ListOfAdjectives_D


 * ~  ||~   ||~ meaning ||~ keywords ||~ notes ||
 * //** daonnan **// ||  || always ||   || 1. // Bidh thu daonnan a' faighinn nan litrichean. // (You always get the post); ||
 * //**daor**// ||  || expensive ||   || 1. //Tha a h-uile rud cho daor.// (Everything is so expensive); ||
 * //** deagh **// ||  || good ||   || 1. Pre-nominal adjective; 2. // deagh naidheachd // (good news); ||
 * //**deàlrach**// || //deàlraiche// || shiny, sparkling, luminous || -ach || 1. Derived from: //deàlraich// (to shine, sparkle); ||
 * //** dearbh **// ||  || the very same ||   || 1. See also: // an aon // 'the same'; 2. // Thill sinn don dearbh thràigh an ceann beagan làithean. // 'We returned to the same beach after a few days.' - RM; // 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; ||
 * //**dearg**// || //deirge// || red || colour || 1. //an t-arm dearg// (the redcoat army); //na saighdearan dearga// (the redcoat soldiers); ||
 * //**deas**// ||  || right (hand), south ||   ||   ||
 * //** dèidheil **// || // dèidheile // || eager, keen || -il || 1. // Tha iad déidheil air Gàidhlig ionnsachadh. // (They are keen to learn Gaelic.); ||
 * //**deiseil**// || // deiseile // || ready || -il || 1. // Tha e an dòchas gu bheil an obair deiseil. // (He hopes that the work is finished.); 2. See also: // deisealaich // (to prepare); ||
 * //**deònach**// || //deònaich// || willing ||  || 1. //deònach a bhith ag obair// (willing to work); 2. // Cha robh iad deònach sinn a dhèanamh. // (They were not willing to do that - BBC); ||
 * //** deurach **// || // deuraiche // || tearful, weeping ||  || 1. Derived from: // deur // (m, a tear, teardrop); 2. // Chuala mi rìbhinn òg 's i deurach. // (I heard a tearful young maiden - Julie Fowlis); ||
 * //**dian**// ||  || intense, hard ||   ||   ||
 * //**dìleas**// || // dìlse // || loyal, faithful ||  || 1. //dìleas do ...// (loyal to sb); dìleas don rìgh (loyal to the king); 2. See also: // dìlse // (f, loyalty), // dìlseachd // (f, loyalty); 3. // neo-dhìleas // (disloyal, unfaithful); ||
 * //** dìomhair **// || // dìomhaire // || secret, mysterious, dormant ||  || 1. // rud dìomhair // (m, a secret); // rùn-dìomhair // (m, a secret); // Samhraidhean Dìomhair // (Secret Summers - book title); 2. See also: // dìomhaireachd // (f, secrecy); ||
 * //**dìreach**// ||  || straight ||   ||   ||
 * //**dlùth**// || //dlùithe// || close, near ||  || 1. // duine sam bith aig a bheil dlùth-cheangal ris na h-àiteachan far a bheil Gàidhlig ga bruidhinn // (anyone who has a close connection with the places where Gaelic is spoken - Gairm 58: 1967); ||
 * //**do-dhèante**// ||  || impossible ||   ||   ||
 * //** dòigheil **// || // dòigheile // || comfortable ||  || 1. // Tha a h-uile duine gu dòigheil. // (Everybody is fine.); ||
 * //**doirbh**// ||  || difficult ||   ||   ||
 * //**domhainn**// || //doimhne// || deep ||  || 1. //cuir ... gu domhainn fon talamh// (to put sth deep below the ground); ||
 * //**dona**// ||  || bad ||   ||   ||
 * //**donn**// || // duinne // || brown || colour || 1. Tha falt soilleir donn orm. (I have light brown hair.); ||
 * //**dorcha**// || //duirche// || dark ||  || 1. Alternative: //dorch// ; 2. //Bha e a fàs dorch.// (It was getting dark); 3. See also: //dorchadas// (darkness); 4. // na Linntean Dorcha //, // an Linn Dhorcha // (the Dark Ages); ||
 * //** draghail **// || // draghaile // || worried, concerned || -il || 1. // Tha sinn gu math draghail mu dheidhinn sin. // (We are quite concerned about that - BBC); ||
 * //** draoidheil **// || - || magic, magical, druidical || -il || 1. // brat draoidheil // (m, a magic carpet); 2. Derived from: // draoidh // (m, a druid); ||
 * //** draosda **// || - || lewd, prurient, smutty ||  || 1. Sometimes written as: // draosta //; ||
 * //**dreachmhor**// || //dreachmhoire// || comely, handsome || -mhor || 1. //boireannach dreachmhor// (a comely woman); ||
 * //** dualtach **// || // dualtaiche // || likely, liable ||  || 1. // Bha sinn dualtach a bhith cur ar muin­ighin ann an àireamhan. // (We were liable to be relying on numbers.); ||
 * //**dubh**// || // duibhe // || black || colour || 1. // cho dubh ris a' ghual // (as black as coal); // cho dubh ris an t-sùith // (as black as soot); 2. Antonym: // geal // (white); 3. // Laighidh dubh air gach dath, ach cha laigh dath air dubh. //(Proverb: Black obscures every colour, but no colour obscures black. ??); 4. // dubh-fhacal // (m, a puzzle, enigma, paradox); ||
 * //**duilich**// || // duilghe //, // dorra // || sorry; hard, difficult ||  || 1. // Tha mi duilich mu dheidhinn sin. // (I am sorry about that.); 2. // Tha mi duilich sin a chluinntinn. //(I am sorry to hear that.); 3. // Dh’fhàs cùisean duilich. // (Conditions deteriorated, became difficult - RM); ||
 * //** dùth **// || // dùtha // || natural, native, hereditary; fitting, proper ||  || 1. See also: // dùthaich // (f, country), // dùthchail // (rural), // dùthchas // (m, heredity), // dùthchasach // (hereditary, a native), // dùthchasail // (indigenous); 2. // Is dùth do neach a ghnè fhèin a shireadh. // (It is natural for one to seek one's own kind. Birds of a feather flock together - CM); // Cha dùth do dhuine a bhith air a chumail a-staigh mar sin. // (It is not natural for a man to be kept inside like that - CM); 3. // ... agus, mar bu dùth, ... // (... and, as is fitting, ... - CM); // Is dùth dha gu bheil ... // (It is fitting for him that ... - CM); ||
 * //** dùthchail **// || // dùthchaile // || rural, rustic, country, local || -ail || 1. Derived from: // dùthaich // (f, country), // dùth // (natural); 2. See also: // dùthchas // (m, heredity), // dùthchasach // (hereditary, a native), // dùthchasail // (indigenous); 3. // na bailtean dùthchail // (the rural villages); 4. See also: // cathaireil // (urban); ||
 * //** dùthchasach **// || // dùthchasaiche // || hereditary, endemic, indigenous, instinctive, natural, native, traditional, vernacular || -ach || 1. Derived from: // dùthchas // (m, heredity), // dùthaich // (f, country), // dùth // (natural); 2. See also: // dùthchasail // (indigenous), // dùthchasach // (m, a native); 3. // cànan a tha dùthchasach do dh'Alba // (a language which is indigenous to Scotland); // rud a tha dùthchasach dhomh // (something which is natural to me - CM); // The e nas dùthchasaiche do dh'Alba na ceòl sam bith eile. //(It is more indigenously Scottish than any other music.); // Tha gobhair dùthchasach bho thùs don Ear-Mheadhanach. // (Goats are originally native to the Middle East - RM); // craobhan dùthchasach // 'native trees'; ||
 * //** dùthchasail **// || // dùthchasaile // || indigenous, national, native || -ail || 1. Derived from: // dùthchas // (m, heredity), // dùthaich // (f, country), // dùth // (natural); 2. See also: // dùthchasach // (hereditary, a native); 3. // am fear-labhairt dùthchasail mu-dheireadh // (the last native speaker - CM); ||

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