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[balbh]
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Sileadh gu math balbh. Tha i gu math balbh.
Origin: [Barra]
Category: Sìde / Weather
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an t-iomradh balbh
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a quiet moment, e.g. a thief waiting for a quiet moment – “Bha e a feitheamh ris an t-iomradh balbh.”
Location: South Uist, Lochcarnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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balbh
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adj. ‘still’: ach gum biodh i [an t-sìde] cho ~, gun pioc soirbheis ann
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Inverness Co., Dunvegan
Category: Word List
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balbh
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Quotation: ’Se là balbh a th’ann. Notes: a muggy, warm, dull day.
Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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balbh
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Quotation: Tha mo làmh balbh leis an fhuachd. Notes: My hand is numb with the cold.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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balbh
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Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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balbh
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Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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balbh shruth
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same as ‘uisge stiuir’, the little eddy which follows the rudder of a boat.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bog-balbh
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calm weather, dead calm.
Location: South Uist, Bornish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bog-balbh
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calm, dead flat.
Origin: [Note: From North Uist, information from Alex O’Henley / RÓM 4 Dec 2023]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cho balbh ris an uaigh
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as quiet as the grave.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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sgalldaidhean
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Là balbh agus frasan troma, troma aige ’ga dheanamh. Boillsgidhean tetha, tetha de an ghréin a’ tighinn a mach eadar na frasan. Chanadh na bodaich: “Tha e deanamh sgalldaidhean.”
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
