Fòram na Gàidhlig

Any name can have a Gaelic pronunciation as much as it can an English pronunciation. Do names always have to mean somthing? No. A bheil mi coma co-dhiù? Tha.

Fearghasdan doesn't mean 'anything' to a native speaker who doesn't know that it comes from ..'son. But it's a well-established Gaelic name.

Many surnames now considered Gaelic names were not Gaelic originally. MacLeòid was not a Gaelic name, until the Gaelicisation of the Norse settlers. Neither of course were all the Norman origin names such as the Siosalaich, Frisealaich, Moirich, Fearghasdanaich, Moireasdanaich, Stiùbhartaich and so ...

Fàilt' ort, Yùka.

a chaca, in the vocative case, yes.

cat Mhurchaidh - yes
cat Mòraig - yes

cat Mhòraig - no

feminine personal names are not lenited in the possessive.

Cha do ghlacadh am Prionnsa Teàrlach nas motha agus fuair e tilleadh dhan Fhraing. Tha am port fìdhle a leanas ? bho Eachann MacAnndra mar gum biodh e a' fàgail soraidh le Alba. Cha do ghlacadh am Prionnsa Teàrlach nas motha agus fhuair e (air) tilleadh dhan Fhraing. Tha am port fìdhle a leanas bho...

Anyone who thinks there are no such thing as zombies in Gaelic culture should perhaps read this story about one. https://ant-oide.com/2014/10/08/an-taillear-agus-taibhse-chill-an-iubhair/ It's about a "taibhse", also described as "an duine marbh", which rises from it's grave and ...

taing. Tha e ann an Dasg cuideachd

Chanainn gur e smùid a' Ghàidhlig air "smog", ged a tha i a' ciallachadh rudan eile cuideachd.

smùid thachdach - mar eisimpleir - choking smog

Dè seòrsa leigheis a bhiodh bhith "a' cur ballan air" duine leòinte?

math fhèin

No problem.


It's "oireadh", no accent, in Tron Bhogha-Froise.

22335 A' ghrian ag òireadh thar mullach na beinne/a' chnuic Did you mean èireadh? Or is this a new word for the Faclair Beag 8-) It's on Page 29 of Tron Bhogha-Froise Sgeulachdan is Bàrdachd. Written in the Glencoe/Argyll Gaelic of Alasdair MacAonghais nach maireann. No accent. The subject has clim...

An e gu dearbh!

'S e facal ùr a th' ann an "dogh" dhòmhsa.

Tapadh leat.