Ciamar a chanas mi.... / How do I say...
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darkside
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by darkside » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:09 pm
troll?
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by eideard » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:37 pm
darkside wrote:troll?
I can't find "troll" but a giant is "famhair" (m.) and a dwarf is "troich"(f/m.) Take your pick.
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by Seonaidh » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:37 pm
...ach dè "Neanderthal man" anns a' Ghàidhlig? Oir tha mi a' creidsinn gur e sin a bha origin nan troll.
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by darkside » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:11 pm
eideard wrote:darkside wrote:troll?
I can't find "troll" but a giant is "famhair" (m.) and a dwarf is "troich"(f/m.) Take your pick.
troich gle mhath
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by Stìophan » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:33 am
I would say giant is
fuamhar, there is a place nearby my home town (Dingwall) called
Novar which in Gaelic is
Taigh an Fhuamhair (House of the Giant).
No idea what
Troll is though!

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by eideard » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:46 am
Stìophan wrote:I would say giant is
fuamhar, there is a place nearby my home town (Dingwall) called
Novar which in Gaelic is
Taigh an Fhuamhair (House of the Giant).
No idea what
Troll is though!

Actually there are three common words for giant: famhair, fuamhaire and athach. As I said before, take your pick. Dèan do roghainn.