MacFarlane's Dictionary - Section 2
- buannachdail
- a. -ala, profitable, beneficial
- buannachdala
- a. more profitable, more beneficial
- buannachd
- nf.ind. profit, gain, benefit
- buannaich
- va. gain, profit, win, benefit
- buarach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, cowfetter
- bucaid
- nf. pl. -ean, bucket
- buclaich
- va. buckle
- budagoc
- nm. g.v. -agoic; pl.+an, snipe
- buideal
- nm. g.v. -eil; pl. -eil, cask, anker, bottle
- buidhe
- a. yellow
- buidheach
- a. thankful, well pleased : tha mi buidheach dhiot,
I am thankful to you
- buidheann
- nf. g. buidhne; d. -inn; pl. -nean, a company
- buidhinn
- va. buidhinn, win, acquire, gain
- buidseachd
- See buitseachd
- buil
- nf. g.+e, effect, use, issue
- buileach
- a. complete, entire : gu buileach, quite, entirely, wholly,
altogether
- builich
- va. bestow, dispose, put to use
- builg
- g. and pl. of bolg, bellows, bags
- builgean
- nm. g. -ein; pl. -einean, blister, pimple, bubble
- buille
- nf. pl.+an, blow, knock
- buillsgean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, centre, middle
- buin
- va. buntainn, deal with, belong to : do'm buineadh, to whom
belonged
- buinne
- nf. pl.+achan, rapid current, choppy sea
- bùir
- va. roar, bellow, as deer or bull
- buirbe
- a. fiercer, more savage, more passionate; see borb
- bùird
- See bòrd
- bùirdeiseach
- nm. -eich; pl. -eich, burgess, freeman
- bùirean
- nm. g.v. -ein, a bellow, roar
- bùirich
- nf. roaring, bellowing
- buitseach
- nf. g.d. -ich; pl. -ichean, witch
- buitseachd
- nf.ind. witchcraft
- bun
- nm. g.v. buin; pl. buin and +an, root, stock, bottom-end,
stump
- bunait
- nm. pl.+ean, foundation
- Bun-an-t-sléibh
- place name, `Mountain foot'
- bun-os-cionn
- phr. upside down, topsy-turvy
- buntainn
- v.n. belonging to, touching, referring, referring to
- buntàta
- nm. potato, potatoes regarded collectively
- bùrn
- nm. g.v. bùirn, fresh water
- burraidh
- nm. pl.+ean, or -nean, blockhead, fool
- bus
- nm. g.v. buis; pl. buis, mouth of an animal; (in a ludicrous
sense) mouth of a man
- bùth
- nm. g. -a; v. bhùith; pl. bùithean,
bùthan or bùthannan,
tent, booth, shop
- c'
- for : có, ce, cia, where?
- cà
- for : c'àite, where?
- cab
- nm. g.v. caib; pl. caib, mouth, gab, indentation
- càbag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, a cheese
- cabar
- nm. g. -air; pl. -air, couple of a house roof, rafter, deer's
antlers, a heavy pole, caber
- cabhag
- nf. g.d. -aig, haste, hurry
- cabhagach
- a. in haste, hurried
- cabhair
- va. cabhair, help, assist, aid, relieve
- cabhair
- nf.ind. help, assistance
- cabhlach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, a fleet, navy
- cabhsair
- nm. pl.+ean, causeway, pavement
- cabrach
- a. branchy, antlered
- càch
- nm. g. chàich, the rest, the others
- cach a chéile
- phr. each other
- cachaille
- nf. pl.+an, a gate
- cadal
- nm. g.v. -ail, sleep
- cadalach
- a. sleepy, drowsy
- cadhag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, jackdaw
- cagailt
- nf. pl.+ean, hearth
- cagainn
- va. -nadh, chew, gnaw, masticate
- cagar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl. -airean, a whisper
- cagnadh
- v.n. chewing, gnawing, masticating
- cagnas
- See cagainn
- caibe
- nm. pl.+annan or +achan, spade
- caibideil
- nm. pl.+ean, chapter
- caidil
- vn. cadal, sleep
- càil
- See càl
- càil
- nf. g.+e; pl.+tean, appetite, taste, disposition, constitution,
condition
- cailbh
- See calbh
- cailc
- nf. g.+e, chalk
- cailc
- va. chalk
- caile
- nf. pl.+an, a hussy, quean, girl, wench
- càileachd
- nf.ind. appetite, natural endowments, nature,
genius
- caileag
- nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, little girl (L.Sc. lassie)
- càilean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, a husk of grain
- Cailean
- pnm. g.v. -ein, usually given as the equivalent of Colin
- càileiginn
- nf. somewhat, something
- cailin
- nf. pl.+ean, girl, damsel
- caill
- vn. lose
- cailleach
- nf. g.d. -ich; pl.+an, old woman
- cailleach-oidhche
- nf. owl, inflected on the first element as
: cailleach
- caillteach
- a. ruinous, causing loss
- Caimbeulach
- pnm. g.v. -aich, pl. -aich, a Campbell; a. of or
belonging to the Campbells
- caimean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, mote
- càin
- va. traduce, revile
- càin
- nf. g. -e, tribute, tax, a fine, rent
- càineadh
- v.n. traducing, reviling
- càinich
- va. impose a tax, tribute or fine
- cainnt
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, speech, conversation, language
- caiptean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, captain
- càir
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, a gum
- cairbh
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, carcase, dead body
- càirean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, a gum
- càirdean
- n.pl. See caraid
- càirdeas
- nm. g.v. -eis, friendship
- càirdeil
- a. friendly
- càirich
- va. repair, mend, lay
- cairt
- nf. g. cartach; pl.+ean, cart
- cairt
- nf. g. cartach; pl.+ean, bark, chart, card
- cairtealan
- nm. pl. quarters, lodgings
- cairtear
- nm. g.v. -eir; pl.+an, carter
- caisbheart
- nf. g.d. -eirt, footgear
- càise
- nm.ind. cheese : càis-bhalg, cheese-bag
- caisg
- va. check, stop, restrain, quench, quell, curb
- Càisg
- nf. g.+e, Easter, Passover feast
- caismeachd
- nf. pl.+an, an alarm, signal, march tune, war song
- caisteal
- nm. g.v. -eil; pl.+an, castle
- Caisteal Bhlàir
- pnm. Castle Blair; inflected on the first element
- caisteal-deiridh
- nm. poop of a ship; inflected on the first element
- Caisteal-nuadh
- pnm. Newcastle; inflected on both elements
- caisteal-toisich
- nm. forecastle of a ship; inflected on the first
element
- c'àite
- phr. where?
- caitean
- nm. g.v. -ein, shag, nap of cloth, ruffled surface
- caith
- va.+eamh, cast, wear, spend, exhaust
- caithe-beatha
- nf. behaviour, moral conduct
- caithream
- nm. g.v. -eim, shout of joy or triumph, joyful noise
- càl
- nm. g.v. càil, colewort, kale : càl ceirtleach, cabbage
- cala
- nm. pl.+chan, harbour, haven
- calaman
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, dove, pigeon
- calanas
- nm. g.v. -ais, wool-working, lint-working
- calbh
- nm. g.v. cailbh; pl. cailbh, head, headland, cape
- calc
- va. ram, drive, caulk; cram
- calg
- nm. g.v. cuilg; pl. cuilg, awn, beard of corn, bristle, prickle
- calg-dhìreach
- a. perfectly straight, direct
- call
- nm. g. -a; v. chaill, loss, damage, detriment : air chall, lost
- callaid
- nf. pl.+ean, hedge; lurking place; cap
- callaid-bhròin
- nf. funeral wail, elegy; inflected on first element
- callda
- a. tame, domesticated
- calldach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, loss, damage, detriment
- calldachd
- nf.ind. loss, damage, detriment
- calltuinn
- nm. hazel
- Calluinn
- nf. New Year's day
- calma
- a. bold, staunch, resolute, brave
- calpa
- nm. pl.+nnan, calf of the leg; calpannan, haulyards
- Calum
- pnm. g.v. -uim, rendered in English `Malcolm'
- cam
- a. crooked, distorted, bent, blind of one eye
- camag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, a curl; a comma
- caman
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, club for shinty or golf, a shinty
- camanachd
- nf.ind. shinty playing, the game of shinty
- cam-bheul
- nm. wry mouth; inflected on second element
- camhal
- nm. g.v. -ail; pl. -ail, camel
- camhanaich
- nf. the dawn, twilight
- camp
- nm. g. -a; v. chaimp; pl.+annan, camp
- campaich
- va. encamp
- campar
- nm. g.v. -air, vexation, grief, uneasiness
- Camus-choinnich
- pnm. Cambuskenneth; inflected on first
element
- can
- va.+tainn, say, sing, titter, speak
- cànain
- nf. pl.+ean, a language
- cantainn
- v.n. saying, singing, speaking
- caoch
- a. empty, hollow, blind
- caochail
- va. and vn. caochladh, change, alter, die
- caochan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, rivulet, streamlet, thin spout
- caochlach
- a. changing, inconstant
- caochladh
- v.n. changing, altering, dying
- caog
- va. wink, take aim by shutting one eye
- caogadh
- v.n. winking
- caoidh
- nf. g.+e, weeping, lamenting, lamentation
- caoidh
- va. weep, mourn, bewail
- caoile
- nf.ind. thinness, slenderness, leanness, narrowness
- caoilead
- nm. g. -eid, degree of above
- caoimh
- See caomh
- caoin
- va. weep, lament
- caoin
- a. kind, mild, dry
- caoinich
- va. dry as hay, dry by exposure; sooth
- caol
- a. thin, lean, slender, narrow
- caolaich
- va. make slender, attenuate
- caolas
- nm. g.v. -ais; pl.+an, a strait
- caomh
- a. kind, gentle, benign, tender, meek
- caomhag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, mild or kind woman
- caomhail
- a. gentle, mild, kind, affectionate
- caomhain
- va. -nadh, spare, save, reserve
- caomhnadh
- v.n. saving, sparing, reserving, economy, frugality
- caomhnar
- See caomhain
- caonnag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, fight, skirmish, fray
- caora
- nf. g.+ch; d.+ich; v. chaora; pl.+ich; g.pl. chaorach,
a sheep
- caoraich
- See caora
- caoran
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, a fragment of peat
- caorann
- nm. g.v. -ainn; pl. -ainnean, rowan berry, rowan tree
- car
- somewhat, before an adj. : car coltach ri, somewhat like
- car
- nm. g.v. cuir; pl. cuir, turn, twist, trick, fraud : an caraibh a
chéile, wrestling : car mar char (turn) over and over : car
greis, during a short interval of time
- carach
- a. deceitful, tricky, wily, winding, turning
- carachd
- nf.ind. motion, movement, wrestling
- carachd
- nf.ind. deceit, cunning, wiliness, quirkiness
- càradh
- v.n. mending, repairing
- caraibh
- dat.pl. of car : dol an caraibh a chéile, going to contend
or wrestle with each other
- caraich
- va. move, stir
- càraich
- va. place to or against, apply
- caraid
- nm. pl. càirdean, friend, relation
- càraid
- nf. pl.+ean, a pair, couple, married couple
- carantas
- nm. g.v. -ais, kindness, friendliness
- carbad
- nm. g.v. -aid; pl.+an, carriage, chariot
- càrd
- va. card wool, cotton or lint
- Cardros
- pnm. Cardross
- càrn
- nm. g.v. cùirn; pl. cùirn (L.Sc. cairn) a heap, a pile
- càrn
- va. heap, pile
- carrachan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, frogfish, the fish commonly
called `shoemaker'
- carragh
- nf. g.d. -aigh; pl. -aighean, rock, pillar, monument
- carraig
- nf. g.+e, or cairge; pl.+ean, rock
- Carraig
- pnf. Carrick
- c' ar son
- phr. why, for what reason?
- cart
- va. clean, muck, cast out
- cas
- nf. g. coise; d. cois; pl.+an, foot, leg, shaft, haft : casan
deiridh, hindlegs : casan toisich, forelegs
- càs
- nm. g.v. càis; pl.+an, difficulty, emergency, trying
situation
- cas
- va. gnash, to close upon, oppose, thwart
- cas
- a. steep, rash, passionate
- casad
- nm. g.v. -aid, cough
- casag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, long coat
- casaid
- nf. pl.+ean, complaint, accusation
- casan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, path, road
- cas-chrom
- nf. g. coise-cruime; d. cois-chruim; pl. casan croma,
a kind of spade
- casd
- va. casdaich, cough
- casg
- nm. for casgadh, stopping, opposing, closing
- casgair
- va. -airt and -radh, slay, mangle, massacre
- casgradh
- nm. g.v. -aidh, massacre
- cas-ruisgte
- a. barefoot
- cat
- nm. g.v. cait; pl. cait, cat
- cath
- nm. g.+a; v. chaith; pl.+an, fight, battle, fighting
contest
- càth
- nf. g. càithe; d. càith, husks of corn, chaff
- cathag
- See cadhag
- cathair
- nf. g. -rach; pl. -raichean, chair
- cathair
- nf. g. -rach; pl. -raichean, city
- cathair-thalanta
- and -thalmhainn
nf. plantain, yarrow; inflected
on the first element
- càthar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl. -air, mossy ground, mountain bog
- ce
- who, what?, why?, how?
- cè
- nm. g. cèithe, cream
- cé
- nm.ind. the earth : an cruinne cé, the terrestrial globe
- cead
- nm.ind. leave, permission
- ceadaich
- va. permit, allow
- cèaird
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, trade, handicraft
- cealg
- nf. g. ceilge; d. ceilg, deceit, treachery, hypocrisy
- cealgach
- a. deceitful, treacherous, hypocritical
- cealgair
- nm. pl.+ean, deceiver, hypocrite, rogue
- cealgaireachd
- nf.ind. fraud, hypocrisy
- ceall
- nf. g.d. cill; pl. cilltean, church, cell
- ceana
- whither? See ciona
- ceanail
- a. mild, loving, kindly
- ceanalta
- a. mild, amiable, kind
- ceangail
- va. -al, tie, fasten, bind
- ceangal
- nm. g.v. -ail; pl. -laichean, tie, bond, fastening, binding
- ceanglaidh
- will tie. See ceangail
- ceann
- nm. g.v. cinn; pl. cinn, head, end, chief, extremity
- ceannaich
- va. buy, purchase
- ceannairc
- nf. rebellion, sedition
- ceannairceach
- a. rebellious, seditious
- ceannard
- nm. g.v. -aird; pl.+an, commander, chief, leader
- ceannas
- nm. g. -ais, superiority, headship, chieftainship, the
upper hand
- ceann-bheart
- nm. g.v. -bheirt; pl.+an, headpiece, headgear
- ceann-cinnidh
- nm. head of a clan, chief; inflected on the first
element
- ceann-feachd
- nm. general; inflected on the first element
- ceann-feadhna
- nm. chief, leader; inflected on the first element
- ceann-fine
- nm. chieftain, head of a clan; inflected on the first
element
- ceannlaidir
- a. headstrong, obstinate
- ceannsaich
- va. subdue, quell, tame, conquer, keep under
- ceann-teagaisg
- nm. g.v. cinn-th-; pl. cinn-th-, subject, text
- ceann-uidhe
- nm. g.v. cinn-; pl. cinn-, end of a journey
- ceap
- va. catch, stop, intercept
- cearb
- nf. g. cirbe; d. cirb; pl.+an, rag, tatter
- cearbach
- a. ragged, tattered, awkward
- cearc
- nf. g. circe; d. circ; pl.+an, hen
- cearcall
- nm. g.v. -aill; pl.+an, circle, hoop, ring
- cearc-fhraoich
- nf. g. circe-fr-; d. circ-fhr-; pl. cearcan-fr-,
moorhen, female grouse
- cearc-thomain
- nf. partridge; inflected as cearc-fhraoich
- cèard
- nm. g.v. cèird; pl.+an, tinker, any class of smith
- cèardach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, smithy
- cèarn
- nf. g.+a; d. cèirn; pl.+an, quarter, region
- cèarr
- a. wrong, left-handed
- ceart
- a. right, same, proper, certain : a cheart cho, quite as,
equally : anns a' cheart àite, in the (very) same place
: cearta còmhla, all at once, together
- ceart
- nm. g.v. ceirt, right, justice, propriety
- ceartaich
- va. rectify, adjust, put to rights
- ceartair
- in the phr. : an ceartair, just now
- ceartas
- nm. g.v. -ais, justice, equity
- ceasnaich
- va. catechise, examine
- ceathach
- nm. g.v. -aich, mist, fog
- ceathairne
- nf.ind. peasantry, yeomanry, portion of population
fit for warfare
- ceatharnach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, kerne, stout, trusty
peasant
- ceatharnas
- nm. g.v. -ais, heroism
- ceathramh
- nm. g.v. -raimh; pl.+an, fourth part, stanza, quatrain
- ceathramh
- num. the fourth
- ceathrar
- nm. and f. g.v. -air, four persons collectively
- ceigeach
- a. squat, shapeless, clumsily formed
- ceigean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, thick short man
- ceigeineach
- a. podgy, squat
- ceil
- va.+tinn and cleith, conceal, hide
- céile
- nm. spouse, companion, partner, fellow
- ceilear
- nm. g.v. -eir, singing or chirping of birds; light, lively
music
- ceilearadh
- nm. g.v. -aidh, carolling, singing
- ceilg
- See cealg
- céilidh
- nf. pl.+ean, gossiping, visiting
- céill
- See ciall
- céin
- a. far, distant, remote; also cian
- céir
- nf. g.+e, wax
- ceirsle
- nf. d. -idh; pl.+an, ball of worsted, clew of yarn (better
ceirtle)
- ceist
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, question, controversy
- ceist
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, darling, regard
- ceistear
- nm. g.v. -eir; pl.+an, catechist
- Ceit
- pnf. Kate
- céitean
- nm. g.v. -ein, May, beginning of summer
- ceithir
- num. four
- ceò
- nm. mist, fog
- ceòban
- nm. g.v. -ain, small drizzling rain
- ceòbanach
- a. dewy, misty, drizzly
- ceòl
- nm. g.v. ciùil, music
- ceòlmhor
- a. musical, tuneful
- Ceòsag
- pnf. g.d. -aig, meaning the `bunchy one'
- ceud
- num. hundred; first : ceudan, hundreds : an ceud and a'
cheud, the first
- ceudna
- the same, before mentioned : mar an ceudna, similarly,
likewise, also
- ceum
- nm. g.v. céim; pl.+annan, step, pace, degree
- ceus
- va. crucify, torture
- ceutach
- a. becoming, elegant, beautiful
- ceutaiche
- a. more becoming, more elegant, more beautiful
- cha
- not; precedes v. beginning with con. except f
- cha mhór
- almost : cha mhór nach faodar a ràdh, it may almost
be said
- cha mhór nach
- almost
- cha 'n
- not; precedes v. beginning with vow. and fh
- cha robh ann ach
- there was but
- chaidh
- va.irr. went, happened, was, has passed : chaidh aca
air, they succeeded : chaidh dha, it happened to him
- cheana
- phr. word for : air cheana, already
- chéile
- each other, one another, both : bhuail iad a chéile, they
struck one another : dh' fhalbh iad le chéile, they went
away together : coltach ri chéile, like one another
- chì
- va.irr. will or shall see
- chionn
- for : a chionn, because
- chìtear
- va.irr. will or shall be seen
- chìtheadh
- va.irr. would or should see
- chìthinn
- va.irr. I would see
- cho
- equally, as, so : cho math ri sin, as good as that
- chuala
- va.irr. heard
- chuca
- prep.pron. to them
- chugad
- prep.pron. to you, s.
- chugaibh
- prep.pron. to you, pl.
- chugainn
- prep.pron. to us
- chugam
- prep.pron. to me
- chuice
- prep.pron. to her
- chuid
- in : aon chuid, neither (with the neg.)
- chuige
- prep.pron. to him
- chuireadh
- was put, would put, was invited. See cuir
- chuireas
- will put. See cuir
- chuirinn
- va. I would put. See cuir
- chum
- phr. word for : a chum, to, for, for the purpose of, in order
to, so that
- chun
- unto, until : chun a' bhaile, unto the town
- chunnaic
- va.irr. saw
- cia
- for : ce, which? what? : cia as, whence : cia meud, how much,
how many
- ciabh
- nf. g. -a; pl.+an, lock of hair
- ciad
- num. See ceud
- cial
- nm.ind. side or brim of a vessel
- ciall
- nf. g. céille; d. céill, meaning, sense, understanding
- ciall
- nf. g. céille; d. céill, darling
- ciallach
- a. sensible, discreet, judicious
- ciallaich
- va. signify, mean
- ciamar
- for : ceamar, how? in what way? in what manner?
in what state or condition? : ciamar a tha thu, how are you?
- cian
- a. céine, remote, foreign; also céin
- cianail
- a. -ala, melancholy, pensive
- cianalas
- nm. g.v. -ais, melancholy, dullness, pensiveness
- ciar
- a. céire, dusky, dark-grey or brown
- ciatach
- See ceutach
- cileadair
- nm. pl.+ean, trustee, agent
- cill
- nf. g.+e; pl.+tean, church, cell, burying-ground. See ceall
- Cill-earna
- pnf. Killearn
- Cill-rìbhinn
- pnf. St. Andrews
- cineal
- nm. g.v. -eil; pl. -eilean, offspring, clan, species
- cinn
- va.+tinn, grow, increase, spring from
- cinn
- See ceann
- cinneach
- nm. g.v. -ich; pl. -ich, nation
- cinneadh
- nm. g.v. -idh; pl. -idhean, clan, tribe, kin
- cinneas
- nm. g.v. -eis, growth, increase, crop, growing thing
- Cinn-ghèarrloch
- pnm. Kingairloch
- Cinn-rois
- pnm. Kinross
- cinnt
- nf. g.+e, certainty
- cinnteach
- a. certain, sure, evident, positive : cinnteach as,
certain of it
- cinntinn
- v.n. growing, increasing, prospering
- Cinn-t-sàile
- pnm. Kintail
- cìob
- nf. g.+a, a mountain grass
- cìobair
- nm. pl.+ean, shepherd
- cìoch
- nf. g. cìche; d. cìch; pl.+an, woman's breast
- cìocras
- nm. g.v. -ais, keen longing, excessive desire, greediness
- ciod
- what? : ciod è, what is it?
- cion
- nm. want, desire, esteem, love
- ciona
- whither. See ceana
- cionn
- nm. head : os cionn, above, overhead : a chionn, because
: o chionn tri làithean, three days ago
- cionnas
- how? in what way or manner? by what means?
- cionta
- nm. pl.+n, guilt, sin
- ciontach
- a. guilty
- ciontaich
- va. transgress, be guilty of
- ciorram
- nm. g.v. -aim; pl.+an, disaster, mishap
- cìosaich
- and cìosnaich va. subdue
- ciotach
- a. lefthanded, sinister, awkward
- cìr
- va. comb, tease, as wool
- cìr
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, comb, cud, crest of a cock
- cirb
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, corner. See cearb
- circe
- See cearc
- cìs
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, tax, tribute
- ciste
- nf. pl.+achan, chest, coffin
- ciùil
- See ceòl
- ciùin
- a. calm, peaceful, mild, smooth, placid
- ciùin
- vn. become quiet; become calm
- ciùineas
- nm. g.v. -eis, calm, peacefulness, quietness
- ciùinich
- va. render quiet, assuage, appease, calm, pacify
- ciùrr
- va. hurt, injure
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