ListOfCommonNouns_A

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 * ~ nominative
 * //**aba**// ||= M || //abachan// || //aba// || an abbot || person || 1. See also: //abaid// (f) - an abbey; ||
 * **//abaid//** ||= F || //abaidean// || //abaide// || an abbey || building || 1. //Abaid Obar Bhrothaig// (Arbroath Abbey); 2. See also: //aba// (m) - an abbot; ||
 * **//abhag//** ||= F || //abhagan// || //abhaige// || a terrier (small dog), a tyke || animal -ag ||  ||
 * ** //abhainn// ** ||= F || //aibhnichean//, //aibhneachan// || //aibhne// , //abhainne// || a river || watercourse || 1. //capall-abhainn// (m) - a hippopotamus; // each-aibhne // (m) - a hippopotamus (i.e. 'river horse'); ||
 * **//àbhaist//** ||= F ||  || // àbhaiste // || a customary state ||   || 1. // Dè tha dol? Dìreach an àbhaist. [Chan eil ach an àbhaist.] // (What's new? Just the usual.); 2. // mar as àbhaist [dha] // (as [is] usual [for him]); // mar a b'abhaist dha // (as [was] usual [for him]); 3. // is àbhaist do ... rudeigin a dhèanamh // (to be accustomed to do sth); 4. See also: // àbhaisteach // (customary); ||
 * **//abstol//** ||= M || //abstoil//, //abstolan// || //abstoil// || an apostle || person ||  ||
 * //** acair **// ||= F || // acraichean // || // acrach // || an anchor ||  ||   ||
 * //**achadh**// ||= M ||  ||   || a field ||   ||   ||
 * //** achlais **// ||= F || // achlaisean // || // achlaise // || an armpit, oxter || body-part || 1. See also: // asgall // (m, armpit), // asgail // (f, armpit), // aslaich // (f, armpit); ||
 * **//acras//** ||= M ||  ||   || hunger || -as || 1. //bi an t-acras air ...// (to be hungry); // Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil an t-acras ort. // (I hope that you are hungry.); // Tha an t-acras mór orm. // (I'm very hungry.); ||
 * **//actair//** ||= M || //actairean// ||  || an actor || person -air ||   ||
 * **//ad//** ||= F || //adaichean// ||  || a hat || clothing-item ||   ||
 * **//adhar//** ||= M ||  || //adhair// || sky, air, heaven ||   || 1. //port-adhair// (an airport - masc); 2. See also: // iarmailt // (f, sky, heavens, firmament); // speur // (m, sky, heaven, firmament); ||
 * //** adharc **// ||= F || // adharcan // || // adhairce // || a horn || part || 1. // adharcan gobhair // (the horns of a goat); ||
 * //** adhart **// ||=  ||   ||   || forwards ||   || 1. // air adhart // (forwards); // a' dol air ais agus air adhart // (going backwards and forwards); ||
 * **//adhbhar//** ||= M || //adhbhair//, //adhbharan// || //adhbhair// || a cause, a reason ||  || 1. See also: // adhbharaich // (to cause); ||
 * //**adhradh**// ||= M || //adhraidhean// || //adhraidh// || (an act of) worship || event || 1. //dèan adhradh// (to worship); ||
 * //** agallamh **// ||= M || // agallamhan // || // agallaimh // || an interview || event || 1. Derived from: // agallaich // (to interview); 2. // Chaidh agallamhan a chumail aig Colaiste a' Chaisteil Dimàirt. // (Interviews were held at Lews Castle College on Tuesday.); ||
 * //**agh**// ||= F || //aighean// || //aighe// || a heifer || animal || 1. cf. //bó// (f) - a cow; //tarbh// (m) - a bull; //damh// (m) - an ox, bullock; //atharla// (f) - a heifer; ||
 * **//àigeach//** ||= M || //àigich// || //àigich// || a stallion || animal ||  ||
 * //** aileag **// ||= F ||  || // aileige // || hiccups, hiccoughs || -ag || 1. // Tha an aileag orm. //(I have the hiccups.); 2. get the hiccups?; 3. // Bha mi a' feuchainn ri stad a chur air an aileag. // (I was trying to stop the hiccups.); 4. // Dh'fhalbh an aileag aig Deòrsa. // (George's hiccups went away.); 5. // faigh cuidhteas an aileag (dhen aileig) // (to get rid of the hiccups); // Fhuair e cuidhteas dhen aileig. // (He got rid of the hiccups.); ||
 * **//aimsir//** ||= F || //aimsirean// ||  || weather ||   ||   ||
 * //** aindeoin **// ||= ? ||  ||   ||   ||   || 1. // a dh'aindeoin + GEN // (despite sth, in spite of sth, irrespective of sth); // A dh'aindeoin na chosgas i, tha comhairlichean ionadail làidir dhen bheachd, gur e seo an t-àite as fhearr. // (Despite the cost, local councillors are confident that this is the best site - BBC); ||
 * **//ainm//** ||= M || //ainmean//, //ainmeannan// ||  || a name ||   || 1. //an t-ainm oirre// - her name; ||
 * //** ainmidh **// ||= M || // ainmidhean // || // ainmidh // || an animal, beast; fauna || animal || 1. See also: // lèigh-ainmidhean // (m, a vet); // leigheas ainmidhean // (m, veterinary medicine); ||
 * //**àirde**// ||= F ||  ||   || height, altitude, tallness ||   || 1. Derived from: //àrd// (high, tall); 2. //bi mun aon àirde ri ...// (to be about the same height as ...); 3. // air àirde a' chuain // (on the high seas); // Tha mo ghaol air àirde a' chuain. // (My love is on the high seas - Julie Fowlis); ||
 * //** aire **// ||= F || - || // aire // || attention ||  || 1. // thoir an aire gu bheil ... // (to notice that ...); // Tha mi a' toirt an aire gu bheil plana Gàidhlig aig Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann. // (I notice that Edinburgh University has a Gaelic Language Plan - Neil MacRae); 2. // fa-near // (i.e. // fo'n aire //, // fainear //) - in mind, under consideration; // bi fa-near do ... //(to be in sb's mind, to be under the consideration of); // Bha fainear dhaibh cothrom a thoirt do luchd-ionnsachaidh ... // (Their intention was to give learners an opportunity to ...); ||
 * //**àireamh**// ||= F || //àireamhan// || //àireimhe// || a number ||  || 1. //na h-àireamhan a tha a' gabhail Gàidhlig// (the numbers taking Gaelic) - anglicism?; 2. //meur-àireamh// (f) - a digit (number); 3. // an àireamh sluaigh a tha a' bruidhinn na Gàidhlig mar chainnt mhàthaireil // (the number of people who speak Gaelic as a native language - Gairm 58: 1967); ||
 * **//airgead//** ||= M ||  || //airgid// || silver, money || metal || 1. // airgead-pòcaid // (m, pocket money); ||
 * //**àirigh**// ||= F || //àirighean// ||  || a shieling, hill pasture; a bothy || building? || 1. //bothan-àirigh// (a shieling bothy); ||
 * //** ais **// ||=  ||   ||   ||   ||   || 1. // air ais // (back, backwards); // a' dol air ais agus air adhart // (going backwards and forwards); ||
 * ** //aiseag// ** ||= M || //aiseagan// || //aiseig// || a ferry || vehicle ||  ||
 * //** aisling **// ||= F || // aislingean // || // aislinge // || a dream, a vision ||  || 1. // aisling air ... // (a dream about sth.); 2. // faic aisling // (to have a dream, see a vision); 3. See also: // bruadair // (to dream); // trom-laighe // (f, a nightmare); ||
 * //**àite**// ||= M || //àiteachan//, //àitichean// || //àite// || a place ||  || 1. //Bha sinn a' gluasad bho àite gu àite.// (We moved from place to place); 2. //muinntir an àite// (the locals); ||
 * //** aiteamh **// ||= M || - || // aiteimh // || thaw, act of thawing ||  ||   ||
 * //** aithghearrachd **// ||= F ||  || // aithghearrachd // || a short period of time || -achd || 1. // san aithghearrachd // (quickly, soon); ||
 * ** //aithne// ** ||= F ||  ||   || knowledge; recognition ||   || 1. ?? fios, eòlas ??; 2. //fèin-aithne// (f) - self-identity; //am fèin-aithne mar Eileanaich// (their identity as islanders); 3. //thoir aithne do dh'Alba mar nàisean neo-eisimeileach// (to recognise Scotland as an independent nation); 4. // Is aithne dhomh Màiri. // (I know Mary, i.e. I know who she is, I am acquainted with her, but we are not close); // Chan aithne dhomh Màiri. // (I don't know Mary); // An aithne dhut Màiri? Is aithne. / Chan aithne. // (Do you know Mary? Yes I do. / No I don't.); // Nach aithne dhut Màiri? // (Don't you know Mary?); cf. // bi eòlach air ... // (to know sb well); ||
 * //**aithris**// ||= F || //aithrisean// || //aithrise// || a report (e.g. in newspaper or on TV) ||  || 1. Gerund of //aithris// (to communication, relate); 2. // dèan aithris mu ... // (to give an account of sth, tell a story about sth); // Tha an t-Ollamh Urrammach Uilleam Fearsithe a' dèanamh aithris mu shealgair Sasannach. // (The Rev. Dr. Wiilliam Forsyth gives an account of an English hunter - RM); ||
 * **//allt//** ||= M || //uillt// || //uillt// || a stream || watercourse ||  ||
 * **//àm//** ||= M || //amannan// ||  || time ||   || ?? turas, uine ?? 1. //bho àm gu àm// (from time to time, occasionally); 2. //aig an àm sin// (at that time); 3. // aig a' cheart àm // ... (at the same time ...); 4. See also: // amail // (timely); ||
 * //** amar **// ||= M || // amaran // || // amair // || a basin, bath ||  ||   ||
 * **//amas//** ||= M || //amasan// ||  || an aim || -as || 1. //amas an fhòraim// (the aim of the forum); 2. Gerund of //amais// (to aim); ||
 * //**amhaisg**// ||=  || //amhaisgean// ||   || an awisk (folklore - a small man of evil intent) ||   || Maybe //amhasg// or //amhas// ? ||
 * //** amharas **// ||= M ||  || // amharais // || suspicion, doubt, qualm, diffidence || -as || 1. // Tha amharas agam air ... // (I suspect sb); // bi fo amharas // (to be under suspicion); 2. See also: // amharasach // (suspicious); ||
 * **//anart//** ||= M || //anartan// ||  || linen ||   ||   ||
 * //**annas**// ||= M || //annasan// || //annais// || an unusual event/object, a novelty, a rarity, oddity || -as event || 1. //Tha e na annas an guth aig Alasdair a chluinntinn air an rèidio.// (It is unusual to hear Alasdair's voice on the radio); 2. See also: // annasach // (unusual); ||
 * **//aodach//** ||= M || //aodaich//, //aodaichean// || //aodaich// || cloth, material; clothes || substance || 1. //Cha robh aodach ceart aige.// (He didn't have proper clothes/clothing); 2. Aggregate meaning is singular, i.e. "clothes" = "aodach"; e.g. //Chuir mi aodach orm.// (I put clothes on); //aodach le dathan soilleir// (brightly coloured clothes); 3. // Tha mi ag iarraidh a bhith a' dealbhadh aodach. //(I want to [be] design[ing] clothes.); // Is toigh leam aodach. // (I like clothes.); ||
 * ** //aodann// ** ||= M || //aodainn//, //aodainnean// || //aodainn// || face ||  ||   ||
 * **//aoigh//** ||= M || //aoighean// || // aoighe // || a guest, a visitor || person, relative? || 1. See also: // aoigheachd // (f, hospitality); ||
 * //** aoigheachd **// ||= F || - || // aoigheachd // || hospitality ||  || 1. Derived from: // aoigh // (m, a guest); 2. // òraidiche air aoigheachd // (m, a visiting lecturer); ||
 * **//aois//** ||= F || //aoisean// || // aoise // || age ||  || 1. See also: // aosta // (aged), // aosmhor // (aged); 2. // Tha i deich bliadhna de dh'aois. // (She is ten years old); ||
 * //** aol **// ||= M || - || // aoil // || lime (i.e. calcium (hydr-)oxide) || substance || 1. // àth-aoil // (f, a lime-kiln; used to produce quicklime from limestone); 2. // aol-chlach // (f, limestone; calcium carbonate CaCO 3 ); 3. // aol-beò // (m, quicklime; calcium oxide CaO); ||
 * **// aonad //** ||= M || // aonadan // || // aonaid // || a unit ||  || 1. // an aonad mu dheireadh dhen chùrsa Ùlpan // (the last unit of the Ùlpan course); ||
 * //** aonais **// ||= ? ||  ||   || (presence, possession?) ||   || 1. // às aonais + GEN // (lacking sth, without sth, deprived of sth); // Às aonais luchd-teagaisg Gàidhlig, cha bhi ceannardan sgoile ann. //(Without Gaelic teachers, there will be no headteachers - BBC); // Tha am Bòrd às aonais cathraiche mhaireannaich bho leig Art MacCarmaig dheth a dhreuchd. // (The Board has been without a permanent chairman since Art Cormack resigned - BBC); ||
 * //** aonan **// ||= M ||  || // aonain // || one thing || -an ||   ||
 * **// aonar //** ||= M ||  ||   || one person ||   || 1. // Tha mi 'nam aonar. // (I am alone, on my own); ||
 * **// aostachd //** ||= F ||  || // aostachd // || oldness || -achd || 1. Derived from: // aosta // (aged); 2. See also: // aois // (f, age), // aosmhor // (aged); ||
 * //** aotromachd **// ||= F || - || // aotromachd // || lightness, levity, buoyancy || -achd || 1. Derived from: // aotrom // (light); 2. See also: // aotromas // (m, lightness); ||
 * //** aotromas **// ||= M || - || // aotromais // || lightness || -as || 1. Derived from: // aotrom // (light); 2. See also: // aotromachd // (f, lightness); ||
 * //** ar-a-mach **//, **// aramach //** ||= M || - || // aramach // || a rebellion, mutiny, insurrection, revolt, uprising ||  || 1. // Ar-a-mach nan Seumasach // 'the Jacobite Uprising'; 2. // dèan ar-a-mach // 'to rebel, mutiny, rise up in rebellion'; ||
 * **//aran//** ||= M || //arain// || //arain// || bread ||  ||   ||
 * **//arbhar//** ||= M ||  ||   || corn ||   ||   ||
 * //**arm**// ||= M || //airm// || //airm// || an army ||  || 1. //an t-arm dearg// (the red army); 2. See also: //armailt// (m) - an army; ||
 * //**armailt**// ||= M || //armailtean// ||  || an army ||   || 1. See also: //arm// (m) - an army; ||
 * //**artaigil**// ||= M || //artaigilean// ||  || an article (e.g. newspaper) ||   ||   ||
 * **//astar//** ||= M || //astair//, //astaran// ||  || distance, speed ||   || 1. //Cha deach e astar mòr nuair a ...// (He hadn't gone far when ...);// an astar a shiubhail iad air an rathad // (the distance they have travelled along the road); ||
 * //** àth **// ||= F || // àthan //, // àthannan // || // àtha // || a kiln ||  || 1. // àth-aoil // (f, a lime-kiln; used to produce quicklime from limestone); 2. See also: // sòrn // (m, a flue of a kiln); ||
 * **//athair//** ||= M || //athraichean// || //athar// || father || person? relative || 1. cf. //màthair// (f) - mother; ||
 * //**atharla**// ||= F || //atharlan// ||  || a heifer || animal || 1. cf. //bó// (f) - a cow; //tarbh// (m) - a bull; //damh// (m) - an ox, bullock; //agh// (f) - a heifer; ||

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