ListOfCommonNouns_B

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 * ~ nominative
 * //**badan**// ||= M || //badain// || //badain// || a grove, tuft; a nappy ||  || 1. //badan giuthais// (a pine grove, a tuft of pine); ||
 * **//baga//** ||= M || //bagaichean// || //baga// || a bag ||  || 1. //baga-guailne// - a shoulder-bag; //baga-sgoile// - a schoolbag; ||
 * //**baile**// ||= M || //bailtean// ||  || a town ||   ||   ||
 * **//bainne//** ||= M || //bainneachan// ||  || milk || liquid ||   ||
 * //**balach**// ||= M || //balaich// || //balaich// || a boy || person || 1. See also: //balachan// (a little boy); 2. cf. //caileag// (f) - a girl; 3. cf. //gille// (m) - a boy?; ||
 * //**balachan**// ||= M || //balachain// || //balachain// || a little boy || person -an || 1. Derived from: //balach// (a boy); ||
 * //**balgam**// ||=  || //balgaman//, //balgamannan// ||   || a mouthful ||   ||   ||
 * //** ball **// ||= M || // buill // || // buill // || a member; a ball ||  || 1. // ball sneachda // (m, a snowball); ||
 * ** //balla// ** ||= M || //ballachan//, //ballaichean// ||  || a wall ||   ||   ||
 * //** banacharaid **// ||= F ||  ||   || a female friend || person || 1. Derived from: // caraid // (m, a friend); ||
 * //** banaltram **// ||= F || // banaltraman // || // banaltraim // || a nurse || person || 1. Derived from: // altraim // (to nurse); ||
 * ** //banca// ** ||= M || //bancaichean// ||  || a bank (financial institution) ||   ||   ||
 * //**bann**// ||= M || //bannan//, //banntan// || //bainne// , //banna// || a band, belt, bandage ||  || 1. //bann-làimhe// (m, a bracelet); ||
 * //**bàrd**// ||= M || //bàird// || //bàird// || a poet || person || 1. See also: // bàrdachd // (f, poetry); // dàn // (m, a poem); ||
 * ** //bàrdachd// ** ||= F || - || // bàrdachd // || poetry || -achd || 1. Derived from: // bàrd // (m, a poet); 2. See also: // dàn // (m, a poem); // rosg // (m, prose); // litreachas // (m, literature); 3. // bàrdachd Iain Mhic a' Ghobhainn // (the poetry of Iain Smith); ||
 * //**bàrr**// ||= M ||  ||   || a top ||   ||   ||
 * //**barrachd**// ||= F ||  ||   || an additional amount, more || -achd || 1. //Bu chòir Gàidhlig barrachd faighinn.// (Gaelic should get more); 2. // Phàigh iad mu thrì fichead 's deich not a bharrachd sa chumantas air son gach beathaich na phàigh iad an-uiridh. // (They paid about £70 more on average for each animal than they paid last year.); // Tha e a' dol a chosg mòran a bharrachd na bha an dùil. // (It is going to cost much more than expected - BBC); // Tha am pròiseact a' dol a chosg fada fada a bharrachd. // (The project is going to cost much, much more - BBC); 3. // Ach chan fhaigh iadsan an toil a bharrachd. // (But their wish will not be granted //either// - BBC); 4. // Lorg iad an t-airgead a bharrachd a tha a dhìth airson seo a dhèanamh. // (They found the extra money required to do this - BBC); 5. // a bharrachd air ... // 'as wel as ...'; // Tha torr chraobhan dùthchasach ann, a bharrachd air lusan eile. // 'There are many native trees, as well as other plants.'; ||
 * //**bas**// ||= F || //boisean// || //bois// || a palm ||  ||   ||
 * //**bàs**// ||= M || //bàis// || //bàis// || death || event || 1. //bàs na Gàidhlig// (the death of Gaelic); ||
 * **//basaidh//** ||= M || //basaidhean// ||  || a basin ||   ||   ||
 * **//basgaid//** ||= F || //basgaidean// ||  || a basket ||   ||   ||
 * //**bàta**// ||= M || //bàtaichean// ||  || a boat || vehicle ||   ||
 * //**batail**// ||= M || //batailean// || // batail // || a battle ||  || 1. cf. cath, blàr; 2. //às dèidh a' bhatail// (after the battle); // Chaill na h-Albannaich am batail. // (The Scots lost the battle - RM); ||
 * //**beachd**// ||= M || //beachdan// || // beachd // || an opinion ||  || 1. //bi am beachd a dhèanamh ...// (to intend/wish to do sth); 2. // Cha b' e sin beachd an luchd-ceannach. //(That was not the opinion of the buyers.); 3. // bi dhen bheach gu bheil ... // (to be of the opinion that ...); Tha comhairlichean ionadail làidir dhen bheachd, gur e seo an t-àite as fhearr. (Local councillors are strongly of the opinion that this is the best site - BBC); ||
 * //** beagan **// ||= M ||  ||   || a small amount of ||   || 1. Derived from: // beag // 'small'; 2. // Thill sinn don dearbh thràigh an ceann beagan làithean. // 'We returned to the same beach after a few days.' - RM; ||
 * //**bean**// ||= F || //mnathan// || mnaoi (dat sg) || a wife, woman || person || 1. //bean-ghlanaidh// (a cleaning woman); // bean-reic // (a saleswoman); 2. cf. //duine// (m) - a man; ||
 * **//beannachd//** ||= F || //beannachdan// ||  || a blessing || -achd || 1. //Thug e a bheannachd do ...// (he gave his blessing to sth; he blessed sth); 2. cf. //beannaich// (to bless); 3. Borrowed from Latin 'benedictio'; ||
 * //** beart **// ||= F || // beairt // || // beairt // || a contrivance, an instrument ||  || 1. // cas-bheart //, // caisbheart // (f, footwear); ||
 * //** beartas **// ||= M ||  || // beartais // || wealth, riches || -as || 1. Derived from: // beartach // (rich); Alternative spelling: // beairteas //; 3. Related words: // bochdainn // (f, poverty); ||
 * //**beatha**// ||= F ||  ||   || a life, existence ||   || 1. //beatha na coimhearsnachd// (community life); ||
 * //** beathach **// ||= M || // beathaichean // || // beathaich // || an animal, beast || -ach || 1. // Tha còrr is mìle beathach gan reic. // (More than 1000 animals are being sold.); ||
 * //** bèicear **// ||= M || // bèicearan // || // bèiceir // || a baker || person || 1. See also: // bèiceireachd // (f, baking); ||
 * //** bèiceireachd **// ||= F ||  || // bèiceireachd // || baking || activity || 1. Derived from: // bèicear // (m, a baker); 2. // dèan bèiceireachd // (to bake); // Rinn mi bèiceireachd. // (I did some baking.); ||
 * **//beinn//** ||= F || //beanntan// ||  || a mountain ||   ||   ||
 * //** beud **// ||= M || - || - || damage, harm ||  || 1. // Is mór am beud gun/nach do rinn e sin. // (It's a pity that he did/didn't do that.); ||
 * //**beul**// ||= M || //beòil// || // beòil // || a mouth || body-part || 1. //Chuir i biadh air a bheulaibh.// (She set food in front of him.); // Air mo bheulaibh, tha leabhar beag snog. // (In front of me is a nice little book - RM); 2. See also: // bile // (f, a lip); 3. // beul-aithris // (f, folklore, oral tradition); ||
 * //**biadh**// ||= M || //biadheannan// || //bidhe// || food ||  || 1. // gabh biadh // (have sth to eat); // A bheil thu air biadh a ghabhail? // (Have you eaten? Have you had something to eat?); ||
 * //** bian **// ||= M || // bèin // || // bèine // || a skin, fur, pelt || part || 1. // bian gobhair // (the skin of a goat); ||
 * //** bile **// ||= F || // bilean // || // bile // || a lip || body-part || 1. See also: // beul // (m, a mouth); 2. // air bilean an t-sluaigh // (on the lips of the people); ||
 * //**binneas**// ||= M ||  || //binneis// || melody || -as || 1. Derived from: //binn// (tuneful, melodious); ||
 * //**bìoball**// ||=  ||   ||   || a bible ||   ||   ||
 * //**bioraiche**// ||= M || //bioraichean// || //bioraiche// || a colt || animal || 1. cf. //each// (m, a horse), //làir// (f, a mare), //loth// (f, a filly); //capall// (m) - a mare, colt; ||
 * //**bioran**// ||= M || //biorain//, //bioranan// || //biorain// || a pin || -an || 1. //bioran-fuilt// (a hairpin); //bioran-aide// (a hatpin); //bioran-fhiaclan// (a toothpick); //bioran-druma// (a drumstick); ||
 * //**blàr**// ||= M || //blàran// || //blàir// || a battle || event || 1. //beagan às dèidh Blàr Chùil Lodair// (shortly after the Battle of Culloden); ||
 * //**blas**// ||= M ||  ||   || taste, flavour, accent ||   ||   ||
 * //**blàths**// ||= M ||  ||   || warmth || -as? || From: //blàth// (warm); ||
 * //** bleideag **// ||= F || // bleideagan // || // bleideige // || a flake; snowflake || -ag || 1. // bleideag sneachda // (f, a snowflake); 2. See also: // clòimhneag // (f, a snowflake); // lòine(ag) // (f, a snowflake); // clàdan // (m, a snowflake); // cleit(eag) // (f, a snowflake); ||
 * **//bliadhna//** ||= F ||  ||   || a year ||   || 1. //anns na h-ochd bliadhna a chaidh seachad// (for the last 8 years); // Tha iad air a bhith a' feitheamh ceithir bliadhna mar-thà. // (They have been waiting for four years already - BBC); 2. //bliadhna Theàrlaich// (the year of the Jacobite rebellion, 1745/6); //a h-uile seachd bliadhna// (every seven years); 3. From Old Gaelic //blíadain//, genitive singular //bliadna// ; 4. // Tha mi air a' chóigeamh bliadhna anns an sgoil. // (I am in fifth year/grade at school.); ||
 * //**bó**// ||= F || //bà// || boin (dat sg) || a cow || animal || 1. cf. //tarbh// (m) - a bull; //damh// (m) - an ox, bullock; //agh//, //atharla// (f) - a heifer; ||
 * //**boc**// ||= M || //buic// || //buic// || a buck || animal || 1. cf. //fiadh// (m) - a deer, //earb// (f) - a doe; //damh// (m) - a stag; ||
 * //** bochdainn **// ||= F ||  || // bochdainn // || poverty, want ||   || 1. Derived from: // bochd // (poor); 2. Related words: // beartas // (m, wealth); ||
 * //**bodach**// ||= M || //bodaich// || //bodaich// || an old man || person || 1. cf. //cailleach// (f) - an old woman; 2. // bodach sneachda // (m, a snowman); // bodach na Nollaige // (m, Santa Claus); ||
 * //** bogha **// ||= M || // boghachan //, // boghannan // ||  || a bow ||   || 1. // bogha-froise // (m, rainbow); ||
 * //** boglach **// ||= F || // boglaichean // || // boglaiche // || a bog, marsh, swamp ||  || 1. Derived from: // bog // (soft, moist); ||
 * //**boireannach**// ||= M || //boireannaich// || //boireannaich// || a woman || -ach || cf. tè? ||
 * //**bolcàno**// ||= M || //bolcànothan// ||  || a volcano ||   ||   ||
 * **//borbair//** ||= M || //borbairean// || // borbair // || a barber, hairdresser || person -air ||  ||
 * //**bòrd**// ||= M || //bùird// || //bùird// || a table || furniture-item ||  ||
 * //**botal**// ||= M ||  ||   || a bottle ||   || Old spelling: "botul". ||
 * //**bothag**// ||= F || //bothagan// || //bothaig// || a bothy, small hut || -ag || 1. cf. //bothan// ; ||
 * //**bothan**// ||= M ||  ||   || a bothy, small hut || -an || 1. //bothan-àirigh// (a shieling bothy); 2. cf. //bothag// ; ||
 * //** brà **// ||= F || // bràthntan // || // bràthan // || a quern (a hand mill) ||  || 1. // brà-phiobair // (f, a pepper-mill); ||
 * **//bracaist//** ||= M || //bracaistean// ||  || breakfast ||   ||   ||
 * //**bradan**// ||= M || //bradain// || //bradain// || a salmon || fish ||  ||
 * //**brag**// ||= M || //bragan// || //braig// || a crack (i.e. sound), bang ||  || 1. //Bha brag gunna ann.// (There was a gunshot); 2. // le brag // (with a bang); ||
 * //** brat **// ||= M || // bratan // || // brata // || a cloak, mantle, cover, mat, sheet ||  || 1. // brat-ùrlair // (m, a carpet, rug); // brat draoidheil // (m, a magic carpet); ||
 * //** bratach **// ||= F || // brataichean // || // brataich // || a flag ||  || 1. bratach Innis Tìle (the flag of Iceland); ||
 * //**bràthair**// ||= M || //bràithrean// || //bràthar// || a brother || person?, relative || 1. cf. //piuthar// (f) - a sister; 2. //bràthair-céile// (m) - a brother-in-law, spouse's husband; 3. // Tha bràthair agam. // (I have a brother.); ||
 * //**breabadair**// ||= M || //breabadairean// || //breabadair// || a weaver || person || 1. Also means "daddy-long-legs" i.e. a kind of insect; ||
 * //**breac**// ||= M || //bric// || //bric// || a trout || fish ||  ||
 * //**breug**// ||= F || //breugan// || // brèige // || a lie, an untruth ||  || 1. //labhair breug// (to tell/utter a lie); ||
 * //**breunag**// ||= F || //breunagan// || //breunaige// || a slattern, slut || person, -ag ||  ||
 * //**bròg**// ||= F || //brògan// || //bròige// || a shoe || clothing-item ||  ||
 * //**brot**// ||= M ||  ||   || soup ||   ||   ||
 * //** brù **// ||= F || // bronnaichean //, // bronnan // || // bronn // || a belly, stomach, womb ||  || 1. Dative singular: // broinn //; 2. // Bha brù mhór air. // (He had a big stomach.); // Bha leisg oirre brù bhlàth na leapa fhàgail. // (She was loath to leave the warm belly of the bed - CLxCh); ||
 * //** bruach **// ||= F || // bruaichean // || // bruaich // || a bank, edge ||  || 1. // air bruaichean a' chanàil // (on the banks/sides of the canal); air bruaich na h-aibhne (on the riverbank); 2. // Bruach Chluaidh // (Clydebank); ||
 * **//buaidh//** ||= F || // buaidhean // || // buaidhe // || an effect, influence ||  || 1. //bi buaidh aig ... air ...// (to have an effect on ...); 2. //thoir buaidh air ...// (to have an effect on ..., to influence ..., to affect ...); // Tha an samhradh fìor thioram air droch bhuaidh a thoirt air cho mòr agus fallain ‘s a tha stoc. // (The very dry summer has had a negative effect on the size and health of livestock.); 3. // buaidh foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig // (the effect of Gaelic-medium education); ||
 * //**buidheann**// ||= F || //buidhnean// || //buidhne//, //buidhinn// || a group, organisation, agency ||  || 1. //buidheann stiùiridh// (a steering group/committee); // buidhinn carthannais //(a charity); 2. // buidheann mhòr de mhadaidhean-cuain // (a large pod of killer whales); 3. // buidhnean Gàidhlig // (Gaelic agencies/bodies); ||
 * //**buil**// ||= F || //builean// || //buile// || an effect, consequence ||  ||   ||
 * //** buille **// ||= F || // buillean //, // builleachan // || // buille // || a beat, blow ||  || 1. // Dh'fhuiling litreachas na h-Alba buille mhòr o chionn ceala-deug. // (Scottish literature suffered a big blow a fortnight ago - APC); ||
 * **//buntàta//** ||= M ||  ||   || potatoes ||   ||   ||
 * **//bùrach//** ||= M ||  ||   || a mess ||   ||   ||
 * //**bùrn**// ||=  ||   ||   || water || liquid ||   ||
 * //**bus**// ||= M || //busaichean//, //busan// ||  || a bus || vehicle ||   ||
 * //**bùth**// ||= F || //bùthan//, //bùithtean// ||  || a shop ||   || 1. // Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil a' bhùth fosgailte fhathast. // (I hope that the shop is still open.); ||

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