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Facail don Fhaclair

1/16/2015

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Seo cuid de na faclan a chuir mi ris an Fhaclair  'Am Faclair Beag' air loidhne.

Some of the following are Gaelic words or phrases which I've submitted to the online Gaelic dictionary. The list is an ongoing process.

buailidheachd  buəlɪjəxg/ 
boir. neo-ath.
transhumance

callaid teud kaLɪdʲ tʲiad/
wire fencing

cròlainneach /krɔːLɪNʲəx/
bua. coi. -nniche
1. hunched, stooped  2. crippled

fraoilean /frɯːlan/
fir. gin. -ein
1. flurry, fluster, agitation  2. excitement 3. tipsiness

isear /iʃər/
fir. gin. -eir, iol. -an
byre gutter  (Lewis)

nì /Nʲiː/
ainmear iolra
cattle / bha iad a-muigh leis a' nì

ròcas duine 
a grumpy/brooding/dark person

sapraisg /sahbrɪʃgʲ/
boir. iol. -ean
1 (soap) suds 2 soapy water

Seanchas Arcach nan Lochlannach 
Orkneyinga Saga

sìg feòir 
large stack of hay, large haystack (long and rectangular with a pitched top)

spideag (bheag) de chreutair 
a right wee madam, an over-confident little so-and-so

spléisigeadh /sbleːʃɪgʲəɣ/
fir. gin. -gidh
(act of) pontificating

Struth a' Chuan Siar a' Tuath
North Atlantic Drift  /  Gulf Stream

sumachadh /suməxəɣ/
fir. gin. -aidh
1 (act of) counting 2 souming (number and type of stock a croft may graze on common grazings)

tha Calum 'na ghlòraidh 
Calum is in his element





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