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an fheòil-mhór
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Indian Mess Beef. Bhiodh i tighinn dhachaidh ann am baraillean. Agus is i a bhà math!
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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aon-mhàl
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one mess, complete mess.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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blaigh riachd
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leaving something in a state of mess, disorder, e.g. “Dh’fhàg iad an talla na blaigh riachd as deidh an dannsa.” Also used to describe careless, scruffy appearance. [NOTES: corrected to ‘blaigh-riachd’.]
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bod-a-sgeing
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[bɔd̪əsɡʹ[ɤ̃ĩ]ɡʹ] Quot.: “Rinn thu bod-a-sgeing dheth.” Note: You made an unholy mess of it.
Origin: [Ness]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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briomlaid
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[bɾımɑɫɑdʹ] Quotation: “Chaidh a h-uile nì ’na bhriomlaid.” Notes: Everything became a mess. Cf. Irish brionglóid, a dream, nightmare?
Location: Tiree, [Caolas? – one slip]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bruimiseach
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[bɾw̃miʃɔx] Quot.: “Rinn e bruimiseach dheth.” Note: He made an unholy mess of it.
Origin: [Ness]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buain
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Quotation: Buain ribeach, robach, shalach air droch (dhroch?) bhann. Notes: making a complete mess of things.
Location: Islay, Port Wemyss
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bùrach
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Quotation: Bha an tigh ’na bhùrach. Bha e ann an bùrach. Notes: in a mess.
Location: Perthshire, Killin
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bùtarais (f)
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Quotation: Rinn e b. uabhcall [?] e. Notes: a mess.
Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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conamhaireachd
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[kɔṉɑvɑðɑxk] Quot.: “Dé a’ chonamhaireachd a th’ort a’ sin?” Note: said to someone who was making a mess of what he was doing, either by design or because he didn’t know how to do it properly.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fonagnadh
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[fɔ̃ṉɑɡṉəɣ] Quot.: “Rinn na h-eich fonagnadh as a’ choirc.” Note: they spoilt it by trampling it and putting it generally in disorder. Made a mess of it.
Origin: [Barvas]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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garabhuic
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mess, ‘lot of mess’.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gige
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[ɡʹiɡʹə] Quot.: “Rinn e gige dheth.” Note: He made a hash, mess of it. “Chuir e fo fheum e.”
Origin: [Ness]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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giùdair
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[ɡʹu̟:d̪əð] Note: a person who, due to inexperience, makes a mess of what he is doing, e.g. when killing a sheep, gutting fish, skinning a rabbit, etc.
Origin: Caversta
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gànrachadh
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mess, all in a mess, plastered (with paint etc.) Air a ghrànrachadh [sic] leis. [SLIP: “All in a mess, plastered as with paint”.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gànrachadh
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(complete mess) Tha thu (mi) air do ghrànrachadh [sic] leis.
Location: Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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loirean
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untidy baby. A baby when crawling into some mess is referred to as a ‘loirein bhig’. May have derived from ‘loireach’. [NOTES: the quotation on the slip reads ‘a loirein bhig’. Definition: A baby is referred to as such when it crawls into some mess.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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meallag
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[mȷɑ̃ɫɑɡ] Quot.: “snàth air a dhol na mheallag”. Note: a tangled mess.
Location: [Lewis], South Lochs, Caversta
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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pap (v)
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mess up, put in confusion.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rall
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Quotation: Bha an t-àite na rall. Notes: the place was in an absolute mess.
Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rèip
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[rɛ:p] Quotation: Dh’fhàg e [rɛ:p] sios air a’ bhroilleach. Notes: untidy mess on clothes.
Origin: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgitear
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soft mess, as of a soft mixture of clay etc, spilling, or mud being squelched. [SLIP: Soft mess, eg. mud being squelched in or soft mixture of clay spilling.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgluis (f)
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Notes: Orig. melted soap/water solution used in fulling. A mess; rubbish; used of persons, strongly pejorative.
Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgramhaire
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a person prone to make a mess.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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splutraich
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[spɫut̪əɾix] Notes: splashing with food; or a mess caused by splashing, e.g. with porridge.
Location: Tiree, [Caolas? – one slip]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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suagaraid
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Quotation: “Rinn e suagaraid a choreigin dheth.” Notes: He made some kind of mess or mixture of it.
Origin: West Lewis [the location given on the slips]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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òineadh
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sad plight, mess.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
