh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an iarradh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an iarradh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an iarrtadh?an iarraist?¹an iarraiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do dh'iarr mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do dh'iarr thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do dh'iarr e (past singular)
nach do dh'iarr sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do dh'iarr sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do dh'iarr iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do dh'iarradh? (impersonal past)
nach iarr mi? (first-person future singular)
nach iarr thu? (future second-person singular)
nach iarr e (future singular)
nach iarr sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach iarr sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach iarr iad? (future plural third-person)
nach iarrar?nach iarrtar? (future impersonal)
nach iarrainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach iarradh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach iarradh e (conditional singular)
nach iarramaid?nach iarradh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach iarradh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach iarradh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
dh'iarras mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma dh'iarras mi (affirmative first-person singular)
dh'iarras thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma dh'iarras thu (affirmative second-person singular)
dh'iarras e (affirmative singular)
ma dh'iarras e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
dh'iarras sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma dh'iarras sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
dh'iarras sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma dh'iarras sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
dh'iarras iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma dh'iarras iad (affirmative plural third-person)
dh'iarrar (affirmative impersonal)
ma dh'iarrar (affirmative impersonal)
iarr mi (first-person negative singular)
mur iarr mi (first-person negative singular)
iarr thu (negative second-person singular)
mur iarr thu (negative second-person singular)
iarr e (negative singular)
mur iarr e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
iarr sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur iarr sinn (first-person negative plural)
iarr sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur iarr sibh (negative plural second-person)
iarr iad (negative plural third-person)
mur iarr iad (negative plural third-person)
iarrar iarrtar (impersonal negative)
iarrarmur iarrtar (impersonal negative)
murr iarrtar (impersonal negative)
murrmur iarrtar (impersonal negative)
iarram (first-person imperative singular)
iarr (imperative second-person singular)
iarradh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
iarramaid (first-person imperative plural)
iarraibh (imperative plural second-person)
iarradh iad (imperative plural third-person)
iarrariarrtar (imperative impersonal)

Chan fhaic 's chan iarr iad.

Iarr e gu pàrtaidh.


gaoid

gaoid f (genitive singular gaoide, plural gaoidean)

gaoide (genitive singular)
gaoidean (plural)
gaoid
ghaoid

From Middle Irish gáet, verbal noun of gáetaid, from Old Irish goíte, the past participle of gonaid (“to wound, kill”), from Proto-Celtic *gʷaneti (“to strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to slay, kill”).

gaoideanta

unsound at the core, idle, slothful, sluggish

gun ghaoid gun ghalair


seanfhacal

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seanfhacal m (genitive singular seanfhacail, plural seanfhacalan)

seanfhacail (genitive singular)
seanfhacalan (plural)


freagair

freagair (past fhreagair, future freagairidh, verbal noun freagairt, past participle freagairte)

fhreagair (past)
freagairidh (future)
freagairt (noun-from-verb)
freagairte (participle past)
freagair (stem)
freagairt (noun-from-verb)
freagairte (participle past)
fhreagair mi (first-person independent past singular)
fhreagair thu (independent past second-person singular)
fhreagair e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
fhreagair sinn (first-person independent past plural)
fhreagair sibh (independent past plural second-person)
fhreagair iad (independent past plural third-person)
fhreagaireadh (impersonal independent past)
freagairidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
freagairidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
freagairidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
freagairidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
freagairidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
freagairidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
freagairearfreagairtear (future impersonal independent)
fhreagairinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
fhreagaireadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
fhreagaireadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
fhreagaireamaidfhreagaireadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
fhreagaireadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
fhreagaireadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do fhreagair mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do fhreagair thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do fhreagair e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do fhreagair sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do fhreagair sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do fhreagair iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do fhreagaireadh (impersonal negative past)
cha fhreagair mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha fhreagair thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha fhreagair e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha fhreagair sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha fhreagair sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha fhreagair iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha fhreagairearcha fhreagairtear (future impersonal negative)
cha fhreagairinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha fhreagaireadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha fhreagaireadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha fhreagaireadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha fhreagaireadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
an do fhreagair mi? (first-person past singular)
an do fhreagair thu? (past second-person singular)
an do fhreagair e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do fhreagair sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do fhreagair sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do fhreagair iad? (past plural third-person)
an do fhreagaireadh? (impersonal past)
am freagair mi? (first-person future singular)
am freagair thu? (future second-person singular)
am freagair e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
am freagair sinn? (first-person future plural)
am freagair sibh? (future plural second-person)
am freagair iad? (future plural third-person)
am freagairear?am freagairtear? (future impersonal)
am freagairinn? (conditional first-person singular)
am freagaireadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
am freagaireadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
am freagaireamaid?am freagaireadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
am freagaireadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
am freagaireadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach do fhreagair mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do fhreagair thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do fhreagair e (past singular)
nach do fhreagair sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do fhreagair sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do fhreagair iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do fhreagaireadh? (impersonal past)
nach freagair mi? (first-person future singular)
nach freagair thu? (future second-person singular)
nach freagair e (future singular)
nach freagair sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach freagair sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach freagair iad? (future plural third-person)
nach freagairear?nach freagairtear? (future impersonal)
nach freagairinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach freagaireadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach freagaireadh e (conditional singular)
nach freagaireadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach freagaireadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
fhreagaireas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma fhreagaireas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
fhreagaireas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma fhreagaireas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
fhreagaireas e (affirmative singular)
ma fhreagaireas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
fhreagaireas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma fhreagaireas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
fhreagaireas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma fhreagaireas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
fhreagaireas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma fhreagaireas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
fhreagairear (affirmative impersonal)
ma fhreagairear (affirmative impersonal)
freagair mi (first-person negative singular)
mur freagair mi (first-person negative singular)
freagair thu (negative second-person singular)
mur freagair thu (negative second-person singular)
freagair e (negative singular)
mur freagair e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
freagair sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur freagair sinn (first-person negative plural)
freagair sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur freagair sibh (negative plural second-person)
freagair iad (negative plural third-person)
mur freagair iad (negative plural third-person)
freagairear freagairtear (impersonal negative)
freagairearmur freagairtear (impersonal negative)
murr freagairtear (impersonal negative)
murrmur freagairtear (impersonal negative)
freagaiream (first-person imperative singular)
freagair (imperative second-person singular)
freagaireadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
freagaireamaid (first-person imperative plural)
freagairibh (imperative plural second-person)
freagaireadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
freagairearfreagairtear (imperative impersonal)
freagair
fhreagair

From Old Irish ·frecair, prototonic form of fris·gair, from fri (“against”) + gairid (“calls”).

Freagair an duine.


geata

geata m (genitive singular geata, plural geatachan or geataichean or geatan)

geata (genitive singular)
geatachan (plural)
geataichean (plural)
geatan (plural)

From Middle Irish *geta, from Middle English ȝeat, from Old English ġeat.


salann

salann m (genitive singular salainn, no plural)

salainn (genitive singular)
salann
shalann
after "an"
t-salann

/ˈs̪al̪ˠən̪ˠ/

From Old Irish salann, from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *sáls (“salt”).


sònraichte

/ˈs̪õːɾɪçtʲ(ə)/

/ˈs̪ɔ̃ːɾɪçtʲə/

From Old Irish sainredach, from Proto-Celtic *sani, from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart, without, for oneself”), see also Sanskrit सनुतर् (sanutar, “aside, away”), Latin sine (“without”).

cog

gnothach sònraichte

sluagh sònraichte

duine sònraichte

bha adharc shònraichte aige

specific, special, notable, particular, novel, certain, remarkable

air an là sònraichte

appointed, specified, particularized, determined, ordained, foreordained, marked out bespoken


sònraichte

sònraichte
shónraichte
after "an"
t-sònraichte

/ˈs̪õːɾɪçtʲ(ə)/

/ˈs̪ɔ̃ːɾɪçtʲə/

tha e sònraichte math air teagasg

(as an intensifier) especially, exceptionally


Esra

(biblical) Ezra, the fifteenth book of the Old Testament


ruig

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ruig (past ràinig, future ruigidh, verbal noun ruigsinn or ruighinn or ruigheachd, past participle ruigte)

ràinig (past)
ruigidh (future)
ruigsinn (noun-from-verb)
ruighinn (noun-from-verb)
ruigheachd (noun-from-verb)
ruigte (participle past)


thàinig

Thàinig mo chlann dhachaigh.


mion

From Old Irish min (“small”), from Proto-Celtic *menus, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”).


bradan

bradan m (genitive singular bradain, plural bradain)

bradain (genitive singular)
bradain (plural)


sporan

sporan m (genitive singular sporain, plural sporain)

sporain (genitive singular)
sporain (plural)

→ English: sporran

From Old Irish sparán (compare Irish sparán).


tioram

barren, uninteresting, unembellished, jejune

feur tioram

uair tioram

not seasoned, as food of an indifferent kind


saorsa

saorsa f (genitive singular saorsa, plural saorsainnean)

saorsa (genitive singular)
saorsainnean (plural)

/ˈs̪ɯːrˠs̪ə/


deagh

From Old Irish deg-, dag-, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (compare Welsh da).

deagh bheus

deagh ghean

deagh ainm

dà dheagh mheann

deagh dhuine


cìr

cìr f (genitive singular cìre, plural cìrean)

cìre (genitive singular)
cìrean (plural)

From Old Irish cír, from Proto-Celtic *kīnsrā.

eun cìr-dhearg an aonaich

Tha a' bhó a' cnàmh na cìre.


cìr

cìr (past chìr, future cìridh, verbal noun cìreadh, past participle cìrte)

chìr (past)
cìridh (future)
cìreadh (noun-from-verb)
cìrte (participle past)


creutair

creutair m (genitive singular creutair, plural creutairean)

creutair (genitive singular)
creutairean (plural)

/ˈkʰɾeːʰt̪ɛɾʲ/

From Middle Irish crétúir, from Latin creātūra (“created thing; creature”).

der

an creutair truagh


dùin

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dùin (past dhùin, future dùinidh, verbal noun dùnadh, past participle dùinte)

dhùin (past)
dùinidh (future)
dùnadh (noun-from-verb)
dùinte (participle past)

Dùin an dorus.

Dhùin ceò bhliadhna air a dhèarrsa.

The mist of the years has shrouded his splendour.


dùin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


duais

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duais f (genitive singular duais, plural duaisean)

duais (genitive singular)
duaisean (plural)
duais
dhuais

a’ toirt duais seachad

duais an uilc


sàil

sàil f (genitive singular sàile or sàlach, plural sàilean or sàiltean)

sàile (genitive singular)
sàlach (genitive singular)
sàilean (plural)
sàiltean (plural)

sàil na stocainn


sàil

sàil (past shàil, future sàilidh, verbal noun sàileadh, past participle sàilte)

shàil (past)
sàilidh (future)
sàileadh (noun-from-verb)
sàilte (participle past)


tilg

tilg (past thilg, future tilgidh, verbal noun tilgeil or tilgeadh, past participle tilgthe)

thilg (past)
tilgidh (future)
tilgeil (noun-from-verb)
tilgeadh (noun-from-verb)
tilgthe (participle past)

From Middle Irish teilcid, from Old Irish do·léici.

Na tilg clachan!

Thilg an t-each mi.

Thilg e an duine.

Thilg e a dheoch.

Thilg i searrach.

gach craobh a thilgeas meas


ùrlar

ùrlar m (genitive singular ùrlair, plural ùrlaran)

ùrlair (genitive singular)
ùrlaran (plural)
ùrlar
n-ùrlar
h-ùrlar
t-ùrlar

/ˈuːrˠl̪ˠəɾ/

From Middle Irish urlár (compare Irish urlár).

air an ùrlar

(pìobaireachd) the ground, the first movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a highly ornamented theme


còmhnard

/ˈkʰɔ̃ːnərˠd/

From Middle Irish comard, from Old Irish comard, with irregularly appearing -n-.

rathad còmhnard

siùil còmhnard


còmhnard

còmhnard m (genitive singular còmhnaird, plural còmhnardan)

còmhnaird (genitive singular)
còmhnardan (plural)
còmhnard
chòmhnard

/ˈkʰɔ̃ːnərˠd/


cruinn

From Old Irish cruind, from Proto-Celtic *krundis (compare Welsh crwn).

gu cruinn


gionach

gionach (genitive singular feminine giniche, comparative giniche)

giniche (feminine genitive singular)
giniche (comparative)
gionach
ghionach

From Old Irish ginach, ginech, genech, genach (“greedy, gaping”), from giun (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen (“cheek, chin”).

inh

leughadair gionach


iomadh

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iomadh m (genitive singular iomaidh, no plural)

iomaidh (genitive singular)
iomadh
n-iomadh
h-iomadh
t-iomadh
ioma (alternative)
iomad (alternative)

From Old Irish imbed, imbad, from Proto-Celtic *imbetom.

iomadh rud

iomadh turas

a lot of, many, many a, a number of, various, diverse


lasadain

inflection of lasadan:
genitive singular

inflection of lasadan:
nominative plural


lasadan

lasadan m (genitive singular lasadain, plural lasadain)

lasadain (genitive singular)
lasadain (plural)


'l

Cà 'l thu dol?

'L fhios a'd?


oisinn

oisinn f (genitive singular oisne, plural oisnean)

oisne (genitive singular)
oisnean (plural)
oisinn
n-oisinn
h-oisinn
t-oisinn
oisean (alternative)

From Middle Irish uisin. Cognate with Irish uisinn.

oisinn an taighe


sgudal

sgudal m (genitive singular sgudail, no plural)


ùghdar

ùghdar m (genitive singular ùghdair, plural ùghdairean)

ùghdair (genitive singular)
ùghdairean (plural)
ùghdar
n-ùghdar
h-ùghdar
t-ùghdar


cnàmh-droma

cnàmh-droma m (genitive singular cnàmha-droma, plural cnàmhan-droma)

cnàmha-droma (genitive singular)
cnàmhan-droma (plural)

cnàimh an droma
cnàimh an droma#Scottish_Gaelic


a'

am (masculine nominative)
an (masculine)
an (genitive masculine)
an (feminine)
an (feminine nominative)
nam (genitive plural)
a' (masculine)
a' (genitive masculine)
a' (feminine)
a' (feminine nominative)
an (masculine nominative)

dative or genitive singular masculine preceding g-, c-, b-, m- or p-

nominative or dative singular feminine preceding g-, c-, b-, m-, p-

Seall air a' corra-lod!


a'

Tha Seoc a' fuireach ann an Glaschu.

Dè tha thu a' leughadh?


Sìona

From Portuguese China, perhaps from Hindi चीन (cīn) and ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “the Chinese; China”) of uncertain etymology.


ath-bheothachadh

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ath-bheothachadh m (genitive singular ath-bheothachaidh, plural ath-bheothachaidhean)

ath-bheothachaidh (genitive singular)
ath-bheothachaidhean (plural)


falamh

[ˈfa˧˥.l̪ˠu˥˩]

Uist, Barra, Tiree, Trotternish, Perthshire

Sutherland, Ross-shire, East Inverness-shire

soitheach falamh

air àite falamh

Is fheàrr fuine thana na bhith uile falamh.

A thin batch is better than to want bread altogether.

taigh falamh


asad

asam (first-person singular)
asamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
asad (second-person singular)
asadsa (emphatic second-person singular)
às (masculine singular third-person)
às-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
aiste (feminine singular third-person)
aistese (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
asainn (first-person plural)
asainne (emphatic first-person plural)
asaibh (plural second-person)
asaibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
asta (plural third-person)
astasan (emphatic plural third-person)

From Old Irish essiut. Cognates include Irish asat and Manx assyd.


àrsaidh

From Old Irish arsaid (“old, ancient, aged”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸarstā-, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pr- (“before, formerly; through, throughout”) + *steh₂-. Compare Irish ársa.


ciad

a' chiad (canonical)
ceud (alternative)
a' cheud (alternative)


ciad

ceud (alternative)
a' cheud (alternative)


ciad

ciad
chiad
ceud (alternative)
a' cheud (alternative)

(obsolete, dialectal) opinion, impression


màrsail

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màrsail f (genitive singular màrsaile, plural màrsailean)

màrsaile (genitive singular)
màrsailean (plural)


dàrna

/ə ˈn̪ˠd̪aːrˠnə/

[ə ˈn̪ˠaːɲə]

[ə ˈn̪ˠd̪̊aːr̥ˠn̪ˠʌ]

From Old Irish darna (“the second; one of two”).


pàirt

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pàirt f (genitive singular pàirte, plural pàirtean)

pàirte (genitive singular)
pàirtean (plural)


dala

/ə ˈn̪ˠd̪al̪ˠə/

[ə ˈn̪ˠd̪̊al̪ˠʌ]

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


poball

poball m (genitive singular pobaill, plural poballan)

pobaill (genitive singular)
poballan (plural)

From Old Irish popul, from Proto-Brythonic *pobl, from Latin populus.


bratach

bratach f (genitive singular brataich, plural brataichean)

brataich (genitive singular)
brataichean (plural)
bratach
bhratach

→ English: brattach

From Old Irish brattach (“banner, standard”).


tusa

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


spad

spad (past spad, future spadaidh, verbal noun spadadh, past participle spadte)

spad (past)
spadaidh (future)
spadadh (noun-from-verb)
spadte (participle past)
spad (stem)
spadadh (noun-from-verb)
spadta (participle past)
spad mi (first-person independent past singular)
spad thu (independent past second-person singular)
spad e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
spad sinn (first-person independent past plural)
spad sibh (independent past plural second-person)
spad iad (independent past plural third-person)
spadadh (impersonal independent past)
spadaidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
spadaidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
spadaidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
spadaidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
spadaidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
spadaidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
spadarspadtar (future impersonal independent)
spadainn (conditional first-person independent singular)
spadadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
spadadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
spadamaidspadadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
spadadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
spadadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do spad mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do spad thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do spad e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do spad sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do spad sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do spad iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do spadadh (impersonal negative past)
cha spad mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha spad thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha spad e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha spad sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha spad sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha spad iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha spadarcha spadtar (future impersonal negative)
cha spadainn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha spadadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha spadadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha spadamaidcha spadadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha spadadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha spadadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha spadtadhcha spadaist¹cha spadaiste (conditional impersonal negative)
an do spad mi? (first-person past singular)
an do spad thu? (past second-person singular)
an do spad e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do spad sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do spad sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do spad iad? (past plural third-person)
an do spadadh? (impersonal past)
an spad mi? (first-person future singular)
an spad thu? (future second-person singular)
an spad e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an spad sinn? (first-person future plural)
an spad sibh? (future plural second-person)
an spad iad? (future plural third-person)
an spadar?an spadtar? (future impersonal)
an spadainn? (conditional first-person singular)
an spadadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an spadadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an spadamaid?an spadadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an spadadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an spadadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
an spadtadh?an spadaist?¹an spadaiste? (conditional impersonal)
nach do spad mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do spad thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do spad e (past singular)
nach do spad sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do spad sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do spad iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do spadadh? (impersonal past)
nach spad mi? (first-person future singular)
nach spad thu? (future second-person singular)
nach spad e (future singular)
nach spad sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach spad sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach spad iad? (future plural third-person)
nach spadar?nach spadtar? (future impersonal)
nach spadainn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach spadadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach spadadh e (conditional singular)
nach spadamaid?nach spadadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach spadadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach spadadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
spadas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma spadas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
spadas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma spadas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
spadas e (affirmative singular)
ma spadas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
spadas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma spadas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
spadas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma spadas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
spadas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma spadas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
spadar (affirmative impersonal)
ma spadar (affirmative impersonal)
spad mi (first-person negative singular)
mur spad mi (first-person negative singular)
spad thu (negative second-person singular)
mur spad thu (negative second-person singular)
spad e (negative singular)
mur spad e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
spad sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur spad sinn (first-person negative plural)
spad sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur spad sibh (negative plural second-person)
spad iad (negative plural third-person)
mur spad iad (negative plural third-person)
spadar spadtar (impersonal negative)
spadarmur spadtar (impersonal negative)
murr spadtar (impersonal negative)
murrmur spadtar (impersonal negative)
spadam (first-person imperative singular)
spad (imperative second-person singular)
spadadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
spadamaid (first-person imperative plural)
spadaibh (imperative plural second-person)
spadadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
spadarspadtar (imperative impersonal)


clamhan ruadh

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual


curran

curran m (genitive singular currain, plural currain or curranan)

currain (genitive singular)
currain (plural)
curranan (plural)

Perhaps from corr (“tapering”) + -an. Compare Irish corrán dearg (“wild radish”).

pannier slung on horses for carrying bulky loads, as hay, corn, etc.


cosgais

cosgais f (genitive singular cosgaise, plural cosgaisean)

cosgaise (genitive singular)
cosgaisean (plural)

repast; food and drink served at a funeral reception

(dated) periodical allowance to servants sent to their houses


cosg

cosg (past chosg, future cosgaidh, verbal noun cosg or cosgadh, past participle cosgte)

chosg (past)
cosgaidh (future)
cosg (noun-from-verb)
cosgadh (noun-from-verb)
cosgte (participle past)

From Middle Irish coiscid, from Old Irish con·secha. Cognate with Irish coisc.


cosg

cosg m (genitive singular cosg or coisg)

cosg (genitive singular)
coisg (genitive singular)
cosg
chosg


murt

murt m (genitive singular muirt, plural muirt)

muirt (genitive singular)
muirt (plural)
mort (alternative)

Along with the variant mort, from Middle Irish martad, a borrowing from Latin mors (“death”).


murt

murt (past mhurt, future murtaidh, verbal noun murt or murtadh, past participle murte)

mhurt (past)
murtaidh (future)
murt (noun-from-verb)
murtadh (noun-from-verb)
murte (participle past)
mort (alternative)


cromach

cromach m (genitive singular cromach, plural cromaich)

cromach (genitive singular)
cromaich (plural)

crooked or bent person, in the literal sense: a person who can't stand up straight.


tearnadh

tearnadh m (genitive singular tearnaidh, plural tearnaidhean)

tearnaidh (genitive singular)
tearnaidhean (plural)


aonaichte

aonaichte
n-aonaichte
h-aonaichte
t-aonaichte


amais

amais (past dh'amais, future amaisidh, verbal noun amas, past participle amaiste)

dh'amais (past)
amaisidh (future)
amas (noun-from-verb)
amaiste (participle past)


dà-sheaghachas

From dà-sheaghach (“ambiguous, equivocal”) + -as (abstract ending).


toiseach

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toiseach m (genitive singular toisich, plural toisichean)

toisich (genitive singular)
toisichean (plural)

(vehicle): front, (ship, boat): bow, prow


bogha-frois

bogha-frois m (genitive singular bogha-fhrois, plural boghachan-frois)

bogha-fhrois (genitive singular)
boghachan-frois (plural)
bogha-froise (alternative)


nead

nead m (genitive singular nid, plural nid or neadan)

nid (genitive singular)
nid (plural)
neadan (plural)

From Old Irish net, from Proto-Celtic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.


clò

clò m (genitive singular clò or clòtha, plural clòithean or clòitean)

clò (genitive singular)
clòtha (genitive singular)
clòithean (plural)
clòitean (plural)


clò

clò m (genitive singular clòdha, plural clòdhan)

clòdha (genitive singular)
clòdhan (plural)
clò
chlò

From Old Irish cló (“metal spike, nail; imprint, impression; form, shape, appearance; print of a book”), from Proto-Celtic *klāwos (compare Breton klao, Welsh clo), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”) (compare Latin clāvis).

der

clò trom


gleann

head

gleann m (genitive singular glinne, plural gleanntan or glinn)

glinne (genitive singular)
gleanntan (plural)
glinn (plural)
gleann
ghleann

From Old Irish glenn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos. Cognate with Welsh glan (“brink, shore”) and Breton glann (“river bank”). Stokes compares Middle High German klinnen, Swiss German klänen (“to climb”), and Old Norse klunna (“cling to”).

Gleann Mòr na Sìthe


trèan

trèan f (genitive singular trèana, plural trèanaichean)

trèana (genitive singular)
trèanaichean (plural)
trèana (alternative)


trèan

trèan (past thrèan, future trèanaidh, verbal noun trèanadh, past participle trèante)

thrèan (past)
trèanaidh (future)
trèanadh (noun-from-verb)
trèante (participle past)
trèan
thrèan


pàipear

pàipear m (genitive singular pàipeir, plural pàipearan)

pàipeir (genitive singular)
pàipearan (plural)

[ˈpʰãiːʰpəɾ]

Borrowed from English paper, from Latin papȳrus.


pàirc

pàirc f (genitive singular pàirce, plural pàircean)

pàirce (genitive singular)
pàircean (plural)


pòca

pòca m (genitive singular pòca, plural pòcannan)

pòca (genitive singular)
pòcannan (plural)


aodann

aodann m (genitive singular aodainn, plural aodainnean)

aodainn (genitive singular)
aodainnean (plural)

From Old Irish étan (compare Irish éadan, Manx eddin).


gnùis

gnùis f (genitive singular gnùise, plural gnùisean)

gnùise (genitive singular)
gnùisean (plural)
gnùis
ghnùis

From Old Irish gnúis. Cognate with Irish gnúis.


crìochnaich

crìochnaich (past chrìochnaich, future crìochnaichidh, verbal noun crìochnachadh, past participle crìochnaichte)

chrìochnaich (past)
crìochnaichidh (future)
crìochnachadh (noun-from-verb)
crìochnaichte (participle past)

From Middle Irish críchnaigid (“to complete”), from Old Irish crích (“boundary”) (compare modern crìoch).


crìoch

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crìoch f (dative singular crìch, genitive singular crìche, plural crìochan)

crìch (dative singular)
crìche (genitive singular)
crìochan (plural)

From Middle Irish crích, from Old Irish crích (“boundary”). Cognate with Irish críoch and Manx creeagh.

thàinig e gu crìch

Thig crìoch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol is ceòl.

The world will come to an end, but love and music will endure.

Crìochan na h-Alba

Crìoch Thuath na Grèine

Crìoch Dheas na Grèine

Na Garbh-Chrìochan


deolag

deolag f (genitive deolaig, plural deolagan)

European fly honeysuckle (fly honeysuckle), Lonicera xylosteum


coimhead

coimhead (past choimhead, future coimheadaidh or coimhdidh, verbal noun coimhead, past participle coimheadte)

choimhead (past)
coimheadaidh (future)
coimhdidh (future)
coimhead (noun-from-verb)
coimheadte (participle past)

[ˈkʰʉ̃˧˥.at̪˥˩]

/ˈkʰɔ̃ĩ.at̪/

/ˈkʰɔ̃ĩ.at̪/

[ˈkʰɔ̝̃ĩ.at̪]

From Old Irish coimét, verbal noun of con·eim (“protects, preserves, secures”).


coimhead

coimhid (genitive singular)
coimhead
choimhead

[ˈkʰʉ̃˧˥.at̪˥˩]

/ˈkʰɔ̃ĩ.at̪/

/ˈkʰɔ̃ĩ.at̪/

[ˈkʰɔ̝̃ĩ.at̪]


seall

seall (past sheall, future seallaidh, verbal noun sealltainn, past participle seallte)

sheall (past)
seallaidh (future)
sealltainn (noun-from-verb)
seallte (participle past)

From Middle Irish sellaid, from Proto-Celtic *sil-n- (“to look”), of uncertain ultimate origin; compare Irish súil (“eye”), as well as Old Irish solus (“bright, clear”) and Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine”).


bi coltach

Tha e coltach gu bheil iad an-seo.

Nach eil e coltach nach fhaca duine càil?

Doesn't it seem that nobody saw anything?


coltach

coltaiche (comparative)
coltach
choltach

/ˈkʰɔl̪ˠt̪əx/

According to MacBain, "a contraction of co-amhuil-t-ach". Compare Irish cosúil (pre-reform spelling cosmhail) "like, resembling" from Old Irish cosmail.

Tha iad coltach ri chèile.

Cò ris a tha e coltach?


bolgan

head

bolgan m (genitive singular bolgain, plural bolgain or bolganan)

bolgain (genitive singular)
bolgain (plural)
bolganan (plural)
bolgan
bholgan


clach na sùla

/kʰl̪ˠax nə ˈs̪uːl̪ˠə/


saoil

saoil (past shaoil, future saoilidh, verbal noun saoilsinn, past participle saoilte)

shaoil (past)
saoilidh (future)
saoilsinn (noun-from-verb)
saoilte (participle past)
saoil
shaoil
after "an"
t-saoil

Shaoil mi.

I thought. I believed (that). I imagined.

An saoil thu?

Shaoileadh duine.

Shaoil e gur e nàmhaid a bh' ann.

Nach saoil thu?

ma shaoileas tu

C' àit' an deach e, saoil thu?


dris

dris f (genitive singular drise, plural drisean)

drise (genitive singular)
drisean (plural)
dris
dhris
dreas (alternative)

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Irish dris, Welsh drysi.

inh

às an dris anns an droigheann

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


sluig

head

sluig (past shluig, future sluigidh, verbal noun slugadh, past participle sluigte)

shluig (past)
sluigidh (future)
slugadh (noun-from-verb)
sluigte (participle past)


gòbhlan-gaoithe

gòbhlan-gaoithe m (genitive singular gòbhlain-gaoithe, plural gòbhlanan-gaoithe)

gòbhlain-gaoithe (genitive singular)
gòbhlanan-gaoithe (plural)


saor-dhuais

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

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

/ˌsɯːɾˈɣuəʃ/


cnàmh

cnàmh m (genitive singular cnàimh, plural cnàmhan)

cnàimh (genitive singular)
cnàmhan (plural)


cnàmh

From Old Irish cnám, from Proto-Celtic *knāyeti (“to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂-. Compare Old Irish con·cnaí (“chews, masticates, gnaws”), verbal noun cnaïd.


cnàmh

head

cnàmh (past chnàmh, future cnàmhaidh, verbal noun cnàmh, cnàmhadh, past participle cnàmhte)

chnàmh (past)
cnàmhaidh (future)
cnàmh (noun-from-verb)
cnàmhadh (noun-from-verb)
cnàmhte (participle past)
cnàmh
chnàmh


seòladh

seòladh m (genitive singular seòlaidh, plural seòlaidhean)

seòlaidh (genitive singular)
seòlaidhean (plural)


dèideag

dèideag f (genitive dèideig, plural dèideagan)


miannaich

miannaich (past mhiannaich, future miannaichidh, verbal noun miannach, past participle miannaichte)

mhiannaich (past)
miannaichidh (future)
miannach (noun-from-verb)
miannaichte (participle past)


dorchadas

dorchadas m (genitive singular dorchadais, no plural)

dorchadais (genitive singular)
dorchadas
dhorchadas

/ˈt̪ɔɾɔxət̪əs̪/


faileas

faileas m (genitive singular faileis, plural faileasan)

faileis (genitive singular)
faileasan (plural)


tarraing

tarraing (past tharraing, future tàirnidh, verbal noun tarraing, past participle tarraingte)

tharraing (past)
tàirnidh (future)
tarraing (noun-from-verb)
tarraingte (participle past)

/ˈt̪ʰarˠɪkʲ/

From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.


tarraing

tarraing f (genitive singular tarrainge or tàirgne, plural tarraingean or tàirgnean)

tarrainge (genitive singular)
tàirgne (genitive singular)
tarraingean (plural)
tàirgnean (plural)
tarraing
tharraing

/ˈt̪ʰarˠɪkʲ/


teòclaid

/ˈtʃʰɔːxkl̪ˠɪtʲ/

Borrowed from English chocolate. Compare Irish seacláid, Manx shocklaid.


teòclaid

teòclaid f (genitive singular teòclaide, plural teòclaidean)

teòclaide (genitive singular)
teòclaidean (plural)
teòclaid
theòclaid

/ˈtʃʰɔːxkl̪ˠɪtʲ/


sòbhrach

sòbhrach f (genitive sòbhraiche, plural sòbhraichean)

sòbhraiche (genitive)
sòbhraichean (plural)


dranndanach

dranndanach (genitive singular masculine dranndanaich, comparative dranndanaiche)

dranndanaich (genitive masculine singular)
dranndanaiche (comparative)

/ˈt̪ɾãũn̪ˠtanəx/


dranndanach

dranndanach m (genitive singular dranndanaich)

dranndanaich (genitive singular)
dranndanach
dhranndanach

/ˈt̪ɾãũn̪ˠtanəx/


searbhasach

searbhasach (canonical)
nas searbhasaiche (canonical)
na bu shearbhasaiche (canonical)


poll-caca

poll-caca m (genitive singular puill-caca, plural puill-caca)

puill-caca (genitive singular)
puill-caca (plural)


iolair

iolair (indefinite nominative singular)
iolairean (indefinite nominative plural)
iolaire (genitive indefinite singular)
iolair (genitive indefinite singular)
iolairean (genitive indefinite plural)
iolair (dative indefinite singular)
iolairean (dative indefinite plural)
iolairibh (dative indefinite plural)
iolair (definite nominative singular)
an iolair (definite nominative singular)
h-iolairean (definite nominative plural)
na h-iolairean (definite nominative plural)
h-iolaire (definite genitive singular)
na h-iolaire (definite genitive singular)
h-iolair (definite genitive singular)
iolairean (definite genitive plural)
nan iolairean (definite genitive plural)
iolair (dative definite singular)
an iolair (dative definite singular)
h-iolairean (dative definite plural)
na h-iolairean (dative definite plural)
h-iolairibh (dative definite plural)
iolair (definite singular vocative)
iolairean (definite plural vocative)
iolair (indefinite nominative singular)
iolaraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
iolarach (genitive indefinite singular)
iolaraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
iolair (dative indefinite singular)
iolaraichean (dative indefinite plural)
iolair (definite nominative singular)
an iolair (definite nominative singular)
h-iolaraichean (definite nominative plural)
na h-iolaraichean (definite nominative plural)
h-iolarach (definite genitive singular)
na h-iolarach (definite genitive singular)
iolaraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan iolaraichean (definite genitive plural)
iolair (dative definite singular)
an iolair (dative definite singular)
h-iolaraichean (dative definite plural)
na h-iolaraichean (dative definite plural)
iolair (definite singular vocative)
iolaraichean (definite plural vocative)
iolair (indefinite nominative singular)
iolraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
iolrach (genitive indefinite singular)
iolraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
iolair (dative indefinite singular)
iolraichean (dative indefinite plural)
iolair (definite nominative singular)
an iolair (definite nominative singular)
h-iolraichean (definite nominative plural)
na h-iolraichean (definite nominative plural)
h-iolrach (definite genitive singular)
na h-iolrach (definite genitive singular)
iolraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan iolraichean (definite genitive plural)
iolair (dative definite singular)
an iolair (dative definite singular)
h-iolraichean (dative definite plural)
na h-iolraichean (dative definite plural)
iolair (definite singular vocative)
iolraichean (definite plural vocative)
iolair
n-iolair
h-iolair
t-iolair
fiolair (alternative)
iobhlair (alternative)

/ˈjul̪ˠɪɾʲə/

[ˈɨl̪ˠɪɾʲʌ~ˈɨl̪ˠɪʒʌ]

From Middle Irish ilar. Cognates include Irish iolar and Manx urley.


a dh'aithghearr

Gabhar an obair os làimh a dh'aithghearr.


bodach-sneachda

bodach-sneachda m (genitive singular bodaich-shneachda, plural bodaich-shneachda)

bodaich-shneachda (genitive singular)
bodaich-shneachda (plural)


ùir

ùir f (genitive singular ùire or ùireach or ùrach, plural ùirean)

ùire (genitive singular)
ùireach (genitive singular)
ùrach (genitive singular)
ùirean (plural)


cruinne-cè

cruinne-cè m or f (genitive singular cruinne-cè, plural cruinnean-cè)

cruinne-cè (genitive singular)
cruinnean-cè (plural)


ainmich

ainmich (past dh'ainmich, future ainmichidh, verbal noun ainmeachadh, past participle ainmichte)

dh'ainmich (past)
ainmichidh (future)
ainmeachadh (noun-from-verb)
ainmichte (participle past)
ainmich
n-ainmich
h-ainmich
t-ainmich


saothair

saothair f (genitive singular saothrach, plural saothraichean)

saothrach (genitive singular)
saothraichean (plural)
saothair
shaothair
after "an"
t-saothair

From Middle Irish saethar, from Old Irish saíthar.


fuaim

fuaim m or f (genitive singular fuaime, plural fuaimean)

fuaime (genitive singular)
fuaimean (plural)
fuaim
fhuaim

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).


rubha

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rubha m (genitive singular rubha, plural rubhannan)

rubha (genitive singular)
rubhannan (plural)

According to MacBain the original meaning was "being before" and is composed of *ɸro- (“before”) and root *bu- (“to be”) from *bʰuH-.


saidheans

saidheans m (genitive singular saidheans, plural saidheansan)

saidheans (genitive singular)
saidheansan (plural)


slìog

slìog (past shlìog, future slìogaidh, verbal noun slìogadh, past participle slìogte)

shlìog (past)
slìogaidh (future)
slìogadh (noun-from-verb)
slìogte (participle past)
slìob (alternative)

Shlìog e an cù.

Bha e a' slìogadh a ghàirdean.


craigear

craigear m (genitive singular craigeir, plural craigearan)

craigeir (genitive singular)
craigearan (plural)


earb

earb f (genitive singular earba, plural earban or earbaichean)

earba (genitive singular)
earban (plural)
earbaichean (plural)


earb

earb (past dh'earb, future earbaidh, verbal noun earbsadh, past participle earbte)

dh'earb (past)
earbaidh (future)
earbsadh (noun-from-verb)
earbte (participle past)

From Old Irish erbaid (“to entrust, to trust”)


gu math

Tha mi eòlach gu math air.

Nì thu gu math fhathast.


tric

From Old Irish tricc (“swift, active, sudden, urgent”).


glùn

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glùn f (genitive singular glùine, plural glùinean or glùintean)

glùine (genitive singular)
glùinean (plural)
glùintean (plural)
glùn
ghlùn

From Old Irish glún, dissimilated from earlier Proto-Celtic *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.


streap

streap (past streap, future streapaidh, verbal noun streap or streapadh, past participle streapte)

streap (past)
streapaidh (future)
streap (noun-from-verb)
streapadh (noun-from-verb)
streapte (participle past)
sreap (alternative)


streapadh

streapadh m (genitive singular streapaidh, plural streapaidhean)

streapaidh (genitive singular)
streapaidhean (plural)


dìrich

dìrich (past dhìrich, future dìrichidh, verbal noun dìreadh, past participle dìrichte)

dhìrich (past)
dìrichidh (future)
dìreadh (noun-from-verb)
dìrichte (participle past)


snàig

snàig (past snàig, future snàigidh, verbal noun snàgail, past participle snàigte)

snàig (past)
snàigidh (future)
snàgail (noun-from-verb)
snàigte (participle past)


dàna

arrogant, forward, impudent, presumptuous


bàrr

bàrr m (genitive singular barra, plural barran)

barra (genitive singular)
barran (plural)

From Old Irish barr (“top, tip, end; crop, produce”), from Proto-Celtic *barros (compare Middle Welsh barr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-.


ialtag

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ialtag f (genitive singular ialtaig, plural ialtagan)

ialtaig (genitive singular)
ialtagan (plural)

/ˈiəl̪ˠt̪ək/

From Middle Irish *íaltóc (compare Irish ialtóg), from íatlu (“bat”) + -óc.

bat (small, nocturnal, flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)


rùraich

rùraich (past rùraich, future rùraichidh, verbal noun rùrach, past participle rùraichte)

rùraich (past)
rùraichidh (future)
rùrach (noun-from-verb)
rùraichte (participle past)
rùdhraich (alternative)


annasach

annasach
n-annasach
h-annasach
t-annasach

/ˈan̪ˠəs̪əx/


annasaiche

annasaiche
n-annasaiche
h-annasaiche
t-annasaiche


cabhagach

cabhagach (genitive singular masculine cabhagaich, comparative cabhagaiche)

cabhagaich (genitive masculine singular)
cabhagaiche (comparative)
cabhagach
chabhagach

From cabhag (“haste, hurry”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).


tarsainn

/ˈt̪ʰarˠs̪ɪɲ/

[ˈt̪ʰa(ɽ)ʂɪɲ]

[ˈt̪ʰas̪ˠɪɲ]

rach an taobh tarsainn


iomrall

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iomrall m (genitive singular iomraill, plural iomrallan)

iomraill (genitive singular)
iomrallan (plural)
iomrall
n-iomrall
h-iomrall
t-iomrall
iomaral (alternative)
iomrol (alternative)
iormall (alternative)
ioramall (alternative)

From Old Irish imroll (“a badly-aimed shot or cast, a miss; straying, error, mistake”).


iomraill

iomraill
n-iomraill
h-iomraill
t-iomraill


laoidh

Brill Publishers
Helmut Rix
Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben

From Middle Irish láed, laíd, from Old Irish loíd (“poem, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *loyd-eh₂, from the root *leyd- (“to let; to let go, release”). The semantic evolution would be “to release” → “to set in motion” → “to incite” → “to praise, sing praises of”.


claidheimh crom

claidheamh crom
claidheamh crom#Scottish_Gaelic


ciorra

Comparative and superlative forms of ceàrr.


bataraidh

bataraidh m or pl bataraidhean (canonical)


soilleirich

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soilleirich (past shoilleirich, future soilleirichidh, verbal noun soilleireachadh, past participle soilleirichte)

shoilleirich (past)
soilleirichidh (future)
soilleireachadh (noun-from-verb)
soilleirichte (participle past)

soilleir (“bright, clear, light; explicit, intelligible”) + -ich

suffix

clarify, clear up, demonstrate, explain, illustrate


cuir às leth

Chuir i às leth Ciotaidh bhochd gur e bana-bhuidseach a bh’ innte.

She accused poor Kitty of being a witch.

Na cuir meirle às mo leth!


meirle

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meirle f (genitive singular meirle, plural meirlean)

meirle (genitive singular)
meirlean (plural)


mèirleach

mèirleach m (genitive singular mèirlich, plural mèirlich)

mèirlich (genitive singular)
mèirlich (plural)
mèirleach (indefinite nominative singular)
mèirlich (indefinite nominative plural)
mèirlich (genitive indefinite singular)
mhèirleach (genitive indefinite plural)
mèirleach (dative indefinite singular)
mèirlich (dative indefinite plural)
mèirleachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
mèirleach (definite nominative singular)
am mèirleach (definite nominative singular)
mèirlich (definite nominative plural)
na mèirlich (definite nominative plural)
(a') mhèirlich (definite genitive singular)
mèirleach (definite genitive plural)
nam mèirleach (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhèirleach (dative definite singular)
mèirlich (dative definite plural)
na mèirlich (dative definite plural)
mèirleachaibh (dative definite plural)
mhèirlich (definite singular vocative)
mhèirleacha (definite plural vocative)
mèirleach
mhèirleach

[ˈmjɑ̃ːɭˠəx]

From Old Irish meirlech (“a robber, a bandit”). By surface analysis, mèirle + -ach.


mèirle

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mèirle f (genitive singular mèirle, plural mèirlean)

mèirle (genitive singular)
mèirlean (plural)
meirle (alternative)