ListOfCommonNouns_L

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 * ~ nominative
 * //**lach**// ||= F || //lachan// || //lacha// || a (wild) duck || bird ||  ||
 * **//lagh//** ||= M || //laghannan// || //lagha// || a law ||  || 1. //cùis-lagha// (f) - a lawsuit, a legal case; // bean-lagha // (f, a female lawyer); 2. See also: // laghail // (legal); ||
 * //**làir**// ||= F || //làraichean// || //làire//, //làrach// || a mare || animal || 1. cf. //each// (m, a horse), //loth// (f, a filly), //bioraiche// (m, a colt); //capall// (m) - a mare, colt; ||
 * //**làmh**// ||= F || //làmhan// || //làimhe// || a hand || body-part || 1. See also: //làimhsich// (to handle, finger, feel); 2. //làmh-sgrìobhainn// (f) - a manuscript; 3. See also: //meur// (f) - a finger; //òrdag// (f) - a thumb; //corrag// (f) - a finger; //cas// (f) - a foot; 4. //an deidh làimh// (afterwards, subsequently); //ro làimh// (previously); 5. // bann-làimhe //(m, a bracelet); 6. // faisg air làimh // (close by, near at hand); ||
 * < //**laoch**// ||= M ||< //laoich// ||< //laoich// ||< a hero, warrior ||< person ||<  ||
 * //** laogh **// ||= M || // laoigh // || // laoigh // || a calf (young cow) || animal || 1. See also: // bó // (f, a cow) etc; 2. // fèill nan laogh // (f, the calf sale/market); ||
 * //** laoidh **// ||= M || // laoidhean // || // laoidh // || a hymn, anthem ||  || 1. cf. // òran // (m, a song); ||
 * //**làr**// ||= M || //làir//, //làran// || //làir// || a floor ||  ||   ||
 * //**làrach**// ||= F || //làraichean// || //làraich// || a site ||  || 1. //làrach-lìn// (a website); 2. // Chaidh an sgoil a thogail air làrach ostail nan caileagan. // (The school was built on the site of the girl's hostel - BBC); ||
 * //**latha**// ||= M || //lathaichean//, // làithean // || // latha // || a day ||  || 1. //Bha iad a' coiseachd airson dà latha.// (They walked for two days); 2. // làithean-saora // (pl, holidays); 3. // cola-deug // (f, a fortnight), from // cóig-latha-deug //; // ceala-deug // (f, a fortnight), from // ceithir-latha-deug //; // Thèid na sanasan a chraobh-sgaoileadh a-màireach air STV, airson cho mhòr ceala-deug. // (The adverts will be broadcast tomorrow on STV, for about a fortnight - BBC); 4. // bho latha gu latha // (from day to day, i.e. on a daily basis, every day); 5. // Thill sinn don dearbh thràigh an ceann beagan làithean. // 'We returned to the same beach after a few days.' - RM; 6. // an latha roimhe // '(on) the day before', ' (on) the previous day'; // cathair leathair eile, dhen dearbh sheòrsa ’s a fhuair sinn an latha roimhe // 'another leather chair, of the same kind as the one we found the day before' - RM; ||
 * //**làthair**// ||= F ||  ||   || presence ||   || 1. //bi an làthair// (to be present, to attend); 2. //Bha sluagh mòr an làthair.// (There was a large turnout); ||
 * **//leabaidh//** ||= F || //leapannan// || // leapa // || a bed || furniture-item || 1. // Bha leisg oirre brù bhlàth na leapa fhàgail. // (She was loath to leave the warm belly of the bed - CLxCh); ||
 * //**leabhar**// ||= M || //leabhraichean// || //leabhair// || a book ||  || 1. // Sgrìobh e móran leabhraichean air eich, siubhal agus eachdraidh. // (He wrote a lot of books about horses, travel and history - RM); ||
 * ** //leabharlann// ** ||= M || //leabharlannan// ||  || a library || building || Is this a compound? ||
 * //**leanabh**// ||= M || // leinibh //, //leanabhan//, //leanaban// || // leinibh //, //leanaibh// || a child, infant || person || 1. // Tha dùil aig Brìghde ri leanabh. // (Bridget is expecting a baby.); 2. //pàiste// ??; ||
 * //**leannan**// ||= M || //leannain// || //leannain// || a love, paramour, sweetheart || person || 1. See also: //leannanachd// (f) - courtship; ||
 * //**leannanachd**// ||= F ||  || //leannanachd// || courtship || -achd || 1. From: //leannan// (m) - sweetheart; ||
 * **// leantalachd //** ||= F ||  || // leantalachd // || continuity || -achd || 1. Derived from: // lean // (to follow); ||
 * //**leas**// ||= M ||  ||   || benefit, advantage ||   || 1. //Cha leig thu a leas innse dhomh.// (You needn't tell me); //Cha leigeadh iad a leas innse dhomh.// (They needn't have told me, They didn't need to tell me); // Cha leigeadh i (a) leas an stiùireadh a leughadh. // 'She didn't need to read the instructions.'; ||
 * //** lèigh **// ||= M || // lèighean // || // lèigh // || a physician, doctor || person || 1. See also: // lèigh-ainmidhean // (m, a vet); 2. See also: // leighis // (to cure); ||
 * **//lèine//** ||= F || //lèintean// ||  || a shirt || clothing-item ||   ||
 * //** leisg **// ||= F || - || // leisge // || disinclination, inertia ||  || 1. See also: // leisg // (lazy); 2. // Bha leisg oirre sin a dhèanamh. // (She was loath to do that); ||
 * //**leisgeul**// ||= M || //leisgeulan// || //leisgeil// || an excuse, an apology ||  || Alternative form: lethsgeul - Is this a compound? ||
 * //** leithid **// ||= F || // leithidean // || // leithide // || an equal, peer, equivalent ||  || 1. // Tha Julie air an liosta còmhla ri seinneadairean leithid Katy Perry, Jessi J, ... // (Julie is on the list along with singers such as ...); ||
 * //** leòmhann **// ||= M || // leòmhainn // || // leòmhainn // || a lion || animal || 1. Also: // leòghann //; ||
 * //**leth**// ||= M ||  ||   || a half ||   || 1. //anns an leth mu dheireadh dhen ochdamh linn deug// (during the latter half of the 18th century); 2. //leth de mhulachag càise// (a half-cheese, i.e. a half of a whole cheese); 3. //leth-mhulachaig// (a half-cheese); 4. // fa leth // (?); // pàrantan a tha a' strì airson sgoil Gàidhlig fa leth ann am Port Rìgh // (parents who are fighting for a separate Gaelic school in Portree - BBC); 5. // air leth // (particularly); // Bha air leth taiceil do sgrìobhadairean air feadh Alba. //(He was particularly supportive of writers all over Scotland - APC); 6 . // 'na leth-chadal // (dozing); // Sheas i 'na leth-chadal a' coimhead air an t-solas bheag dhearg. // (She stood dozing, looking at the little read light - CLxCh); ||
 * //**leughadair**// ||= M ||  ||   || a reader || -adair || From: leugh (to read) ||
 * **//linn//** ||= F || //linntean// || //linne// || a century, an era, an age || time || 1. //anns an fhicheadamh linn// (in/during the 20th century); 2. //Linn an Umha// (the Bronze Age); // Linn na Cloiche // (the Stone Age); // Nuadh Linn na Cloiche // (the Neolithic); // an Linn Dhorcha // (the Dark Ages); 3. // ri linn + GEN //(with regard to ...); 4. // Bha Raibeart Coineagan Greumach fhèin ainmeil ri a linn. // (Robert Cunningham Graham was himself famous in his day - RM); ||
 * //**lìon**// ||= M || //lìn//, //lìontan// || //lìn// || a net, a web ||  || 1. //làrach-lìn// (a website); ||
 * //** lìonmhorachd **// ||= F || - || // lìonmhorachd // || abundance || -achd || 1. Derived from: // lìonmhor // (abundant); 2. // Bha lìonmhorachd nan làmh a' dèanamh na h-obrach aotrom. // 'Many hands make light work.'; 3.// rach an lìonmhorachd // 'to increase'; // Chaidh àireamh obraichean an lìonmhorachd. // 'The number of jobs increased.'; ||
 * **//lionn//** ||= M || //lionntan// ||  || beer || liquid ||   ||
 * **//litir//** ||= F || //litrichean// || // litreach // || a letter (character or epistle) ||  || 1. See also: // litrich // (to spell), // litreachd // (f, literacy), // litireil // (literal), // litireileas // (m, literalness), // litricheas // (m, literature), // litreachail // (literary); ||
 * **//litreachas//** ||= M || - || // litreachais // || literature || -as || 1. Derived from: // litir // (f, a letter), // litrich // (to spell); 2. See also: // bàrdachd // (f, poetry); // rosg // (m, prose); ||
 * //**loch**// ||= M || //lochan// || //locha// || a lake ||  || 1. //ri taobh an locha// (beside the lake); ||
 * //** lòine(ag) **// ||= F || // lòine(ag)an // || // lòin(eig)e // || a snowflake || (-ag) || 1. See also: // bleideag // (f, a snowflake); // clòimhneag // (f, a snowflake); // clàdan // (m, a snowflake); // cleit(eag) // (f, a snowflake); ||
 * //**long**// ||= F || //longan// || //luinge// || a ship || vehicle || 1. cf. //bàta// (m) - a boat; //soitheach// (?) - a vessel; 2. //long-chogaidh// (f) - a warship; //long-fànais//, //fànas-long// (f) - a spaceship; //long-fo-mhuir// (f) - a submarine; ||
 * //**loth**// ||= F || //lothan// || //lotha// || a filly || animal || 1. cf. //each// (m, a horse), //làir// (f, a mare), //bioraiche// (m, a colt); //capall// (m) - a mare, colt; ||
 * //**luach**// ||= M ||  ||   || value, worth ||   || 1. //Gheibh thu luach an airgid.// (You will get your money's worth); 2. See also: //luachmhor// (valuable); ||
 * //** lùb **// ||= M || // lùban // || // lùib // || a loop, bend ||  || 1. // an lùib + GEN // (attached to sth, involved with sth); // Tha an osdail an lùib seo. // (The hostel is involved - BBC); ||
 * //** luchd **// ||= M ||  || // luchd // || a group of people ||   || 1. // luchd-naidheachd // (a group of reporters, journalists); // luchd-rannsachaidh // (a group of researchers); // luchd-ealain // (artists); // Bha e 'na charaid pearsanta do mhòran ùghdaran is luchd-ealain ainmeil. // (He was a personal friend to many famous authors and artists - RM); // luchd-reic // (salespeople); // luchd-ceannach //(m, buyers, purchasers);// luchd-àraich // (m, breeders (of livestock)); // luchd-tadhail // 'visitors'; // 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.'; 2. See also: // neach // (m, a person); // fear // (m, a man); // bean //, // tè // (f, a woman); ||
 * //** lughad **// ||= F || - || // lughaid // || littleness ||  || 1. Derived from: // lugha // (comparative form of // beag // - small); 2. // rach an lughad // (to decline, decrease, become less); // Is ann a' dol an lughaid a tha an àireamh sluaigh a tha a' bruidhinn na Gàidhlig mar chainnt mhàthaireil. // (The number of people who speak Gaelic as their native language is declining - Gairm 58: 1967); ||
 * //** lus **// ||= M || // lusan // || // luis // || a plant ||  || 1. // Tha torr chraobhan dùthchasach ann, a bharrachd air lusan eile. // 'There are many native trees, as well as other plants.'; ||

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