ListOfCommonNouns_F

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 * //**facal**// ||= M || //facail//, //faclan// || //facail// || a word ||  || 1. //facal-faire// (m, a password); 2. // seanfhacal //(m, a proverb); this is a true compound, pronounced ['ʃanǝxkǝl], clearly distinct in both meaning and pronunciation from the phrase // seann fhacal // (an old word), pronounced ['ʃaun 'axkǝl]; 3. // dubh-fhacal // (m, a puzzle, enigma, paradox); ||
 * //** fadachd **// ||= F ||  || // fadachd // || longing ||   || 1. // bi fadachd air ... gus an ... // (to be longing to do sth); //Tha fadachd orra gus am faigh iad a-mach dhan ghàrradh//. (They are longing to get out to the garden.); 2. Same as: // fadal // (m, longing); ||
 * //** fadal **// ||= M ||  || // fadail // || longing ||   ||   ||
 * //**faicsinneachd**// ||= F ||  ||   || visibility || -achd || 1. Derived from: //faicsinneach// (visible); 2. //do-fhaicsinneachd// (invisibility); ||
 * //** fàileadh **// ||= M || // fàilidhean // || // fàilidh // || a smell, scent, odour ||  || 1. // Bha am fàileadh 'na cuinnleanan. // (The smell was in her nostrils - CLxCh); ||
 * //**fàilte**// ||= F ||  ||   || a greeting, salutation, welcome ||   || 1. //cuir fàilte air ...// (to welcome/salute sth); 2. // Bidh Caisteal Dhùn Èideann a' cur fàilte air corr math is muillean de luchd-tadhail gach bliadhna. // 'Edinburgh Castle welcomes more than a million visitors every year.'; ||
 * //**fàinne**// ||= M/F || //fàinneachan// || //fàinne// || a coil, ring ||  || 1. //fàinne phòsda// (a wedding ring); //fàinne solais// (a halo); 2. cf. // seud // (m, a jewel), // bann-làimhe // (m, a bracelet); ||
 * //** faire **// ||= F ||  || // faire // || guard, vigil ||   || 1. // facal-faire // (m, a password); ||
 * //** fàire **// ||= F ||  || // fàire // || horizon, skyline ||   || 1. // air fàire // (on the horizon); ||
 * //** fallaineachd **// ||= F ||  || // fallaineachd // || wellbeing, soundness, health, fitness || -achd || 1. Derived from: // fallain // (healthy); 2. // slàinte agus fallaineachd // (health and wellbeing); ||
 * //**fallainn**// ||= F || //fallainnean// || //fallainne// || a cloak, mantle, cape || clothing-item || 1. Alternative form: //fallaing// ; ||
 * //**falt**// ||= M || //fuilt// ||  || a hair ||   || 1. //bioran-fuilt// (m) - a hairpin; 2. // Tha falt soilleir donn orm. // (I have light brown hair.); ||
 * //**fànas**// ||= M ||  || //fànais// || outer space || -as || 1. //long-fànais//, //fànas-long// (f) - a spaceship; ||
 * //** farpais **// ||= F || // farpaisean // || // farpaise // || a competition ||  || 1. See also: // farpaiseach // (m, a competitor); // co-fharpais // (f, a competition, contest); // co-fharpaiseachd // (f, competition - abstract); // farpais-cheiste // (f, a quiz); ||
 * //** farpaiseach **// ||= M || // farpaisich // || // farpaisich // || a competitor || -ach || 1. Derived from: // farpais // (f, a competition); 2. See also: // co-fharpaiseach // (m, a competitor; competitive); // co-fharpaiseachd // (f, competition - abstract); ||
 * //**fàsach**// ||= M? || //fàsaichean// || //fàsaich// || a desert, a wilderness ||  || 1. Derived from: //fàs// (barren, empty) and //fàsaich// (to depopulate, ravage). ||
 * //**fàsalachd**// ||= F ||  ||   || void || -achd || 1. Derived from //fàsail// (deserted, desolate); 2. I don't know if this is countable or not. ||
 * //**fasgadh**// ||= M || //fasgaidhean// ||  || a shelter ||   || 1. //thoir fasgadh do ...// (to give shelter to sb); ||
 * //** fastaiche **// ||= M || // fastaichean // || // fastaiche // || an employer || -iche, person || 1. Derived from: // fastaich // (to employ); ||
 * //** fastaidhear **// ||= M || // fastaidhearan // || // fastaidheir // || an employer || -ar, person || 1. Derived from: // fastaidh // (to employ); ||
 * //** fathann **// ||= M || // fathainn // || // fathainn // || rumour, hearsay ||  ||   ||
 * //** feachd **// ||= F || // feachdan // || // feachd // || an army, force, legion || -achd || 1. // Innsidh mi dhuibh mu fheachd Albannach ann an Lochlann. // (I'll tell you about a Scottish army in Scandinavia - RM); // Bidh sinn a' cluinntinn mu fheachdan Lochlannach ann an Alba. // (We hear about Scandinavian armies in Scotland - RM); 2. cf. arm? armailt?; ||
 * //**feadan**// ||= M || //feadanan// || //feadain// || a tube, spout ||  ||   ||
 * //**feadh**// ||= M ||  ||   || length ||   || 1. //air feadh + GEN// (throughout, during); //air feadh na Gàidhealtachd// (throughout the Highlands); ||
 * **//feadhainn//** ||= F ||  ||   || some people; a group of people ||   || 1. //Bha an t-eagal air feadhainn roimhe.// (Some people were afraid of him); 2. //an fheadhainn as sine// (the oldest); // an fheadhainn a bha san tubaist //(the ones who were in the accident, the victims); // Dh’fhalbh an fheadhainn mu dheireadh anns na seasgadan. // (The last ones left in the 1960s - RM); 3. // Dh'fhalbh feadhainn. // (Some left - RM); // Tha feadhainn ann fhathast. // (Some are still there - RM); ||
 * **//feannag//** ||= F || //feannagan// ||  || a crow || bird -ag ||   ||
 * //**fear**// ||= M || //fir// || //fir// || a man, one (M) || person || 1. //fear dhiubh// (one of them); 2. // fear-reic // (m, a salesman); ||
 * //** fearann **// ||= M || // fearainn // || // fearainn // || land, farmland ||  ||   ||
 * //** fearg **// ||= F ||  || // feirge // || anger, ire || emotion || 1. // cuir fearg air ... // (to anger sb); 2. See also: // feargach // (angry), // feargaich // (to enrage); ||
 * //**feasgar**// ||= M || //feasgair//, //feasgaran// || // feasgair // || an afternoon, evening ||  || 1. //feasgar samhraidh a bha seo// (one summer's evening); // feasgar ciùin an tùs a' Chèitein // (a tranquil evening at the start of May - Julie Fowlis); ||
 * //** fèill **// ||= F || // fèillean //, // fèilltean // || // fèille // || a fair, sale, market; a carnival, festival, holy day ||  || 1. // fèill nan laogh // (the calf sale/market); ||
 * **// fèis //** ||= F || // fèisean // || // fèise // || a feast, festival ||  ||   ||
 * //** feise **// ||= F ||  || // feise // || copulation, sexual intercourse ||   ||   ||
 * **//feòil//** ||= F ||  ||   || meat || solid ||   ||
 * //**feum**// ||= M ||  || //feuma// || a need ||   || 1. //Tha feum agam air ...// (I have a need for ..., I need ...); 2. //feum air ...// (a need for ...); 3. // dèan feum do ... // (to be of use to ...; be useful to ...); 4. // gun fheum // (useless); // Tha an càr gun fheum. // (The car is a write-off.); 5. // cuir feuman an cèill // (to express needs); 6. See also: // feum // (to need); ||
 * //**feur**// ||= M || //feòir// || // feòir // || grass ||  || 1. // Cha robh feur a' fàs san t-sìde thioram. // (Grass was not growing in the dry weather.); ||
 * //**feusag**// ||= F || //feusagan// || //feusaige// || a beard || -ag ||  ||
 * //**fiadh**// ||= M || //fèidh// || //fèidh// || a deer || animal || 1. cf. //boc// (m) - a buck; //earb// (f) - a doe; //damh// (m) - a stag; 2. // earbaichean agus fèidh // (roe deer and red deer - RM); ||
 * //** fianais **// ||= F || // fianaisean // || // fianaise // || evidence, testimony ||  || 1. // thoir fianais (an aghaidh + GEN) // - to protest (against sth); // Sheas e còraichean daoine fianais a thogail gu sìtheil air an t-sràid. // (He stood up for people's rights to protest peacefully in the street - RM); // Fhuair Raibeart sia seachdainean sa phrìosan airson a bhith a' togail fianais. // (Robert received six weeks in prison for protesting - RM); ||
 * **//fidheall//** ||= F || //fìdhlean// ||  || a fiddle || musical-instrument ||   ||
 * **//fìdhlear//** ||= M || //fìdhlearan// ||  || a fiddler || person -ar ||   ||
 * //**fileantach**// ||= M || //fileantaich// || //fileantaich// || a native speaker || -ach || 1. From: //fileanta// (fluent); ||
 * **//fileantachd//** ||= F ||  || //fileantachd// || fluency || -achd || 1. From: //fileanta// (fluent); 2. //fileantachd sa Ghàidhlig// (fluency in Gaelic); 3. //fìor-fhileantachd// (f) - real fluency; ||
 * //**fiodh**// ||= M ||  ||   || wood (material) || solid ||   ||
 * **//fìon//** ||= M || - || // fìona // || wine || liquid || 1. Borrowed from Latin 'vinum'; ||
 * //** fionnarachd **// ||= F ||  || // fionnarachd // || coolness || -achd || 1. Derived from: // fionnar // (cool); 2. See also: // fionnaraich // (to cool); ||
 * //**fios**// ||= M || // fiosan // || // fiosa // || knowledge ||  || 1. //bi fios aig ... gu/có ...// (to know that/who ...); 2. //cuir fios gu ...// (to let sb know); 3. // Mar fios dhuibh. // (For your information - FYI.); 4. // fios-naidheachd // (m, a press release); // fiosan-naidheachd // (press releases); 5. ??aithne?? 6. // gun fhiosta do ... // (without letting sb. know); // Rinn i deiseil gun fhiosta do Chaluim. // (She got ready without letting Calum know); ||
 * **//fìrinn//** ||= F ||  || //fìrinne// || truth ||   || From: fìor (true) ||
 * //**fleasgach**// ||= M || //fleasgaich// || //fleasgaich// || a bachelor, a youth || person, -ach || 1. cf. //maighdeann// (f) - a spinster, maiden; ||
 * **//foghlam//** ||= M ||  || //foghlaim// || education ||   || 1. Is this a verbal noun?; 2. //foghlam dà-chànanach// (bilingual education); ||
 * //** fòirneart **// ||= M || - || // fòirneirt // || violence ||  || 1. See also: // fòirneartach // (violent); // neart // (m, energy); ||
 * //** follais **// ||= F || - || - || openness, publicness ||  || 1. // Tha e air tighinn am follais gu bheil i ... // (It has come to light that she is ...); ||
 * ** //fòn// ** ||= M ||  ||   || a telephone ||   || air an fhòn?? air a' fòn ||
 * **//fonn//** ||= M || //fuinn// || //fuinn// || a tune, melody ||  ||   ||
 * //**fòram**// ||= M || //fòraman// || //fòraim// || a forum ||  || 1. //fòram coimhearsnachd// (a community forum); ||
 * //** fortan **// ||= M ||  || // fortain // || a fortune; luck ||   || 1. // Rinn e fortan thall thairis. // (He made a fortune abroad.); ||
 * **// fradharc //** ||= M ||  || // fradhairc // || sight, eyesight, vision ||   ||   ||
 * //** fraoch **// ||= M || - || // fraoich // || heather ||  || 1. Also: // cearc-fhraoich // (f, a grouse); ||
 * //** fras **// ||= F || // frasan // || // froise // || a rainshower ||  || 1. // bogha-froise // (m, a rainbow); 2. See also: // fras // (to rain); // frasach // (rainy); // frasachd // (f, rain); 3. // fras sneachda // (f, a snow shower); ||
 * //** frasachd **// ||= F ||  || // frasachd // || rain || -achd || 1. Derived from: // frasach // (rainy); 2. See also: // fras // (to rain); // fras // (f, a rainshower); ||
 * //**freiceadan**// ||= M || //freiceadain// || //freiceadain// || a guard, sentry || person, group || 1. //am Freiceadan Dubh// (the Black Watch); //freiceadan-oirthire// (m, a coastguard); 2. // Thug na freiceadain Dòmhnall air ais don Rìgh. // (The guards took Donald back to the king - RM); ||
 * //** freumh **// ||= M || // freumhan // || // freumha // || a root ||  ||   ||
 * //** frìth **// ||= F || // frìthean // || // frìthe // || a deer park, a deer forest ||  || 1. // Rathad na Frìthe Àirde // (the road of the high deer forest - Frithard Road, Plockton); ||
 * //**fuachd**// ||= M ||  ||   || cold ||   ||   ||
 * //**fuarachd**// ||= F ||  || //fuarachd// || coldness || -achd || 1. //Rìoghachd na Fuarachd// (the Kingdom of Coldness); 2. From: //fuar// (cold); ||
 * //**fuaradair**// ||= M || //fuaradairean// || //fuaradair// || a refridgerator || -adair || 1. From: //fuar// (cold); ||
 * **//fuil//** ||= F ||  || fula? || blood || liquid ||   ||
 * //** fulangas **// ||= M ||  || // fulangais // || suffering, endurance, tolerance || -as || 1. Derived from: // fuiling // (to suffer); 2. // Bha e dhen bheachd gun robh Crìosdachd a' cur cus cuideim air fulangas às deidh a' bhais. // (He thought that Christianity put too much emphasis on suffering after death - RM); ||

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