Faclair Gàidhlig - Beurla
Gaelic - English Dictionary
- là and latha
- nm. pl. làithean, day
- là-arn-a-mhàireach
- nm. the morrow
- labhair
- va.+t, speak
- labhairt
- v.n.ind. speaking, speech
- labhrach
- a. talkative, loquacious
- Là-bhreitheanais
- pnm. the Day of Judgment
- lach
- nf. g.+a; d. laich; pl.+an, a wild duck
- lachdunn
- a. dun, tawny, swarthy
- ladar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl. -air, ladle
- ladarna
- a. bold, impudent, shameless
- ladarnas
- nm. g.v. -ais, audacity, impudence
- ladhar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl. -ran, hoof
- lag
- a. weak, feeble, faint
- lag
- nm. g.v. luig; pl.+an, hollow, dell
- lagan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, little hollow or dell
- lagh
- nm. g.+a; pl.+annan, law, order, method : air lagh,
stretched as a bow string
- laghach
- a. nice, tidy, neat, pretty
- laghail
- a. legal, lawful
- laidh
- See laigh
- Lag-an-ràta
- pnm. Logierait
- laidhe
- See laighe
- làidir
- a. +e and treasa (see treise), strong, powerful, secure,
fortified
- laigh
- va. and vn. laighe, lie, lie down, subside, recline
- laighe
- v.n. lying, reclining, subsiding
- laigse
- nf. weakness, debility, feebleness
- làimh ri
- by, near to, at hand. See làmh
- làimhsich
- va. handle, feel or touch with the fingers, finger,
treat a subject, thing or person
- laimrig
- nf. pl.+ean, a landing-place, a natural pier
- làine
- a. fuller
- lainnir
- nf. polish, brightness
- làir
- nf. g. làrach; pl. làraichean, mare
- làirig
- nf. pl.+ean, sloping hill, moor
- laiste
- a. blazing, alight, lighted up
- làithean
- See là
- làmh
- nf. g. làimhe; d. làimh; pl.+an, hand : làmh dheas,
the right hand : làmh chlì, left hand : làimh ri, near to : roimh
làimh, beforehand
- làmhainn
- nf. pl.+ean, glove
- lamh-làidir
- nf. force, violence, the strong hand; inflected on the
first element
- lamh-sgrìobhaidh
- nf. one's hand-writing, signature; inflected on
the first element
- làn
- a. full, complete, filled, satisfied, governs the g. of n.
- làn
- nm. a full, fulness, repletion
- lànan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, married couple, couple of roof
- langan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, bellow of deer
- langanaich
- nf. bellowing of deer
- lann
- nf. g. lainne; d. lainn; pl.+an, blade, sword, scale as of
fish, lancet
- lann
- nf. g. lainne; d. lainn; pl.+an, inclosure, house, repository,
apartment
- Lannraig
- pnf. Lanark
- laoch
- nm. g.v. laoich; pl. laoich, hero, champion, warrior
- laochan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, little hero, familiar term in
applauding a boy
- laogh
- nm. g.v. laoigh; pl. laoigh, calf
- laoidh
- nm. g.+e; pl.+ean, lay, hymn, sacred poem
- laoigh
- See laogh
- lapach
- a. benumbed, feeble, impotent, faltering
- laparan
- nm. g.v. -ain; moving with a halt (L.Sc. hirplin)
- làr
- nm. g.v. làir; pl. làir, the ground, floor, ground floor
- làrach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, the site of a building, abode,
habitation
- las
- va. kindle, set fire to, light, get into a passion
- lasaich
- va. slacken, loose, relax
- lasair
- nf. g. -rach; pl. -raichean, flame, flash of fire
- lasgair
- nm. pl.+ean, young spark
- lasrach
- a. emitting flames
- latha
- nm. day, one day, certain day. See là
- làthach
- nf. g.d. -aich, clay, mire, puddle
- lathail
- a. daily
- làthair
- nf. presence : an làthair, present : 'na làthair, in his
presence : làthair, truly! indeed!
- làthaireachd
- nf.ind. presence
- le
- prep. with, together with, by means of, in possession of, on
the side of
- lèabag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, flounder (L.Sc. fluckie)
- leabaidh
- nf. g. leapa; pl. leapachan, bed
- leabhar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl. -raichean, book, volume
- leabhar aidmheil a' chreidimh
- the book of the Confession of faith
- leabhar-reiceadair
- nm. pl. -reiceadairean, bookseller; inflected
on the second element
- leabhran
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, little book, booklet
- leac
- nf. g. lice; d. lic; pl.+an, flagstone, plate, cheek
- leacann
- nf. g.d. -ainn; pl.+an, steep shelvy ground
- leac-an-teintein
- nf. g.d. lic-; pl. leacan-, hearth-stone
- leadair
- va. +t, mangle, rend, abuse
- leadan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, a rosary, lock of hair, the herb
teazle; a musical strain
- leag
- va. +ail and +adh, throw down, knock down, lay down
- leagail and leagadh
- nm. pl.+ean, fall, throwing down, knocking
down, demolishing, settling down : An leagadh, Adam's fall
- leagh
- va. and vn. melt, become liquid
- leam
- prep.pron.; leamsa, emph.pron.; with me, by me, in my
possession
- leamh
- a. importunate, impertinent, foolish, insipid, silly
- Leamhanach
- pnm. g.v. -aich : An Leamhanach, The Lennox
- lean
- va. +ailt and +tainn, follow, adhere to, stick to, continue
- lèan
- nm. g.+a; v. lèin; pl.+an, meadow, lawn
- leanabail and leanabaidh
- a. childish
- leanaban
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, infant, little child
- leanabh
- nm. g.v. leinibh; pl. -aibh, child
- leanachd (ri)
- nf.ind. sticking to
- lèanag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, little meadow, lawn or plain
- leann
- nm. g.+a, ale, beer, liquor
- leann-dubh
- nm. melancholy, dejection, sadness; inflected on
both elements
- leantainn
- v.n. following, pursuing, adhering to
- leannan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, sweetheart, lover
- learg
- nf. g.d. leirg; pl.+an, sloping plain, a sea coast
- leas
- nm.ind. advantage, benefit, profit, improvement
- leas
- nf. g.d. leis, the thigh; collectively : leasraidh
- leasaich
- va. amend, improve, rectify, correct, manure, cultivate
- leasg
- a. lazy, slothful, unwilling, loath; usually : leisg
- leat
- prep.pron. with you, by you, in your possession
- leatha
- prep.pron. with her, by her, in her possession
- leathad
- nm. g.v. -aid; pl. leòidean, declivity, side of a hill, slope
- leathann
- a. lèithne, broad
- leathar
- nm. g. -rach; v. -air, leather
- leatrom
- nm. g. -truim, burden, weight
- leig
- va. and vn. +eil and +eadh, let, let out, let go, permit,
allow, milk, rain : leig leis, permit him : leigidh mi fhaicinn
duit, I'll let you see : leig as, let away
- leigeil
- v.n. letting, allowing, setting free, raining, milking
- léigh
- nm. pl.+ean, physician, surgeon
- leigheas
- nm. g.v. -eis; pl.+an, cure, remedy; healing, curing
- leighis
- va. -eas, cure, heal, remedy
- léine
- nf. pl. -tean, shirt, shift, smock, winding-sheet
- leinn
- prep.pron. with us, by us, in our possession
- léir
- nm. sight, perception, power of seeing or being seen : is
léir dhomh, I see
- léir
- in the phr. : gu léir, altogether, entirely, wholly
- léir
- va. torment, pain, distress
- léirsgrios
- nm. pl.+an, utter destruction
- leis
- prep.pron. with him, by him, in his possession
- leis
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, thigh. See leas
- leis
- prep. before the art. an : leis an sin, on that account. See le
- leisg
- a. better : leasg
- leisg
- nf. g.+e, laziness, sloth, slothfulness, indolence
- leisgean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, lazy person, sluggard
- leisgeul
- nm. g.v. -eil; pl.+an, excuse, pretence; also lethsgeul
- leithid
- nm. pl.+ean, the like, equal
- leitir
- nf. g. -reach; pl. -richean, side of a hill or country
- leò
- prep.pron. with them, by them, in their possession
- leóghann
- nm. g.v. -ainn; pl.+an, lion
- leóghanta
- a. brave as a lion
- leòinte
- a. wounded, hurt, grieved, afflicted
- leòir
- See leòr
- leòm
- nf. g. leòime; d. leòim, pride, conceit, vainglory
- leòmach
- a. conceited, vainglorious, affected
- leòn
- nm. g.v. leòin; pl.+tan, wound, hurt, grief, affliction
- leòn
- va. wound, hurt, grieve, afflict
- leòr
- nf.ind. plenty, sufficiency, enough : a leòr, his fill : gu
leòir, enough : is leòr leam, I think it sufficient
- le 'r
- with our, by our, for : le ar
- le 'r
- with your, by your, for : le bhur
- leth
- nm.ind. half, one of two : ceud gu leth, a hundred and a
half, 150 : leth-uair, half an hour : leth-taobh, one side
: leth-shuil, one eye : leth-cheann, one side of the head
: leth-lamh, one hand : leth-chas, one leg : leth-bhreac, one
of a pair, correlative, equal, match : as a leth, on his behalf
: leth-thàmh, half idleness : lethcheud, fifty
- leud
- nm. g.v. leòid; pl.+an, breadth
- leudaich
- va. and vn. make broad, enlarge, dilate; enlarge upon
- leug
- nf. g. léige; d. léig; pl.+an, precious stone, jewel
- leugh
- va. read, peruse
- leughadair
- nm. pl.+ean, reader
- leum
- va. leum, leap, jump, bound, skip
- leum
- nm. g.+a; pl.+annan, leap, jump, bound, skip
- leus
- nm. g.v. leòis; pl. leòis, a light, torch, blister, a ray, beam or
blink of light
- liath
- a. léithe, grey, greyheaded, mouldy
- liathaich
- va. and vn. make grey, become grey
- liathghorm
- a. greyish blue
- lic
- See leac
- lide and lideadh
- nm. g.v. -idh; pl. -idhean, syllable, articulation,
least part of a word
- lighiche
- nm. pl.+an, physician, surgeon, leech
- linn
- nm. pl.+tean, generation, age, century; race, offspring,
family
- lìnn
- nm. g.+e; pl.+tean, brood
- linne
- nf. pl.+achan, linn, pool, pond, gulf, arm of the sea
- linntean
- pl. of linn
- liobasta
- a. -aiste, slovenly, awkward, clumsy
- lìomh
- va. polish, smooth
- lìon
- nm. g.v. lìn, lint, flax
- lìon
- nm. g.v. lìn; pl.+tan, net, fishing net
- lìon
- va. and vn. fill, replenish, satiate, become full
- lìon
- in : cia lìon, how many?
- lìonadh
- nm. g.v. -aidh, filling, replenishing, flowing of the tide
- lìonmhor
- a. numerous, plentiful, copious, populous
- lionn
- See leann
- lios
- nf. g. lise; d. lis; pl.+an, garden, orchard
- Lìte
- pnf. Leith
- lìth
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, colour, hue, tinge
- litir
- nf. g. -reach; pl. -richean, letter, epistle; letter of the
alphabet
- litreachas
- nm. g.v. -ais, literature
- litrich
- va. spell, put in letters
- liubhair
- va.+t and -radh, deliver, give to, surrender
- liuthad
- so many, many, several
- lò
- for : là
- lobh
- va. and vn. rot, putrify, make putrid, become putrid
- locar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl.+an, carpenter's plane
- loch
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, loch, lake, arm of the sea
- Loch-abar
- pnm. Lochaber
- lochan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, little loch, pond, dam
- Loch-ceatharn
- pnm. Loch Katrine
- lochd
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, blemish, defect, harm, evil, mischief
- lochdach
- a. faulty, defective; criminal, hurtful
- Loch Laomainn
- pnm. Loch Lomond
- Loch-nan-eala
- pnm. Loch Nell
- lòchran
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, torch, light, lamp
- lodan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, little pool
- lòin
- See lòn
- loinid
- nf. pl.+ean, churn staff
- lòinidh
- nm.ind. rheumatism
- loinn
- nf. g.+e, good condition, comeliness, charm
- loinneil
- a. comely, elegant, beautiful, bright
- loisg
- va. and vn. losgadh, burn, cause to burn, consume, scorch,
fire as a gun, set flame to
- lom
- a. luime, bare, bald, shaven, cropped : air lom, into view
- lom
- nm. g.v. luim, pl. luim, a plain, bare surface
- lomair
- va.+t, fleece; shear, as sheep
- lomairt
- v.n. fleecing, shearing
- lomnochd
- a. naked, uncovered
- lomraich
- va. fleece; shear, as sheep
- lon
- nm. g.v. loin; pl. loin, elk
- lòn
- nm. g.v. lòin, food, provision
- lòn
- nm. g.v. lòin; pl. lòintean, meadow, lawn, morass, pool
- lon-dubh
- nm. g.v. loin-duibh; pl. loin-dubha, blackbird
- long
- nf. g. luinge; d. luing; pl.+an, ship
- lorg
- nf. g. luirge; d. luirg; pl.+an, staff, crutch, haft of a spear
- lorg
- nf. g. luirge; d. luirg; pl.+an, foot-print, track, path, mark
or sign
- lorgaich
- va. trace, track, search, pursue
- lorgair
- nm. pl.+ean, tracker, a dog that follows the scent
- los
- nm.ind. purpose, intention, sake, account : a los, for the
purpose of, for the sake of, on account of, with the intention
of
- losgadh
- v.n. burning, combustion
- losgunn
- nf. g.d. -uinn; pl.+an, frog, toad
- lot
- nm. g.v. loit; pl.+an; wound, hurt
- lot
- va. wound, pierce, hurt
- loth
- nf. g.+a; pl.+an, filly
- lothag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, little filly
- luach
- nm.ind. value, worth
- luachair
- nf. g. -rach, rushes, taken collectively
- luachmhor
- a. valuable, precious
- luadh
- nm. g.v. luaidh, fulling
- luadhadh
- v.n. fulling
- luaidh
- va. luadhadh, thicken cloth by fulling
- luaidh
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, lead, leaden shot, lead or plummet
of sounding line
- luaineach
- a. unsettled, restless, inconstant, fickle, uncertain
- luaisg
- va. and vn. luasgadh, shake, wave, toss, swing, rock
- luaithe
- a. quicker, swifter, faster, sooner, speedier
- luaithre
- nf.ind. ashes
- luasgadh
- v.n. waving, tossing, swinging, rocking
- luath
- nf. g.+ainn; d. luaith, ashes
- Luath
- pnm. dog's name, meaning `speedy'
- luath
- a. quick, swift, fast, fleet, soon, speedy : cho luath 's a,
as soon as
- luathaich
- va. and vn. hasten, make haste, accelerate, speed
- luathas
- nm. g.v. -ais, quickness, swiftness, speed
- lùb
- va. and vn. bend, incline, stoop, humble, yield, consent
- lùb
- nf. g.d. lùib; pl.+an, bend, loop, noose, snare
- lub
- nm. g.+a; v. luib; pl.+annan, pool, dub, puddle
- luch
- nf. g.+a; d. luich; pl.+an, mouse
- luchag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, mousie
- lùchairt
- nf. pl.+ean, palace, castle
- luchd
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, burden, load, cargo
- luchd
- nm. people, folk, a set; used mostly in compound words
- luchdaich
- va. load
- luchd-dàimh
- nm. relations, kindred
- luchd-dùthcha
- nm. countrymen
- luchd-imrich
- nm. flitters, those removing from one residence
to another
- luchd-siubhail
- nm. travellers
- lùdag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, the little finger
- lùdagan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, hinge
- lùdan, lùdnan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, hinge
- lugha
- a. less, smaller
- lughad
- nf. g. -aid, littleness
- lughdaich
- va. and vn. lessen, diminish, assuage, mitigate
- lùib
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, fold, corner, angular turning as of a
stream, creek
- luibh
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, herb, plant
- luid
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, rag, drudge, ragged slovenly one, slut
- luideach
- a. ragged, slovenly, shaggy
- luideag
- nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, little rag
- luideagach
- a. ragged, tattered
- luidhear
- nm. g.v. -eir; pl.+an, chimney, vent
- luidseach
- nm. g.v. -ich; pl. -ichean, lumbering person; also
luidse
- luinge
- See long
- luingeas
- nm. g.v. -eis, shipping; also ship
- luinneag
- nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, ditty, chorus
- lùireach
- nf. g.d. -ich; pl. -ichean, large cloak or covering,
covering of mail, patched garment or covering
- luirg
- nf. g. -inn; pl.+nean, shank, shin, leg, shaft or handle,
haft, stalk of plant
- lunn
- nm. g.v. luinn; pl.+an, handle of an oar, staff, lever, an
unbroken wave
- Lunnainn
- pnf. London
- Lunndaidh
- surname, Lundie
- lunndair
- nm. pl.+ean, sluggard, idler, lazy, indolent person
- lurach
- a. lovely, pretty, nimble, lively, delightful
- luraiche
- a. more lovely, pretty, nimble, lively and delightful
- lurgann
- nf. g.d. -ainn; pl. luirgnean, shin. See luirg
- lus
- nm. g.v. luis; pl.+an, herb, plant, weed
- Lus
- pnm. Luss
- lusach
- a. full of herbs, plants or weeds
- lùth
- nm. g.+a; v. lùith, strength, power, vigour, activity, pith
- lùth-chleas
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, agility, a manly feat, athletic
exercises, sleight of hand, jugglery
- lùthmhor
- a. strong, able, powerful, agile, supple