ListOfAdjectives_A


 * ~  ||~   ||~ meaning ||~ keywords ||~ notes ||
 * //** àbhaisteach **// || // àbhaistiche // || ordinary || -ach || 1. // daoine àbhaisteach // (ordinary people); ||
 * //**acrach**// || //acraiche// || hungry || -ach || 1. See also: //acras// (hunger); 2. //na caraidean acrach aige// (his hungry friends); ||
 * //**ainmeil**// || // ainmeile // || famous || -il || 1. // Bha e 'na charaid pearsanta do mhòran ùghdaran is luchd-ealain ainmeil. //(He was a personal friend to many famous authors and artists - RM); // Bha Raibeart Coineagan Greumach fhèin ainmeil ri a linn. // (Robert Cunningham Graham was himself famous in his day - RM); 2. cf. // iomraiteach // (famous); 3. Derived from: // ainm // (m, a name); ||
 * //** ainneamh **// || // ainneimhe // || scarce, rare, unusual, uncommon ||  || 1. // Is ainneamh latha nach cluinn sinn gur ann a' dol an lughaid a tha an àireamh sluaigh a tha a' bruidhinn na Gàidhlig mar chainnt mhàthaireil. (It is an unusual day when we don't hear that the number of people who speak Gaelic as their native language is declining. // - Gairm 58: 1967); ||
 * //** airidh **// || // airidhe // || worthy, derving, meritorious ||  || 1. // bi airidh air ... // (to deserve sth, be worthy of sth); ||
 * //**aithghearr**// ||  || fast, swift, sudden; short, brief ||   || 1. //a dh'aithghearr// (soon, shortly); 2. //Fhuair i bàs aithghearr.// (She dies suddenly); ||
 * //** aitidh **// || // aitidhe // || damp ||  || 1. // muc aitidh // (f, a large moist snowball rolled at thaw time); ||
 * //**àlainn**// ||  || beautiful ||   ||   ||
 * //**allaidh**// || //allaidhe// || savage, wild ||  || 1. //madadh-allaidh// (m) - a wolf (literally, a wild dog); //damhan-allaidh// (m) - a spider; ||
 * **// amail //** || // amaile // || timely || -il || 1. // eadar-amail // (transitional); // cathraiche eadar-amail // (a transitional chairman); cf. // cathraiche maireannach // (a permanent chairman); 2. // co-amail // (simultaneous); 3. Derived from: // àm // (m, time); ||
 * //** amharasach **// || // amharasaiche // || suspicious, doubtful, diffident || -ach || 1. Derived from: // amharas // (m, suspicion); ||
 * //** annasach **// || // annasaiche // || rare, unusual, strange || -ach || 1. Derived from: // annas // (m, a novelty); 2. // Tha an t-eilean annasach. // (The island is unusual - RM); 3. // na b' annasaiche buileach // 'even stranger'; // Na b’ annasaiche buileach, bha cathair leathair eile 'na laighe air a’ mhol an ceann beagan làithean. // 'Even more strangely, there was another leather chair lying on the beach a few days later.' - RM; ||
 * //**aoibheil**// || //aoibheile// || cheerful, kindly || -il || 1. Derived from // aoibh // (f) - cheerfulness; ||
 * //**aoibhinn**// || //aoibhinne// || joyful, glad ||  || 1. See also: //aoibh// (f) - cheerfulness; //aoibheil// (cheerful); //aoibhneach// (joyful); //aoibhnich// (to exhilarate); //aoibhneas// (m) - bliss, joy; 2. cf. //an-aoibhinn// (joyless, unhappy); //Is an-aoibhinn dhasan!// (Woe unto him!); ||
 * //**aoibhneach**// || //aoibhniche// || blissful, joyful || -ach ||  ||
 * //** aosmhor **// || // aosmhoire // || aged, elderly, ancient || -mhor || 1. // Alba Aosmhor // (Historic Scotland); 2. Derived from: // aois // (f) - age; ||
 * //** aosta **// ||  || aged, old || -ta || 1. See also: // aois // (f, age), // aostachd // (f, oldness), // aosmhor // (aged); ||
 * **// aotrom //** || // aotroime //, // aotruime // || light, not heavy ||  || 1. See also: // trom // (heavy); // aotromachd // (f, lightness), // aotromas // (m, lightness); 2. // an eachraidh aotrom // (f) - the light cavalry; ||
 * //** àraidh **// || // àraidhe // || certain, special, particular ||  || 1. // gu h-àraidh // (in particular, especially); ||
 * //**àrd**// || // àirde // || high, tall ||  || 1. //àrd-shagart// (m, a high priest); // àrd-mhanach // (m, a prior, i.e. principle monk); 2. See also: // àirde // (f, height); 3. // bho shuas gu h-àrd // (from up high); ||

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