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

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dhachaigh feasgar when they come home

in the evening

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thàinig e air ais feasgar

he returned this afternoon / evening

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note

that no prep or def art is used in the Gaelic

idiom

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air feasgar an treas latha on the

evening of the third day

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aig ochd

uairean air an fheasgar ud at eight

o’clock that evening

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note that a prep is

used in Gaelic in this idiom!

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but note

also: ’s ann air an fheasgar a choinnic-

headh sinn it was in the evening we would

meet

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bidh iad a’ tilleadh gu feasgar an

làithean a chur seachad anns a’ bhaile far

an do rugadh iad they (will) return to

spend the evening of their days in the town

where they were born

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bho 7 gu 10

(seachd gu deich) uairean feasgar from 7

to 10 [o’clock] in the evening / from 7pm

to 10pm

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feasgar Dihaoine [on] Friday

evening

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thàinig e dhachaigh feasgar

Dimàirt he came home on Tuesday

evening

feasgaran, -ain, -ain nm evensong

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’s

toigh leam feasgaran nan eun aig

deireadh an latha I like the evensong of

the birds at the end of the day

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feasgarain pl ⫽ vespers

feast, am feast adv ever, never (after neg

verb)—always with reference to the future

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cha fhacas a leithid am feast air an

talamh its like had never been seen on

earth

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bha e ag ràdh nach tachradh sin

am feast he was saying that that would

never happen

fèath, -a, -an nm calm, tranquility (usu. of

weather)

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thàinig fèath orra they were

becalmed

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bha fèath neònach air tighinn

air inntinn a strange calm had come over

his mind

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fèath nan eun a dead calm

fèathach a calm (of weather)

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latha

fèathach foghair a calm autumn day

fèichear, -eir, -an nm debtor

fèidh

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gen sing and nom & dat pl of ﬁadh

deer

fèileadh, -idh, fèilidhean / fèilichean nm

kilt

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often fèileadh beag

fèill, -e, fèillean / / fèilltean nf 1. carnival,

feast, festival, holy day

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fèill tais-

beanaidh exhibition

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Fèill Anndrais

St. Andrew’s Day

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Fèill an Taisbeanaidh

Epiphany

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Fèill Brìghde Candlemas

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Fèill Eòin midsummer

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Fèill Mìcheil

Michaelmas

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Fèill Màrtainn Martinmas

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Fèill nan Naomh Uile All Saints’ Day

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Fèill Pàdraig St. Patrick’s Day

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Fèill

Peadair St. Peter’s Day (fèill does not len

a proper noun following it – Dwelly) may

be preceded by là / latha e.g. latha Fhèill

Brìghde, latha Fhèill Pàdruig etc.

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see

also App. 10. Time Sect. 4.5 Festivals

2. fair, sale, market

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fèill nan uan the

lamb sale

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fèill a’ chruidh cattle-show

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as an extension of this meaning, it is used

in idiomatic phrases stating ‘a market for’

or ‘a demand for’:- bha fèill mhòr air there

was a great demand for it

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bha fèill air a’

cheilp there was a demand for [the] kelp

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bidh fèill air an leabhar seo there will be

a demand for this book

fèill-reic nf sale (special event in shops /

for charity etc.)

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chaidh còrr is dà cheud

not a thogail aig fèill-reic more than two

hundred pounds were raised at a sale

fèilleil-e a in demand, sought after

fèillire, -ean nf almanac

feasgaran 292

fèin

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gen sing of feun cart, wagon

fèin pers pron (usually lenited

nowadays)

1. self

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mi fhèin myself thu fhèin your-

self etc.

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leis fhèin alone, lone, sepa-

rate, single-handed, by himself

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chaidh e fhèin agus mise fhàgail leinn

fhèin he and I were left by ourselves /

on our own

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note that the ﬁrst fhèin is

used for emphasis instead of esan

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leugh fhèin e read it yourself

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note

also: cha robh i aice fhèin she was

not herself

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thàinig i thuice fhèin

she came to herself

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“Oich!” ars’

esan, ’s e a’ toirt sgailc dha fhèin mun

lethcheann “Ouch!” he said, giving

himself a slap on the cheek

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and: sin

thu fhèin, a Chaluim! that’s the stuff,

Calum! / bravo Calum! etc. 2. own

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mo dhachaigh fhèin my own home

3. very, selfsame

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am feasgar sin fhèin

that very evening

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an-diugh fhèin this

very day

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an oidhche sin fhèin that

very night 4. used for emphasis

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math

fhèin! excellent!

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bha sin math fhèin

that was just lovely

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tha mi uab-

hasach fhèin toilichte gun d’fhuair iad

na bha iad a’ strì air a shon I’m

extremely pleased that they got what

they were ﬁghting for

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as adv

may ⫽ even

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thàinig iad uile, athair,

màthair, a’ chlann is an cù fhèin they

all came, father, mother, the children

and even the dog

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’s an uair sin fhèin

chan urrainn dhuinn bhith cinnteach

and even then we cannot be certain

fèinealachd nf selﬁshness

fèinear, -eir, -an nm egotist

fèineil, -e a selﬁsh

fèir adv just (the English word ‘fair’ –

dìreach is much better)

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fèir sin just that

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’s e sin fèir a tha mi a’ dol a dh’fhaigh-

inn a-mach that is just what I’m going to

ﬁnd out

feir ⫽ far ⫽ bhàrr

feir / feiridh

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colloquial form of bheir

will take

feiread, -eid, -an nm ferret

feirg and feirge

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dat sing & gen sing

respectively of fearg anger

fèis, -e, -ean nf feast, festival

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Fèis Film

nan Ceilteach the Celtic Film Festival

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Fèis Bharraigh the Barra Festival

feise nf copulation, (sexual) intercourse, ‘sex’

fèist, -e, -ean nf banquet, feast

feist, -eachan nf tether

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bha bò gheal aige

air feist he had a white cow on a tether

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dh’fhosgail e feisteachan nan each he

opened the horses’ tethers

fèisteas, -eis nm entertainment

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fèisteas

aotrom light entertainment

fèistear, -eir, -an nm entertainer

feitiseachas, -ais, -an nm fetishism

feith, feitheamh v wait ⫹ air or ri(s) for

(sometimes no prep is used at all)

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bha e

air am fàth fhaotainn air an robh e a’

feitheamh he had got the opportunity for

which he had been waiting

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is beag a bha

a’feitheamh orra nuair a thill iad [it is] lit-

tle [that] awaited them when they returned

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’s fhada o bha mi a’feitheamh ri cothrom

den t-seòrsa seo I have been waiting a

long time for an opportunity of this sort

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bha e a’ feitheamh na ciad litreach bho

bhràthair a bha air dol gu Canada he was

awaiting the ﬁrst letter from his brother

who had gone to Canada

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bha esan gar

feitheamh he was waiting for us

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dheireadh thall chuala mi am fuaim ris an

robh mi a’ feitheamh at long last

I heard the sound for which I was waiting

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… a tha a’ feitheamh pending

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but note

the following: feumaidh sinn feitheamh

gus am faic sinn an tèid na molaidhean

seo a chur an grèim we must wait to see

if these recommendations are put into

operation (lit. until we see if …)

fèith, -e, ean nf muscle, sinew, vein

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fèith

bhorrtha varicose vein

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fèith dà-chean-

nach bicep

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fèith thrì-cheannach triceps

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fèith ceithir-cheannach quadriceps

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fèithean a’ chlèibh intercostal muscles

fèith-chrùbadh nm spasm f.-fala nf vein

f.-lùthaidh nf tendon f.-mhothachaidh nf

nerve

fèithe / fèith, -e, -eachan nf bog, fen,

marsh, quagmire, swamp

fèitheach, -iche a 1. muscular, sinewy,

veined, venous 2. marshy

feitheamh, -imh nm & vn of feith waiting

etc. suspense, wait

feobhas

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see feabhas

293 feobhas

fèin- pref denoting ‘self-’, ‘auto-’

fèin-àicheadh nm self-denial f.-aithne

nf self-identity

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airson a fhèin-aithne

mar Albannach a chumail beò to

keep his self-identity as a Scotsman

alive f.-bhrodadh nm masturbation

f.-bhuannachd nf self-gain, self-

interest, self-proﬁt f.-chùiseach, -iche

a selﬁsh f.-eachdraidh nf autobiogra-

phy f.-earbsa nf self-conﬁdence

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àrdaichidh e fèin-earbsa an t-sluaigh

it will raise the self-conﬁdence of the

people f.-fhiosrachadh nm experience

f.-fhìreantach a self-righteous f.-

fhìreantachd nf self-righteousness

f.-fhoghainteach a self-sufﬁcient,

self-conﬁdent f.-fhoghainteachd nf

self-sufﬁciency, self-conﬁdence

f.-fhrithealadh nm self-service

f.-fhuath nm self-hatred, self-loathing

f.-ghluaiseach a automatic

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thar-

raing e daga fèin-ghluaiseach he drew

an automatic pistol f.-ghluaisear, -eir,

-an nm automaton f.-ghluasad nm

automation f.-ìobairt nf self-sacriﬁce

f.-ionnsachaidh a self-teaching, teach-

yourself

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cùrsa fèin-ionnsachaidh a

self-teaching course f.-labhairt nf

monologue f.-mhealladh nm self-

deception

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chan eil ann an sin ach

fèin-mhealladh soinneanta that is just

naïve self-deception f.-mheas nm self-

respect f.-mhort nm suicide (the act

of) f.-mhortair nm suicide (the per-

son) f.-òraid nf soliloquy f.-riaghlach

a self-governing f.-riaghladh nm Home

Rule, self-government f.-smachd nm

self-control

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dh’fhoillsich e cion

fèin-smachd he displayed a lack of

self-control f.-spèis nf egotism, self-

conceit, self-love

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bha e air a dhal-

ladh le fèin-spèis he was blinded by

self-conceit f.-spèiseach a egotistical

f.-spèisiche nm egotist

feocallan, -ain, -ain nm ferret

feochan, -ain, -ain nm breeze

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thàinig

feochan brèagha is dh’fhalbh an sneachd

a ﬁne breeze came and the snow departed

feòdar, -air nm pewter

feòil, feòla nf ﬂesh, meat

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ana-miannan na

feòla the lusts of the ﬂesh

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poitean feòla

ﬂesh pots

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san fheòil incarnate

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feòil

caorach mutton

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feòil fhuar cold meat

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feòil rèisgidh salted, dried mutton (Lewis –

cf. – ‘reisted mutton’ in Scots)

feòil-itheach a carnivorous f.-itheadair nm

carnivore f.-sheachnair nm vegetarian

feòir

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gen sing of feur grass

feòirling, -ean nf

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same as feòirlinn

feòirlinn, -ean nf farthing

feòladair, -ean nm butcher

feòladaireachd nf butchery

feòlmhor.-oire a carnal, sensual

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luchd nan

inntinnean feòlmhor the carnally minded

feòlmhorachd nf carnality, sensuality

feòraich, -achadh v ask, enquire, inquire,

question

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dh’fheòraich e dhiom an robh

mi sgìth he asked me if I was tired (lit. he

asked of me was I tired)

feòrachadh, -aidh nm & vn of feòraich

asking etc., enquiry, ‘enquiries’ in the fol-

lowing sense:- uinneag air an robh am

facal ‘feòrachadh’a window on which was

the word ‘enquiries’

feòrachail, -e a inquisitive

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… a’ coim-

head suas gu feòrachail … looking up

inquisitively

feòrachas, -ais nm curiosity, inquisitive-

ness

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leugh mi seo do bhrìgh feòrachais

I read this for curiosity’s sake / out of

curiosity

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spreagar e le feòrachas he is

inspired by curiosity

feòrag, -aige, -an nf squirrel

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an fheòrag

ghlas the grey squirrel

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bha na feòragan

a’ càrnadh stòir de chnothan the squirrels

were gathering a store of nuts

feòran-curraidh nm water hore hound

feocallan 294

feuch, feuchainn v 1. feel (test by

touch), prove, screen (test), taste (try

by tasting), test (followed by noun /

pron), try (test)

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feuch deuchainn take

an examination

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feuch doimhneachd

plumb

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dh’fheuch mi pìos den chèic

I tried / tasted a piece of the cake

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dh’fheuch i iad oirre mu choinneimh

an sgàthain she tried them on [her] in

front of the mirror

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dh’fheuch e an

deoch air an nighinn bu shine he tried

the potion on the eldest daughter

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dh’fheuch i gach cleas air a tharraing

she tried every trick to attract him

2. attempt, try (⫹ ri(s) – sometimes

air – to)

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bha e a’ feuchainn ri rudei-

gin innse dhuinn he was trying to tell

us something

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tha sinn a’guidhe gach

soirbheachadh don fheadhainn aig

a bheil de mhisneachd a dh’fheuchas

air we wish every success to those who

have enough conﬁdence to try it (lit. to

those at whom there is of courage that

will try on it) 3. compete ⫹ ri(s)

against

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tha iad a’ feuchainn ri càch

a-cheile they are competing against

each other 4. lo, behold

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… agus

feuch, air ball chunnaic iad solas ùr…

and behold, immediately they saw

a new light 5. see (take care)

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it will

be seen that the difference between

this meaning and that of section 2

above is very slight, and, indeed, often

interchangeable

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feuch nach dèan thu

rud sam bith a tharraingeas aire on

obair aige see that you do not do any-

thing that distracts him from his work

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feuch gun gabh thu air do shocair!

see that you take it easy!

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often used

as a polite request:- feuch gu leig sibh

ﬁos thugainn please let us know

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feuch gun toir sibh an aire gu bheil …

please note that …

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feuch gun cuir thu

ﬁos thugam please let me know

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feuch

gum biadh thu an cat please feed

the cat (it will be noted that some of

the previous examples given could

also be translated in this way)

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chaidh

iad a-null a dh’fheuchainn dè b’ur-

rainn dhaibh a dhèanamh they went

over to see what they could do 6. feuch

is often used to introduce an indirect

question (which translates into English

as a clause beginning with ‘if’)

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feuch

am beir thu orm! see if you can catch

me! / try to catch me!

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thog e air

don bhaile feuch am faigheadh e

cuideachadh he went to the town to see

if he could (lit. would) ﬁnd help

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bha

e ag èigheach feuch an lorgadh e duine

beò he was shouting to see if he could

ﬁnd anyone alive (lit. a live person)

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fònaidh mi feuch a bheil e air ais I’ll

phone to check if he’s back 7. recon-

noitre, search bha e a’ feuchainn

a phòcaidean he was trying (i.e.

searching) his pockets 8. other

feuchainn nf & vn of feuch trying

etc. probation

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gun fheuchainn

untested

feudail, feudalach nf booty, spoils, treas-

ure

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cha mhòr de fheudail a gheibhte ann

hardly any booty was to be obtained there

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fhuair iad an fheudail a bha falaichte

ann an uaimh they found the treasure

which was hidden in a cave

feudar

□

see fheudar

you, he, she etc. need (to)? had

you, he, she etc. (to)? (b) Dep.

Neg. 1st pers sing chan

fheumainn I wouldn’t need (to)

etc. 1st pers plural chan fheuma-

maid we would not need to, we

would not have to Other persons

chan fheumadh tu, e, i etc. you,

he, she etc.wouldn’t need (to) (c)

Dep. Neg. Interr. 1st pers sing

nach fheumainn? would I not

need (to)? hadn’t I (to)? 1st pers

plural nach fheumamaid? would-

n’t we need to?, would we not have

to? Other persons nach fheumadh

tu,e,i?etc. would you, he, she etc.

not need (to)? had you, he, she

etc. not (to)?

Note that the special forms used for

the 1st person sing & plural require no

personal pronoun, but these may also

be f(h)eumadh sinn

PASSIVE VOICE:

Note that the following forms are used

impersonally.

Future tense

1. Indep.: feumar it must be

2. Dep.: (a) Dep. Interr. am feumar?

must it be? (b) Dep. Neg. chan

fheumar it mustn’t be (c) Dep.

Neg. Interr. nach fheumar?

mustn’t it be?

Imperfect / conditional tense

1. Indep.:- dh’fheumtadh /

dh’fheumte it had to be

2. Dep.: (a) Dep Interr. am feumtadh /

am feumte? had it to be?

(b) Dep. Neg. chan fheumtadh /

chan fheumte it didn’t have to be

tadh / fheumte? didn’t it have

to be?

Basic examples:-

(1.) must, have to, need (to be / do etc.)

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feumaidh mi falbh I have to go / I must

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often used impersonally: feu-

maidh gu bheil thu am mearachd you

must be mistaken (lit. [it] must [be]

295 feudar

idioms:- ‘try not to’ uses gun thus:-

bha mi a’ feuchainn gun tuiteam anns

an dìg I was trying not to fall in the

ditch

feum def v has to, must, need v (lack),

postulate, require

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uses only Future

and Imperfect / Conditional forms as

follows:-

ACTIVE VOICE:

Future tense

1. Indep.:- feumaidh mi I must feu-

maidh tu etc. you etc. must

2. Dep. (a) Dep. Interr. am feum mi?

etc. must I? etc. (b) Dep. Neg.

chan fheum mi etc. I mustn’t etc.

mi? etc. must I not? etc.

Relative Future:- (ma) dh’fheumas mi

(if) I must

Imperfect / conditional tense

1. Indep. 1st pers sing dh’fheumainn

I would need (to), I had (to) 1st

pers plural dh’fheumamaid we

would need (to), we had (to). Other

persons dh’fheumadh tu, e, i etc.

you, he, she etc. would need (to),

you, he, she etc. had (to)

2. Dep: (a) Dep. Interr. 1st pers sing

am feumainn? would I need (to)?

had I (to)? 1st pers plural am feu-

mamaid would we need to?,

would we have to? Other persons

am feumadh tu, e, i? etc. would

that you are in error)

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feumaidh gun

robh e ro sgìth he must have been too

tired

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am feum sinn falbh? feumaidh /

chan fheum must we go? yes / no

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chan fheum sinn fuireach an seo we

don’t have to stay here

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dh’fheumas tu feumaidh tu if you

must, you must

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thuirt mi riutha gum

feumainn bhith falbh gu math tràth

I said to them that I would have to be

leaving quite early

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thuirt e gum feu-

madh e falbh he said that he would

have to go

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tha e làidir, agus is e a

dh’fheumadh he is strong, and he

would need to be

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note also: tha i air

leth math air fuineadh, agus is ise a

dh’fheumadh sin oir … she is excep-

tionally good at baking and she would

need to be that for …

Note that, like all auxiliary verbs, the

aux. verb itself is in the passive voice,

and not the inﬁn. as in English

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dh ’fheumtadh / dh’fheumte a h-uile

facal a dhraghadh às every word had

to be dragged out of him

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feumar a

ràdh gun do rinn e a dhìcheall gus ar

cuideachadh it must be said that he did

his utmost to help us

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feumar bar-

rachd airgid fhaighinn more money

must be found 2. need (something)

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feumaidh sinn barrachd air sin we

need more than that

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dh’fheumamaid

bliadhna gus sin a stèidheachadh we

would need a year to set that up

feum, -a nm 1. need

□

tha feum agam

air tuilleadh airgid I need / I have need

of more money

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bha feum agam air…

I had need of… / I needed …

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tha

feum air foighidinn there is need of

patience / patience is needed

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bha iad

na fheum they were in need of him / it

masc

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thuirt e nach robh feum air he

said that there was no need of it

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tha

suidheachadh mar seo a’ cur feum air

leigheas cinnteach a situation like this

needs a certain cure

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tha mòr fheum

air leabhraichean there is a great need

of books

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… agus cùisean eile a bhios

daoine a’ cur feum orra… and other

things people need (lit. that people will

be putting need upon them)

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tha am

feum airson co-obrachadh air fàs nas

soilleire the need for co-operation has

become more evident

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tha cruaidh

fheum air tuilleadh taice there’s a cry-

ing need for more support

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bi feum

aig to have (to)

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tha feum againn tuil-

leadh airgid a shàbhaladh we need to /

must save more money

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’s motha a

tha dh’fheum againne air … we have

more need of / a greater need of …

(2.) use, good (in the sense of ‘use’),

point

□

note that, in many instances,

the meanings given in sections 1 and

2 may be very close or, indeed, inter-

changeable

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dè am feum a tha a’ dol

a bhith ann? what good is it going to

be? (lit. what the good that is going to

be in it?)

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bha cuid dhiubh ann am

feum fada ro sin some of them were in

use long before that

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dè am feum dha

a bhith dèanadach? what’s the use of

him being industrious?

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dè am feum

taighean ùra a thogail? what’s the

point of building new houses?

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chan

eil feum sam bith innte air an fhearann

it fem is no use on the land

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cuir o

fheum incapacitate (lit. put from use)

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bha e a’ feuchainn ri cas a nàmhaid a

chur o fheum he was trying to inca-

pacitate his opponent’s leg

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gun a

chur gu feum unused masc

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… ma tha

sinn a’ dol a dhèanamh an fheum as

fheàrr dhen airgead … if we’re going

to make the best use of the money

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gheibh iad uile feum às they will all get

(some) use / good out of it

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chan eil nì

a dh’fheum dhomhsa a bhith … there

is no point / use at all for me to be …

Further idioms:

dèan feum de consume, exploit, make

use of, use, utilize

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tha e air feum a

dhèanamh dhiubh he has made use of

them

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tha sinn an dòchas gun dèanar

feum dhiubh we hope that use will be

made of them

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am feum a thatar a’

dol a dhèanamh dhith the use that is

going to be made of it fem

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tha mi an

dochas gun dèan cuideigin feum dhi-

ubh I hope someone will make use of

them

dèan feum (do) avail, be of use / be use-

ful (to)

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tha mi an dòchas gun dèan

an leabhar seo beagan feuma I hope

that this book will be of some little

use …

□

na rudan a dhèanadh feum

dha … the things which would be use-

ful to him (lit. would make use to him)

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cha do rinn e feum dhomh it did me

no good

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… ach a bheil e a’ dèanamh

feum don chànain? … but is it doing

feudar 296

the language any good? (note that

there is no word used here for ‘any’)

gu is often used with feum, particularly

in the phrase cuir gu feum put to use /

use v

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sgrìobh mun acfhainn a bha

iad a’ cur gu feum write about the

equipment they were using

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bha fhios

aca nach robh sin gu feum they knew

that that was of no use / useless

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chan

eil [a] fhacal gu mòran feum his word

is not much good

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cha deach airgead

sam bith riamh a chur gu feum na

b’fhearr never was money put to better

use

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thuirt e nach robh e a chum feum

air a bhith … he said that was no use

being …

gun fheum useless(ly), needless(ly),

null

□

bha iad a’ fulang pian gun

fheum they were suffering pain

needlessly / suffering needless pain

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tha sinn ag obair gun fheum we are

working uselessly

gun fheum air without need of / with

no need for

feun, -a / fèin, -an nm cart, waggon

feur, feòir nm grass, hay

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feur caoin hay

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feur easpartach esparto grass

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feur tìo-

raidh silage

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feur tropaigeach tropical

grassland

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anns an fheur in the grass

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thòisich mi air am feur a spealadh I began

to scythe the grass

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aig àm obair an

fheòir at haymaking time

feur-a’-phuint nm couch-grass f.-

chaorach nm sheep’s fescue grass f.-cuir

nm rye-grass f.-loch nm grassy / reedy lake

feurach, -aich nm grazing, pasture, pas-

turage

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feurach coitcheann common

grazing

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còir an fheuraich choitchinn the

right of common grazing

feurach a grassy, verdant

feuraich, -achadh v graze (eat grass),

pasture

feuran, -ain nm chives

feusag, -aige, -an nf beard, whisker(s)

feusagach a bearded

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chunnaic mi duine

beag feusagach I saw a little bearded man

feusgan, -ain, -ain nm clam, mussel

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thòisich iad air na feusgain a bhuain they

began to gather the mussels

fhathast adv hitherto, still (of time), yet

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chan eil fhiosam fhathast dè bha fa-near

dha I still don’t know what he had in mind

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… ach fhathast cha do lorg iad de mhis-

neachd a chuireadh sgoil Ghàidhlig air

bhonn … but they still haven’t found sufﬁ-

cient courage to set up a Gaelic school (lit.

but still they haven’t found of courage that

would set up etc.)

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bha e fhathast gun til-

leadh he still hadn’t returned

□

’s gun e

fhathast aig aois nuair a … while (he was)

still not at an age when …

fhèin see

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fèin

fheudar, is fheudar do……must

□

fheudar dhomh an t-each a reic I must sell

the horse

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b’fheudar dha an dùthaich

fhàgail he had to leave the country

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b’fheudar dhi togail a-mach a chosnadh

airgid she had to go out to earn money

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bheir mi seòladh dhut mas fheudar I’ll

give you directions if need be

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’s fheudar

gun aithnich thu e you must know him

fhìn

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a form of fhèin (see fèin)used in

some areas with the 1st pers sing and pl

pers prons

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mi fhìn pron myself

□

sinn

fhìn ourselves

fhuair past tense of faigh (q.v)

ﬁabhras, -ais, -an nm fever

The following compounds are, of course all

masc: Note that they are all preceded by

the deﬁnite article, as is the case with most

illnesses

297 ﬁabhras

feumach, -aiche a needful, needy

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bi feu-

mach air need v (lack)

□

chunnaic sinn

cho feumach ’s a bha iad air sgoiltean we

saw how needful they were of schools

feumach, -aich nm needy person

□

’s e f ìor

charaid an fheumaich a bh’ann he was

a real friend of the needy

feumachail a utilitarian

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an aigne

fheumachail the utilitarian mind / spirit

feumail, -e a requisite, serviceable, useful

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nì feumail requisite

□

leasan feumail eile

another useful lesson

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tha e a cheart

cho feumail dhuinn an-diugh agus nas

fheumaile it is just as useful to us today

and more so

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tha an leabhar seo glè

fheumail ann a bhith a’ mìneachadh …

this book is very useful in [being]

explaining …

feumalachd, -an nf expediency, necessity,

usefulness, utility

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feumalachdan

dachaigh household utilities

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mòran de

ar feumalachdan many of our necessities

□

tha iad a’frithealadh do fheumalachdan

luchd-ionnsachaidh they are attending to

the needs of learners

feumnach, -aich, -aich nm needy person

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na feumnaich pl the needy

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thug e cob-

hair do na feumnaich he gave assistance to

the needy

am ﬁabhras ballach typhus am f.-breac

typhoid am f.-buidhe yellow fever am

f.-cleibhe pneumonia (also an grèim) am

f.-dearg scarlet fever am f.-dubh typhoid

am f.-eanchainne meningitis (also an

teasach-eanchainne) am f.-feòir hay

fever am f.-lòinidh rheumatic fever am f.-

rheumatas rheumatic-fever (also teasach

an t-siataig)

ﬁabhrasach a feverish, hectic

ﬁacaill, ﬁacla, ﬁaclan nf tooth gen pl nam

ﬁaclan

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ﬁacaill (rotha) cog

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ﬁaclan

fuadain denture, false teeth

□

bruis fhia-

clan toothbrush

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bioran fhiaclan toothpick

ﬁacaill-crìche eye-tooth f.-cùil back tooth,

molar (also cùlag) f.-forais / f.-na cèille

wisdom tooth f.-sùla eyetooth

ﬁacall

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see ﬁacaill

ﬁach v alt form of feuch

following:- cha do rinn iad mòran

a b’fhiach gu sonas an duine

a mheudachadh they didn’t do much

that was worthwhile to increase the

happiness of man

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b’fhiach sùil

a thoirt air it would be worth having

a look at / taking a look at it

□

b’fhiach e fheuchainn? b’fhiach / cha

b’fhiach would it be worth trying? yes /

□

cha b’fhiach an cumail it wouldn’t

be worth keeping them

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bha dealbh

no dhà aige nach b’fhiach mòran he

had a picture or two which weren’t

worth much

is fhiach may be followed by a noun or

pronoun:- chan fhiach e an t-saothair

it’s not worth the labour / trouble

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fhiach e e it’s worth it

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co mheud not

a b’fhiach e? how many pounds was it

worth?

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thuirt e nach b’fhiach e he

said it wasn’t worthwhile

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cha b’fhi-

ach an turas an t-saothair the journey

wasn’t worth it b’fhiach àite dha fhèin

bhith aig an ìomhaigh seo this statue is

worthy of having a place to itself /

worth having etc.

is fhiach may also be followed by a vn:-

’s fhiach fhaicinn it’s worth seeing (it)

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as fhiach a chumail air chuimhne

memorable (of masc subject)

□

is e

tachartas seo as fhiach a chumail air

chuimhne this is a memorable event

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is ann an seo a chunnaic sinn a’ chiad

taigh a b’fhiach taigh a ràdh ris it was

here we saw the ﬁrst house that was

worth calling a house

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cha robh duine

a b’fhiach bruidhinn air nach aith-

neachadh i there was nobody worth

speaking about that she didn’t know

□

bha e a’ faireachdainn nach b’fhiach

a bhith beò he felt that it wasn’t

worth living

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am b’fhiach an càradh?

b’fhiach / cha b’fhiach would it be

worth mending them? yes / no

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tha an

fhaochag glè phailt agus is fhiach i

a h-itheadh the whelk is very plentiful

and worth (its) eating

do (or a prep pron formed from it) is

used before / for the person to whom it

is / is not worthwhile:- cho-dhùin e

nach b’fhiach e a shaothair dha he

decided that it wasn’t worth his while

□

chan fhiach dhaibh am beul fhos-

gladh it’s not worth them opening their

mouths (lit. mouth – see notes under

beatha, ceann and làmh)

□

cha

ﬁabhrasach 298

ﬁach, fèich, ﬁachan nm 1. due, rate,

value, worth

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dh’iarr mi ﬁach sgillinn

de shuiteas I asked for a pennyworth

of sweets 2. debt (usu. in the pl i.e.

ﬁachan)

□

ﬁachan gun dioladh

arrear(s)

□

dhubh e a-mach cùnntas

nam ﬁachan a bha nar n-aghaidh he

wiped out the account of the debts that

were against us

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tha sinn fo fhiachan

dha [ann] an iomadach dòigh we are

indebted to him in many ways (lit. we

are under debts to him in many a way)

□

cha tèid ﬁachan air beul dùinte

a closed mouth won’t get into debts

(proverb)

ﬁachaibh, an old dat pl is used in

the following idioms:- tha e mar

fhiachaibh air an Riaghaltas seo

a dhèanamh it is incumbent upon the

Government to do this

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cha do shaoil

e gun robh e mar fhiachaibh air

a bhith … he did not think that he was

obliged to be…

□

chuir e mar fhi-

achaibh orm gu a chuideachadh he

obliged me to help him

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thàinig e mar

fhiachaibh air a’chomann oibreachadh

airson aonaidh the society was obliged

to work for unity

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bi fo fhiachaibh do

owe

□

bha mi fo fhiachaibh mhòra

dhaibh I was greatly indebted to them /

I owed them a great deal

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ﬁachaibh indebted

ﬁach, -a a valuable, worth, worthy,

worthwhile

□

now only used with the

assertive verb in idioms such as the

b’fhiach e uiread do Mhairead it

wasn’t worth as much to Margaret

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a bheil thu a’ smaoineachadh gum

b’fhiach dhut sin a dhèanamh? do you

think it would be worth your while

doing that?

is math as fhiach (often is math is

fhiach) it is well worth

□

is math

as fhiach dhut an leabhar seo a

leughadh it’s well worth your while

reading this book

□

is math as

fhiach e a leughadh gu cùramach it’s

well worth [it] reading it carefully

(sometimes is geal is fhiach e etc. – see

geal)

□

is math as fhiach e a’ phrìs it’s

well worth the price

□

bu mhath

a b’fhiach e an dàil the delay was well

worth it (lit. it was well that it was

worth the delay)

□

similarly:- is gann

is fhiach a bhiadhadh it’s hardly worth

its feeding

is fhiach leam I think it worthwhile,

I condescend

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mas fhiach leibh

a dh’èisteachd ris… if you conde-

scend to listen to it (lit. if it is worth

with you to listen to it i.e. if you think

it’s worth listening to [it])

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chan

fhiach leam e it is beneath me

ﬁadhach, -aich nm hunting

□

dèan ﬁad-

hach hunt

□

dh’fhàg sin am ﬁadhach car

gann that caused the hunting to be rather

sparse

ﬁadhaich, -e a 1. ﬁerce, uncultivated, wild

□

cat ﬁadhaich a wild cat

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bha eich ri am

faighinn ﬁadhaich horses were to be found

wild

□

bha i a’ fàs ﬁadhaich it (the

weather) was growing wild

□

bidh am muir

glè fhiadhaich mu na cladaichean seo the

sea is very wild around these shores 2. off

(of taste)

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tha blas an ime car ﬁadhaich

the butter tastes somewhat off

ﬁadhaich, ﬁadhachadh v see ﬁathaich,

ﬁathachadh v

ﬁadhaichead, -eid nf wildness

ﬁadhain a same as ﬁadhaich

ﬁal, -a a

□

same as ﬁalaidh

ﬁalaidh, -e a bountiful, free, generous,

hospitable, liberal, openhanded, unstinting

□

bha e daonnan ﬁalaidh toirbheartach

he was always generous and bountiful

□

bha iad air leth ﬁalaidh dhaibh they

were particularly generous to them

□

thug

e seachad bliadhnachan de sheirbhis

fhialaidh don chompanaidh he gave years

of unstinting service to the company

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tha

mi an dòchas gum bi iad nas ﬁalaidhe

riutha na bha iad roimhe I hope they will

be more generous to them than they were

before

ﬁalaidheachd nf generosity, liberality

ﬁamh, -a nm/f 1. awe, fear, timidity

□

bha

seòrsa de fhiamh air roimhe he felt a sort

of awe of him / it (lit. there was a sort of

awe on him before him / it)

□

bha e fo fhi-

amh a là ’s a dh’oidhche he was in a state

of fear day and night 2. expression, look

□

bha a ghnùis gun fhiamh his face was

expressionless / without expression

3. tinge, hue, trace

□

ﬁamh gàire (also

ﬁamh ghàire / ﬁamh-ghàire / ﬁamh a’

ghàire) a smile (lit. the tinge of a laugh)

□

sheall e orm le ﬁamh gàire he looked at

me with a smile

□

air ﬁamh an airgid

silver-hued, the colour of silver

ﬁamhachd nf timidity

□

bha car de fhi-

amhachd airsan a bhith a’ bruidhinn

rithe mar seo he felt a touch of timidity

in [being] talking to her like this (lit.

there was a little bit of timidity on him

to be etc.)

ﬁamhail, -e a fearful, timid

ﬁamh-ghàire nf smile

□

see ﬁamh 3.

ﬁamh-ghàireach a smiling

ﬁanach, -aich nm moor-grass, deer-hair

grass

299 ﬁanach

ﬁachaibh ( an old dat pl of ﬁach used in

a number of idiomatic phrases

□

see

ﬁach nm

ﬁachail, -e a worthy, worthwhile

□

tha

sinn deònach cuideachadh a thoirt do

phròiseactan ﬁachail we are willing to

give assistance to worthwhile projects

ﬁaclach a toothed, cogged, dental

□

roth

ﬁaclach / cuibhle fhiaclach cog-wheel

ﬁaclair(e), -ean nm dentist

ﬁaclaireachd nf dentistry

□

mas e an

dèideadh a tha ort, is gu feum thu ﬁa-

claireachd … if you have toothache and

you need dentistry … (lit. if it’s the

toothache that’s on you and that you need

etc.

□

see mas under ma conj)

ﬁaclan pl of ﬁacaill

□

ﬁaclan fuadain

denture

ﬁadh, fèidh, fèidh nm deer

□

ﬁadh

Laplannach reindeer

ﬁadh- pref. – denoting ‘wild’

ﬁadh-bheatha nf wildlife f.-bheathach nm

wild beast / animal / creature f.-ubhal nm

crab apple, crab tree

ﬁanais, -e, -ean nf 1. evidence, testi-

mony, voucher, witness

□

mar

fhianais air mo ghaol ort as evidence

of my affection for you

□

mar fhianais

eile air mar a … as further evidence

of how …

□

dè a b’urrainn dhuinn

a dhèanamh an aghaidh a leithid seo

de fhianais? what could we do against

this kind of evidence?

dèan / thoir / tog ﬁanais attest, give

evidence, testify, vouch

□

thug e

ﬁanais aig a’ chùirt an Dùn Èideann

he gave evidence at the court in

Edinburgh

□

thog aon de na searbhan-

tan ﬁanais gum faca i e one of the

servants testiﬁed that she had seen

him

□

ﬁanais bhrèige perjury

□

thug

e ﬁanais bhrèige he committed

perjury

tog / thoir ﬁanais (an aghaidh) to

bear / give witness (against), protest

(against)

□

thog iad ﬁanais na aghaidh

they bore witness against him

dèan / tog / thoir ﬁanais air bear wit-

ness to, to witness (both in a secular

and in a religious sense), give witness

□

bha e a’ dèanamh ﬁanais air Crìost

ann an lathair dhaoine he was wit-

nessing Christ before men tha e a’

togail ﬁanais he is a communicant

member

□

… agus gu bhith a’

dèanamh ﬁanais air do ghràs … and to

witness thy grace 2. witness (person

giving evidence)

□

thuirt aon de na

ﬁanaisean gun robh … one of the

witnesses said that … was …

□

bha i

gu bhith na ﬁanais air gràdh an

t-Slànaigheir she was to be a witness

to the Saviour’s love

□

gun duine na

fhianais air an eucoir ach e fhèin

with no witness to the crime but

himself

air ﬁanais ⫹ gen on the evidence of,

going by

□

air ﬁanais an leabhair

seo … on the evidence of this book …

3. presence, sight

□

thig am ﬁanais

appear / come within sight of

□

bha e

a-nise a’ tighinn am ﬁanais an rubha

he was now coming within sight of the

headland

□

… gus an deach e às a

ﬁanais … until he disappeared from

[her] sight

□

… am feadh ’s a bha sinn

na fhianais … while we were in sight

of it / him

ﬁanais-shùl nf eyewitness

ﬁantag, -aig, -an nf black heath berry

ﬁar nm

□

see feur

ﬁar, -adh v slant, twist

□

gun fhiaradh na

ﬁrinn without twisting the truth

ﬁar, -a a bent, crooked, indirect, perverse,

squint, wry

□

gineal ﬁar a perverse

generation

ﬁar-shanas nm innuendo

ﬁar-shuileach a cross-eyed, squint

□

bha e

ﬁar-shuileach he was cross-eyed

ﬁarachadh, -aidh nm & vn of ﬁaraich

bending etc.

ﬁarachd nf crookedness

ﬁaradh, -aidh nm & vn of ﬁar slanting etc.

bend, cast (of the eye), distortion, indirect-

ness, purl, slant, squint, winding sidelong

□

gun fhiaradh constantly

□

bha e a’ tigh-

inn oirnn o fhiaradh eile he was coming at

us from another slant

air fhiaradh / air ﬁaradh adv askew, at an

angle, sidelong, slantwise

□

sheall e air

fhiaradh air a mhàthair he looked side-

long at his mother

□

cuir air fhiaradh

divert

□

cha do chuir seo sinn air fhiaradh

bhon obair this did not divert us from the

work

□

thug e sùil air fhiaradh suas air a’

chaisteal he gave a sidelong look up at the

castle

ﬁarag -aige, -an nf slant line, line or rope

thrown over haystack or roof of black-

house to secure it

□

cha bhiodh ﬁarag

a-mach à àite there wouldn’t be a slant

line out of place

ﬁaraich, -achadh v bend, contort, distort

ﬁata a shy, wild

□

gu fàth ﬁata watchfully

and timidly

ﬁatachd nf shyness, wildness

□

cha robh

ﬁatachd sam bith anns na sùilean aige

there was no shyness at all in his eyes

ﬁatghal, -ail nm vetch

ﬁathachadh, -aidh nm & vn of ﬁathaich

inviting etc., invitation

□

saoil an gabhadh

i ri ﬁathachadh don phàrtaidh agam?

I wonder if she would accept an invitation

to my party?

□

cha do dh’iarr e an còrr

ﬁathachaidh he didn’t need another invita-

tion (lit. didn’t ask for more inviting)

□

tha

sinn ro-thoilichte gun do ghabh e ri ar

ﬁathachadh we are delighted that he

accepted our invitation

ﬁathaich, -achadh v invite, challenge

□

dh’fhiathaicheadh e sinn a thighinn

chun an taigh’ aige he used to invite us to

come to his house

□

… mar gum bitheadh

e gam fhiathachadh a-mach … as if he

were inviting me out

□

dh’fhiathaicheadh

e duine sam bith a neart fheuchainn leis

ﬁanach 300

a’ chloich a thogail he would challenge

anybody to try his strength by lifting the

stone

ﬁchead, -an nm twenty, score (20)

□

tha na

ﬁcheadan de leabhraichean mar sin againn

we have scores of books like that

□

tha an

cunntas Gàidhlig a’ dol na fhicheadan

Gaelic counting works in twenties

□

dà

fhichead forty

□

trì ﬁchead sixty

□

trì ﬁc-

head agus a deich seventy

□

trì ﬁchead agus

a h-ochd sixty eight

□

ceithir ﬁchead eighty

□

duine seachad air ceithir ﬁchead octoge-

narian

□

ceithir ﬁchead ’s a deich ninety

ﬁcheadamh a twentieth

□

chan eil mi a’

creidsinn gun do thachair aon fhic-

headamh pàirt dhe seo ris I don’t believe

that one twentieth of this happened to him

□

air feadh an fhicheadamh linn during

the twentieth century

ﬁcsean, -ein nm ﬁction

□

ﬁcsean saidheans

science ﬁction

ﬁdeach, -ich, ichean nm salt marsh

ﬁdeadh, -idh, -idhean nm suggestion,

whisper, idea, hint

□

cha tug seo ﬁdeadh

dhuinn air na bha a’ tachairt this gave us

no suggestion of what was happening

fìdeag, -eige, -an nf ﬂute, whistle

□

bidh

iad a’ seinn na f ìdeig agus an reacordair

they will be playing the ﬂute and the

recorder

□

nuair a shèid an fhìdeag…

when the whistle blew …

ﬁdheall, fìdhle, fìdhlean nf ﬁddle violin

□

cluich air an fhidhill ﬁddle v

□

teud f ìdhle

ﬁddle string

□

bha e a’ cluich air an fhid-

hill he was playing on the ﬁddle

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a’seinn

na f ìdhle playing the ﬁddle

fìdhlear, -eir-an nm ﬁddler, violinist

fìdhlear-bòrd-an-locha nm sandpiper

(also luatharan nm)

fìdhleireachd nf ﬁddling

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dèan

f ìdhleireachd ﬁddle v

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bidh Dòmhnall

Dòmhnallach a’ fìdhleireachd Donald

MacDonald will be ﬁddling

ﬁdir, ﬁdreadh / ﬁdreachdainn v feel, be

aware of, experience, examine closely

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dh’fhidir mi bith nam chridhe I felt hatred

in my heart

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dh’fhidir e an duilleag he

examined the leaf

ﬁdreachail, -e a inquisitive

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thug e sùil

fhidreachail air a’ bhogsa he cast an

inquisitive eye on the box / he gave the box

an inquisitive look

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bheireadh iad sùil

fhidreachail air an taigh anns an dol

seachad they would cast an inquisitive eye

on the house in the passing

ﬁgear, -eir, -an nm digit, ﬁgure, numeral

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ﬁgearan Arabach Arabic numerals

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ﬁgear

àrdail cardinal numeral

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ﬁgear òrdail

ordinal numeral

ﬁgh, ﬁghe / ﬁgheadh v knit, weave

ﬁghe nm & vn of ﬁgh weaving etc.

knitting (article being knitted)

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thog mi

m’fhighe ach cha b’urrainn dhomh

a dhèanamh I picked up my knitting, but

I couldn’t do it

ﬁgheachan, -ain, -ain nm plait (of hair)

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bha a falt ann am ﬁgheachain her hair was

in plaits

ﬁgheadair, -ean nm knitter, weaver

ﬁgheadair-nan-casa-fada nm daddy-

long-legs (also breabadair)

ﬁgheadh nm & alt vn of ﬁgh knitting,

weaving

ﬁghte pp woven

ﬁleamaid, -ean nf ﬁlament

ﬁleanta a articulate, eloquent, ﬂuent

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b’e

dithis eòlach fhileanta a bha aig na coin-

neamhan it was an expert and eloquent

pair who were at the meetings

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bha e ga

bruidhinn gu ﬁleanta he was speaking it

ﬂuently

ﬁleantach, -aich, -aich nm native speaker

ﬁleantachd nf ﬂuency

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tha iad air an

rathad gu ﬁleantachd they are on the road

to ﬂuency

ﬁleantas, -ais nm

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same as ﬁleantachd

ﬁlidh, -ean nm minstrel, poet

ﬁll, -eadh v enfold, fold, furl, plait, pleat,

roll, wind, wrap

ﬁlle

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see ﬁlleadh

ﬁlleadaireachd nf stratiﬁcation

ﬁlleadh, -idh, -idhean nm & vn of ﬁll

folding etc., crease, fold, layer (incl. of

skin), pleat, plait, ply

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ﬁlleadh saille fat

layer

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ﬁllidhean sgòthan cloud layers

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bha an fhallainn aige a’ tuiteam na ﬁllid-

hean grinne his cloak was falling in neat

pleats / folds

ﬁlleag, -eige, -an nf 1. wrapper 2. fold, plait

ﬁllean, -ein, -an nm collops

ﬁllte pp compound, entwined, folded,

implicit, ply (as in trì-ﬁllte etc.)

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fead-

hainn de na bun-bheachdan a tha ﬁllte

anns na faclan seo some of the concepts

that are implicit in these words

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ﬁllte na

chèile folded together

ﬁlm, ﬁlmichean nm ﬁlm

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sheall iad

ﬁlmichean soisgealach they showed evan-

gelical ﬁlms

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bha e a’ dèanamh prògra-

man is ﬁlmichean Gàidhlig he was making

Gaelic programmes and ﬁlms

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gaisgeach /

bana-ghaisgeach ﬁlm ﬁlm star (masc &

fem respectively)

ﬁlm-stiall nm ﬁlm-strip

301 ﬁlm-stiall