- Am Bràighe
fhuair duine rud ri ithe dorras nach fheumadh m' athair mo bhiadhadh Am Bràighe 2000-4
- Am Measg nam Bodach
fidilean finntinn
- Angus MacDonald (Press and Journal)
air an àite fhàgail na mhuc-mhaic ostensibly pigsty, mess but form? -bhaic? -bhoig/-bhuig?
- An t-Eilean Grianach Fallain E
Sa chaimhleas èibhinn flùrain
- An t-Ogha Mór
a' gabhail a' ghiorsa in a tumult 'corraich le deòin')
air trùimh nam bilean dwelling kindly on the lips
buabainn hyphen?
daoi air daraich fool on a log
innleachd bhaoth cunning strategem
peardsa Page (person)
searg-ghruaim death (metaphor)
srann-ghlaodh dirge
- Badenoch Gaelic (A MacPherson)
Bhiuthanas famous character
Lairganaich waiting, expecting
Lorghanach noisy
Muileann-leth-coise Probable this word should be Muileann-Laimh-Bradh – Quern
- Bàrdachd Ghàidhlig (Watson)
rasgaich ? vaunting
seangheall firm wager?
seisneil ?
prosmann incitement
- Bho na h-Innse Gall as Iomallaiche
bris bramas innilt dishonour the marriage bed
còmhrag nan cungar clash of cultures
damas gineis/samas gineis sense of inferiority/superiority
feighinn pattern
ionntach instinct
lifeag picnic
manach raigeach tonsured monk
ròn teileach seal on guard-duty (faic teilid cuideachd)
seafaidean goblets
sirpisean silvery jugs
smeargha flensing
stilbeag, cuairteag, cearnag, cuairneag, suaineag, froi(dh)neag, cirbeag weaving patterns
teilid mind-speech, telepathy
- Bliadhna nan Òran
Bàl Loch Arcaig - Gun fhios gu dè stàth dhomh ach m' àraidean fhìn
Banais Ghleann Bhairigil - Gu bhith giùlan a' bheir-bainnse.; fair(ing)? Poss. form of beir? or bairghean?
Cànan nan Gàidheal - Ach an galair a' bhlian' on deas; blian usually adj, is this form of bleoghainn?
Cumha do Shìm Òg - Sin is foirmidh na choinneamh; noisy or ostentatious?
Hò Ro 'illean, Na Bitheamaid Tùrsach - 'S bheir i air cuasach rìbhinn còir; syntax suggests cuasach is a noun, either way, cavernous doesn't make sense. Perhaps 'troglodyte'?
Mo Nighean Donn Òg - Nach loiseadh rium tùr no lann. meaning of tùr and lann (tower/sense, blade/orchard) hinges on loiseadh which looks like a verb. Candidates might be loise(adh) flame but no evidence of this as verb
Na Tulaichean - Chum e riù a ' bhòtach glossed as musket but?? perh. « (gun) butt?
- Burns
clamhasgain / clamhagain = snarling
- Còco is Crùbagan
Chaidh mòran iongnaidh is uabhais a mhùgadh às nuair a chaidh solas an dealain a chur air gun dragh sam bith = mùigeadh?
mèadhalaich, bèadhalaich = bleating
- DASG
17 (Assynt)
annais (coltas annas/annaid/anainn ach cò dhiubh?)
toppas (Beurla?)
drein vootach ?
20 (Harris)
treasaichean coltas trace-aichean air i.e. Beurla + aichean
23 (Tiree)
stàg curb bit
driomal chain in saddle groove.
cìob seaweed but which fucking one
49 Islay
suabhaill pot chain (word looks more like "swivel")
67 Mull
miolach for mionach, looks a legit n<>l variant but no ghits?
umalas for domlas, looks a legit d- less variant but no ghits?
69 Harris
craoileach large/clums person, unsure if /krɯːl/ or /krɤil/ or sth else
72 Scalpay
spoileagadh is this /sboil/ or /sbɔLʲ/ or /sbɔl/? Says operation but what, in the sense of military or medical?
aon-mhàl mess - perh. aon mheall?
75 Tiree
uileasach stiff - but cf uileasach le’m làimh (Uist) neither meaning clear.
78 Harris
gaistaidh beathach òg aitigeach
83 Islay
effein render helpless - looks like ?fann
84 Lewis
smiurs (E) que?
97 Harris
sniabh pass (mountain) misint. of sliabh?
99 Harris
Alltan Aibhneageanaidh not sure if word or not
101 Lewis
dorochan corrach ? boxing/wrestling related
115 Harris
lann-shuileach ?
116 Harris
fèileabanachd [?] eating food slowly.
gàireach palate; related to càirean no doubt but form dubious
a boilithadh [?] pressing.
156 Tarbert
urpull
179 Harris
thug e riddalaidhs air
180 E Ross
proghal proud
dreanata
183 Skye
unid nuid = luid?
190 Lewis
splinn = slinn, poss. typo/misreading shlinn?
197 Uist, S
alltair movement of fingers alt+ ?
204 Tiree
sgios de dh'uisge drizzle ... skies?
213 Lewis
hobail, sgiorta some part of a chimney, glossed as "hobble" but no such word seems to exist in relation to chimneys
260 Applecross
boighlean shards looks like metathesis of bloighean
262 Applecross
duagan monotonous noise; dòrdan ?
ciollag rag?
267 Harris
tònasach ?
uabhcall ? uamarra?
cnaimhseag louse, suspicious
271 Harris
dall bung (to plug a hole)
278 Uist
uileasach le’m làimh suffering. aoi-leasach? uidhl- ? uiln- ?
278 Uist
gigili blàth warm, humid, clammy
air a dhol a bhobhta làir ? something with bad/changeable weather
clò fiachlach two coloured cloth ?fiaclach
gadhar weakness, failing ?gaorr
iùdhrais evil ???
gonnathalan hero
fuinn allegedly suinn (heroes) but seems more likely misreadin of long s ſuinn as fuinn
sloc iasgaich fishing station, looks fishy, who fishes from a pit?
283 Lewis
cóineal weeping
gidhir-thomain tussocks
camaiceanan tumbling cam..?
x Lewis
learach type of woman
291 Skye
cuidhbhil type of shelter, pen, cuithe for sure but -il?
buaile mhiosdain whirligig
barra stràc full strake; each word is clear but what is a full strake?
biche pelt - surely typo for seiche?
294 Uist
tùbrais squabble etc looks like t + ùpraid but fem?
?
salann rìligidh sprinkling of salt on fish
tolt bed spread
biuigeal bright; biùg + ail?
oiseach Hiortach poss for r > l sound change in St Kildan?
309 Harris / Applecross
crocair (no gloss, net related)
ìghneachan (N. Applecross) magan (asthma). ???
a’ mhula-mhòid dab-chick? on sea seen before stormy weather. Very small birds. looks v much like a toad-word
- Edward Lhuyd
còmhlach twin(s) td. 182
- Etymological Dictionary {Appendix}
cionlas
mìlis
stiucan
pri-taoil
riodach kind n? v?
siach
- Facal Oirbh
cuain boat
steabhag boat
- Gaelic Rings
luchd-làimh crew
stròchag streak. Typo for strìochag?
- Gaelic Songs of Mary MacLeod
marcanta horseman, knight
- Gearra-nan-Craobh 's an Cladach
cuir 'nad ghearalan
- Gnàthasan-cainnt
an t-uidhir humid days in autumn
cha do rinn theab cron a-riamh "almost" never did any harm
cruinn le callainn really fat
rach dhan t-sìochraidh go into hiding
's e cuimhneachan a tha ann an Doileag this brings back memories
sapag = stapag
- Grammar of Ros Goill Irish
gasúr /gasər/ is this really gasúr with shortening or based on root gas cf gasan?
- Guthan nan Eilean
slànmhor
- Harris Development
meanagal intending, prob. mìnigeil
- Hebridean Connections
(spelling in general is atrocious)
sìlich ?
tiodidh ?
bòdach bòtadh?
riag ?
- Linguistic Atlas of Irish Dialects
Arran
beairt sure
carr grin
casaidh bridge over boggy ground
clach rocaidh quern
midhear meadow (miadar?)
stuighean foundation sheaf
tàlachan oystercatcher
Benbecula
duine singilte frail man
sìnslein stroke of thatch
Kintyre
briceabhas breakfast
gràbach harness
/nə dèːrəxən sea-rods, teadhrachan? deurachan?
muchrain(n) pigling
taləv barking
Lewis
karakʲ could be caraig/caraid/car-àit(?) treadle
iomlas gallbladder
ʃəvag seabhag? seubhag? wig poss. bad English for quid?
tuillear stout, well coloured???
NuəLadʲ something you can drown in? dhan an ualaid e drown him; nach tu bha san ualaid? weren't you in trouble
mɯːLʲas maoilleas? forehead
Mid-Argyll
baile munːinən sheep farm
dealar an uisge rainbow
cormagan cormorant
fogaid aftermath, aftergrass
jun.ənəx funny
geurachan sharpening
sìodag fairy
Wester Ross
tuairnealaich cataract
caille snàth skein (no rudeigin mar sin)
aislig, aislin(n)ean rib
snas bolt
tùs, maide tùs flail
ionnsgachach learned
fi.əɣən fin
snórag snore/snoring
a' farainn/fairinn feeling
Sutherland
bòcrach dunghill
jãũLəx angry
dʲev rainbow
faLarʲər lightning
sgrauŋ crumbs
ainmhig seldom
dime harm
sgòban clouds
lallar scale(s) of a fish
c' fheadh how far
cianarail; cianadail = cianail
taobh-ceangal half-tie (wtf?)
- Luirgean Eachainn Nill
làireachan layman
- MacIntosh Postal Questionnaire
cruimeach maggot m? typo? mh?
bodach-rocaidh scarecrow ròcadh no rocadh?
muileag-muc tadpole; > toad ach neònach
- Muir is Tìr
uioda gut snood
spat legging
féilidh short trousers
Féill Slinnein Cò?? 24 December
fid mast pin
spear pump handle
slùde mast partners
boilear boiler, seadh, ach /bɔilər/ no /bɔlər/?
lits (sail) leech
pòilins mast panels polings?
hogail gunwale eye bolt
- Naughty Little Book
geosg vagina; this looks like a variant of geòsgan/geòstan (ragwort)
earball vagina; this seems unlikely for *vagina*
bagais testicles (?)
gogan penis; looks like form of Eng. cock but is it gocan/cocan/gogan?
- Quizlet
molachaid eating (food)
paoineil skimpy (looks like delenited faoineil)
raid ready
trais mhòr big nose
supalaidh easily seen
pleòcan ?
fior a' dol a... I was just about to
ealchaig in a prominent position (or) untidily
ag ceilbhearachd being too fastidious (also given as "trifling")
cuir fàineachan air press looks like form of fàin?
doadha (doca) wee tough stout fellow
streagalaigean stragglers (meaning clear but is it Gaelic?)
ullamain ?
draibheil (drèabhail) leaving to the end
stiùc roost; act of sheltering
mùrsanach duine heavy person
lìtethe roof of the mouth (possible misreading of posset (lite) as palate?
a' draonnan plodding (form of braon cf Irish draonán or drannd?)
palonaidh mis-shapen garment
nì i slìumag mhath she will make a good penny
reusaid reason
cha do ghabh mi taice/allt air I didn't take to him (?)
Bha coic air a' chuthaig ?there was a secret at the cuckoo
ceilbhreachd footery, pernickety work ?ceileireachd?
thug e sgurran / sgrudadh air he gave him a good doing; DASG has sgrudadh AND sgrùdadh in the same entry ("swearing")
splugan cold (illness)
sgàrach scarlet
chan urrainn dhomh an leanabh anaghladh I can't bide that child ?anacladh?
'S e géinn de fhèin a sgoltas an darach
ceanna-bhriste dandruff
bradhal a stout fellow
godaman a wee so and so
clann an uaisgneais name for those who hid from call up behind double wall
faoibhin na coise ?
tha Alasdair numel air a' Ghàidhlig Alasdair is fluent in Gaelic
earnaiseachd ?
mùrsach (mùirseach?) great big top-heavy, lumbering thing
Sitse ri Quebec! Siege of Quebec! ? also given as setting fire to. Perh laying waste/destruction rather than siege?
meachdrach jolly, extrovert
coimeanach obligatory ? prob comaineach, obliging
- Rare Hebridean Gaelic Words
cléis children's play (tha iad a' cléis, they are playing)
sgàrdach vacant, startled, insane look, coltas sgàrdach
sgibabo team of travelling men breaking in virgin ground for villagers
scalafaitse hurl (thoir scalafaitse do)
seadachdainn substance, increase, store (a h-uile latha mar tha tighinn dol nas lugha seadachdainn)
meuchd /miaxg/ prob meuc < euc cf eucail disease, ailment
coladiagan small, short-lived eddy of ashes near fireplace
- Sàr-obair nam Bàrd Gaelach
aignidh form of neo-aignidh i.e. composed?
stol stol or stòl?
neo-thruineil no idea, tried druineil, nn; perhaps Dineed tríntealach restless, nervous?
munasg air seilg ??
eit-bheinn quartz mountain?
- Seanchas Ìle
carrachag some species of seaweed; Dwelly says shellfish?
sgeanag(an) pres. = sgianag in Dwelly but which seaweed is it?
gaodhachail doing odd jobs
- Sir Seòras Uilleam Ros
plod flat? (td 17)
- Sports Guidelines (MnE)
ro-dhartach Offside
Farpaisean Nàiseanta Glèidhte National Reserve Competitions - doesn't seem to be used
- Tha Cuimhn' Agam
breislig instead of breislich. Thuirt Raghnall MGD: Gaeilge "Breislig[h] Maighe Muirthemne" - buaidh aige sin air inntinn Laing?
- The Gaelic of Kintyre
slabhaicich slashing (?)
- The Irish Language in Rathlin (if # then from Atlas of Irish Dialects 67
a' tuigheal
amhan # fathoms
biachlaidh beachleach # dirty
bortalan-buidhe # ragwort
buaint # harvesting
/kɛi/ double-tree
kalvan kalmər # type of fish
càraidheachd # mending
carbhas # sheet
cneatal? # /krötal/ knitting
cuibhil mhór castle wheel
cuidhil bheag common wheel
dealg-dé # butterfly
dìlseag # little finger
eighreag
eurais béil # bridle bit /eːrɪʃ/
fa-rìreabh
fir chlisne fir chlisle # aurora
foisgear # whiskers
frasaidheachd
freiseilte
freisin
frithear
fuaighean (vn, fuaigh)
furanadh, puffin
furn, puffin
gabhal-deòrach
gall-deòrachan
gall-gaoithe (gobhal?)
gandar # gander
gàrradh chruach stackyard
gasar # lad (an e seo gasar pert fellow aig Dwelly?)
geafta
gimlean
glaiseag
glasaid
gléireach
gobach
gréas
gréasair
gruthagan
ianais
ionglais # watery milk
jösəx # young girl
iteagadh # flying
làbag
laiseag-ghuail
léan
leathrom
leathromach
lìodag # little finger
liasag
liath-shioc
luachrach
maide lʎːstər laostar? ladhstar? treadle #
maram
màran
marcaidheachd + #
mèanfaidh
meithid
milleag-rugail
mìobhar
moran
muireatrach
naomh (v)
neamhnaid
niutan
ord
paiteanach
peatar, picture
péicealach, showy person
ponta
pòsanadh; pozies, flowers
pruthag
raic
ramaisg
réidhte
ryərəg; clip of hook
riach
riaghailt
ribhe
rideanachd
roilleagach
ruiseag-gobhail
sàl-mhònach
seafach + #
seifeag, seafag; sheaf
seilceag # snail
seile
seileastrach
sgilleann # penny
sgimileir
sgithist
sgoilt
sgreuchlach
sgreuchlainn
sgriodlain
sguit
sigidh sealbhan # strawberry
simileid
siogatair
sìol dubh
sìol liath
siùrailte
sleamhanadh
smeòrlach # thrush
sneòinean
sòbhrag
sol
spealt
speurach
sraianach, puffin
sraon
stròcadh
stuaman
sùbh-sealbhan
tachainn # chewing the cud
tàmailt
tamhalt, monster (cf amhailt)
tamhnach
tanalachd
teinntear # hearth
timear-teallaich
tiomallta
tionndachd # turning
tobhta beag
tobhta gualann
tobhta réiste
tobhta togaile
togachan # ploughing chain
tòrdan
treabhacan
trèan
uagnach # lonely
Uilleam crath d' earball
uiseag
us
ùsaideadh
ùsg
- Tocher
V.10 builidh prize-fighter (appears as name in other stories, some suggest Willie; poss. bully?) td.70
V.11 gearran fishhook (td 84)
V.13 a' satadh stepping out (td 218)
V.15 Chuir e ma chuairt an iomach an iar he turned on his heels (tb 259)
V23 leòdar/leòdair pewter badly transcribed /j/ (glossed as fheòdair) or genuine /Lʲ/?
V 23 muinichidh i air an fhéill ?
V 36 cairte-ciù cairt 'bark/tanning' ach ciù?
V 48/49 cìobartach
- Tomas Seannsair
fulmra ?
- Watson - Gaelic-English
caon wily, cunning cha do lorg mi am facal seo àite sam bith eile
cunthrach (fon innteart "ciùbhran")
- Feadhainn eile
dollaidh/dolaidh/doilidh dorgh?
crannc plough attachment for earthing up potatoes suspect Scots crank
Diotalman, Dotalman, duine beag dubh, Trì chasan fòidhpe is bonaid de dh'fhiodh. cf tòdalman/tòtalam but probably Scots diddle+man + dottle+ma i.e. teetering man, tottering man?
