Faclair Gàidhlig - Beurla
Gaelic - English Dictionary
- g'
- for : gu, to
- 'g
- for : ag, at
- 'ga
- for : ag a, at his, at her
- g'a
- for : gu a, to his, to her
- gab
- nm. tattling mouth (L.Sc. gab)
- gabh
- va.+ail, take, receive, admit of, accept, go, proceed
: na gabh ort, never let on : ghabh e eagal, he took fright
: gabh air t' aghaidh, go on : gabh romhad, get you gone
: gabh air, beat him : gabh beachd, take note : ghabh an teine,
the fire began to kindle
- gàbhadh
- nm. g. -aidh; pl. -aidhean; danger, peril
- gabhail
- v.n. taking, receiving, accepting, going, proceeding
- gabhar
- nf. g. gaibhre; d. -air; pl. -air, goat
- gabhar
- va. will be taken, etc. See gabh
- gach
- each, every
- gad
- nm. g.v. goid; pl. goid, withe, switch, twisted twig
- gàd
- nm. g.+a; v. ghàid; pl. gàdaichean, iron bar, bar of
metal
- gadaiche
- nm. pl.+an, thief
- gadhar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl. -air, grey-hound, lurcher dog
- gàg
- nf. g.d. gàig; pl.+an, cleft, chink, fissure
- Gaidheal
- pnm. g.v. -eil; pl. -eil, a Gael; Ban-ghaidheal, a Gaelic
woman
- Gaidhealach
- a. Gaelic by race
- Gaidhealtachd
- nf.ind. Gaeldom, the name of the country occupied
by the Gaels, usually termed the Highlands of Scotland
- Gàidhlig
- nf. the language of the Gaels
- gàidsear
- nm. g.v. -eir; pl.+an, gauger, excise officer
- gailleann
- nf. g.d. -inn, wintry weather, storm, tempest
- gaineamh
- nf. g.d. -imh, sand
- gainmheach
- nf. g.d. -ich, sand
- gainne
- nf.ind. want, scarcity
- gàir
- nm. g.+e, outcry, shout, din
- gairbh
- See garbh
- gairbhe
- nf.ind. roughness; a. rougher
- gàirdeachas
- nm. g.v. -ais, rejoicing, joy
- gàirdean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, arm, fore-arm
- gàire
- nf.ind. a laugh
- gàireachdaich
- nm.ind. laughing
- gairge
- nf.ind. ferocity, fierceness
- gairisinn
- nf. detestation, revulsion
- gairm
- va. call, crow as a cock, proclaim
- gairm
- nf. g.+e; pl.+eannan, call, proclamation
- gaisge
- nf.ind. valour, bravery, feats of arms
- gaisgeach
- nm. g.v. -ich; pl. -ich, champion, hero, warrior
- gaisgeil
- a. heroic, valorous
- gaithean
- See gath
- gal
- nf.ind. weeping
- galar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl.+an, disease
- Gall
- nm. g. Goill; pl. Goill, foreigner, a Scottish Lowlander
- galla
- nf. pl.+chan, bitch, female dog
- gallda
- a. foreign, belonging to a strange land, belonging to
Lowland Scotland
- Galldachd
- nf.ind. the country occupied by the non-Gaelic
speakers of Scotland, usually termed the Lowlands of Scotland
: air a' Ghalldachd, in the Lowlands
- gamhainn
- nm. g. -na; pl. -na, year-old calf, stirk
- gamhlas
- nm. g.v. -ais, hatred, spite
- 'gan
- prep.pron.poss. at their
- gann
- a. scarce, scarcely, rare : mu'n gann, ere scarce
- gaoid
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, blemish, defect
- gaoil
- See gaol
- gaoir
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, loud noise
- gaoisneach
- a. hairy, shaggy
- gaoith
- See gaoth
- gaol
- nm. g.v. gaoil, love, fondness, beloved object
- gaolach
- a. loving, beloved, fond
- gaoth
- nf. g. gaoithe; d. gaoith; pl.+an, wind : gaoth tuath,
north wind : gaoth deas, south wind : gaoth an ear, east wind
: gaoth an iar, west wind
- gaothmhor
- a. windy; also, gaothar
- gar
- va. warm at a fire
- gar
- proximity : an gar, near
- gar
- = ged nach, although not : gar an till e, although he should
never return
- garadh
- nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, den, cave
- garbh
- a. thick, rough, coarse, hoarse, harsh
- garbh-chnàmhach
- a. big-boned
- garbh-litir
- nf. g. -litreach; pl. -litrichean, capital letter
- garg
- a. fierce, bitter, tart, acrid, pungent, wrathful
- gàrradair
- nm. pl.+ean, gardener
- gàrradh
- nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, wall, garden
- gàrradh-droma
- nm. march dike; inflected on the first element
- gàrradh-ploc
- nm. turf wall; inflected on the first element
- gart
- nm. g.v. gairt; pl. gairt, enclosure; standing corn
- gartan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, garter
- gàrthaich
- nf. shouting, roaring, crying
- gas
- nf. g. gaise; d. gais; pl.+an, stalk, stem of a herb, bough,
twig
- gasda
- a. excellent, splendid, good, first rate
- gasg
- nm. g.+a; v. ghaisg; pl.+an, tail, appendage
- gath
- nm. g.+a; v. ghaith; pl.+an or +annan, sting, dart
- ge
- though, although
- ge
- for ce, in the phrase : ge b'e, whoever he was, or whatever it
was
- gèadh
- nf. g.d. geòidh; pl. geòidh, goose
- geal
- a. gile, white
- gealach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aich, the moon
- gealag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, salmon trout
- gealaich
- va. whiten
- gealbhan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, little fire
- geall
- va. +tainn, promise, pledge
- geall
- nm. g.v. gill; pl. gill, pledge, bet, wager
- geall
- nm. desire, love : an geall air, with the mind set upon
- gealltainn
- v.n. promising
- gealtach
- a. cowardly
- gealtachd
- nf.ind. timidity, cowardice
- gealtair
- nm. pl.+ean, coward
- geamhradh
- nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, winter
- gean
- nm. g.+a, good humour, mood, humour
- gean-math
- nm. good-will; inflected on both elements
- gearain
- va. gearan, complain
- gearan
- nm. g. -ain; pl.+an, complaint, discontent, grumbling
- gearasdan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, garrison, fort
- Gearasdan in : An Gearasdan
- pnm. Fort William; contraction
for : Gearasdan Ionbhar-lòchaidh, the garrison of Inverlochy
- gèard
- nm. g.v. gèaird; pl. gèaird, guard, defence
- Gearmailt nf. in : A' Ghearmailt
- pnf. Germany
- Gearmailteach
- pnm. g.v. -ich; pl. -ich, a German; a. German, of
or belonging to Germany
- gèarr
- va. gearradh, cut : gearradh leum, making leaps, cutting
capers
- gèarr
- a. giorra, short
- gèarr
- nf. g.+a; pl.+an, hare
- gearran
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, a gelding, garron
- geata
- nm. g.+idh; pl.+chan, gate
- ged
- although, though
- géig
- See geug
- géill
- vn. yield, submit, obey
- geilt
- nf. g.+e, fear, terror, dread
- geimheal
- nm. g.v. -eil; pl. -lean, fetter, chain
- geinn
- nm. g.+e; pl.+ean, wedge
- geir
- nf. g.+e, tallow, grease, suet
- géiread
- See geurad
- geòcair
- nm. pl.+ean, glutton
- geòla
- nf. pl.+chan, yawl, ship's boat
- geug
- nf. g.d. géig; pl.+an, branch, bough
- geum
- nm. g. geuma; pl.+an, low of a cow
- geumnaich
- nf. lowing of a cow
- geur
- a. géire, sharp, sharp pointed, acute, shrewd; acrid, bitter,
tart, acid, sour
- geurad
- nm. g. -aid, sharpness, sourness; also géiread
- geur-inntinneach
- a. sharp-witted
- geur-leanmhuinn
- nf. persecution; inflected on second element
- geur-shuileach
- a. sharp-eyed
- gheibh
- va.irr. will get, will find
- gibeach
- a. rough, hairy, fringed, shaggy
- gidheadh
- nevertheless, yet; accented on second syllable
- Gìgean
- pnm. g.v. -ein, meaning `dwarfish one'
- gil
- See geal
- gilb
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, chisel
- gile
- nf.ind. whiteness, fairness
- gille
- nm. pl.+an, lad, youth, man-servant
- gille-carbaid
- nm. coachman. Inflected on the first element
- gille-mirein
- nm. teetotum. Inflected on the first element
- gille-ruadh
- nm. name for a fox; inflected on both elements
- gille-ruith
- nm. runner, forerunner; inflected on the first element
- gin
- va. +tinn, beget
- gin
- nm. any one; with the negative, no one, nobody, none : gin
'sam bith, any one
- gineal
- nm. g.v. -eil; pl.+an, offspring, race, breed
- ginealach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -achan, generation, offspring
- gìogan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, thistle
- giomach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, lobster
- giorag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, fear, dread, noise
- giorrad
- nm. g. -aid, shortness
- giùlain
- va. -an, carry, bear, endure, behave
- giùlan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, carrying, bearing, enduring, behaviour,
conduct; a corpse and its bier
- giuthas
- nm. g.v. -ais, fir
- glac
- va. take, seize, catch hold of
- glac
- nf. g.d. glaic; pl.+an, hollow, valley; hollow of the hand
- glacadh
- v.n. taking, seizing, catching hold of
- glag
- nm. g.v. glaig, the noise of anything falling, thud; horse
laugh
- glag-gàire
- nm. horse laugh, guffaw; inflected on first element
- glaic
- nf. g.+e; pl. glacan, valley, hollow; the palm, a grasp
- glainead
- nf. g.d. -id, cleanness, purity
- glais
- va. glasadh, lock, secure
- glan
- a. glaine, clean, clean-limbed, pure
- glan
- va. clean, cleanse, purify, wipe clean
- glaodh
- va. +aich, cry, shout, proclaim
- glaodh
- nm. g.v. glaoidh; pl. glaoidh, a cry, shout
- glaodh
- nm. g.v. glaoidh, glue, bird-lime
- glaodhaich
- nm.ind. crying, calling, proclaiming
- glas
- nf. g. glaise; d. glais; pl.+an, lock, fetter : glas-làmh,
handcuff
- glas
- a. grey
- glas
- va. and vn. turn grey
- Glascho
- pnm. Glasgow
- glé
- very; precedes adj. and asp.con.; glé thric, pretty often
- gleac
- va. gleac, fight, strive, struggle, wrestle
- gleac
- nm.ind. fight, strife, struggle, wrestling
- gleadhraich
- nf. noise, din, rattling
- gleann
- nm. g. glinne; v. ghlinn; pl.+tan, glen, valley
- Gleann-airtnidh
- pnm. Glenartney. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-càirn
- pnm. Glencairn. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-comhann
- pnm. Glencoe. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-dochairt
- pnm. Glendochart. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-éite
- pnm. Glenetive. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-falach
- pnm. Glenfalloch. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-freothainn
- pnm. Glenfruin. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-goill
- pnm. Glengyle. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-lìobhann
- pnm. Glenlyon. Inflected on the first element
- Gleann-urchaidh
- pnm. Glenorchy. Inflected on the first element
- gléidh
- va. keep, retain, preserve, depend
- gleus
- nm. g. gleòis or +a; pl.+an, readiness or preparation,
condition, trim; key in music
- gleus
- va. make ready, put in tune, put in trim, adjust, prepare
- gleusda
- a. prepared, clever, expert, well-exercised, tidy, trim,
attuned, diligent
- gleusdachd
- nf.ind. preparation, readiness, expertness, alacrity,
diligence
- glìb
- nf. g.+e, sleet
- glic
- a. glioca and glice, wise, prudent
- glice
- a. wiser, more prudent; also glioca
- glinn
- See gleann
- glioca
- a. See glice
- gliocas
- nm. g.v. -ais, wisdom, prudence
- gliog
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, clink, tinkle
- gloc
- nm. g.v. gloic, clucking, as of a hen
- gloine
- nf. pl.+achan, glass, a glass
- glòir
- nf. g.+e, glory
- glòmanaich
- nf. dusk of eve (L.Sc. gloamin)
- gluais
- va. gluasad, move, stir, agitate, put in motion, affect
- gluasad
- nm. g.v. -aid; pl.+an, moving, movement, motion
- glug
- nm. g.v. gluig; pl.+an, noise of liquid in a vessel (L.Sc.
clunk)
- glùn
- nm. g.v. glùin; pl. glùinean and glùintean, knee, joint of a
plant stem, a generation in genealogy
- gnàth
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an or +annan, manner, fashion, custom
: mar is gnàth, as is customary, according to custom
: is gnàth leis, it is usual for him
- gnàthaich
- va. practice, use
- gnàthfhacal
- nm. g.v. -ail; pl. -lan, proverb, a saying
- gnàths
- nm. g.v. gnàiths, custom, habit; for gnàthas
- gnè
- nf.ind. a kind, a sort; nature, quality
- gnìomh
- nm. g.+a; pl.+annan or +arran, deed, action
- gnob
- nm. g.v. gnoib; pl.+an, hillock, knoll, knob, tumour
- gnog
- nm. g.v. gnoig; pl.+an, a knock with the knuckles
- gnos
- nm. g.v. gnois; pl.+an, snout
- gnothuch
- nm. g.v. -uich; pl. -uichean, business, affair, a matter,
circumstance, errand : cha dean e an gnothuch, it won't
serve the purpose
- gnù
- a. forbidding, repellant, surly
- gnùis
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, face, countenance
- gò
- nm.ind. lie, deceit, fault
- gob
- nm. g.v. guib; pl. guib, beak, bill of a bird
- gobach
- a. beaked, garrulous, talkative
- gobair
- nm. pl.+ean, talker, babbler (L.Sc. gabber)
- gobha
- nm. g.+inn; pl. goibhnean, smith, blacksmith
- gobhal
- nm. g.v. -ail; pl. goibhlean, fork, a forked object, a
forked support; the space between the legs
- gobhar
- See gabhar
- gobhar-athair
- nm. snipe; inflected on first element
- góbhlach
- a. forked
- gobhlan-gaoithe
- nm. g.v. -ain-gh-; pl. -ain-gh-, swallow; inflected
on the first element
- goc
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, cock of a vessel
- godadh
- nm. nodding
- gog
- nm. a. cackle
- gogail
- nf. cackling
- gogan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, small cogue (L.Sc. coggie)
- goid
- va. steal, pilfer, slip away by stealth
- goid
- nf. g.+e, stealing, pilfering, slipping away by stealth
: air an goid, stolen
- goil
- va. goil, boil
- goil
- nf. boiling : air ghoil, boiling, at the boiling point
- goile
- nf. pl.+an or +achan, stomach, appetite
- goireas
- nm. g.v. -eis; pl. -eis, convenience, tools, apparatus
- goirid
- a. giorra, short; n. short time : bho chionn ghoirid, a
short time ago
- goirt
- a. sore, sour, painful, salt
- goirtean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, little field of corn; patch of
arable land
- goirteas
- nm. g.v. -eis, soreness, painfulness
- goirtich
- va. and vn. hurt, pain, cause pain; make sour, become
sour
- gon
- va. wound, blast, annoy; bewitch
- gòrach
- a. foolish, silly, unwise, thoughtless
- gorm
- a. blue, green
- gorrac
- nm. g.v. -aic, croak
- gorracail
- nf. croaking
- gorsaid
- nf. pl.+ean, gorget
- gorta
- nf. famine
- grab
- va. interrupt, hinder, stop, prevent, impede
- grabadh
- nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, interruption, hindering,
impediment, stopping
- grabh
- va. engrave
- gràcan
- nm. g. -ain, querulous noise of hens
- grad
- a. quick, sudden, hasty, irascible
- gradag
- nf. g. -aig; pl.+an, jiffy, short interval of time
- gràdh
- nm. g.v. gràidh, love, affection, beloved, beloved object
- gràdhach
- a. lovely, lovable
- gràdhaich
- va. love
- gràin
- nf. g.+e, disgust, abhorrence
- graing
- nf. g.+e, loathing, disgust; frown, grimace
- gràinne
- nm. pl.+achan, a grain, small quantity
- gramaich
- va. hold fast, take hold of, cling to
- gramail
- a. strong, vigorous, having power to resist
- gramasag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, bite, anything to chew
- grànda
- a. gràinde, ugly, ill-favoured
- gràs
- nm. g.v. -àis, pl.+an, grace, favour
- gràsmhor
- a. gracious, propitious
- greadhnach
- a. festive, pompous, joyful
- greann
- nm. g.+a, grim, surly look; bristling of hair as on an
enraged dog
- greannmhor
- a. comely, sweet, agreeable, as applied to females
- greas
- va. and vn. +ad, hasten, urge, incite to speed : greas ort,
hurry up, be smart, be quick
- gréidh
- va. prepare or dress victuals
- greim
- nm. g. grama; pl. gramannan, a hold, bite, stitch in
sewing, a bite with the teeth : greim bìdh, `a bite of food'
- greim-bàis
- nm. death-grip; inflected on the first element
- gréin, gréine
- See grian
- greis
- nm. g.+e; pl.+ean, a while : car greis, for a time, for a
while : an ceann greis, after a while
- gréis
- nf. g.+e, needle work : obair gréis, embroidery work
- Greumach
- pnm. g.v. pl. -aich, a Graham; a. of or belonging to
the Grahams
- greusaich
- nm. pl.+ean, shoemaker
- grian
- nf. g. gréine; d. gréin; pl.+an, sun : a' ghrian, the sun
- grianach
- a. sunny
- grinn
- a. beautiful, shapely, neat, pretty
- grinneas
- nm. g.v. -eis, neatness, beauty, elegance
- grinneal
- nm. g.v. -eil, bottom of the sea, river or well; gravel
- Griogair
- pnm. Gregor
- Griogarach
- pnm. g.v., pl. -aich, a MacGregor; a. of or belonging
to the Clan Gregor
- grìogag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, bead, pebble
- grioglachan
- nm. g.v. -ain, The Pleiades (constellation)
- grìos
- va. entreat, abet, encourage, beseech, solicit, pray
- grìosach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, burning embers
- grìosadh
- v.n. beseeching, praying, abetting
- grod
- a. rotten, putrid
- gròiseid
- nf. pl.+ean, gooseberry (L.Sc. groset)
- gruag
- nf. g. gruaige; d. gruaig; pl.+an, hair of the head, wig
- gruagach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, young woman
- gruaidh
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, a cheek
- gruaim
- nf. g.+e, gloom, surly look, sullenness, melancholy
- gruamach
- a. gloomy, surly, sad
- grunnaich
- va. touch the bottom, sound the depth
- gruth
- nm. g.v. gruith, curds
- grùthan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, liver
- gu
- prep. to
- gu
- before adj. with the force of -ly in Eng. : gu grad, quickly
- Guaigean
- pnm. g.v. -ein, meaning `little whimsical fellow'
- guaillean
- See guala
- gual
- nm. g.v. guail, coal
- guala
- nf. g.d.+inn; pl. guaillean, shoulder
- guanach
- a. giddy, lighthearted
- Guanag
- pnf. g.d. -aig, a dog's name, meaning `little coquettish
one'
- gucag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, bud, bubble, globule, bell
- gudaboc
- nm. g.v. -buic, for budagoc, one of the several names for
`snipe'
- gu dé
- for : ciod è
- guib
- See gob
- guidh
- va. and vn. pray, beseech, entreat, wish earnestly
- guidhe
- nm. pl.+achan, prayer, entreaty, wish, imprecation
- guil
- va. gul, weep, lament
- guileag
- nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, warble, swan's dying note
- guin
- va. wound, pierce, sting
- guineach
- a. sharp-pointed, keen, bitterly malicious
- guir
- va. and vn. gur, lie upon eggs, breed, fester
- guirean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, pimple, pustule
- guirme
- a. bluer; nf. blueness
- gul
- nm. g. guil, weeping, lamenting
- gu'm
- = that, in order that; precedes v. beginning in p,b,f,m
- gu'n
- = that, in order that; precedes vs. other than those beginning
in p,b,f,m
- gun
- prep. without, followed by asp.con., t,d,s excepted
- gùn
- nm. g.v. gùin; pl. gùintean, gown
- gunna
- nm. pl.+ichean or +chan, gun, cannon
- gunnair
- nm. pl.+ean, gunner
- gur
- nm. g.v. guir; pl. guir, brood of birds, festering, hatching
- gur
- that, precedes n. and adj. beginning in con.
- gur h-
- that, precedes n. and adj. beginning with vow.
- gus
- until, to, preceding an, the art. of the n., and the verbal
part : gus an till mi, until I come back
- guth
- nm. g. -a, v. ghuith; pl.+annan, voice, word, syllable