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air n-adhart
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advb ‘forward’: bha i gàbhaidh, chuireadh i ~ an saoghal le obair
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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aire
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nn f. [= faire] ‘wake (at funeral)’: bha iad a’ dol dh’ionns’ na h-aire; bha ~ mhòr a’ dol a bhith ann; pl. bhith na bòst gàbhaidh air na h-aireachan
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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bòcan
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nn ‘apparition’ : ‘s e ~ gàbhaidh a tha sna skidoos seo
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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bòst
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nn ‘pride’: bu chòir ~ a bhith orra [DAG]; b’ fhìor thoigh leatha ‘ bhith na ~ gàbhaidh air na h-aireachan; poidhle dhiubh nach leig am ~ leotha a bhith ga bruidhinn
[Gàidhlig]
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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canbhas
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nn ‘string [of bad language]’: thàinig ~ [khanəvɔ̘̞s] às a beul a bha gàbhaidh [ADM]]
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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cathadh làir
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nn ‘snow in drifts’: bha latha sneachda gàbhaidh agus ~
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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ceum
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nn ‘step, pace’: dh’fhalbh Eachann sìos air ~ a bha gàbhaidh; thionnd i air ais ~
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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chì
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vb ‘see’: fut.:cha d’fhuair mi ‘ thoirt dha ‘s am faic thusa seo dhan duine; cond.: chithinn rud air an t-saoghal; past.: ‘seemed’ chunna mi siud gàbhaidh; chunna mi seo
eaglach
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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doimhinn
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adj. ‘deep’: gus an tig faclan gàbhaidh ~ ann an Gàidhlig
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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dol-air-adhart
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nn ‘goings-on’: tha ~ air feadh an t-saoghail an ceartair ‘ tha gàbhaidh
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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duilich
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adj. ‘difficult’: bha e gàbhaidh ~ a threabhadh; bhiodh e ~a cheannseachadh
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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duine gàbhaidh
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surly.
Origin: Barra
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality
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foghainneach
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adj. : bha e cho ~ 's a bha ann; cho gàbhaidh ~ 's a bha e mura biodh tu ~ mharbhadh e thu [FMM]
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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fuarag
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nn f.: ~, ‘cream and oatmeal’; dat.:bha meas gàbhaidh aige air an fhuaraig; bha e rèidh dhan fhuaraig
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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gàbhaidh
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Notes: on its own means awful. Can say: Tha e gàbhaidh math, fliuch, etc. Common in Ins Co.
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broad Cove
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gàbhaidh
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adj. ‘awful, terrible’: cho ~ foghainneach 's a bha e; tha sìde ~ aca; chan eil i cho ~ fuar ri seo; dh’atharraich an saoghal ~; ‘s e bòcan ~ a tha sna skidoos seo
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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gàbhaidh
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Notes: menacing. Source: Lochcarron (Mrs E. MacSween). Date. 1967.
Location: [see below]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gàbhaidh
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Quotation: ’S e gnothaich gàbhaidh a th’ann. Tha e gàbhaidh math. Notes: awful; awfully.
Location: Canada, Antigonish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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meas
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nn ‘liking’ : bha ~ gàbhaidh aige air an fhuaraig; tha ~ uamhasach agam air nigheanan beaga
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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raoic
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nn ‘yell’ : thug e ~ uamhasach às, ~ gàbhaidh
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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sil
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vb ‘drip’ : vbl nn: bhiodh an t-sròn agamsa ‘ ~eadh cho gàbhaidh
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
