Fòram na Gàidhlig

Hello everyone,

I am brand new to Gaeilc and am interested in learning the Language. I was wondering what is the official Gaelic dictionary called?

Thanks,

Swiss

Online, I find this one useful

http://learngaelic.net/dictionary/

but if you want a hard copy then the best dictionary is Dwelly's illustrated Gàidhlig Dictionary. It is available on Amazon for about $27

Thanks much :},

Do you know of any good Gaelic bookstores online?

Thanks much,

Swiss

Remember that Dwelly"s dictionary is about 100 years old, however wonderful it is. It s actuallyintegrated into AmFaclair Beag, which also includes modern definitions. In fact the LearnGaidhlig dict is based on AmFaclair Beag.

There is a new, easier to read ed of Dwelly as a hardback too, well worth the investment. The cheap Amazon eds tend tobe poor quality reproductions of the originalprint ed. Often illegible.

Comhairle nan Leabhraichean in Glasgow, and Siol inCanada.

Comhairle nan Leabhraichean here:
http://www.gaelicbooks.org/

The most important online dictionaries:

http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/index.php?page=5

I also used Colin Mark's dictionary a lot, but like Dwelly's it's Gaelic-English only. It is still useful though to look up usage, grammar etc. and it has some interesting appendices.

You can access Colin Mark E > G electronically, via looking for an English word in the 'search inside' facility on the googlebooks page for it:


http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9Lvr ... edir_esc=y


Very useful indeed, especially if you also have the print version for cross-reference.

Angus Watson has a two-volume dictionary which I find useful, although I also have the older ones and they are more comprehensive. One volume is Gaelic-English, and the other is the reverse, and both are usually available online (I got both through Amazon, twice, since I have two sets of them). The language is often very modern, and what I particularly like is that entries often have cross-references to other words with similar meanings, and explain which to use when, with examples.