cù-donn

cù-donn m (genitive singular coin-duinn, plural coin-donna)

coin-duinn (genitive singular)
coin-donna (plural)
cù-donn
chù-donn


biast-donn

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biast-donn f (genitive singular bèiste-duinne, plural biastan-donna)

bèiste-duinne (genitive singular)
biastan-donna (plural)
biast-donn
bhiast-donn


àrc

àrc f (genitive singular àirce, plural àrcan)

àirce (genitive singular)
àrcan (plural)
àrc
n-àrc
h-àrc
t-àrc


chan e do ghnothach e

none of your business
none of someone's business


rach innte

aig deich uairean feasgar thèid mi innte


fhearaibh

Harris, North Lewis, Skye, Lochaber, Argyll


fàinnte

Skye and Wester Ross form of fàinne (“ring”)


suidheachdainn

Wester Ross form of suidheachadh (“situation, location”)


oidhirp

oidhirp f (genitive singular oidhirpe, plural oidhirpean)

oidhirpe (genitive singular)
oidhirpean (plural)
oidhearp (alternative)
oidheirp (alternative)

[ˈɤɾʲɪp~ˈɤʒɪp]


spaidsear

spaidsear m (genitive singular spaidseir, plural spaidsearan)

spaidseir (genitive singular)
spaidsearan (plural)
spaistear (alternative)

From Old Norse spázera (“to stroll”), from Middle High German spazieren, from Italian spaziare, from Latin spatiāri, present active infinitive of Latin spatior (“to go for a walk”).


spaistear

spaistear m (genitive singular spaisteir, plural spaistearan)

spaisteir (genitive singular)
spaistearan (plural)


dùrd

dùrd m (genitive singular dùird, plural dùird)

dùird (genitive singular)
dùird (plural)

Dè do naidheachd? Cha chuala mi dùrd.

What's your news? I haven't heard a peep.


dùrd dùrd

(onomatopoeia) noise made by black grouse


coileach-dubh

coileach-dubh m (genitive singular coilich-dhuibh, plural coilich-dhubha)

coilich-dhuibh (genitive singular)
coilich-dhubha (plural)


liath-chearc

liath-chearc f (genitive singular liath-chirce, plural liath-chearcan)

liath-chirce (genitive singular)
liath-chearcan (plural)

Am faca tu liath-chearc a-raoir?


chuisil-ì chuisil-ò

/xuʃɪlˈiː xuʃɪlˈɔː/

(onomatopoeia) representation of whalesong


siu-hù

(onomatopoeia) hoo hoo, tuwhit tuwhoo (of an owl)


gog a ghuidhe ghaoidhe

/ˌkok ə ˌɣɯjə ˈɣɤjə/


guileag

guileag f (genitive singular guileige, plural guileagan)

guileige (genitive singular)
guileagan (plural)


gòrag gòrag

/ˈkɔːɾak ˈkɔːɾak/


gròc gròc

/ˈkɾɔːxk ˈkɾɔːxk/


grunnd grod

(onomatopoeia) ribbit, croak (of a particularly large frog or toad)


gorrac gorrac

(onomatopoeia) noise made by a cormorant or shag


ligidh leagaidh

(onomatopoeia) clip-clop (of a horse's hooves)


an seothach

/an̪ˠəˈʃɔ.əx/


dealuich

dealuich (past dhealuich, future dealuichidh, verbal noun dealuicheadh, past participle dealuichte)

dhealuich (past)
dealuichidh (future)
dealuicheadh (noun-from-verb)
dealuichte (participle past)


cuireadh pìobaire

(idiomatic) last-minute invitation; invitation as an afterthought (particularly to a wedding; can also imply the invitee is mainly wanted for their skills)


shin thu

(colloquial, informal, in the singular) well done! bravo!

(colloquial, informal, in the singular) hi! hello! it's yourself!


shin sibh

(colloquial, formal or in the plural) hi! hello! it's yourselves!

(colloquial, formal or in the plural) well done! bravo!


feann

feann (past dh'fheann, future feannaidh, verbal noun feannadh)

dh'fheann (past)
feannaidh (future)
feannadh (noun-from-verb)
feann
fheann
fionn (alternative)

From Old Irish fennaid, denominative from finnae (“hair”) (compare finnfad), from Proto-Celtic *wendom.


bleideag

bleideag f (genitive singular bleideige, plural bleideagan)

bleideige (genitive singular)
bleideagan (plural)


pleòiteag

pleòiteag f (genitive singular pleòiteige, plural pleòiteagan)

pleòiteige (genitive singular)
pleòiteagan (plural)

/ˈpʰʎɛɔːhtʲak/


cleiteag

cleiteag f (genitive singular cleiteige, plural cleiteagan)

cleiteige (genitive singular)
cleiteagan (plural)

(South Uist, Eigg, Argyll, West Perthshire) snowflake

South Uist; West Perthshire; South Uist; West Perthshire


slathag

slathag f (genitive singular slathaige, plural slathagan)

slathaige (genitive singular)
slathagan (plural)


lòineag

lòineag f (genitive singular lòineige, plural lòineagan)

lòineige (genitive singular)
lòineagan (plural)

/ˈl̪ˠɔ̃ːɲak/

(Skye, Ross-shire, Sutherland) snowflake


clàdan

clàdan m (genitive singular clàdain, plural clàdanan)

clàdain (genitive singular)
clàdanan (plural)


clòimhneag

clòimhneag f (genitive singular clòimhneige, plural clòimhneagan)

clòimhneige (genitive singular)
clòimhneagan (plural)

/ˈkʰl̪ˠɔ̃ːɲak/

(Lochalsh, Inverness-shire, Deeside) snowflake


clàideag

clàideag f (genitive singular clàideige, plural clàideagan)

clàideige (genitive singular)
clàideagan (plural)

(Lochcarron, Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, Mid Argyll) snowflake


muilchdinn

muilchdinn m (genitive singular muilchdinne, plural muilchdinnean)

muilchdinne (genitive singular)
muilchdinnean (plural)

Wester Ross form of muinchill (“sleeve”)


muilchear

muilchear m (genitive singular muilcheir, plural muilchearan)

muilcheir (genitive singular)
muilchearan (plural)

Perthshire and Deeside form of muinchill (“sleeve”)


air sàilleabh

air sàilleabh (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

air sàillibh (alternative)
air sàilleibh (alternative)

/əɾʲ ˈs̪aːʎu/

Cha b' urrainn dhomh dol ann air sàilleabh 's nach robh airgead gu leòr agam.

I couldn't go because I didn't have enough money.

Bha i a' faireachdainn tinn air sàilleabh an teasa.

She felt poorly as a consequence of the heat.


spadair

spadair m (genitive singular spadair, plural spadairean)

spadair (genitive singular)
spadairean (plural)

From Old Norse spjátra (“to act foppish”). See also spaideil.


cuide ri

/ˈkʰut̪ʲə ɾʲi/

Thèid mi cuide riut don bhaile bheag ud thall

18th c., Rob Donn, "Thèid mi cuide riut":

I'll go along with you to the village over there

(higher register) with, along with (together with)


comunn

comunn m (genitive singular comuinn, plural comuinn)

comuinn (genitive singular)
comuinn (plural)


smaoineachdainn

smaoineachdainn m (plural smaoineachdainnean)

/ˈs̪mɯːɲɔxkɪɲ/


ràitinn

ràdh (alternative)
gràdh (alternative)
ràdha (alternative)
gràdha (alternative)
ràdhainn (alternative)
gràdhainn (alternative)
ràdhtainn (alternative)
ràit (alternative)
ràidhtinn (alternative)

/ˈrˠaːhtʲɪɲ/


cantail

canail (alternative)
cantainn (alternative)

(chiefly Uist, Barra) verbal noun of can

chiefly Uist; Barra; chiefly Uist; Barra


cantainn

tlb

(chiefly Lewis, Harris, Skye and Wester Ross)

/ˈkʰãn̪ˠt̪ɪɲ/


làimheadh

[ˈl̪ˠɑ̃ĩ.əɣ]

[ˈl̪ˠɛ̃ˑ.əɣ]

(Harris, Uist and Barra) genitive singular of làmh (“hand”)

Harris; Uist and Barra; Harris; Uist and Barra


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bonnach air bois, cha bhruich e is cha loisg

Bonnach air bois, cha bhruich 's cha loisg.

1882, proverb, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection, page 70:

nothing ventured, nothing gained
nothing ventured, nothing gained

nothing ventured, nothing gained; no pain, no gain (lit: "a scone on the palm, it does not toast nor does it burn")

a man who does not plant on a cold day, he will not harvest on a hot day

am fear nach dèan cur rè latha fuar, cha dèan e buain rè latha teth

the scratching chicken gets something, the squatting chicken gets nothing at all

gheibh cearc an sgrìobain rudeigin, chan fhaigh cearc a' chrùbain dad idir


bris mo chlaigeann air thùs, is an sin ciùrr mo chorrag

Bris mo chlaigeann air thùs, 's an sin ciùrr mo chorrag.

First break my skull, then hurt my finger.

add insult to injury
add insult to injury

add insult to injury (lit: "first break my skull, then hurt my finger")


fada bhon t-sùil, fada bhon chridhe

fada bhon t-sùil (canonical)
fada bhon cridhe (canonical)

Fada bho'n t-sùil, fada bho'n cridhe.

1882, proverb, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection, page 174:

Far from eye, far from heart. Out of sight, out of mind.

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

out of sight, out of mind (lit. far from the eye, far from the heart)

an rud nach cluinn cluas, cha gluais e cridhe


thoradh

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


às an dris anns an droigheann

out of the frying pan, into the fire
out of the frying pan, into the fire

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


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

Literally, “the man who goes into the thorny bush for me, I'll go into the thorny bush for him”

lit

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours


eadar a' chlach is an sgrath

Literally, “between the stone and the turf”

na cuir do làmh eadar a' chlach is an sgrath

between a rock and a hard place
between a rock and a hard place

between the devil and the deep blue sea
between the devil and the deep blue sea

(idiomatic) between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea


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na cuir do làmh eadar a' chlach is an sgrath

Literally, “don't put your hand between the stone and the turf”

lit

there's many a slip twixt cup and lip
there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

(idiomatic) there's many a slip twixt cup and lip


eadar dà chloich

eadar dà chloich na dùthcha

in the entire country; from one end of the country to the other

(idiomatic) the length and breadth of; throughout (an area)


de dh'

dh-prothesis of de used before vowels and fh-


seachd deug

Alternative form of seachd-deug (“seventeen”)


ochd deug

Alternative form of ochd-deug (“eighteen”)


naoi deug

Alternative form of naoi-deug (“nineteen”)


ceala-deug

/kʰʲal̪ˠə ˈtʲiək/

Clipping of ceithir latha deug (“14 days”).


air aghaidh

(South Uist, Barra, Tiree, Islay) forward, forwards, ahead


farraid

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farraid (past dh'fharraid, future farraididh, verbal noun farraid, past participle farraidte)

dh'fharraid (past)
farraididh (future)
farraid (noun-from-verb)
farraidte (participle past)


caitcheann

caitcheann m (genitive singular caitchinn, plural caitcheannan)

caitchinn (genitive singular)
caitcheannan (plural)

Tiree form of coitcheann (“common grazings”)


bòdhach

bòdhach (genitive singular masculine bòdhaich, comparative bòdhaiche)

bòdhaich (genitive masculine singular)
bòdhaiche (comparative)

Tiree form of bòidheach (“beautiful, pretty”)


claisneachd

claisneachd
chlaisneachd
claisteachd (alternative)


claisteachd

Tiree form of claisneachd (“sense of hearing”)


ifhrinn

ifhrinn f (genitive singular ifhrinne, plural ifhrinnean)

ifhrinne (genitive singular)
ifhrinnean (plural)


ifhreann

ifhreann f (genitive singular ifhrinne, plural ifhreannan)

ifhrinne (genitive singular)
ifhreannan (plural)


dheigheadh

[ˈje˧˥.əɣ˥˩]

(chiefly Lewis and Harris) independent conditional analytic of rach


dheighinn

(chiefly Lewis, Harris and Wester Ross) independent first-person singular conditional analytic of rach


deighinn

(chiefly Lewis and Harris) first-person singular dependent conditional analytic of rach


deigheadh

(chiefly Lewis and Harris) dependent conditional analytic of rach


mol an deireadh

trust the process, don't count your chickens before they're hatched (lit. "praise [it] in the end")


a' bhòn-dè

a bhòn-dè (alternative)
a-bhòn-dè (alternative)
a-bhóin-dé (alternative)
air bhòn-dé (alternative)

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


a' bhòn

a bhòn (alternative)
a-bhòn (alternative)

used with words denoting a unit of time in the past to indicate one unit further away from the present; see derived terms


a' bhòn-raoir

the night before last
the night before last


taobhadh

taobhadh m (genitive singular taobhaidh, plural taobhaidhean)

taobhaidh (genitive singular)
taobhaidhean (plural)
taobhadh
thaobhadh


sìneadh

sìneadh m (genitive singular sìnidh, plural sìnidhean)

sìnidh (genitive singular)
sìnidhean (plural)
sìneadh


gu ruige

/ɡ̊ɔ ˈrˠɯkʲə/

gu ruige seo

falbh gu ruige an taigh


chan eil am bonnach beag bruich fhathast

it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings
it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

it ain't over till it's over
it ain't over till it's over

it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings; it ain't over till it's over (lit: "the little bannock isn't toasted yet")

Cha 'n 'eil am bonnach beag bruich fhathasd.

1882, proverb, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection, page 110:

The little bannock is not toasted yet. This is a phrase used at hide-and-seek, or blind-man's-buff, to announce that the players are not ready yet.

a phrase used in children's games such as hide-and-seek or blind man's buff when not all players are ready for the game to begin


braim

braim m (genitive singular brama, plural bramannan)

brama (genitive singular)
bramannan (plural)
braim
bhraim
braidhm (alternative)
bram (alternative)
braoim (alternative)
breim (alternative)
brom (alternative)

From Middle Irish broimm (verbal noun of braigid from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti) from Proto-Celtic *braxsman from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-. The modern verb is derived from the noun.


bràm

(Uist) genitive plural of braim (“fart”)


bruichealachd

/ˈpɾuçəl̪ˠəxk/

bruicheil (“sultry”) + -achd (“denoting condition or quality”)


bhruichealachd

/ˈvɾuçəl̪ˠəxk/


is binn guth an eòin far an do rugadh e

there's no place like home
there's no place like home

there's no place like home; literally "sweet is the voice of the bird where it was born"


ro-bhruiche

Tha an t-ugh seo nas ro-bhruiche na am fear sin.

This egg is more overcooked than that one.


m' eudail

(informal, vocative) Term of endearment for a friend, family member, child, etc.; my dear, my darling


coimhearsnach

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coimhearsnach m (genitive singular coimhearsnaich, plural coimhearsnaich)

coimhearsnaich (genitive singular)
coimhearsnaich (plural)

/ˈkʰɔ̃jərˠs̪n̪ˠəx/

From Middle Irish comarsa f (“neighbour; neighbourhood”).


iochd air n-achd

(idiomatic) willy-nilly, nolens volens, whether or not


a dh'olc no a dh'èiginn

a dh’olc no a dh’èiginn (canonical)
olc no èiginn (alternative)

(idiomatic) by hook or by crook (Literally, “by evil or by hardship”)


olc no èiginn

(idiomatic) by hook or by crook (Literally, “evil or hardship”)


àilleachd

àille (“beauty, loveliness”) + -achd; see also àlainn (“beautiful, lovely”).


àilleadh

àillidh (genitive)
àilleachd (alternative)

àille (“beauty, loveliness”) + -adh; see also àlainn (“beautiful, lovely”).


àille

From Old Irish álde (“beauty”); see also àlainn (“beautiful, lovely”).

àillne (alternative)
àillte (alternative)


àlainneachd

/ˈaːl̪ˠɪɲəxk/


corra-chòsag

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corra-chòsag f (genitive singular corra-chòsaig, plural corra-chòsagan)

corra-chòsaig (genitive singular)
corra-chòsagan (plural)

/kʰɔɾəˈxɔːs̪ak/


strùan

strùan m (genitive singular strùain, plural strùanan)

strùain (genitive singular)
strùanan (plural)
sruthan (alternative)
strudhan (alternative)

A cake prepared on Michaelmas, composed of an inner scone layer and an outer, darker layer made with treacle.


rolaig

rolaig (past rolaig, future rolaigidh, verbal noun rolaigeadh, past participle rolaigte)

rolaig (past)
rolaigidh (future)
rolaigeadh (noun-from-verb)
rolaigte (participle past)


rolaig

rolaig f (genitive singular rolaige, plural rolaigean)

rolaige (genitive singular)
rolaigean (plural)

Alternative form of rèilig (“burying place”)


cailin

cailin f (genitive singular cailine, plural cailinean)

cailine (genitive singular)
cailinean (plural)

Diminutive of caile. Compare the much more common caileag.

Guma slàn a chì mi mo chailin dìleas donn

Well may I behold my faithful brown-haired girl


cachaileith

cachaileithean (plural)
cachlaidh (alternative)

old rustic gate (generally with no hinges)


gurra-gùg

(onomatopoeia) coo (of a pigeon or a black grouse)


gurra-gùg

gurra-gùg f (genitive singular gurra-gùig)

Fhuair mi nead na gurra-gùig


guirmean Innseanach

guirmean Innseanach m (genitive singular guirmein Innseanaich)

guirmein Innseanaich (genitive singular)
guirmean Innseanach
ghuirmean Innseanach

/ˈkɯɾʲɯman ĩːʃənəx/

guirmean (“woad”) + Innseanach (“Indian”).

compound

Indigofera tinctoria
Indigofera tinctoria#Translingual


Afghanastàn

Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Airmeinea

Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Asarbaideàn

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)


costag

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costag f (genitive singular costaige, plural costagan)

costaige (genitive singular)
costagan (plural)
costag
chostag

From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos, “an aromatic plant”). Cognate with Irish costóg (“chervil”).
MacBain cites costag as a borrowing of English costmary. This differs from the consensus of modern or botanical sources, in which the term refers to the unrelated genus Anthriscus. Cameron cites costag as sharing ancestry with the English costus, from which the name of costmary ("costus of Mary") is derived.


èileadh

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èileadh m (genitive singular èilidh, plural èilidhean)

èilidh (genitive singular)
èilidhean (plural)
èileadh
n-èileadh
h-èileadh
t-èileadh


costaige

/ˈkʰɔst̪ɛkʲə/


chostaige

/ˈxɔst̪ɛkʲə/


Bachrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


eò

eò m (genitive singular iach, plural iach)

iach (genitive singular)
iach (plural)
eo (alternative)

From Old Irish eó (“salmon”). Cognate to Irish eo; Middle Welsh ehawc, modern Welsh eog.


tìr-mòr

tìr-mòr m (genitive singular tìr-mhòir, plural tìrean-mòra)

tìr-mhòir (genitive singular)
tìrean-mòra (plural)


taigh-beag

taigh-beag m (genitive singular taighe-bhig, plural taighean-beaga)

taighe-bhig (genitive singular)
taighean-beaga (plural)


seanas

seanas m (genitive singular seanais, plural seanasan)

seanais (genitive singular)
seanasan (plural)

Myrrhis odorata
Myrrhis odorata#Translingual


cos-uisge

cos-uisge f (genitive singular cois-uisge)

cois-uisge (genitive singular)
cos-uisge
chos-uisge

/kʰɔs ˈɯʃkʲə/

cost (“aromatic plant”) + uisge (“water”), "water-scented plant"


nàbachd

/ˈn̪ˠãːpəxk/

nàbaidh + -achd, perhaps shortened from nàbaidheachd

(chiefly Lewis and South Uist) neighbourhood

(northern dialects) neighbourliness, friendliness


feagal

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feagal m (genitive singular feagail, plural feagalan)

feagail (genitive singular)
feagalan (plural)

(chiefly Lewis, Wester Ross) Alternative form of eagal (“fear”)


chos-uisge

/xɔs ˈɯʃkʲə/


cha mhòr

cha mhòr nach eil mi deiseil

In conjunction with nach: almost, nearly

cha mhòr gu bheil ceum aice

tha mi cha mhòr deiseil

(colloquial, as a simple adverb) almost, nearly

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cha, mòr.


chumainn

first-person singular conditional independent of cùm


teadhair

teadhair f (genitive singular teadhrach, plural teadhraichean)

teadhrach (genitive singular)
teadhraichean (plural)
teadhair (indefinite nominative singular)
teadhraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
teadhrach (genitive indefinite singular)
theadhraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
teadhair (dative indefinite singular)
teadhraichean (dative indefinite plural)
teadhair (definite nominative singular)
an teadhair (definite nominative singular)
teadhraichean (definite nominative plural)
na teadhraichean (definite nominative plural)
teadhrach (definite genitive singular)
na teadhrach (definite genitive singular)
teadhraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan teadhraichean (definite genitive plural)
teadhair (dative definite singular)
an teadhair (dative definite singular)
teadhraichean (dative definite plural)
na teadhraichean (dative definite plural)
theadhair (definite singular vocative)
theadhraichean (definite plural vocative)
teadhair
theadhair

/ˈtʲʰʃɔ̞u.ɪɾʲ/

Derived from Middle English teder, from Proto-West Germanic *teudr, from Proto-Germanic *teudrą.


mòd

mòd m (genitive singular mòid, plural mòdan)

mòid (genitive singular)
mòdan (plural)
mòd
mhòd

Borrowed from Old Norse mót. Cognate with English moot.

Am Mòd Nàiseanta Riaghail


coimhdidh

future indicative analytic of coimhead (syncopic form)


is caomh le

/s̪ ˈkʰɤ̃ː le/

/(ə)s̪ ˈkʰɯ̃ː lɛ/

Is caomh leam teatha.


dhòmhsa dheth

as far as I'm concerned
as far as I'm concerned


ataireachd

ataireachdan (plural)
atmhoireachd (alternative)


brocail

From English broccoli, from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”).


brocail

broc (“badger”) + -ail (“adjective suffix”)


a-mhàin

From Middle Irish amáin, from Old Irish nammá (“only, merely”), a petrified phrase derived from a negated form of má (“more”) (a comparative form of mór, már (“great”)), thus “not more”.


leatas

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leatas m (genitive singular leatais, plural leatasan)

leatais (genitive singular)
leatasan (plural)
leiteas (alternative)
liatas (alternative)

From Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Cognate with English lettuce.


beàrnan-Brìde

beàrnan-Brìde m (genitive singular beàrnain-Bhrìde, plural beàrnain-Bhrìde)

beàrnain-Bhrìde (genitive singular)
beàrnain-Bhrìde (plural)
bior nam Brìde (alternative)

/pjaːrˠn̪ˠən pɾʲiːt̪ʲə/

From beàrn (“notch”) + -an + Brìde (“Saint Brigid”), referring to the flower first blooming around the holiday of Là Fhéill Brìde (“Saint Brigid's Day”), celebrated on February 1st.
Alternatively, from brìgh (“sap, juice”).


Brìde

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Brìde f (genitive Bhrìde, vocative a Bhrìde)

Bhrìde (genitive)
a Bhrìde (vocative)
Brìghde (alternative)

From Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *brigantī (“exalted one”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”).

inh

(Christianity) Brigid of Kildare (c. 451–521), an Irish saint adapted from the goddess.

a female given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Bridget


baile-beag

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baile-beag m (genitive singular baile-bhig, plural bailtean-beaga)

baile-bhig (genitive singular)
bailtean-beaga (plural)
baile-beag
bhaile-beag
baile beag (alternative)


bhaile-beag

bhaile-beag m (genitive singular bhaile-bhig, plural bhailtean-beaga)

bhaile-bhig (genitive singular)
bhailtean-beaga (plural)


bhaile-bhig

genitive singular lenition of baile-beag


beàrnain-Bhrìde

/pjaːrˠn̪ˠən vɾʲiːt̪ʲə/


cailleach-chòsag

cailleach-chòsag f (genitive singular cailliche-chòsag, plural cailleachan-chòsag)

cailliche-chòsag (genitive singular)
cailleachan-chòsag (plural)


cailleach-Eòsag

cailleach-Eòsag f (genitive singular cailliche-Eòsag, plural cailleachan-Eòsag)

cailliche-Eòsag (genitive singular)
cailleachan-Eòsag (plural)


còsag

còsag f (genitive singular còsaige, plural còsagan)

còsaige (genitive singular)
còsagan (plural)
còsag
chòsag


geama-bhidio

geama-bhidio m (plural geamannan-bhidiothan)


peitseag

peitseag f (genitive singular peitseige, plural peitseagan)

peitseige (genitive singular)
peitseagan (plural)
peitseag
pheitseag
peitse (alternative)

From English peach + -ag, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”).

der

μᾶλον περσικόν


làrna-mhàireach

/ˌl̪ˠaːrˠn̪ˠə ˈvaːɾʲəx/

/ˌl̪ˠãːɲə ˈvaːɾəx/

Univerbation of an latha air na mhàireach

univ

the next morning, the following morning, the morning after

on the morrow, the next day, the following day, the day after


peitseige

/ˈpʰiːt̪ʃɛkʲə/


pheitseige

/ˈfiːt̪ʃɛkʲə/


an-ath-oidhch'

an-ath-oidhche (alternative)
an ath-oidhch' (alternative)
an ath-oidhche (alternative)

/ə ˌn̪ˠaˈhɤiç(ə)/

[ə ˌn̪ˠaˈhʉiçʌ]


peitseagach

peitseagaiche (comparative)
peitseagach
pheitseagach

peitseagach:


an ath-oidhche

an ath oidhche
an ath oidhche#Scottish_Gaelic

Alternative form of an ath oidhche (“the next night; the following night”).

Alternative form of an-ath-oidhch' (“tomorrow night”).


peitseag-lom

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peitseag-lom f (genitive singular peitseige-luime, plural peitseagan-loma)

peitseige-luime (genitive singular)
peitseagan-loma (plural)
peitseag-lom
pheitseag-lom

peitseag (“peach”) + lom (“bare; naked”)


caigeann

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caigeann f (genitive singular caiginn, plural caigeannan)

caiginn (genitive singular)
caigeannan (plural)
caigeann
chaigeann

a brace; a pair of things bound together (particularly of animals)


sreoth

sreoth (past shreoth, future sreothaidh, verbal noun sreothart or sreothartaich)

shreoth (past)
sreothaidh (future)
sreothart (noun-from-verb)
sreothartaich (noun-from-verb)


acfhainn

acfhainn f (genitive singular acfhainne, plural acfhainnean)

acfhainne (genitive singular)
acfhainnean (plural)
acfhainn
n-acfhainn
h-acfhainn
t-acfhainn
acainn (alternative)

apparatus, equipment, instrument, gear, kit, tools


acainn

acainn f (genitive singular acainne, plural acainnean)

acainne (genitive singular)
acainnean (plural)


a-cheana

From Old Irish cene; cognate with Welsh gynneu.

a cheana (alternative)
cheana (alternative)

Bha sinn air a bhith thairis air seo a-cheana.


a chionn

A chionn 's gu bheil mòran air gabhail os làimh cunntas a chur ri chèile mu na rudan a chaidh a choileanadh nar measg‑ne...

Because many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that have been accomplished among us

A chionn 's gun deach Shingal a shaoradh leis na Peshmerga

Because Shingal was libertated by the Peshmerga

Agus air dhuinn stiùireadh às a sin, sheòl sinn fo Chìprus, a chionn gu robh na gaothan nar n-aghaidh.

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.


làmh-anart

làmh-anart m (genitive singular làmh-anairt, plural làmh-anartan)

làmh-anairt (genitive singular)
làmh-anartan (plural)

An sin dh' fhosgail i làmh-anart grinn, anns an robh aran, càise, agus dà ubh bhruich air am pasgadh.

1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 26:

Then she opened a fine linen handkerchief, in which bread, cheese, and two boiled eggs were wrapped.


concrait

concrait f (genitive singular concraite)


miadhon

Obsolete spelling of meadhan (“middle”).


miadhonach

Obsolete spelling of meadhanach (“middle”).


comhaois

comhaois m (genitive singular comhaois, plural comhaoisean)

comhaois (genitive singular)
comhaoisean (plural)
co-aois (alternative)

Tha sinn nar comhaoisean.

Bha e na chomhaois rithe.

contemporary, peer(person roughly the same age as another)


thréig

past of tréig: Superseded spelling of thrèig.


sgriach

sgriach m (genitive singular sgriacha, plural sgriachan)

sgriacha (genitive singular)
sgriachan (plural)

Alternative form of sgreuch (“screech”).


spruidhleach

spruidhleach m (genitive singular spruidhleiche, no plural)

Obsolete form of spruilleach (“crumbs; rubble”).


spruilleach

spruilleach m (genitive singular spruillich, no plural)

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

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

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


uspag

uspag f (genitive singular uspaig, plural uspagan)

uspaig (genitive singular)
uspagan (plural)

Variation of ospag (“gasp”). Cognate with Irish uspóg (“gasp”).


ciabhag

ciabhag f (genitive singular ciabhaig, plural ciabhagan)

ciabhaig (genitive singular)
ciabhagan (plural)
ciabhag
chiabhag

From ciabh + -ag. Cognate with Irish ciabhóg.

whisker
(Colonsay, Jura, Islay, Gigha) beard


baidhbheil

baidhbheil
bhaidhbheil
baibheil (alternative)

(colloquial, Islay) marvellous, terrific, tremendous


bròd

Inherited from Middle Irish bród, perhaps from Middle English proud.


duileasg

duilisg (genitive singular)
duileasg
dhuileasg

/ˈd̪̊ɯləs̪k/

From Old Irish duilesc (compare Irish duileasc), from Proto-Celtic *doliskos, *duliskos (compare Welsh delysg), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom, be green”).


cearr-làmhach

/kʰʲaːrˠ ˈl̪ˠaːvəx/

Alternative form of ceàrr-làmhach (“left-handed”)


buinteanas

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buinteanas m (genitive singular buinteanais, plural buinteanasan)

buinteanais (genitive singular)
buinteanasan (plural)

(familial) relation, connection, relationship


Antartaig

an Antartaig f (genitive singular Antartaig)

an Antartaig (canonical feminine)
Antartaig (genitive singular)
Antartaig
n-Antartaig
h-Antartaig
t-Antartaig

Antarctica (the southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole)


deas-làmhach

deas-làmhaiche (comparative)
deas-lamhach (alternative)
deas lamhach (alternative)

Thachair orra fear aotrom, suileach, deas lamhach a bha leigeil a chasan cho ciuin air an talamh ri cat 'nuair a bhitheas e air chuairt an deigh luchaidh.

1909 April 15, James Macdiarmid, Gaelic Society of Inverness, “Some Breadalbane Folk-Lore Tales”, in Transactions, page 141:

They met a light, cheerful, dexterous man who laid his feet on the ground as quietly as a cat when he is on a walk after a mouse.


deas-lamhach

Alternative form of deas-làmhach (“right-handed, handy”)


deas lamhach

deas lamhach (comparative deas lamhaiche)


charactar

/ˈxaɾəkt̪əɾ/


gàirdeachas

gàirdeachas m (genitive singular gàirdeachais, no plural)

gàirdeachais (genitive singular)
gàirdeachas
ghàirdeachas

Probably from unattested Old Irish *gartiugud (“shortening, passing or whiling time; amusing”), a derivative of garait (“short”) (cf. goirid). Later reanalyzed as a derivative of gàir (“laugh”). Cognate with Irish gáirdeachas. Possibly related to aighear (“delight, joy, merriment”).


gurc

Possibly a shortening of English Gurkha (“elite Nepali unit in the British Army”), from Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “inhabitant of Gorkha”).

der

nuair bha mi nam ghurc

(Harris, colloquial) young child, infant


teannadh

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teannadh m (genitive singular teannaidh)

/ˈtʲʰan̪ˠəɣ/


nighinn

inflection of nighean:
genitive singular


troimh-a-chèile

tro-chèile (alternative)
troimh chèile (alternative)

/tɾɔjˈçeːlə/


fànas

fànas f (genitive singular fànais, plural fànasan)

fànais (genitive singular)
fànasan (plural)


sgrùdadh

sgrùdadh m (genitive singular sgrùdaidh, plural sgrùdaidhean)

sgrùdaidh (genitive singular)
sgrùdaidhean (plural)


glèidh

glèidh (past ghlèidh, future glèidhidh, verbal noun glèidheadh, past participle glèidhte)

ghlèidh (past)
glèidhidh (future)
glèidheadh (noun-from-verb)
glèidhte (participle past)


cuir air dòigh

cuir air dòigh (past chuir air dòigh, future cuiridh air dòigh, verbal noun cur air dòigh)

chuir air dòigh (past)
cuiridh air dòigh (future)
cur air dòigh (noun-from-verb)

set up, arrange, organise, adjust, put in order


sgròb

sgròb (past sgròb, future sgròbaidh, verbal noun sgròbadh or sgròban, past participle sgròbte)

sgròb (past)
sgròbaidh (future)
sgròbadh (noun-from-verb)
sgròban (noun-from-verb)
sgròbte (participle past)


cha chaomh le

Cha chaomh leam teatha.


àsan

Colloquial form of iadsan (“they, them (plural emphatic)”)


Luthais

Luthais (vocative a Luthais, diminutive Lodaidh)

a Luthais (vocative)
Lodaidh (diminutive)

a male given name, equivalent to English Louis, Lewis, or Ludovic


criadhadaireachd

/ˈkʲʰɾʲia.ət̪ɪɾʲəxk/


co-chur

synthesis, synthesizing, putting together


i-teodha

i-teodha f (genitive singular i-teodha or i-teoidhe)

i-teodha (genitive singular)
i-teoidhe (genitive singular)
i-teodha
n-i-teodha
h-i-teodha
t-i-teodha
iteodha (alternative)
a-teodha (alternative)
a-theodha (alternative)
de-theodha (alternative)
deodha (alternative)
te-teodha (alternative)

From Old Irish dedga (“centaury”). Compare Irish deagha (“centaury”).


creachann

creachann m (genitive singular creachainn, plural creachannan)

creachainn (genitive singular)
creachannan (plural)
creachann
chreachann


stuagh

stuagh f (genitive singular stuaigh, plural stuaghan)

stuaigh (genitive singular)
stuaghan (plural)
stuadh (alternative)

From Old Irish stúag. Compare Irish stua.


stuagh

stuagh (past stuagh, future stuaghaidh, verbal noun stuaghadh)

stuagh (past)
stuaghaidh (future)
stuaghadh (noun-from-verb)
stuadh (alternative)


stuadh

stuadh f (genitive singular stuaigh, plural stuaghan)

stuaigh (genitive singular)
stuaghan (plural)


stuadh

stuadh (past stuadh, future stuadhaidh, verbal noun stuadhadh)

stuadh (past)
stuadhaidh (future)
stuadhadh (noun-from-verb)


claoidhte

very tired, weary, exhausted, knackered, worn out

harassed, afflicted, distressed, tormented


bobag

bobag m (genitive singular bobaig, plural bobagan)

bobaig (genitive singular)
bobagan (plural)

A term of familiar address for a male of any age; bubba, buddy, chum, fellow


miosad

miosad m (genitive singular miosaid, no plural)

tha i a' dol am miosad

she's getting worse; she's deteriorating


teich

teich (past theich, future teichidh, verbal noun teiche, past participle teichte)

theich (past)
teichidh (future)
teiche (noun-from-verb)
teichte (participle past)
teich (stem)
teiche (noun-from-verb)
teichte (participle past)
theich mi (first-person independent past singular)
theich thu (independent past second-person singular)
theich e (independent past singular)
i (independent past singular)
theich sinn (first-person independent past plural)
theich sibh (independent past plural second-person)
theich iad (independent past plural third-person)
theicheadh (impersonal independent past)
teichidh mi (first-person future independent singular)
teichidh tu (future independent second-person singular)
teichidh e (future independent singular)
i (future independent singular)
teichidh sinn (first-person future independent plural)
teichidh sibh (future independent plural second-person)
teichidh iad (future independent plural third-person)
teichearteichtear (future impersonal independent)
theichinn (conditional first-person independent singular)
theicheadh tu (conditional independent second-person singular)
theicheadh e (conditional independent singular)
i (conditional independent singular)
theicheamaidtheicheadh sinn (conditional first-person independent plural)
theicheadh sibh (conditional independent plural second-person)
theicheadh iad (conditional independent plural third-person)
cha do theich mi (first-person negative past singular)
cha do theich thu (negative past second-person singular)
cha do theich e (negative past singular)
i (negative past singular)
cha do theich sinn (first-person negative past plural)
cha do theich sibh (negative past plural second-person)
cha do theich iad (negative past plural third-person)
cha do theicheadh (impersonal negative past)
cha teich mi (first-person future negative singular)
cha teich thu (future negative second-person singular)
cha teich e (future negative singular)
i (future negative singular)
cha teich sinn (first-person future negative plural)
cha teich sibh (future negative plural second-person)
cha teich iad (future negative plural third-person)
cha teichearcha teichtear (future impersonal negative)
cha teichinn (conditional first-person negative singular)
cha teicheadh tu (conditional negative second-person singular)
cha teicheadh e (conditional negative singular)
i (conditional negative singular)
cha teicheamaidcha teicheadh sinn (conditional first-person negative plural)
cha teicheadh sibh (conditional negative plural second-person)
cha teicheadh iad (conditional negative plural third-person)
cha teichteadhcha teichist¹cha teichist (conditional impersonal negative)
an do theich mi? (first-person past singular)
an do theich thu? (past second-person singular)
an do theich e (past singular)
i? (past singular)
an do theich sinn? (first-person past plural)
an do theich sibh? (past plural second-person)
an do theich iad? (past plural third-person)
an do theicheadh? (impersonal past)
an teich mi? (first-person future singular)
an teich thu? (future second-person singular)
an teich e (future singular)
i? (future singular)
an teich sinn? (first-person future plural)
an teich sibh? (future plural second-person)
an teich iad? (future plural third-person)
an teichear?an teichtear? (future impersonal)
an teichinn? (conditional first-person singular)
an teicheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
an teicheadh e (conditional singular)
i? (conditional singular)
an teicheamaid?an teicheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
an teicheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
an teicheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
nach do theich mi? (first-person past singular)
nach do theich thu? (past second-person singular)
nach do theich e (past singular)
nach do theich sinn? (first-person past plural)
nach do theich sibh? (past plural second-person)
nach do theich iad? (past plural third-person)
nach do theicheadh? (impersonal past)
nach teich mi? (first-person future singular)
nach teich thu? (future second-person singular)
nach teich e (future singular)
nach teich sinn? (first-person future plural)
nach teich sibh? (future plural second-person)
nach teich iad? (future plural third-person)
nach teichear?nach teichtear? (future impersonal)
nach teichinn? (conditional first-person singular)
nach teicheadh tu? (conditional second-person singular)
nach teicheadh e (conditional singular)
nach teicheamaid?nach teicheadh sinn? (conditional first-person plural)
nach teicheadh sibh? (conditional plural second-person)
nach teicheadh iad? (conditional plural third-person)
theicheas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
ma theicheas mi (affirmative first-person singular)
theicheas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
ma theicheas thu (affirmative second-person singular)
theicheas e (affirmative singular)
ma theicheas e (affirmative singular)
i (affirmative singular)
theicheas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
ma theicheas sinn (affirmative first-person plural)
theicheas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
ma theicheas sibh (affirmative plural second-person)
theicheas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
ma theicheas iad (affirmative plural third-person)
theichear (affirmative impersonal)
ma theichear (affirmative impersonal)
teich mi (first-person negative singular)
mur teich mi (first-person negative singular)
teich thu (negative second-person singular)
mur teich thu (negative second-person singular)
teich e (negative singular)
mur teich e (negative singular)
i (negative singular)
teich sinn (first-person negative plural)
mur teich sinn (first-person negative plural)
teich sibh (negative plural second-person)
mur teich sibh (negative plural second-person)
teich iad (negative plural third-person)
mur teich iad (negative plural third-person)
teichear teichtear (impersonal negative)
teichearmur teichtear (impersonal negative)
murr teichtear (impersonal negative)
murrmur teichtear (impersonal negative)
teicheam (first-person imperative singular)
teich (imperative second-person singular)
teicheadh e (imperative singular)
i (imperative singular)
teicheamaid (first-person imperative plural)
teichibh (imperative plural second-person)
teicheadh iad (imperative plural third-person)
teichearteichtear (imperative impersonal)

From Old Irish teichid (Irish teith, Manx çhea), from Proto-Celtic *tekʷeti (“to run, flee”) (Welsh techu), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flow, run”). Cognate with Sanskrit तक्ति (takti, “hurries”), Old Church Slavonic тещи (tešti, “to run”), Lithuanian tekė́ti (“to flow”), and Albanian ndjek (“to follow”).

cog

flee, run away, escape, get out, abscond, fly


Uan Dhè

Literally, “God's Lamb”. Calque of Latin Agnus Deī, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ (Amnòs toû Theoû).

der

Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ

(biblical, Christianity) Lamb of God (Jesus Christ)


mughairle

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mughairle m (genitive singular mughairlean)

mughairlean (genitive singular)
mughairn (alternative)


mughairn

mughairn f (genitive singular mughairnean)

mughairnean (genitive singular)
mughairle (alternative)


is fheàrr a dhol a laighe gun suipeir na èirigh ann am fiachan

better to go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.


suipeir

suipeir f (genitive singular suipeire, plural suipeirean)

suipeire (genitive singular)
suipeirean (plural)
suipeir
shuipeir
after "an"
t-suipeir
suipear (alternative)

From Middle Irish suipér (whence also Irish suipéar and Manx shibber), from Anglo-Norman soper; compare English supper and French souper.


bho chionn

bho chionn (+ genitive or possessive determiner, triggers lenition in certain established phrases)

in certain established phrases (triggers-lenition)

/fɔ ˈçɔ̃ũn̪ˠ/

[fɔ ˈçɔ̃ʊ̃n̪ˠ]

/fɔ̝ ˈçiuːn̪ˠ/


milemeatair

milemeatairean (plural)
milemeatair
mhilemeatair
milimeatair (alternative)
mìlemeatair (alternative)

From mili- (“milli-”) + meatair (“metre”).


cuir-ris

cuir-ris (past chuir-ris, future cuiridh-ris, verbal noun cur-ris)

chuir-ris (past)
cuiridh-ris (future)
cur-ris (noun-from-verb)
cuir ris (alternative)


cuir-ris

4 cuir-ris 2 a' dèanamh 6


roinneadh

roinneadh m (genitive singular roinnidh)


iomadachadh

iomadachadh m (genitive singular iomadachaidh)


thoir-air-falbh

thoir-air-falbh (verbal noun toirt-air-falbh)

toirt-air-falbh (noun-from-verb)
thoir air falbh (alternative)


thoir-air-falbh

6 thoir-air-falbh 2 a' dèanamh 4


poileagan

poileagan m (genitive singular poileagain, plural poileaganan)

poileagain (genitive singular)
poileaganan (plural)


Gilleasbaig

Gilleasbaig m (genitive Ghilleasbaig or 'Illeasbaig, vocative a Ghilleasbaig or 'Illeasbaig, diminutive Gilleasbachan or Eairdsidh)

Ghilleasbaig (genitive)
'Illeasbaig (genitive)
a Ghilleasbaig (vocative)
'Illeasbaig (vocative)
Gilleasbachan (diminutive)
Eairdsidh (diminutive)
Gilleasbaig
Ghilleasbaig
Gilleasbuig (alternative)
Gilleaspuig (alternative)
GilleEasbaig (alternative)

/ɡ̥ʲɪˈʎes̪pɪkʲ/

From gille (“servant”) + easbaig (“bishop”), with the second element of the name being derived from Latin episcopus.
The origin of the Anglicisation Archibald is obscure, but could possibly be based on the word archbishop.

a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Gillespie or Archibald, though the latter is etymologically unrelated.


ùpraid

ùpraid f (genitive singular ùpraide, plural ùpraidean)

ùpraide (genitive singular)
ùpraidean (plural)


a thaobh

concerning, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, in relation to


buinnig

buinnig (past bhuinnig, future buinnigidh, verbal noun buinnigeadh)

bhuinnig (past)
buinnigidh (future)
buinnigeadh (noun-from-verb)


beul a labhras ach gnìomh a dhearbhas

actions speak louder than words
actions speak louder than words

by their fruits you will know them
by their fruits you will know them

actions speak louder than words, by their fruits you will know them


labhras

relative future of labhair (“speak, utter”)


dhearbhas

relative future of dearbh (“prove, confirm”)


rèir

inflection of riar (“will, desire”):
dative singular

inflection of riar (“will, desire”):
genitive singular


cuir geall

cuir geall (past chuir geall, future cuiridh geall, verbal noun cur geall)

chuir geall (past)
cuiridh geall (future)
cur geall (noun-from-verb)

cuiridh mi geall nach bi e ann an àm


sàs

sàs (past shàs, future sàsaidh, verbal noun sàsadh, past participle sàsta)

shàs (past)
sàsaidh (future)
sàsadh (noun-from-verb)
sàsta (participle past)

From Early Irish sás ‘snare, trap, noose’, from Middle Irish sén ‘trap (esp. for catching birds)’, from Proto-Celtic *segno-, *sogno- ‘trap, snare’, from Proto-Indo-European *seg- ‘attach, touch, sow’ (semantic development from ‘attach’ to ‘catch’, hence ‘snare’).


an sàs

caught, stuck in or on; engaged, involved with or in.


gnàth-eòlas

/kɾãː jɔːɫ̪əs̪/


Iàcob

From Old Irish Iacób, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Seumas.


Ecsodus

(biblical) Exodus, the second book of the Old Testament


Lebhiticus

(biblical) Leviticus, the third book of the Old Testament


Àireamh

(biblical) Numbers, the fourth book of the Old Testament


Iòseph

From Middle Irish Ioséph, from Latin Iōsēph, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf, literally “may he add”).


Britheamhan

(biblical) Judges, the seventh book of the Old Testament


1 Rìghrean

(biblical) 1 Kings, the eleventh book of the Old Testament


2 Rìghrean

(biblical) 2 Kings, the twelfth book of the Old Testament


Sailm

(biblical) Psalms, the nineteenth book of the Old Testament


Gnàth-fhacail

(biblical) Proverbs, the twentieth book of the Old Testament


Dàn Sholaimh

(biblical) the Song of Solomon or Song of Songs, the twenty-second book of the Old Testament


Tuireadh

(biblical) Lamentations, the twenty-fifth book of the Old Testament


Eseciel

(biblical) Ezekiel, the twenty-sixth book of the Old Testament


Hosèa

(biblical) Hosea, the twenty-eighth book of the Old Testament


Ioel

(biblical) Joel, the twenty-ninth book of the Old Testament


Ionah

(biblical) Jonah, the thirty-second book of the Old Testament


Sephaniah

(biblical) Zephaniah, the thirty-sixth book of the Old Testament


Sechariah

(biblical) Zechariah, the thirty-eighth book of the Old Testament


1 Eachdraidh

(biblical) 1 Chronicles, the thirteenth book of the Old Testament


2 Eachdraidh

(biblical) 2 Chronicles, the fourteenth book of the Old Testament


each-aibhne

head

each-aibhne m (genitive singular eich-aibhne, plural eich-aibhne)

eich-aibhne (genitive singular)
eich-aibhne (plural)


bràth

là a' bhràtha


sop às gach seid

a bit of everything, hodgepodge, mishmash, mixture, miscellany, potpourri

jack of all trades, master of none
jack of all trades, master of none

jack of all trades, master of none, job-hopper


dìthreabh

dìthreabh f (genitive singular dìthreibh, plural dìthreabhan)

dìthreibh (genitive singular)
dìthreabhan (plural)
dìthreabh
dhìthreabh

From Old Irish díthrub. By surface analysis, dì- + treabh.

wilderness, uninhabited and uncultivated land


gille-Màrtainn

a by-name for the fox; a trickster archetype akin to Reynard


adharcan

adharcan m (genitive singular adharcain, plural adharcain)

adharcain (genitive singular)
adharcain (plural)


gob-sheisg

gob-sheisg f (genitive singular gob-sheisge, plural gob-sheisgean)

gob-sheisge (genitive singular)
gob-sheisgean (plural)
gob-sheisg
ghob-sheisg

Calque of English beaksedge; equivalent to gob (“beak”) + seisg (“sedge”).

Rhynchospora alba
Rhynchospora alba#Translingual

beaksedge (Rhynchospora)
white beaksedge (Rhynchospora alba)


seisg

seisg f (genitive singular seisge, plural seisgean)

seisge (genitive singular)
seisgean (plural)
seisg
sheisg
after "an"
t-seisg
seasg (alternative)

From Middle Irish seisc, from Proto-Celtic *sexskā. Cognate with Irish seisc and Welsh hesg, and more distantly, English sedge and German Segge.


Eònan

Eònain (genitive)
Eònan
n-Eònan
h-Eònan
t-Eònan
Eòdhanan (alternative)
Eòdhnan (alternative)

From earlier Adhamhnan, from Old Irish Adomnán (“little Adam”).


corcar

From Middle Irish corcair, from Old Irish corcur; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

lichen which produces purple dye, e.g. Roccella tinctoria


maistir

maistir (past mhaistir, future maistridh, verbal noun maistreadh)

mhaistir (past)
maistridh (future)
maistreadh (noun-from-verb)
maistrich (alternative)


bodha

underwater rock, reef (over which waves break)


fuaighlidh

future indicative independent of fuaigheil


iorram

iorram m (genitive singular iorraim, plural iorraman)

iorraim (genitive singular)
iorraman (plural)

Likely from Middle Irish air-rám, syntactically air (“on”) + ràmh (“oar”), or perhaps a metathesis of iomair. Related to iomramh.

boat song, rowing song, a song sung to accompany rowing


lanntair

lanndairean (plural)
lainntir (alternative)
lainntear (alternative)
lanntran (alternative)

/ˈl̪ˠãũn̪ˠt̪ɛɾʲ/

[ˈl̪ˠãũn̪ˠt̪að]

From English lantern, from Middle English lanterne, from Old French lanterne, from Latin lanterna (“lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”). Compare Irish laindéar.

der

lantern (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light)


ceannruisgte

/ˈkʲʰãũɾɪʃkʲ/

[ˈkʲʰæ̃ũɾɪʃkʲ]

/ˈkʲʰɛ̃uɾuʃtʲ/

From ceann (“-headed”) + rùisgte (“naked, bare”).


iutharn

head

iutharn f (genitive singular iutharna, plural iutharnan)

iutharna (genitive singular)
iutharnan (plural)


cùm ri

Cha b' urrainn dhaibh cumail ris an doininn.

cùm ris!

withstand, stand up to, resist, persevere


cùm suas ri

Chan urrainn dhomh cumail suas riutha.


cha suaicheantas corra air cladach

Literally, “a heron on a rocky shore is not a novelty”.

lit

nothing new under the sun
there is nothing new under the sun


rùdhadh

verbal noun of rùdh (“stack peats in small stacks”)


rùdh

head

rùdh (past rùdh, future rùdhaidh, verbal noun rùdhadh)

rùdh (past)
rùdhaidh (future)
rùdhadh (noun-from-verb)


rùdhan

rùdhan m (genitive singular rùdhain, plural rùdhanan)

rùdhain (genitive singular)
rùdhanan (plural)

small peat stack (around 3-6 set out to dry, with a fàd-mullaich on top)


giosag

giosag f (genitive singular giosaige, plural giosagan)

giosaige (genitive singular)
giosagan (plural)
giosag
ghiosag

Alternative form of ciosag (“small kiss”)


ciosag

ciosag f (genitive singular ciosaige, plural ciosagan)

ciosaige (genitive singular)
ciosagan (plural)
ciosag
chiosag
giosag (alternative)


clìoraig

clìoraig (past chlìoraig, future clìoraigidh, verbal noun clìoraigeadh)

chlìoraig (past)
clìoraigidh (future)
clìoraigeadh (noun-from-verb)
clìoraig
chlìoraig


iùsaigeadh

iùsaigeadh m (genitive singular iùsaigidh)


-aigeadh

use + -aigeadh → iùsaigeadh (“using”)

resign + -aigeadh → resignigeadh (“resigning”)

iarann + -aigeadh → iarnaigeadh (“ironing; laundry that has been ironed”)

noun ending, productively used to turn loanwords into Gaelic verbal nouns, as well as certain native words


Ros Neimhidh

/rˠɔs̪ˈɲo.ɪ/

Rosneath (a village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland)


riochd

riochd m (genitive singular riochda, plural riochdan)

riochda (genitive singular)
riochdan (plural)

From Old Irish richt (“form, guise”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrixtus (cognate with Welsh rhith), from Proto-Indo-European *prep-. Cognate with Irish riocht.


brùchd

brùchd m (genitive singular brùchda, plural brùchdan)

brùchda (genitive singular)
brùchdan (plural)

sally, sudden burst, sudden rushing forth

(Lewis, Skye) large pile of seaweed left to ferment


sgoltadh

sgoltadh f (genitive singular sgoltaidh, plural sgoltaidhean)

sgoltaidh (genitive singular)
sgoltaidhean (plural)

/ˈs̪kɔl̪ˠt̪əɣ/

[ˈs̪kol̪ˠt̪əɣ]


neoichiontach

neoichiontaiche (comparative)
neo-chiontach (alternative)

/ˈɲɔçən̪ˠt̪əx/

/ˈɲãçun̪ˠt̪əx/

faultless, harmless, spotless, innocent, unblameable


feannadh

feannadh m (genitive singular feannaidh, plural feannaidhean)

feannaidh (genitive singular)
feannaidhean (plural)
feannadh
fheannadh
fionnadh (alternative)

[ˈfʲe̯an̪ˠəɣ]


ealamh

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


mealg

mealg f (dative singular meilg, genitive singular meilge)

meilg (dative singular)
meilge (genitive singular)

Possibly derived from sealg, by way of reinterpretation of the first consonant through mutation.


bruthach

bruthach m or f (genitive singular bruthaich, plural bruthaichean)

bruthaich (genitive singular)
bruthaichean (plural)
bruthach
bhruthach


suail

suail f (genitive singular suaile, plural suailichean)

suaile (genitive singular)
suailichean (plural)


falbhaidh

[ˈfɑˌl̪ˠɑ.i]


sgithinn

[ˈs̪kʲĩˑ.iɲ]


searbhadair

[ˈʃæɾaˑ.ət̪æɾʲ]

Borrowed from Scots serviter, servet (“napkin”), from French serviette, from Latin servio.

Harris; Barra; Skye; Harris; Barra; Skye


smeòrach-mhòr

/ˈs̪mjɔːɾəx ˈvoːɾ/


smeòrach-ghlas

/ˈs̪mjɔːɾəx ˈɣl̪ˠas̪/

Synonym of smeòrach-mhòr (“mistle thrush”)


coingeis

[ˈkʰɔ̝ŋʲɡ̊ʲeʃ]


an siud is an seo

an siud 's an seo (alternative contraction)

/əɲˈʃit̪ ɪs̪ əɲˈʃɔ/

Bha corp creadha snasail aice air a dheanamh agus aon fhichead dealg aice air an stuigeardh ann an siud is an seo.

1955, Seonag NicLeod, “Seonaid”, in An Gaidheal [The Gael], number 12, Glasgow:


gearra-mhuc

gearra-mhuc (indefinite nominative singular)
gearra-mhucan (indefinite nominative plural)
gearra-mhuice (genitive indefinite singular)
ghearra-mhuc (genitive indefinite plural)
gearra-mhuic (dative indefinite singular)
gearra-mhucan (dative indefinite plural)
gearra-mhucaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') ghearra-mhuc (definite nominative singular)
gearra-mhucan (definite nominative plural)
na gearra-mhucan (definite nominative plural)
gearra-mhuice (definite genitive singular)
na gearra-mhuice (definite genitive singular)
gearra-mhuc (definite genitive plural)
nan gearra-mhuc (definite genitive plural)
(a') ghearra-mhuic (dative definite singular)
gearra-mhucan (dative definite plural)
na gearra-mhucan (dative definite plural)
gearra-mhucaibh (dative definite plural)
ghearra-mhuc (definite singular vocative)
ghearra-mhuca (definite plural vocative)
gearra-mhuc
ghearra-mhuc

From gearradh (“cutting”) + muc (“pig”).


madadh-ruadh

/ˈmat̪əɣ ˈrˠuəɣ/


teadaidh

teadaidh (indefinite nominative singular)
teadaidhean (indefinite nominative plural)
teadaidhe (genitive indefinite singular)
teadaidh (genitive indefinite singular)
theadaidhean (genitive indefinite plural)
teadaidh (dative indefinite singular)
teadaidhean (dative indefinite plural)
teadaidhibh (dative indefinite plural)
teadaidh (definite nominative singular)
an teadaidh (definite nominative singular)
teadaidhean (definite nominative plural)
na teadaidhean (definite nominative plural)
teadaidhe (definite genitive singular)
an teadaidhe (definite genitive singular)
teadaidh (definite genitive singular)
teadaidhean (definite genitive plural)
nan teadaidhean (definite genitive plural)
teadaidh (dative definite singular)
an teadaidh (dative definite singular)
teadaidhean (dative definite plural)
na teadaidhean (dative definite plural)
teadaidhibh (dative definite plural)
theadaidh (definite singular vocative)
theadaidhean (definite plural vocative)
teadaidh
theadaidh


Dòmhnaill

inflection of Dòmhnall:
genitive/vocative singular

inflection of Dòmhnall:
nominative/dative plural


ulabar

(Barra, Arran) metathesised form of earball (“tail”)


tarbh-nathrach

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

tairbh-nathrach (genitive singular)
tairbh-nathrach (plural)


oighreag

oighreag f (genitive singular oighreige, plural oighreagan)

oighreige (genitive singular)
oighreagan (plural)

Rubus chamaemorus
Rubus chamaemorus#Translingual

(fruit) cloudberry, bakeapple (Rubus chamaemorus)


sitrich

sitrich (past shitrich, future sitrichidh, verbal noun sitrich)

shitrich (past)
sitrichidh (future)
sitrich (noun-from-verb)

[ˈʃiçtɹ̠̊˔iç]

Either borrowed from Old Norse þýtr, þjóta (“whistling sound”), or a development of the word sèid (“blowing”).


sitrich

[ˈʃiçtɹ̠̊˔iç]


sèideadh

sèideadh m (genitive singular sèididh, plural sèididhean)

sèididh (genitive singular)
sèididhean (plural)


mnathadh

(archaic or dialectal) genitive singular of bean


craoibheadh

(Uist and Barra, archaic) genitive singular of craobh


bainnseadh

(Uist and Barra, archaic) genitive singular of banais (“wedding”)


cloinneadh

[ˈkʰl̪ˠɤɲəɣ]

(Uist and Barra, archaic) genitive singular of clann


gainmheachadh

(Uist, Barra) genitive singular of gainmheach


dùthchadh

(Uist, Barra) genitive singular of dùthaich


geasaibh

(archaic except in set phrase) dative plural of geas


gèinn

gèinn m (genitive singular gèinne, plural gèinnean or gèinntean)

gèinne (genitive singular)
gèinnean (plural)
gèinntean (plural)
géinn (alternative)
dinn (alternative)
ding (alternative)
gèinnte (alternative)


bròigeadh

[ˈb̥ɾɔːkʲəɣ]


snaoisean

snaoisean m (genitive singular snaoisein)

snaoisein (genitive singular)
snaoisean
shnaoisean
after "an"
t-snaoisean

[ˈs̪n̪ˠɤ̃ːʃan]

Probably from Scots sneeshin. See Irish snaoisín.


talmhana

[ˈt̪ʰɑl̪ˠɑˑ.ənʌ]

(South Uist, Barra) genitive singular of talamh


duine geal

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duine, geal.


duine geal

na can guth air ri duine geal

(figurative, intensifier) anybody, anyone


oidhcheadh

oidhcheadh
n-oidhcheadh
h-oidhcheadh
t-oidhcheadh

(Uist and Barra) genitive singular of oidhche


guailneadh

(Uist and Barra) genitive singular of gualann


mo nàire

Used to express shame, disgrace, embarrassment, outrage, etc.; for shame!


mar-thà

mar thà (alternative)
mu thràth (alternative)


imleag

imleag f (genitive singular imleig or imleige, plural imleagan)

imleig (genitive singular)
imleige (genitive singular)
imleagan (plural)
imleag
n-imleag
h-imleag
t-imleag
ilmeag (alternative)
ilimeag (alternative)
imealag (alternative)
iomlag (alternative)

From Middle Irish *imlec, a derivative of Old Irish imbliu, from Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl. Cognate with Irish imleacán, Latin umbilicus, English navel.


ilmeag

ilmeag f (genitive singular ilmeig or ilmeige, plural ilmeagan)

ilmeig (genitive singular)
ilmeige (genitive singular)
ilmeagan (plural)

(Lewis, Wester Ross, Assynt) metathesised form of imleag (“navel”)


gheibhte

impersonal conditional independent of faigh


ilmich

ilmich (past dh'ilmich, future ilmichidh, verbal noun ilmeach, past participle ilmichte)

dh'ilmich (past)
ilmichidh (future)
ilmeach (noun-from-verb)
ilmichte (participle past)

(Lewis, Sutherland, Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, North Argyll) metathesized form of imlich (“lick, lap”)

Sutherland; North Argyll; Sutherland; North Argyll


ilmeach

(Lewis, Sutherland, Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, North Argyll) verbal noun of ilmich (“lick”)


iormall

(Lewis, Wester Ross) metathesized form of iomrall (“mistake, error, straying”)


iormadh

(Lewis, Assynt) verbal noun of ioraim (“row”); metathesized form of iomramh (“rowing”)


ioraim

ioraim (past dh'ioraim, future ioraimidh, verbal noun iormadh, past participle ioraimte)

dh'ioraim (past)
ioraimidh (future)
iormadh (noun-from-verb)
ioraimte (participle past)
ioraim
n-ioraim
h-ioraim
t-ioraim

(Lewis, Wester Ross, nautical) metathesized form of iomair (“row”)


còmhstri

/ˈkʰɔ̃ːs̪t̪ɾi/

comh-strì (alternative)
còmh-stri (alternative)


laighinn

first-person singular conditional of laigh


cluainibh

Bheir e fainear gun laighinn sìos
Air cluainibh glas' le sìth.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

(archaic or liturgical) dative plural of cluain


trosg

trosg m (genitive singular truisg, plural truisg)

truisg (genitive singular)
truisg (plural)
trosg
throsg

From Middle Irish trosc, from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.


Tarsgabhaig

→ English: Tarskavaig

From Old Norse Þorskavágr or Þorskavík (“cod bay”).

Tarskavaig (a village in Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland)


fa-dheòidh

fa dheòidh (alternative)
fa dheaghaidh (alternative)


an dèis

an dèis (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

nam dhèis (first-person singular)
nam dhèis-sa (emphatic first-person singular)
nad dhèis (second-person singular)
nad dhèis-sa (emphatic second-person singular)
na dhèis (masculine singular third-person)
na dhèis-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
na dèis (feminine singular third-person)
na dèis-se (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
nar dèis (first-person plural)
nar dèis-ne (emphatic first-person plural)
nur dèis (plural second-person)
nur dèis-se (emphatic plural second-person)
nan dèis (plural third-person)
nan dèis-san (emphatic plural third-person)
an déis (alternative)

/əˈ(ɲ)d̥ʒeʃ/

/əˈ(ɲ)d̥ʒe.ɪʃ/

[əˈ(ɲ)d̥ʒeːʃ]

From Old Irish di éis, one of several expressions derived from és. Related to Irish in éis, tar éis.


struidearachd

(South Uist) stone skimming, ducks and drakes


greòd

greòd m (genitive singular greòid, plural greòid or greòdan)

greòid (genitive singular)
greòid (plural)
greòdan (plural)

Dh'iasgach chaimheineach le snòd,
'S iad nan greòdan ris a' bhruaich.

1880s?, Màiri Mhòr nan Òran, Soraidh leis an Nollaig Ùir:

To fish for little brown trout with tippet,
And them in their crowds against the bank


smùr

smùr m (genitive singular smùire, plural smùran)

smùire (genitive singular)
smùran (plural)
smùr

From Old Irish smúr (“dust, dross, rust”).


Blàrag

Blàrag (genitive Blàraig or Blàraige, vocative Bhlàrag)

Blàraig (genitive)
Blàraige (genitive)
Bhlàrag (vocative)


maidneadh

(Uist, Barra) genitive singular of madainn


t-eallach

/ˈt͡ʃʰal̪ˠəx/


còmh ri

Short for còmhla ri (“with, together with”).


leantail

leanmhainn (alternative)
leanachd (alternative)
leanail (alternative)
leanailt (alternative)
leantailt (alternative)
leantainn (alternative)


creidsinn

/ˈkʰðəd̥ʲʃɪɲ/

[ˈkʰð̥ʲed̥ʲʃɪɲ]

[ˈkʰð̥ʲɤd̥ʲʃɪɲ]

/ˈkʰɾʲetʲʃɪɲ/

/ˈkʰɾetʲʃɪɲ/

/ˈkʰɾɤtʲʃɪɲ/

verbal noun of creid (“believe, suppose”)


creidse

(chiefly Lewis) verbal noun of creid (“believe, suppose”)


a dh'ionnsaigh

a dh'ionnsaigh (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

gam ionnsaigh (first-person singular)
gam ionnsaigh-sa (emphatic first-person singular)
gad ionnsaigh (second-person singular)
gad ionnsaigh-sa (emphatic second-person singular)
ga ionnsaigh (masculine singular third-person)
ga ionnsaigh-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
ga h-ionnsaigh (feminine singular third-person)
ga h-ionnsaigh-se (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
gar n-ionnsaigh (first-person plural)
gar n-ionnsaigh-ne (emphatic first-person plural)
gur n-ionnsaigh (plural second-person)
gur n-ionnsaigh-se (emphatic plural second-person)
gan ionnsaigh (plural third-person)
gan ionnsaigh-san (emphatic plural third-person)

[ə ˈjʉ̃ːs̪ɪ]


anns an spot

anns an spot an d' fhuair esan am botal uisge na dhòrn

as soon as he got the bottle of water in his fist

anns an spot am faca e i

(chiefly South Uist) as soon as, immediately


coimhearp

coimhearp f (genitive singular coimhirp)

coimhirp (genitive singular)
coimhearsp (alternative)
coimhearps (alternative)
comharspa (alternative)
coidhirp (alternative)

In conjunction with the preposition air: co-operating

The principle of striving to be "no better than one's neighbours"; a principle of Hebridean crofting communities akin to the Law of Jante.


Aimeireagaidh

/əˈmɛɾʲəkaj/


tìodhlaiceadh

tìodhlaiceadh m (genitive singular tìodhlaicidh, plural tìodhlaicidhean)

tìodhlaicidh (genitive singular)
tìodhlaicidhean (plural)
tiodhlacadh (alternative)
tiodhlaiceadh (alternative)
tiodhlachadh (alternative)
tìodhlac (alternative)
tiodhlac (alternative)

/ˈtʲʰiəl̪ˠɪkʲəɣ/

/ˈt͡ʃʰiəl̪ˠɪkʲəɣ/

From Middle Irish tidlacad, an adaptation under the influence of the verbal noun suffix -ad (modern -adh) of tidlacan, which was dissimilated and metathesized from Old Irish tindnacol.


bhòidse

From English voyage, itself borrowed from French voyage.


mallachd

mallachdan (plural)
mallachd (indefinite nominative singular)
mallachdan (indefinite nominative plural)
mallachd (genitive indefinite singular)
mhallachdan (genitive indefinite plural)
mallachd (dative indefinite singular)
mallachdan (dative indefinite plural)
mallachdaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') mhallachd (definite nominative singular)
mallachdan (definite nominative plural)
na mallachdan (definite nominative plural)
mallachd (definite genitive singular)
na mallachd (definite genitive singular)
mallachdan (definite genitive plural)
nam mallachdan (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhallachd (dative definite singular)
mallachdan (dative definite plural)
na mallachdan (dative definite plural)
mallachdaibh (dative definite plural)
mhallachd (definite singular vocative)
mhallachdan (definite plural vocative)
mallachd
mhallachd
mollachd (alternative)
mullachd (alternative)

From Middle Irish mallacht, from Old Irish maldacht, from Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”). By surface analysis, mallaich + -chd


am-feast

/ə ˈfɛs̪t̪ə/

From Middle Irish festa, from Old Irish fecht-sa (“this occasion”).


Geàrrloch

/ˌɡ̥ʲaːrˠl̪ˠɔx/

/ˌɡ̥ʲaːl̪ˠəx/

A compound of geàrr (“short”) + loch (“loch, lake”). The adjective geàrr is one of a few in Scottish Gaelic which breaks the adjective following noun rule.

Gairloch (a coastal village on Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland).


àileadh

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àileadh m (genitive singular àilidh, plural àilidhean)

àilidh (genitive singular)
àilidhean (plural)


dèanadh

dèanaidh (genitive singular)
dèanadh
dhèanadh

verbal noun of dèan; alternative form of dèanamh


air chialaidh

/eɾʲ ə ˈçiəl̪ˠɪ/

(idiomatic, chiefly Uist) on an empty stomach


cliar Sheanchain

cliar (“company of wandering poets”) + Senchán Torpéist

(historical) A mythical company of travelling bards circulating primarily in the western Highlands, who tested the hospitality of their hosts, refusing to leave unless their demands were met or they were bested in wit.

somebody who is in the way, somebody who is testing one's hospitality


cugallach

unstable, unsteady, uncertain, precarious


neach-glèidhidh

neach-glèidhidh m (plural luchd-glèidhidh)


is fheàrr

is fheàrr aon diugh na dà mhàireach

's fheàrr a bhith cinnteach na caillteach

is fheàrr leam cofaidh na tì

In conjunction with the preposition le: to prefer

is fheàrr dhut falbh

In conjunction with the preposition do: to be better for


b' fheàrr

/ˈb̥ʲe̯æːrˠ/

b' fheàrr leam fhaicinn na a chluinntinn


is fheàirrde

is fheàirrde (past/conditional b' fheàirrde)

[ˈʃæːr̥ˠtʲ(ə)]

's fheàirrde duine gàire

chan fheàirrde thu siud

you are not the better of that, that does you no good

to be the better of, to be better off for


stuth

(chiefly Islay) anything, (in the negative) nothing


leòmag

leòmag f (genitive singular leòmaige, plural leòmagan)

leòmaige (genitive singular)
leòmagan (plural)


càirean

(Benbecula, South Uist, Barra, Islay, collective) gums (of the mouth)


bean bhàsail

bean bhàsail f (genitive singular mnà bhasaile, plural mnathan bhàsail)

mnà bhasaile (genitive singular)
mnathan bhàsail (plural)

From bean (“woman”) + bhàsail (“deadly, lethal”).


dinnear

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dinnear f (genitive singular dinneir or dinnearach, plural dinnearan or dinnearachan)

dinneir (genitive singular)
dinnearach (genitive singular)
dinnearan (plural)
dinnearachan (plural)
dìnnear (alternative)
dinneir (alternative)
dìnneir (alternative)

/ˈd̥ʒiːɲɛɾʲ/

/ˈd̥ʒiːɲæɾʲ/


iriosal

iriosal (comparative iriosaile or iriseol)

iriosaile (comparative)
iriseol (comparative)

/ˈiɾʲɪs̪əl̪ˠ/


adhbart

[ˈɤːb̥ə(ɻ)ʈ]

Wester Ross and West Perthshire form of adhbrann (“ankle”)


Gleann Comhann

/ˌɡ̥lɛun̪ˠə ˈkʰɔ̃hən̪ˠ/

Glen Coe (a valley in Highland council area, Scotland)


brailis

brailis f (genitive singular brailise, plural brailisean)

brailise (genitive singular)
brailisean (plural)
brailis
bhrailis

From Scottish Gaelic braich. Cognate with Irish braichlis and Manx brellish.


cobhair

cobhair f (genitive singular còbhrach, plural còbhraichean)

còbhrach (genitive singular)
còbhraichean (plural)

From Old Irish cobair (“help, assistance”).


miùg

miùig (genitive singular)
miùg
mhiùg
meadhg (alternative)
meang (alternative)
miong (alternative)

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

(Benbecula, South Uist, Barra, Skye) whey

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


thàna

nuair a thàna mi gu mullach a' chnuic


reaimhre

[ˈrˠaiɲdʲʒʌ]


meòirean

/ˈmeɔ̃ːɾʲən/

[ˈmeɔ̃ːd̥ʲʒən]

/ˈmɛ̯ɔ̃ːɾʲən/

[ˈmɛ̯ɔ̃ːɹ̝ʲən~ˈmɛ̯ɔ̃ːjən]


sreothartaich

sreothartaich m (genitive singular sreothairt, plural sreothartan)

sreothairt (genitive singular)
sreothartan (plural)
sreathartaich (alternative)

/ˈs̪t̪ɾiahərˠt̪ɪç/

[ˈs̪t̪ɾiahəʈɪç]

/ˈs̪t̪ɾahərˠs̪t̪ɪç/

[ˈs̪t̪ɾahəʂt̪ɪç]

/ˈs̪t̪ɾɛhərˠs̪t̪ɪç/

[ˈs̪t̪ɾæhɔʂt̪ɪç]

[ˈs̪t̪ɾæhəʂt̪ɪç]

[ˈs̪t̪ɾæhə(rˠ)t̪ɪç]

[ˈs̪t̪ɾæhəs̪ˠt̪ɪç]

/ˈs̪t̪ɾɛhərˠt̪ɪç/

[ˈs̪t̪ɾæhəɻʈɪç]


geinealag

geinealag f (genitive singular geineleige, plural geinealagan)

geineleige (genitive singular)
geinealagan (plural)
geinealag
gheinealag

a cocktail; a mixture of alcoholic drinks.


doraist

/ˈd̪̊ɔɾɪʃtʲ/

(Barra, Islay, Canada) inflection of dorast:


dorgh

dorgh m (genitive singular duirgh, plural duirgh)

duirgh (genitive singular)
duirgh (plural)


cloicheadh

/ˈkʰl̪ˠɔçəɣ/

/ˈkʰl̪ˠaçəɣ/

(Harris, Uist, Barra) genitive singular of clach; alternative form of cloiche


iodhlann

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

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

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

surf

(agriculture) ruined building used for making stacks in


làmhadh

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làmhadh f (dative singular làmhaidh, genitive singular làmhaidh, plural làmhaidhean or làmhaidhnean)

làmhaidh (dative singular)
làmhaidh (genitive singular)
làmhaidhean (plural)
làmhaidhnean (plural)
làmhagh (alternative)
làmh-thuagh (alternative)

/ˈl̪ˠãːvhəɣ/ [ˈl̪ˠɑ̃ːv̥həɣ]


làmhag

làmhag f (genitive singular làmhaige, plural làmhagan)

làmhaige (genitive singular)
làmhagan (plural)

làmh + tuagh, probably a variant of làmhadh


inneir

inneir f (genitive singular innearach, plural inneirean)

innearach (genitive singular)
inneirean (plural)


aonrachd

tha mi nam aonrachd


cluinnteil

cluinnteil f (genitive singular cluinntinn)

/ˈkʰl̪ˠɤiɲdʲʒal/

verbal noun of cluinn; alternative form of cluinntinn


òrdan

òrdan m (genitive singular òrdain, plural òrdain or òrdanan)

òrdain (genitive singular)
òrdain (plural)
òrdanan (plural)

/ˈɔːr̪ˠt̪an/


nèapaigin

/ˈɲɛhpɾʲɪkʲɪɲ/

/ˈɲɛhpɪkʲɪɲ/


nàimhdean

/ˈn̪ˠãĩd̥ʲən/

/ˈn̪ˠãĩd̥ʲʒən/


aineol

aineol m (genitive singular aineoil, plural aineoil)

aineoil (genitive singular)
aineoil (plural)

tha mi air m' aineol

I'm in unfamiliar surroundings; I'm out of place

tha mi ann an tìr m' aineoil

state of unfamiliarity or unacquaintance; being out of place; being out of one's depth


beòshlaint

/ˈb̥ɛ̯ɔːl̪ˠaɲ/


clobha

[ˈkʰl̪ˠoˑ.ə]

From Classical Gaelic clobh, clobhadh, from Middle Irish cloba, from Old Norse klof (“fissure”) and/or klofi (“fork in a river”), from the root of Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to split, cleave”). Cognate with Irish tlú and Manx clou.


naodh

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


naodhnar

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naodhnar m (genitive singular naodhnair, plural naodhnaran)

naodhnair (genitive singular)
naodhnaran (plural)
naongnar (alternative)

/ˈn̪ˠɤ̃ĩɣnəɾ/

[ˈn̪ˠɤ̃ɨ̃ɣnəɾ]

/ˈn̪ˠɯːɣnəɾ/

/ˈn̪ˠɯŋɡ̊nəɾ/

From Old Irish nónbor (compare Irish naonúr).


aon-deug

/ɯ̃ːn d̥ʲʒiək/


dà-dheug

dà dheug (alternative)
dhà-dheug (alternative)
dhà dheug (alternative)


trì-deug

/t̪ʰɾiː d̥ʲiək/

/t̪ʰɾiː d̥ʲʒiək/


naoi-deug

/ə n̪ˠɤfə d̥ʲʒiək/


naodh-deug

/ə n̪ˠɤvə d̥ʲiək/


gaimhne

inflection of gamhainn:
genitive singular


grèim

grèim (past ghrèim, future greimidh, verbal noun greimeadh, past participle grèimte)

ghrèim (past)
greimidh (future)
greimeadh (noun-from-verb)
grèimte (participle past)


grèim

grèim m (genitive singular greime, plural greimeannan)

greime (genitive singular)
greimeannan (plural)


malaidhean

/ˈmãl̪ˠã.ən/


fèar

(chiefly Lewis) just, right, exactly, simply


grunnd

grunnd m (genitive singular grunnda or gruinnd, plural grunndan)

grunnda (genitive singular)
gruinnd (genitive singular)
grunndan (plural)
grunn (alternative)

[ɡ̊ɾɔ̃ʊ̃n̪ˠ]

From Old Norse grunnr (“bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, foundation”).


grunnan

/ˈɡ̊ɾɔ̃ũn̪ˠan/


arspag

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arspag f (genitive singular arspaige, plural arspagan)

arspaige (genitive singular)
arspagan (plural)

great black-backed gull
great black-backed gull

Larus marinus
Larus marinus#Translingual


farspag

farspag f (genitive singular farspaige, plural farspagan)

farspaige (genitive singular)
farspagan (plural)


tòimhseachan

tòimhseachan m (genitive singular tòimhseachain, plural tòimhseachain)

tòimhseachain (genitive singular)
tòimhseachain (plural)

/ˈt̪ʰɔ̃ːʃəxan/

/ˈt̪ʰõːʃəxan/


co-là-breith sona

Co-là-breith sona dhut, a charaid!

Co-là-breith sona dhuibh, a Mhaighstir Ròbasdan!


annas-làimhe

annas-làimhe m (genitive singular annais-làimhe, plural annasan-làimhe)

annais-làimhe (genitive singular)
annasan-làimhe (plural)

Ma tha thusa na t’ fhear ealain
Cluinneamaid annas do làimhe

c. 1697, Iain MacAoidh (Am Pìobaire Dall), Cumha Choire an Easa:

If you are an artist
Let us hear your masterpiece


ciste-laighe

ciste-laighe f (plural cisteachan-laighe)

/kʲʰiʃtʲə ˈl̪ˠai.ə/


iongantas

iongantas m (genitive singular iongantais)

/ˈĩ.un̪ˠt̪əs̪/

/ˈi̯ũːn̪ˠəs̪/

/ˈĩãn̪ˠd̪̊əs̪/

From Old Irish ingantus, from the same root as ingnad, from Proto-Celtic *angnātos (“unknown, obscure”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“not”) + *ǵn̥h₃-tós, past participle of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Irish iontas and Manx yindys.


grèineadh

/ˈɡ̊ɾʲeːɲəɣ/

(Harris, Uist, Barra) genitive singular of grian


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brìg f (genitive singular brìge, plural brìgean)

brìge (genitive singular)
brìgean (plural)

heap of peats or potatoes stacked with boards in a corner of a house


meangan

meangan m (genitive singular meangain, plural meanganan or meangain)

meangain (genitive singular)
meanganan (plural)
meangain (plural)


langadar

langadar m (genitive singular langadair)

/ˈl̪ˠaŋkət̪əɾ/

Of Old Norse origin, perhaps a compound of langr (“long”) + þari (“kelp”).

duidhean

the stem of kelp, specifically of langadar


ciod thuige

/ˈɡ̥ɯt̪ɯɡ̥ʲə/

ciod (“what”) + thuige (“towards”). Cognate with Irish cad chuige.


òb

òb m (genitive singular òba, plural òban)

òba (genitive singular)
òban (plural)
tòb (alternative)


tòb

tòb m (genitive singular tòib or tòba, plural tòib or tòban)

tòib (genitive singular)
tòba (genitive singular)
tòib (plural)
tòban (plural)
òb (alternative)

From Old Norse hópr, with prosthetic t due to h being interpreted as lenited th.


iodh

(obsolete) the letter I in the Gaelic alphabet


iodh

idhe (genitive singular)
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deamhas

deamhas m or f (genitive singular deamhais, plural deamhaisean)

deamhais (genitive singular)
deamhaisean (plural)
deamhais (alternative)
deimheas (alternative)
deimheis (alternative)

/ˈd̥ʒɛ̃ũ.ɪʃ/

From Old Irish demess, from Proto-Celtic *dwimessos, from *dwi- (“double”) + *meteti (“to cut, reap”). Cognate with Irish deimheas, Manx jouish.


dreòlan

dreòlan m (genitive singular dreòlain, plural dreòlain)

dreòlain (genitive singular)
dreòlain (plural)
dreolan (alternative)
dreollan (alternative)

From Middle Irish dreóllán. Cognate with Irish dreolán.

(Mull, Colonsay, Islay, Jura, Kintyre, Arran) wren


maighich

inflection of maigheach (“hare”):
dative singular

inflection of maigheach (“hare”):
genitive singular


ana-ceartas

ana-ceartas m (genitive singular ana-ceartais, plural ana-ceartasan)

ana-ceartais (genitive singular)
ana-ceartasan (plural)

/ˈanaˌkʲʰɛrˠs̪t̪əs̪/

injustice, iniquity, unfairness, bad treatment


èireachd

èireachd
n-èireachd
h-èireachd
t-èireachd

(Colonsay, Islay, Jura) verbal noun of èirich


cuibheall

cuibheall f (genitive singular cuibhill or cuibhle, plural cuibhleachan)

cuibhill (genitive singular)
cuibhle (genitive singular)
cuibhleachan (plural)
cuidheall (alternative)

Borrowed from Scots quhel, quheil (“wheel”), from Middle English whele (compare Manx queeyl and Antrim Irish cuidhil).

chiefly Harris; Skye; chiefly Harris; Skye


triubhsair

tlb

(Wester Ross, Badenoch, Islay, Gigha, Kintyre)

triubhsairean (plural)
trùsair (alternative)

Borrowed from Scots troosers, itself borrowed from Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Middle Irish triubus, from Old Irish trebus, probably a borrowing from Old French trebus (“sort of foot covering”), from Late Latin tubrucus, tribuces (“thigh breeches”) (attested by Isidore), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to split, break”), possibly via Germanic (Old High German theobroch (“gaiters”), Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks)).


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srainnsear m (genitive singular srainnseir, plural srainnsearan)

srainnseir (genitive singular)
srainnsearan (plural)

/ˈs̪t̪ɾãĩʃað/


teirig

teirig (past theirig, future teirigidh, verbal noun teireachdainn)

theirig (past)
teirigidh (future)
teireachdainn (noun-from-verb)


nuadha

nominative/genitive/dative/vocative plural of nuadh


nuaidh

inflection of nuadh:
masculine genitive/vocative singular

inflection of nuadh:
feminine dative singular


Casachstàn

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


goibhre

inflection of gobhar (“goat”):
vocative/genitive singular

inflection of gobhar (“goat”):
nominative/dative plural


tubhailt

Borrowed from Scots touell, towall, towell.


crios Chù-Chulainn

crios (“belt”) + Cù-Chulainn. Named for its medical use in mythology by Cú Chulainn, who bathed in meadowsweet to soothe the effects of apoplexy which would disfigure him.


Cù-Chulainn

Cù-Chulainn
Chù-Chulainn
Cuchulainn (alternative)
Cuchullain (alternative)

From Old Irish Cú Chulainn, from cú (“dog, hound”), a common element in some male Old Irish given names, and Culann, another male given name; hence the name means "Culann's hound". Mythologized by the Táin Bó Cúailnge, in which Cú Chulainn gains this moniker after an incident in which Cú Chulainn replaced a guard dog of Culann's that was killed in self-defense.

(Irish mythology) Cú Chulainn, a mythological hero.


greiseag

nì mi e ann an greiseag


bìgis

cùl a' bhìgis!

ubhal a' bhìgis agus pìos cùil do sheanmhar

the apple of the bìgis and a bit of your grandmother's behind

(Lewis, Harris) Used to indicate that the speaker believes someone is overly inquisitive or nosy.


duilz

Elision of tha mi duilich; duilich + -z. Likely imitative of English soz.

@SlocGorm b' e "sneachda" nam chridhe agus "sneachd" nam cheann a bh' ann. Duilz. Nach toir thu mathanas dhomh?

2015 Jan 14 "Megan NicGill-Fhaolain" Tweet @meg_lellan 555350066148687873 via Twitter

@SlocGorm it was "sneachda [snow]" in my heart and "sneachd [snow]" in my head. Sorry. Won't you forgive me?

2019 April 25 "Al" Tweet @Albannach91 1121459120853458947 via Twitter

I found it like that on Twitter somewhere earlier, from somebody's profile picture. Sorry!

Lorg mi mar sin e air Twitter na bu tràithe an àiteigin, bho dhealbh-chunntais chuideigin. Duilz!

tha mi duilich
tha mi duilich#Scottish_Gaelic

(Internet slang) Synonym of tha mi duilich (“I am sorry; sorry”)


dileag

dileag f (genitive singular dileige, plural dileagan)

dileige (genitive singular)
dileagan (plural)


banaltram

banaltram f (genitive singular banaltraim, plural banaltraman)

banaltraim (genitive singular)
banaltraman (plural)
banaltram
bhanaltram

(dated) A nurse, nanny; a woman who looks after other people's children.


Hong Cong

Borrowed from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2).

Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China)


beòthail

beòthaile (comparative)
beòthail
bheòthail
beothail (alternative)
beòthachail (alternative)
beodhail (alternative)
beodha (alternative)

lively, vivacious, animated, active, vigorous


Sàtan

An Sàtan (canonical masculine)
an t-Sàtain (genitive)

From Latin Satān, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”).


naosg

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naosg m (genitive singular naoisg, plural naoisg)

naoisg (genitive singular)
naoisg (plural)

From Old Irish naíscu. Compare Irish naoscach.


apracot

apracot m (genitive singular apracoit, plural apracotan)

apracoit (genitive singular)
apracotan (plural)
apracot (indefinite nominative singular)
apracotan (indefinite nominative plural)
apracoit (genitive indefinite singular)
apracotan (genitive indefinite plural)
apracot (dative indefinite singular)
apracotan (dative indefinite plural)
apracotaibh (dative indefinite plural)
t-apracot (definite nominative singular)
an t-apracot (definite nominative singular)
h-apracotan (definite nominative plural)
na h-apracotan (definite nominative plural)
apracoit (definite genitive singular)
an apracoit (definite genitive singular)
apracotan (definite genitive plural)
nan apracotan (definite genitive plural)
apracot (dative definite singular)
an apracot (dative definite singular)
h-apracotan (dative definite plural)
na h-apracotan (dative definite plural)
h-apracotaibh (dative definite plural)
apracoit (definite singular vocative)
apracotan (definite plural vocative)
apracot
n-apracot
h-apracot
t-apracot
apragod (alternative)
apricoc (alternative)

From English apricot, from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally “(peaches) which ripen early”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “(apple) which ripens early”).

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Prunus armeniaca
Prunus armeniaca#Translingual

apricot, Prunus armeniaca (both tree and fruit)


aigeann

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aigeann m (genitive singular aigeinn, plural aigeannan)

aigeinn (genitive singular)
aigeannan (plural)
aigeann
n-aigeann
h-aigeann
t-aigeann
aigeal (alternative)

From Old Irish océn, borrowed from Latin Ōceanus (compare Welsh eigion), from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).


Dhòmhnall

/ˈɣ̊õː.əl̪ˠ/

/ˈɣ̊ɔ̃ː.əl̪ˠ/

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


eàrlas

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eàrlas m (genitive singular eàrlais, plural eàrlasan)

eàrlais (genitive singular)
eàrlasan (plural)