ListOfAdjectives_C


 * ~  ||~   ||~ meaning ||~ keywords ||~ notes ||
 * //**cabach**// || //cabaiche// || garrulous || -ach || 1. From: //cab// (a gab, gob); ||
 * //** cabhagach **// || // cabhagaiche // || abrupt, sudden, hasty || -ach || 1. Derived from: // cabhag // (f, a hurry); 2. // Dùin do shùilean agus tionndaidh gu cabhagach trì tursan! // (Close your eyes and turn around quickly three times!) ||
 * //** cabhlachail **// || - || naval || -il || 1. Derived from: // cabhlach // (m) 'fleet'; ||
 * //**cànanach**// ||  || linguistic || -ach || 1. Derived from: //cànan// (m) - a language; 2. //dà-chànanach// (bilingual); ||
 * //** caochlaideach **// || // caochlaidiche // || changeable, volatile, variable, fickle || -ach || 1. Derived from: // caochail // (to change, vary); 2. // Tha an aimsir caochlaideach. // (The weather is changeable.); 3. See also: // caochlaideachd // (f, variableness, volatility); 4. Alternative: // caochlaidheach //; ||
 * //** caol **// || // caoile // || narrow, thin, slender ||  || 1. See also: // caol // (m, a firth, kyle, strait); // caolas // (m, a channel, strait, sound); 2. // caol-shràid // (f, a lane, i.e. narrow street); ||
 * **// carthannach //** || // carthannaiche // || charitable || -ach || 1. See also: // carthannas // (m, charity); ||
 * **// cathaireach //** || // cathairiche // || civic || -ach || 1. Derived from: // cathair // (f, a city); 2. See also: // cathaireil // (urban); ||
 * //** cathaireil **// || // cathaireile // || urban || -il || 1. Derived from: // cathair // (f, a city); 2. See also: // cathaireach // (civic); // dùthchail // (rural); 3. // leasachadh cathaireil // (urban development); ||
 * //**ceàrnagach**// || //ceàrnagaiche// || square (-shaped) || -ach || 1. Derived from: //ceàrnag// (f, a square); 2. See also: //ceàrnagaich// (to square sth); ||
 * //**ceàrr**// ||  || wrong ||   || 1. // Dè tha ceàrr? // (What's wrong?); ||
 * //**ceart**// || //ceirte// || proper, right ||  || 1. //Cha robh aodach ceart aige.// (He didn't have proper clothes/clothing); 2. See also: //ceartaich// (to correct); //ceartas// (m, justice); 3. // Tha iadsan ceart gu leòr. // (They are alright.); 4. // Cha do rinn thu ceart e. //(You didn't do it right.); 5. // a cheart cho ... // (just as ...); // Tha làrach Phòrt Rìgh a cheart cho connspaideach. // (The Portree site is just as contentious - BBC); // Bha e air leth taiceil do sgrìobhadairean air feadh Alba, agus a cheart cho taiceil dhan Ghàidhlig. // (He was very supportive of writers all over Scotland, and just as supportive of Gaelic - APC); 6. // aig a' cheart àm // ... (at the same time ...); ||
 * //**ciallach**// ||  || sensible || -ach || 1. //bi ciallach// - to make sense; ||
 * //** cianail **// || // cianaile // || melancholy, mournful, sorrowful, sad, pathetic || -il || 1. // Nuair a sheinn an òigh gu cianail ... // (When the maiden sang sorrowfully - Julie Fowlis); 2. See also: // cianalach // (homesick); // cianalas // (m, homesickness); ||
 * //** cianalach **// || // cianalaiche // || homesick || -ach || 1. Derived from: // cianail // (melancholy); 2. See also: // cianalas // (m, homesickness); ||
 * //** cinnidheach **// || - || ethnic || -ach || 1. Derived from: // cinneadh // (m) 'a clan'; ||
 * //**cinnteach**// ||  || accurate, certain ||   || 1. //Nì sinn cinnteach gun tèid bruidhinn air.// (We will ensure that they are discussed); ||
 * //** ciùin **// || // ciùine // || calm, quiet, tranquil, peaceful, placid, gentle ||  || 1. // feasgar ciùin // (a tranquil evening); 2. See also: // ciùine // (f,calmness); // ciùineachd // (f, placidity); // ciùineas // (m, serenity); // ciùineadair // (m, a silencer, a tranquilliser); // ciùinich // (to calm); ||
 * //**clì**// ||  || left ||   ||   ||
 * //**coibhneil**// ||  || kind(ly), genial || -il || 1. // B' e duine còir, coibhneil a bh' ann an Gavin. // (Gavin was a decent, genial man - APC); ||
 * //** coillteach **// || // coilltiche // || wooded, sylvan, covered with trees || -ach || 1. Derived from: // coille // (f) 'a wood'; 2. // beanntan coillteach // 'forested mountains'; // fearann coillteach // 'woodland'; ||
 * //** coimheach **// || // coimhiche // || exotic, foreign, outlandish, strange || -ach ||  ||
 * //**còir**// || //còire// || good (i.e. virtuous), decent, civil ||  || 1. //bean chòir// (a good woman); 2. In correspondence: A charaid chòir ... (Dear friend ...); // A chàirdean còire ... //(Dear friends ...); // A Sheumais chòir ... // (Dear James ...); 3. // B' e duine còir, coibhneil a bh' ann an Gavin. // (Gavin was a decent, genial man - APC); ||
 * //**coireach**// || // coiriche // || faulty, guilty, to blame, at fault, responsible || -ach || 1. Derived from: // coire // (f) 'blame'; 2. // Cha b' esan a bu choireach ach i fhèin. // 'It was not him who was to blame, but her.'; // Is e Catrìona a bu choireach. // 'Catherine was to blame.'; // Cha b' e duine sam bith a bu choireach ach i fhèin. // 'No-one was to blame but her.'; ||
 * //**coltach**// ||  || similar; likely, probable || -ach || 1. //rudan coltach eadar ...// (similarities between ...); 2. bi coltach ri ... (to be similar to ..., to be like ..., to ressemble ...); 3. //Tha e coltach gu ...// (It is likely that ..., Probably ...); // Tha e coltach nach eil e air a ghoirteachadh gu dona idir. // (It seems that he is not badly injured at all.); // Tha e coltach gu bheil iadsan ceart gu leòr. //(It seems that they are alright.); 4. // Tha am pròiseact seo a' dol a chosg fada fada a bharrachd, rudeigin coltach ri trì millean deug. // (This project is going to cost much, much more - something like 13 million - BBC); ||
 * //** comasach **// || // comasaiche // || possible || -ach || 1. // Bidh e comasach dhan chomhairle a' chlann a ghluasad a-mach às an ostail far a bheil iad an-dràsda. // (It will be possible for the council to move the children out of the hostel where they are at the moment - BBC); ||
 * //**comhfhurtail**// ||  || comfortable || -il ||   ||
 * //** còmhnachail **// ||  || helpful || -il || 1. Derived from: // còmhnadh // (m, assistance); 2. cf. // cuideachail // (helpful), // feumail // (useful); ||
 * //** connspaideach **// || // conspaidiche // || contentious, controversial || -ach || 1. // Tha làrach Phòrt Rìgh a cheart cho connspaideach. // (The Portree site is just as contentious - BBC); ||
 * **// cosgail //** ||  || costly, expensive || -il || 1. Derived from: // cosg // (to cost); 2. // Bhiodh na tha fa-near dhan chomhairle tuilleadh is cosgail. // (The council's proposals are too expensive - BBC); 3. See also: // cosgais // (f, a cost, expense); 4. See also: // daor // (expensive); ||
 * //** cràbhaidh **// || // cràbhaidhe // || pious ||  ||   ||
 * //**cruaidh**// ||  || hard ||   ||   ||
 * //** cruinn **// || // cruinne // || round, spherical, globular, orbed; neat, accurate, well-formed, well-rounded ||  || 1. // cruinn-leum //, // cruinnleum // (m, a gallop, a standing jump); stressed on first syllable only; ||
 * //** cuideachail **// ||  || helpful || -il || 1. Derived from: // cuidich // (to help); 2. cf. // còmhnachail // (helpful); // feumail // (useful); ||
 * //** cuidhteas **// ||  || rid of, clear of ||   || 1. // faigh cuidhteas (de) rudeigin // (to get rid of something - Anglicism?); // Fhuair e cuidhteas dhen aileig. // (He got rid of the hiccups.); ||
 * //**cudromach**// || //cudromaiche// || important || -ach ||  ||
 * //**cumanta**// ||  || common, frequent, prevalent, average, ordinary ||   || 1. //Tha crithean-talmhainn cumanta anns an t-Seapan.// (Earthquakes are common in Japan); 2. See also: // cumantas // (m, commonness); 3. // Taigh nan Cumantan // (the House of Commons); ||
 * //**cumhachdach**// || //cumhachdaiche// || powerful, cogent || -ach || 1. Derived from: //cumhachd// (?) - power; //earrann cumhachdach// (f) - a powerful passage/verse; ||
 * //**cunnartach**// ||  || dangerous || -ach || 1. Derived from //cunnart// (danger); 2. //Cha robh an gille cunnartach.// (The boy wasn't dangerous); 3. //Bha e cunnartach an t-òr a bhith aige.// (It was dangerous for him to have the gold); 4 . // Tha an t-eilean air a chuairteachadh le muir chunnartach. // (The island is surrounded by a dangerous sea - RM); ||
 * //** cunbhalach **// || // cunbhalaiche // || regular, steady || -ach || 1. // bruidhinn Gàidhlig gu cunbhalach // (to speak Gaelic regularly); ||

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