Colin Mark. The Gaelic-English Dictionary/Гэльско-английский словарь

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cha chùm seo e gun an cur … but this

won’t keep him from asking them (i.e.

questions – lit. keep him without their

asking)

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thuirt e gun cumadh eacar-

saich sinn gun fàs ro reamhar he said

that exercise would keep us from

getting too fat

cùm ri 1. weather (stand up to)

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chùm

iad ris an doininn they weathered the

storm 2. keep to

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cùm ri d’fhacal keep

to your word

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…nan cumadh sinn ris

na riaghailtean… if we kept to the rules

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chaidh iomadh gealladh a thoirt

dhuinn ris nach deach cumail many

promises which weren’t kept to were

given to us 3. keep [someone] at it / busy

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tha obair na croite a’ cumail riutha

the work of the croft keeps them busy

cùm ri fhuaradh weather (keep some-

thing to the windward side while sail-

ing)

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chùm sinn an rubha ri fuaradh

we weathered the point

cùm (rudeigin) ri (cuideigin) supply

(something) to (someone) / supply

(someone) with (something), ply

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bha

e a’ cumail rithe de dh’airgead na

dh’iarradh i he was keeping her sup-

plied with any money she asked for

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bha aig a theaghlach fhèin ri aodach a

chumail ris his own family had to keep

him in clothing

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chùm e ceistean ris

he plied him with questions

Similar to these are: cùm taic ri support

(see taic)

□

dh’fhoillsich iad nach

cumadh iad taic ris an riaghaltas they

showed that they would not support the

government

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chùm sinn taic chunbha-

lach riutha we provided them with reg-

ular back-up

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… nas fheàrr airson

cridhe a chumail ri duine… better for

keeping up a man’s courage (lit. heart)

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bha e a’ cumail a’ ghunna riutha he

was keeping the gun [trained] on them

model, shape

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cumadh còmhnard ﬂat

shape

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cumadh neo-chothromach irregu-

lar shape (maths)

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cumadh-tìre topogra-

phy

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cumaidhean-tìre landforms

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cumaidhean nàdarra natural formations

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cumaidhean ceangailte composite shapes

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dealbh chumaidhean shape model /

picture (math.)

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air chumadh uighe oval

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air chumadh cridhe heart-shaped

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cuir

à cumadh deform

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tha e math a bhith a’

faicinn do smaointean a’ tighinn gu

cumadh it’s good to see your thoughts tak-

ing shape (lit. coming to shape)

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cumadh sgrìobhte their written form

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dèan cumadh ùr air reshape

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… nuair a

rinneadh cumadh ùr air na riaghaltasan

ionadail … when local governments were

reshaped

cumadh-tìre nm topography

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cumaidhean-tìre pl ⫽ landforms

cumail nf & vn of cùm keeping etc., reten-

tion

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cumail air ais detention (holding

back)

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cumail an làimh detention

(imprisonment)

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cumail suas mainte-

nance

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cumail fodha suppression (note

that the gen case cumalach given by Dw.

is no longer found)

cumail-ris nf stamina

cumailteach, -iche a retentive

cuman, -ain, -ain / -an nm bucket, milking

pail

□

a’ giùlan nan cuman bainne carry-

ing the milk pails / pails of milk

cumanta a average (⫽ common), common,

general, ordinary, prevalent

Cumantan, Taigh nan Cumantan House

of Commons

cumantas, -ais nm commonness, generality,

usualness

□

an cumantas / anns a’

chumantas normally, usually

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bha a’

Ghàidhlig air a cleachdadh, an cumantas,

anns an dachaigh Gaelic was used, usu-

ally, in the home

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sin far an robh e a’

còmhnaidh an cumantas that’s where he

usually resided

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às a’ chumantas abnor-

mal out of the ordinary adv

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chan eil an

togalach seo mòran às a’ chumantas

a thaobh meud this building isn’t much

out of the ordinary as regards size

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thar

a’ chumantais extraordinary

□

duine

fad-lèirsinneach thar a’ chumantais an

extraordinarily far-sighted man

cumha, -achan nf condition, stipulation

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cha do ghabh e ris na cumhachan ainn-

eartach sin he did not accept these oppres-

sive conditions

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chuir e trì cumhachan

orm he imposed three conditions on me

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air chumha conditionally

cumachd 202

cumachd nf shape

cumachdail a well-proportioned

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bha na

h-eich bòidheach cumachdail the horses

were beautiful and well-proportioned

cumadail a shapely

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bha a calpannan glè

chumadail her calves were very shapely

cumadalachd nf symmetry

cumadair, -ean nm former, shaper, template

cumadh, -aidh, -aidhean nm & vn of cum

forming etc., form, formation, layout,

cumha, -achan nm lament

cumhach, -aiche a.1. conditional

□

clàs

cumhach conditional clause 2. wistfuI

cumhachd, -an nm / f capability, cogency,

energy, faculty, force, inﬂuence, might,

power, puissance

□

gun chumhachd

powerless

□

cumhachd dealain electric

power

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cumhachd niùclach / niùclasach

nuclear power

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cumhachd uisge-phiòban

hydraulics

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thoir seachad cumhachd

devolve

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tha cuid ag iarraidh cumhachd

a tharraing thuca fhèin some want to draw

power to themselves

cumhachdach, -aiche a cogent, formida-

ble, mighty, potent, powerful, trenchant

cumhang, cuinge a illiberal (of ideas), insu-

lar, narrow

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bha sinn a’ draibheadh air

rathad cumhang a bha a’ sìor fhàs na bu

chuinge we were driving on a narrow road

which was continually growing narrower

cumhang, -aing nm deﬁle, narrow gorge

cùmhdach, -aich nm shrine

cùmhnadh, -aidh nm see caomhnadh nm

cùmhnant, -aint, -an nm agreement,

bargain, compact, condition, contract,

covenant, engagement, pact, proviso, stip-

ulation, treaty

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Cùmhnant Dhun Èideann

Treaty of Edinburgh

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dèan cùmhnant

bargain

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fo chùmhnant under the aegis of

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air chùmhnant conditionally

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gun

chùmhnantan unconditional

□

tha iad air

an ciad chùmhnant fhaighinn airson na

pàirtean seo a dhèanamh they have

received the ﬁrst contract for making these

parts

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tha còir gun chùmhnant aige air he

has an unconditional right to it

cùmhnaint a contract

□

companaidhean

cùmhnaint contract companies

Cùmhnantach, -aich, -aich nm Covenanter

cùmhnantachadh, -aidh nm & vn of

cùmhnantaich indenting etc.

cùmhntachd nf thrift

cùmhnantaich, -achadh v indent, stipulate

cùmhnantaiche, -ean nm contractor

cunbhalach, -aiche a steady, regular

□

tha

droch rathaidean gam bacadh o bhith a’

tighinn gu cunbhalach bad roads prevent

them from coming regularly

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chùm sinn

taic chunbhalach riutha we provided them

with regular support / back-up

□

chumadh

cùrsaichean còmhraidh gu cunbhalach

conversation classes were held regularly

□

cha robh e cunbhalach ann a bhith a’

sgrìobhadh dhachaigh he wasn’t regular

in writing home

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chuala iad fuaim

cunbhalach iomraidh they heard the

steady sound of rowing

cunbhalachd nf steadiness, consistency,

constancy

□

tha seo a’ toirt cunbhalachd

air dòigh deasachaidh a’ bhathair this

gives consistency to the method of prepar-

ing the product

cunbhalachadh, -aidh nm & vn of

cunbhalaich standardizing

cunbhalaich, -achadh v standardize

□

bha

an litreachadh air a chunbhalachadh the

spelling was standardized

cungaidh, cungaidhean nf drug, medicine,

lotion pl cungaidhean may ⫽ drugs

□

basically means ‘stuff, material’ – often

used now in compound nouns denoting

medical / cosmetic products

□

dèan an

àird cungaidh dispense

cungaidh-chagailt nf domestic remedy

c.-chiùineachaidh nf sedative c.-gleidhidh

nf preservative c.-leighis nf [speciﬁc]

cure, drug, liniment, medicine, remedy

□

chan eil cungaidh-leighis ann a bhios cho

èifeachdach airson…there is no medicine

which is so effective for…

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chan eil cun-

gaidh-leighis ann do fhèin-spèis there is

no remedy for self-conceit c.-maise nf

cosmetic c.-stòlaidh nf sedative c.-suain

nf narcotic, opiate c.-tillidh nf preventive

cunna, -aichean nm

□

see cumadh

cunnart, -airt, -an nm danger, hazard,

jeopardy, peril, risk

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an cunnart endan-

gered

□

cuir an cunnart endanger, risk

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a’ cathachadh an aghaidh gach cunnairt

ﬁghting against each danger

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chan eil an

cunnart a’ coimhead cho mòr a-nise the

danger doesn’t look so great now

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tha an

cunnart ann gun tèid iad ri tìde à bith

there is a danger that they will in time go

out of existence

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bha i an cunnart a dhol

fodha she (the boat) was in danger of sink-

ing

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bha iad an cunnart an trèana a chall

they were in danger of missing the train

cunnartach, -aiche a dangerous, haz-

ardous, perilous, risky

□

bha e cunnartach

do dhaoine a dhol air it was dangerous

for people to go on it

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’s e gnothach cun-

nartach a bha ann it was a hazardous

undertaking

cùnnradh, -aidh, -aidhean nm contract,

deal

□

cùnnradh ceart a square deal

cùnnradhach a contractual

cùnnradhair, -ean nm contractor

cùnnt, cùnntadh v count, number, reckon,

tell

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a’ cùnntadh air ais counting back

(school math.)

□

a’ cùnntadh air adhart

counting on (school math.)

□

a’ cùnntadh

gu ﬁchead / thar fhichead counting to

twenty / beyond twenty

203 cùnnt

cùnntachail a accountable

□

feumaidh e

bhith cùnntachail do shaoghal na Gàidhlig

san fharsaingeachd it must be accountable

to the general Gaelic community

cùnntachalachd nf accountability

□

ann an

cruth a fhreagras air ar dleastanas a thaobh

cùnntachalachd in a form which beﬁts our

duty with respect to accountability

cùnntadh, -aidh nm & vn of cùnnt

reckoning

cùnntair, -ean nm 1. counter (shop)

□

thar

a’ chùnntair over the counter

□

bha i a’

frithealadh air cùl cùnntair she was serv-

ing behind a counter 2. numeral, numeri-

cal adjective

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see ﬁgear and buadhair

àireamh respectively

cunntais, cunntais v a common alternative

to cùnnt, -adh v in Uist and Barra

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cunntais e! count it!

□

chunntais mi an

t-airgead I counted the money

cùnntas, -ais, -an nm account, arithmetic,

bill, commentary, description, ennumera-

tion, exposition (prose), proﬁle (journ.),

(written) record, score (tally and sport),

statement, tally cùnntasan pl ⫽ accounts

□

cùnntas cheann capitation

□

cùnntas

luchd luinge manifest

□

cùnntas oiﬁgeil

ofﬁcial record

□

bha na dealbhan nan cùn-

ntas camara air an turas the pictures were

a camera account of the journey

□

cùm

cùnntas air record (in writing)

□

dèan

cùnntas air write up

□

cuir às a’ chùnntas

write off

□

thoir cùnntas air account, give

an account of, describe

□

thug e cùnntas

air a thuras he gave an account of his jour-

ney

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bha e air cùnntas a thoirt don

phoileas he had given an account to the

police

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thoir cùnntas goirid air give

a short account of it

□

cùm cùnntas air an

àireamh a cheannaichear keep an account

of the number [which will be] bought

□

sgrùd e na cùnntasan he examined the

accounts

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dh’fhosgail e cùnntas an

dealain he opened the electricity bill

□

cha

ruig thu leas a bhith a’ dèanamh cùnntais

orra you needn’t make an account of them

(see leas)

□

chaill iad cùnntas air ùine

they lost track (lit. count) of time

cùnntas-airgid nm cash-account c.-sluaigh

nm census c.-turais nm travelogue

cùnntasachd nf accountancy

□

cùn-

ntasachd an dà-chlàrachaidh double entry

accountancy

cùnntasair, -ean nm accountant

cuntair, -ean nm

□

see cùnntair 1.

cùp, -a, -annan nm cup

cupa, -annan / -aichean nm cup

□

see also: cuir cùram below

cuir cùram 1. (⫹ gen of thing

entrusted) ⫹ air entrust

□

chuir e

cùram a theaghlaich air a bhràthair he

entrusted his family to his brother

□

chuir e an cùram air a bhràthair he

entrusted them to his brother 2. cuir

cùram air bother, concern, trouble

□

chan e gun cuireadh seo cùram sam

bith air (it is) not that this would

bother him in the slightest

gabh cùram (dheth) care (about), be

careful (about), be concerned (about),

become anxious / concerned (about)

□

bha e fada thairis air a bhith a’ gab-

hail cùram he was long past caring

gabh cùram dheth / air / ri take care

□

ghabh i cùram dheth she took care

of him

□

gabhaidh Dia cùram dhiot

God will take care of you

□

cha robh

mòran cùraim ga ghabhail riutha not

much care was taken of them

Note that the poss adj is also used

□

thuirt i gun robh gille gasta a’ dol a

ghabhail a cùram she said that a ﬁne

lad was going to take care of her

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bha

iadsan a ghabh mo chùram glè choib-

hneil rium those who took care of me

were very kind to me

□

note also how

the passive voice is handled: bha

beathaichean ri cùram a ghabhail

dhiubh there were beasts to be taken

care of

curraicealaim a curricular

□

tha innleachd

curraicealaim a-nis ri làimh a curricular

framework is now available

curran, -ain nm carrot

□

an curran geal

parsnip

cùrsa, -aichean nm bearing (navigation),

career, course, curriculum, cycle, drift (of

argument etc.), process

□

cùrsa goilf golf

course

□

cùrsa-beatha career

□

cùrsa

mara cruise

□

cùrsa (siubhail) itinerary

□

lean i cùrsa teagaisg an Obair Dheadhain

she followed a teaching course in

Aberdeen

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cùrsa goirid dùmhail a short

intensive course

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dh’fheumadh sinn

cùrsa dìreach a ghleidheadh we had to

maintain a straight course

□

chaidh cùrsa

ceann seachdain a chumail a weekend

course was held (also cùrsa deireadh-

seachdain a weekend course)

□

cùrsa dà

sheachdain a two week course

□

cùrsa aon

latha a one day course

□

cùrsa àrd / mead-

hain / ìosal upper / middle / lower course

(of a river – geog.)

□

cùrsa goilf golf course

cùrsa-tlachdmhor nm pleasure-cruise

□

tha an loch air a chleachdadh airson

cùrsan-tlachdmhor the lake is used for

pleasure-cruises

curseachad, -an nm activity, hobby, pas-

time, recreation

□

tha e mar churseachad

aige a bhith a’ trusadh spàinean airgid

collecting silver spoons is a hobby of his

(lit. it is as a hobby at him to be collecting

silver spoons)

□

tha feum air barrachd

churseachadan there is a need for more

activities

cùrstair, -ean nm curtain

□

see cùirtear

(also cùrtair / cùirtean)

curta a infamous, wicked, impious

□

Cuilean Curta the Wolf of Badenoch

cùrtair, -ean nm curtain

cus, -uis nm 1. glut, too much, too great, too

many, a superﬂuity, surfeit

□

tha iad ag

ithe cus they eat too much

□

shaoil leam

gun do dh’ith e cus I think he ate too much

□

tha e a’ saoilsinn cus dheth fhèin he

thinks too much of himself

□

a bheil cus

ann an cuid de na roinnean? are there too

many in some of the departments?

□

may

be followed by a noun in the gen case

□

cha robh cus iarraidh air there wasn’t too

much demand for it

□

bha cus pùdair air

a h-aodann there was too much powder on

her face

□

tha cus dhaoine ann there are

too many people (in it)

□

bha am ﬁabhras

air cus grèim fhaighinn air the fever had

got too great a hold on him

□

tha daonnan

cus còmhraidh there’s always too much

talk(ing)

□

… gun cus calla without too

much loss

□

gun cus mhearachdan without

too many mistakes

□

cus is here unlenited

because it is an unstressed word

□

may also

be followed by de and a noun in the dative

case or a prep pron of de

□

tha cus de

Ghàidheil ann fhathast a tha a’ dèanamh

seo there are still too many Gaels who are

doing this

□

tha cus dhiubh ann am Beurla

too many of them are in English

□

tha iad

ag ithe cus den bhiadh cheàrr they eat too

much of the wrong food – but see also the

following for alternative meaning 2. a lot,

much

□

tha sin a’coimhead cus nas fheàrr

that looks much better

□

tha sin cus nas

fheàrr that’s a lot better

□

also used with

a noun in the genitive case

□

cus mholaid-

hean a lot of proposals

□

chosg e cus a

bharrachd gan cuideachadh na thog e air

màl he spent a lot more helping them than

he collected in rent

cusail, cuisle, cuislean nf

□

now more com-

monly found with the gen sing being used

as the nom

□

see cuisle above

cusail-bhinn nf recorder (mus.)

cusbainn nf custom [duty]

□

a’ Chusbainn

Customs

□

chaidh sinn tron Chusbainn we

went through Customs

cusp, -an / -aichean nf chilblain

cuspainn

□

see cusbainn

cuspair, -ean nm object (gram.), point (in

argument), subject, subject matter, theme

(topic), topic

□

cuspair dìreach direct

object

□

cuspair neo-dhìreach indirect

object

□

bha e air cuspair eile a-nis he was

on another subject now

cuspaireach a accusative, objective

cuspaireil a thematic, topical

□

seo prò-

gram a tha cho cuspaireil ’s a ghabhas this

is a programme that’s as topical as can be

cut, -adh v gut

□

bha dithis nighean a’

cutadh agus tè eile a’ pacadh there were

two girls gutting and another one packing

cutach, -aiche a squat, stubby, stumpy

cutag, -aige, -an nf gutting knife

cutair, -ean nm gutter (of ﬁsh)

cuthach, -aich nm fury, hydrophobia (more

speciﬁcally cuthach nan con), insanity,

lunacy, madness, rage

□

air chuthach

(adv) frantic, furious, insane, mad

□

duine /

fear air chuthach maniac, madman

□

cuir

air chuthach madden

□

gabh an cuthach

go mad, become furious

cuthachail a rabid

cuthag, -aige, -an nf cuckoo

□

a’ cur

cuideigin air ruith na cuthaige sending

someone on a fool’s errand (as on April

Fool’s Day

□

see gocaireachd)

cuthaichte pp insane, mad

curraicealaim 206

D, d

d’ abbr form of poss adj do (q.v.) thy, your

(used before vowels)

□

d’ athair your

father

□

often written (and pronounced)

as t’ (q.v.)

d’ abbr form, used in representation of

speech or in poetry, of particle do (q.v.),

the sign of the past tense

□

cha d’ rinn mi

sin I didn’t do that

da 1. prep pron of do (q.v.).to him (often

lenited – dha) 2. prep poss adj of do (q.v.)

to his / to her 3. 3rd pers sing of prep poss

adj of de (q.v.) of his etc.

no (a) trì de bhàtaichean eile anns a’

chala there were two or three other

boats in the harbour

□

a dhà no a trì

sheachdainean air ais two or three

weeks ago

□

note that in this last exam-

ple de (which may be shortened to a)

has been assimilated

□

similarly: anns

na dhà no (a) trì (de) bhliadhnachan a

chaidh in the past two or three years

□

a’ cur aghaidh air a dhà de cheistean

mòra ar n-àma fhìn confronting two of

the great problems of our own time

dà preceded by the def art or by a poss

adj may mean ‘both’

□

le a dhà làimh

with both hands

□

chaidh i sìos air a

dà ghlùin she went down on both

knees

□

air dà thaobh nan Crìochan

on both sides of the Borders (the def

art is here omitted because of the

following noun in the gen case)

dà is used with deug to show ‘twelve’

thus: dà fhear dheug twelve men

□

dà

uair dheug twelve o’ clock

□

dà dhu-

san dheug a gross

□

note that deug is

always lenited after dà

□

without

a noun the form is a dhà dheug

□

mheud piseag a tha aig an dà chat?

tha a dhà dheug how many kittens do

the two cats have? twelve / they have

twelve

dà is also used to show ‘forty’ thus: dà

fhichead fear forty men (i.e. two score

men)

□

dà fhichead caileag forty girls

□

co mheud fear a tha ann? tha dà

fhichead how many men are there?

forty / there are forty

□

from forty,

counting goes as follows: dà fhichead

fear ’s a h-aon forty-one men

□

dà

fhichead fear ’s a dhà forty-two men

□

dà fhichead fear ’s a trì forty-three –

and so on to dà fhichead fear ’s a naoi

forty-nine men

□

dà fhicheadaibh

fortieth

a dhà may be used along with an abstr

noun in -ad to denote ‘twice as’ thus:

tha e a dhà thruimead it is twice as

heavy

□

bha e a dhà shinead rithe he

was twice as old as she

The def art is in the sing form when

accompanied by a noun

□

’s e seo an

dà thaobh de Phàdraig these are the

dà a two

□

lenites the foll. word which

is (to all intents and purposes) in the

dat sing

□

dà chat two cats

□

dà phi-

seig two kittens

□

an adj is in the nom

form lenited

□

dà chat mhòr two big

cats

□

dà phiseig bheag

□

but, if the

whole phrase is in the dat, the form is

as follows: le dà chat mhòr by two big

cats

□

le dà phiseig bhig by two little

kittens

□

tha dà àrdsgoil bheag anns

a’bhaile there are two small secondary

schools in the town

□

seo dà cheist

nach soirbh am fuasgladh these are

two questions that aren’t easy to solve

(lit. easy their solving)

□

tha e dà uair

it is two o’clock

□

tro dhà uinneig

fharsaing àird through two wide, high

windows

Without a noun, the form is a dhà

□

mheud cat a tha ann? tha a dhà how

many cats are there? two / there are

two

□

chaidh a dhà eile a chumail two

others were kept

□

bha a dhà dhiubh

sin air a’ bhòrd ri taobh an dorais two

of those were on the table by [the side

of] the door

□

ann an sgeulachd /

sgialachd a dhà in story two

□

the a is

often elided when in contact with

another vowel

□

cha robh aige a-nise

ach beathach no (a) dhà he had only

an animal or two now (lit. there wasn’t

at him now but an animal or two)

□

tha

e gu bhith leth-uair an dèidh (a) dhà

it’s almost half past two

□

mu chairteal

gu a dhà about a quarter to two

This form is also used when de comes

between dà and the noun

□

bha a dhà

two sides of Patrick

□

dè an dà leabhar

Gàidhlig a b’ fheàrr leat a thoirt leat?

what are the two Gaelic books you

would most like to take with you?

□

h-eadar-dhealachaidhean a tha eadar

an dà sheòrsa bàrdachd the differ-

ences which there are between the two

kinds of poetry – but the pl def art is

used when there is no accompanying

noun

□

tha e a’ làimhseachadh na dhà

le sgil he handles the two with skill

□

tha beàrn mòr eadar na dhà there is

a great gap between the two

□

note

also: tha na dà ùra seo f ìor thaitneach

these two new ones are very pleasing

Other idioms: dà uair twice adv

□

chun-

naic mi e dà uair an dèidh sin I saw

him twice after that

□

dà uair sa bhli-

adhna twice a year

□

dà oidhche san

t-seachdain two nights a week

□

an dà

latha great changes / a change in for-

tune / a reversal in circumstances /

a turnabout

□

nach air a’ bhaile seo

a thàinig an dà latha? haven’t great

changes come over this town?

□

is b’e

sin an dà latha and that was a change

(for him / her etc.)

□

chan eil duine gun

dà latha, ach duine gun latha idir

everyone may expect changes in their

life

□

nuair a thàinig e gu h-aon is gu

dhà mo roghainn a dhèanamh cha

robh deasbad ann when it came to the

crunch to make my choice there was

no argument

□

a dhà uimhir double,

twice as much

□

dèan dà leth air bisect

dà- pref denoting ‘two’, ‘double’, ‘bi-’

etc. Note that da-rireadh and da-

rìribh are shown after this section, as

there is no connection with dà (they

come from de ⫹ fìre⫽ of truth):

dà-aithris nf tautulogy d.-bharaille

a double-barrelled d.-bhitheach a

amphibious d.-bhliadhnach a bi-

ennial, two-year old (of animal e.g.

ram wedder, etc. – often pron. as dò-

bhliadhnach) d.-bhuilleach a two-

stroke d.-bhuilleach nm two-stroke

d.-chànanach a bilingual

□

Ionnsaigh Dà-chànanach the Bilingual

Project

□

soidhne rathaid dhà-chànanach

bilingual roadsign d.-chasach nm

biped

d.-chasach a two-legged,

bipedal d.-chèileachas nm bigamy

d.-dhadam nm diatom d.-dheug,

d(h)à-dheug twelve

□

dà-fhear-dheug

twelve men d.-dheugach a duodecimal

d.-dhualach a two-ply d.-einnseanach

a twin-engined d.-fhaobharach a

two-edged d.-fhillte pp double, two-

fold d.-fhogharach nm diphthong d.-

fhogharachadh nm diphthongization

d.-làmhach a two-handed

d.-mheudach a two-dimensional dà-

na-trì

□

see dà

□

anns na dhà-na-trì

(de) bhliadhnachan a chaidh in the

past two or three years – a very unusual

spelling d.-ocsaid nf dioxide d.-ocsaid

a dioxide

□

carbon dà-ocsaid carbon

dioxide d.-phuing nf colon (punct.)

d.-sgriubhach a twin-screw d.-

sheaghach a ambiguous, equivocal

□

ann an dòigh dhà-sheaghach in an

ambiguous way dà-sheaghachas nm

(also d.-sheaghachd nf ) ambiguity

□

le dà-sheaghachd neònaich with

strange ambiguity d.-shealladh, an

d.-shealladh nm [the] second sight d.-

shiollach nm disyllable d.-shiollach

a disyllabic dà-shligeach nm bi-valve

□

tha iad seo ri am faotainn ann am

feadhainn de na dà-shligich these are

to be found in some of the bi-valves

d.-shligeach a bi-valve

□

maorach

dà-shligeach bi-valves (lit. bi-valve

shellﬁsh) d.-theangach a bi-lingual

d.-ùrlair a double-decker

□

bus

dà-ùrlair double-decker (bus)

da 208

da-rìreadh, an da-rìreadh in earnest

□

’s

ann an da-rìreadh a tha mi I am in earnest

□

an ceart da-rìreadh in real earnest

□

also

da-rìribh

da-rìribh adv (sometimes dha-rìribh) in

earnest

□

math dha-rìribh ﬁne, extemely

good – often translates into English as an

adj meaning ‘genuine’, ‘heartfelt’

dabhach, -aich, -aichean nf vat

dabhdail nm sauntering, slouching

□

dèan

dabhdail saunter

dachaigh, -e, -ean / dachannan nf home

□

… nam bitheadh Gàidhlig anns an

dachaigh… if there were Gaelic in the

home

□

fear-labhairt air Cùisean Dachaigh

na h-Alba spokesman for Scottish Home

Affairs

□

dhachaigh home(wards) adv

□

chaidh e dhachaigh he went home

dachaigh a home, of the home

□

Eaconamas Dachaigh Home Economics

dachaigheil.-e a homely, homespun, at

home (i.e. at ease)

□

bha e a cheart cho

dachaigheil anns an dara cuideachd agus

a bha e anns a’chuideachd eile he was just

as much at home in the one company as he

was in the other (see dara)

dad s & indef pron anything, iota, jot, thing,

something, whit

□

a bheil dad ceàrr? is

anything wrong? / is something wrong?

□

cha bhithinn na bhrògan airson dad

a chunnaic mi I wouldn’t be in his shoes

for anything

□

cha do shaoil e dad dheth

he thought nothing of it

□

chan eil

e saoilsinn dad dheth he thinks nothing of it

dadaidh nm daddy

□

càit a bheil sibh,

a dhadaidh? where are you, daddy?

dadam, -aim nm atom

□

see atam

dadamach a atomic, atomical

□

lùths

dadamach atomic energy

□

see atamach

dadh, -adh v scorch, singe

dadhadh, -aidh nm & vn of dadh scorch-

ing etc.

□

bha samh an dadhaidh na

chuinneanan the smell of [the] singeing

was in his nostrils

daga, -aichean nm pistol

daga-cuairt nm revolver

dàil, dàlach, -aichean nf abeyance, credit,

deferment, delay, procrastination, tryst

□

air dhàil on credit adv

□

reic air dhàil sell

on credit

□

a’faighinn air dhàil getting on

credit

□

cuir dàil procrastinate, protract,

temporize

□

cuir air dàil defer

□

cuir dàil

ann / air delay, postpone, prolong, sus-

pend

□

dèan dàil linger

□

gun dàil forth-

with, immediately, without delay

□

’s gun

an còrr dàlach and without [any] more

delay

□

gun mhionaid dàlach without

a minute’s delay

□

… agus sin gun cus

dàlach a dhèanamh… and that without

delaying too much

dail, dalach, dailtean nf dale

Dàil Eireann nm Dail (Irish Parliament)

dail-chuthach nf dog-violet, violet (also

sail-chuach)

dàileachadh, -aidh nm & vn of dàilich

deferring

dàilich, -eachadh v defer

dàimh nm/f afﬁnity, attachment, friendship

kin, relationship

□

is còir do dhuine dàimh

a bhith aige ri dùthaich (a) athraichean a

man ought to have an attachment to the

land of his ancestors

□

bha iad dlùth an

dàimh they were closely related

□

tha iad

fad a-mach an dàimh they are distantly

□

bha e [ann] an dlùth dhàimh ri

Dòmhnall he was closely related to

Donald

□

chì sinn an dàimh a tha eadar e

fhèin ’s a bhean we see the relationship

between himself and his wife

dàimh-pòsaidh nm/f matrimony

dàimheach a 1. relative 2. same as dàimheil

dàimheachd nf relativity

□

teoiric na

dàimheachd the theory of relativity

dàimhealachd nf friendliness

dàimheil, -e a devoted, friendly, genial

□

duine dàimheil toilichte a friendly, con-

tented man

□

bha iad dàimheil ri càch-

a-chèile they were devoted to each other

dainamo, -othan nm dynamo (an alt. form

is dìneamo)

daingeann, daingne a compact, constant,

fast, ﬁrm, hard, solid, staunch, steadfast,

steady, unshaken

□

duine daingeann

stickler

□

sheas iad gu daingeann ris na

h-ionnsaighean they ﬁrmly withstood the

assaults

□

bha seo air a thoirmeasg a

cheart cho daingeann this was just as ﬁrmly

forbidden

daingit v damn intrans

daingneach, -ich, -ichean nf fort, fortiﬁca-

tion, fortress, stronghold

□

daingneach

Chruithneach a Pictish stronghold

daingneachadh, -aidh nm & vn of

daingnich conﬁrming etc., conﬁrmation,

ratiﬁcation

daingneachd nf ﬁrmness

daingnich, -eachadh v 1. brace, consoli-

date, dig in intrans, fortify, re-inforce,

steady, strengthen, make strong

□

dhaingich

e na bha aige ri ràdh le nochdadh dealb-

han a thog e he re-inforced what he had to

say by showing photographs which he had

taken

□

tha na h-aon fhacail air an

daingneachadh a-rithist agus a-rithist the

same words are re-inforced again and

again 2. afﬁrm, clinch, conﬁrm, establish,

ratify

□

b’ esan a dhaingich gun robh e a

cheart cho cudthromach gum biodh…it

was he who afﬁrmed that it was just as

important that … should be …

dàir, dàra nf season (of an animal)

□

tha an

dàir oirre / tha i fo dhàir she is in season

dais, -e, -ean nf heap (uncommon)

□

bhit-

headh iad a’ dèanamh dhaisean far am

bitheadh am buntàta air an gleidheadh

fad a’ gheamhraidh they used to make

heaps where the potatoes would be pre-

served the whole [of the] winter

dall, -adh v 1. blind, delude

□

bha an solas

gam dhalladh the light was blinding me

□

but note also: bha e ga dhalladh he was

blind drunk (lit. he was blinded / at his

blinding) 2.⫹ air attack ﬁercely, scold

□

dhall iad air a’ bhaile-mhòr they ﬁercely

attacked the city

□

bha i a’ dalladh air

a bràthair she was scolding her brother

209 dall

dall, doill, doill nm blind man

□

na doill the

blind

□

thug E fradharc do na doill He

(Jesus) gave sight to the blind

dall, doille a blind

dall-bhrat nm blindfold d.-luch nf dor-

mouse

□

nothing to do with blindness –

dall is distantly connected to English dull

(foolish)

□

so also with dallag below

dalladh, -aidh nm & vn of dall blinding

etc., delusion, glare, infatuation

dalladh-inntinne nm blackout med

dallag-an-fhraoich nf shrew

dallanach, -aich, -aichean nf 1. broadside /

volley

□

leig iad dallanach orra they ﬁred

a broadside at them 2. intoxication

□

bidh

e air an dallanaich he will be blind drunk

dallan-dà nm blind-man’s buff

□

bha a’

chlann a’cluich air dallan-dà the children

were playing at blind-man’s buff

dallaran, -ain, -an nm blind man

dalma a audacious, bold, presumptuous

dalm-bheachd nm bigotry

□

bha dalm-

bheachd agus claon-bhreith a’togail an cinn

ghrànnda bigotry and prejudice were raising

their ugly heads d.-bheachdaiche nm bigot

dalta, -aichean nm fosterling, nursling,

stepson, stepchild

daltachas, -ais nm fosterage

dam 1. prep pron of do (q.v.) to their

do ⫹ interr part am to whom / to which

□

see do prep

dàm, -àim, -aichean nm dam (for water)

damaichte pp damnable

damain, damanadh v (now uncommon)

damn

damainte pp accursed, most abandoned

□

duine damainte a desperate character

dàmais nf draughts

□

bha iad a’ cluich air

dàmais they were playing [at] draughts

damaistean n pl damages

□

fhuair e damais-

tean £2500 he received £2500 damages

damanadh, -aidh nm & vn of damain

damning

damh, -aimh, -aimh nm 1. stag 2. ox 3. stot

damh-fèidh nm hart

dàmh nm

□

an old word meaning learning /

learned man – rare except in Dàmh nan

Ealdhain Faculty of Arts

dàmhair nf (nam ﬁadh) rut (of deer)

□

Dàmhair October

□

chì mi thu a-rithist anns

an Dàmhair I’ll see you again in October

damhan-allaidh nm spider

□

lìon an

damhain-allaidh a cobweb

□

shnìomh an

damhan-allaidh lìon the spider spun a web

dan 1. prep pron of do (q.v.) to their

do ⫹ interr part an to whom / to which

□

see do prep

dàn, -àin nm destiny, doom, fate, luck

□

[ann] an dàn fated

□

bha siud an dàn that

was fated

□

cha ghabh innseadh le cinnt

dè a bhios an dàn dhuinn what lies in store

for us cannot be told with certainty (lit. it

cannot be told with certainty what will be

in fate for us)

□

bha e a’ feitheamh ris na

bha e am beachd a bha an dàn dha he was

awaiting what he believed was his fate

dàn, dàin, dàin / dàintean nm poem, verse

(poetry) song

□

dàn spioradail hymn

□

cuir an dàn versify

dàn-aoghaireach nm pastoral poem d.-

bainnse nm epithalamium d.-cluiche nm

dramatic poem d.-dràmadach nm dramatic

poem d.-fhacal nm epigram d.-molaidh nm

eulogy, panegyric d.-mòr nm epic poem

dàna a adventurous, adventurous, arrogant,

bold, conﬁdent, daring, foolhardy, impu-

dent, rash

□

is dàna leam ⫹ inf I dare

□

cha

bu dàna leam innse dhut! I would not dare

to tell you!

□

cha bu dàna le a h-aon aca

a leantainn not one of them dared to

follow him

dànachd nf verse (poetry)

dànachd nf (self ) assurance, impudence

dànadas, -ais nm arrogance, (self) assur-

ance, boldness, conﬁdence, impertinence,

rashness, temerity

danarra a stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious

Danmhairceach a Danish

danns, -adh v dance

□

bha e a’ dannsadh

còmhla rithe he was dancing with her

dannsa, -achan nm dance, dancing

□

danns

a’chlaidheimh sword-dance

□

dannsa nan

clag morris dance

□

dèan dannsa dance v

□

a bheil dannsa ann a-nochd? is there

dancing / a dance tonight?

dannsadh, -aidh nm & vn of danns dancing

dannsair, -ean nm dancer

dàntachd nf fatalism

dàntaiche, -ean nm fatalist

daoileactaic nm dialectic

daoibhear, -eir, -an nm diver

daoibhig, -eadh v dive

daoibhigeadh, -idh nm & vn of daoibhig

diving

daoimean, -ein, -an nm diamond

daoine pl of duine folk, people

□

bha na

daoine ag èigheach the people were

shouting

daoire nf dearness (of cost)

daol, daoil nf beetle

daol-chaoch nf stag beetle d.-dhubh nf

cockchafer

daolag, -aige, -an nf beetle, earth-worm,

worm

dall 210

daolag-bhreac-dhearg / daolag-dhearg-

bhreac nf ladybird

□

chunnaic sinn

daolagan-breac-dearga air na duilleagan

we saw ladybirds on the leaves

daonda a

□

see daonna

daonfhlaitheach, -ich, -ich nm democrat

□

na Daonfhlaithich Chrìostail the Christian

Democrats

□

na Daonfhlaithich Shòisealta

the Social Democrats

daonfhlaitheach, -iche a democratic

daonfhlaitheas, -eis, -an nm democracy

daonna a human

□

cha robh cruth daonna

air it did not have a human shape

daonnachd nf humanity

daonnaire, -ean nm humanist

daonnaireachd nf humanism

daonnan adv always, incessantly

□

bha iad

daonnan a’ gearan air they were always

complaining about him / it masc

daonn-eòlas nm anthropology

daor, daoire a costly, dear, expensive

□

anabarrach daor steep (of price)

□

bha

e a’ cosg aodach daor he was wearing

expensive clothes

daor- 1.intens pref complete, utter

□

fairly

uncommon now

□

used as in: daor-

bhurraidh a complete blockhead

□

daor-

fhàileadh na toite the intense smell of

(the) smoke ach bha daor an ceannach

aige / aice / aca etc.but he / she / they etc.

paid a heavy price 2. slave-

□

daor-òglach

bondman

□

daor-mhaighstir taskmaster

daorach, -aich nf drunkenness, inebriation,

intoxication, spree

□

bha an daorach air he

was drunk / intoxicated

□

cuir daorach air

make drunk / intoxicate

□

chuir seo an dao-

rach orra this made them drunk

□

bha e air

an daoraich he was on a drinking spree

daorsa nf bondage, servitude, slavery

daosgarshluagh, -aigh nm horde

dar prep poss adj of do (q.v.) to our

dar conj when

□

same as nuair

dara a (also dàrna under which fuller

examples and a fuller explanation are

given) second

□

always accompanied by

the def art

□

dè an dara h-ainm a bha

oirre? what was her second name?

□

dara h-uair the second time

□

san dara

h-àite in the second place (in the foregoing,

the h- is not obligatory e.g. san dara àite)

□

an dara leabhar mu dheireadh the sec-

ond last book

□

san dara làimh bha leab-

har agus san làimh eile bha bata in [the]

one hand was a book and in the other was

a walking stick

□

bheir seo togail cridhe

dhut an dara h-uair this will cheer you up

half the time / now and again

□

an dara

taobh by adv

□

cuir an dara taobh put by,

except v

□

bha e a’ feuchainn ri beagan

airgid a chur an dara taobh he was trying

to put a little money by

□

an dara cuid

esan no ise either he or she

□

an dara fear

dhiubh either of them

□

an dara fear deug

the twelfth man

dara-sealladh, an dara-sealladh nm [the]

second sight (more usually an dà-shealladh)

dàra gen sing of dàir

darach, -aich, -aich nm oak tree, oak wood

□

rinn e cèis eireachdail de dharach he

fashioned a handsome frame of oak

daraich a oak, oaken, of oak

□

ciste mhòr

dharaich a large oak chest

211 daraich

dàrna a second (also dara)

□

sgoilearan na ciad ’s na dàrna bli-

adhna ﬁrst and second year pupils

□

air an dàrna Sàbaid den mhìos seo …

on the second Sunday of this month …

□

ag ionnsachadh na Gàidhlig mar

dhàrna cànain learning [the] Gaelic as

a second language

□

an dàrna triath

thar fhichead air Clann MhicLeòid the

twenty-second chief of Clan MacLeod

When speaking of two people / things,

dàrna may mean ‘one’

□

nach eil còir

aig an dàrna fear againn fuireach?

ought not one of us to stay?

□

bidh an

dàrna duine ag ràdh … agus am fear

eile … one man will say … and the

other one …

□

chaidh an uinneag

bheag a bhruthadh an dàrna taobh the

little window was pushed to one side

□

chuir iad an obair an dàrna taobh they

set the work to one side i.e. aside

□

thug e mi an dàrna taobh he took me

aside

□

… ma bhitheas sinn a’ fàgail

nithean mar sin an dàrna taobh an-

dràsta … if we leave things like that

aside for the moment

□

Note also: an

dàrna fear dhiubh either (one) of them

In the phrase an dàrna leth it means lit-

erally ‘the second half’, which trans-

lates simply as ‘half’

□

dh’fhàg e an

dàrna leth de a chuid aig Calum he left

half of his property to Calum

□

tha

còrr is an dàrna leth dhiubh nan

eadar-theangachaidhean more than

half of them are translations

□

note

also: tuilleadh is a dhàrna leth more

than half of it (lit. more than its half –

masc subj)

□

chaidil mi dàrna leth na

h-ùine I slept half of the time