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[crath]
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Crath ris. Wave to him.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[uisge]
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Suas an t-uisge – hoisted on the crest of the wave of prosperity.
Location: Killearnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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briseadh-na-mara
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wave top. Rug sinn air a phuta ann am briseadh-na-mara.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bristeadh
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Quotation: am bristeadh. Notes: the breaking of the wave.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bàrr-mara (n)
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wave top.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bàth-thonn
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drowning wave.
Origin: Baleshare
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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crath
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Quotation: Có tha sud a’ crathadh as a’ bhus? Notes: wave.
Location: Skye, Breakish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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crathadh làimh fada bhon taigh
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applied to people who were content to wave to you at a distance but who would not welcome you into their household.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cìrein na stuagh
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the foam, crest of a wave.
Location: South Uist, Bornish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dàdsair
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of over ordinary size as a wave; or taking an excessive drink from a bottle of whisky. Thug e na dàdsairean od as. (Harris)
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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frioghan
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Tha frioghan air a mhuir – quick, short wave.
Location: Na Hearadh [Harris], Cluer
Category: Cruth na Tìre / Landscape Features
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fòla
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a large wave, billow.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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làgaraid
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Note: a tidal wave, most noticeable in a shallow inlet. Doesn’t occur with every tide, or not noticeable. Often precedes bad weather.
Location: [Lewis], S. Lochs, Gravir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ruid
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surge, wave.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rùid
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[ru̜:dʹ] pl. [ru̟:dʹə̃ṉ] Notes: run of water up a beach after a wave has broken.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rùid (sing)
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[ru̜:dʹ] Quotation: na rùid (pl). Notes: a wave. (Tiree)
Origin: Tiree?
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rùid (f), rùidean (pl)
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a wave, but not breaking.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Sìde / Weather
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steòrnadh
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to wave.
Location: North Uist, Knockintorran
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stuadh
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[st̪u̜ɤ] Notes: a wave.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stuadh
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an arch (also wave).
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stuagh
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wave.
Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Cruth na Tìre / Landscape Features
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suaile
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(wave)
Location: Paisley
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tom
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[t̪ɤu̜m] Notes: a wave. Tom-cladaich: shore-wave.
Location: Sutherland, Embo
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tonn
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wave.
Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Cruth na Tìre / Landscape Features
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tonn
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a large wave.
Location: South Uist, Bornish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tonn
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Notes: (pl. tonnan) wave.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tonn craosach
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crested wave. (decription versions)
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tonnadh
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wave.
Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Cruth na Tìre / Landscape Features
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uisge stiureach
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the furrow-like wave which follows a boat. “Dè a tha aig bàta ’s nach dean i an gnothach as aonais?” Answer: uisge stiureach or wake in English.
Location: South Uist, South Lochboisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
