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6. An gath-droma
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a bh’ againne.
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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Cabar-droma
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Smait gu’n canaist e uaireannan airson ‘gath-droma’.
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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Gath-droma
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Bhà.
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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[an tughadh]
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Bha an taigh seo air a thughadh le muran agus air a cheangaill sìos le sioman fraoich arneo rop Gallda ris an canadh iad – ciadhear. 1, 2, 3 etc. na casan ceangaill. 4. an gath droma. 5. na sparan. 6. na sparan. 7. luidheir. 8. maide-staraig. Bha na casan ceangaill air an cur sios air iomall a o [?] taigh a bhalla. Nuair a bha ’n taigh ullamh coiseachadh duine mor thimcheall air barr a bhalla. Bha bordan fiodh air an cur tarsuinn air na sparan fodh ’n mhuran. Co as a thainig am fiodh? Chan ’eil moran fiodha anns na Hearadh. Bha fiodh bharallain a bh’air deibheadh [?].
Origin: [Harris? – cf. ‘Taigh Croitear anns na Hearadh – an taigh anns an do rugadh mi.’]
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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[claon]
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Thig gath claon a sgathan. Claonaidh sgathan gath soluis. A mirror will reflect rays.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[gath-dubh]
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“Chan eil fiach gath-duibh a dh’fheum ann.” (Faic gath.)
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[gath]
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An aghaidh nan gath. “Cnòdan an aghaidh nan gath.” No nì sam bith an aghaidh nan gath. Bidh i seo anns a h-uile h-àit, chanainn.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[slaisneach]
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An gath-droma agus na taobhain, chanadh iad an t-slaisneach riutha seo. “Dé mar tha dol dhuit le na cléibh?” “Tha mi air an t-slaisneach a chur orra.”
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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[thugad]
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Gath [sic] thugad. Realise.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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an gath muig
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the topmost part of a horse’s mane.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cliabh-ghiomach (E)
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Pàirtean: Am bottom (E). (Chan e an t-ùrlar a chanas sinn idir.) [NOTES: slipped under ‘bottom’. Definition: An t-ùrlar aig a’ chliabh-ghiomach.] Cearcaill, cabair (cha chreid mi nach canadh iad an dà chuid). [NOTES: slipped under ‘cearcall’ and ‘cabar’ respectively.] Taobhan (E). [NOTES: slipped.] An gath-droma (E). [NOTES: slipped.] Sreang (I) a’ bhiathaidh. [NOTES: slipped under ‘sreang’.] A’ chlach (I). [NOTES: slipped under ‘clach’.] An dorus-beag (E). (Air a dhùnadh le sreing.) [NOTES: slipped.]
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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dearc
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[dʹʒɛɾk] Quotation: Bha i a’ dearcail a mach a gath. Notes: shoot out. (local – Portnahaven and P. Wemyss)
Origin: Port Wemyss
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath
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Notes: the barb on a hook.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath
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Notes: used of a shooting pain.
Location: Lewis, Barvas
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath
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Notes: potato sprout.
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath
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Notes: knot in wood.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath
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Notes: sting.
Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie, Oldshoremore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath
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[kɑ] Notes: sting.
Origin: Sutherland, Embo
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath droma
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ridge.
Location: North Uist, Iollaraigh [Illeray]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath droma
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ridge pole of house.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath dubh
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Disease of coirce. Can be prevented by mercurial dressing of seeds before planting.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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gath muigh
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horse’s mane.
Location: North Uist, Tigharry
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath tìte
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a double rope tied to the saddle.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath, gathan
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[pl.] Shrimps. “Tha na balaich shios anns an fhadhail a’ breith air na gathan.”
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-a-bhàis
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sting of death.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-drama
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[ɡɑd̪ɾɑ̃mə] Notes: ridge-pole.
Location: Skye?, Braes, Baile Meadhonach
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-drama
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[ɡɑd̪ɾɑ̃mə] Notes: ridge-pole.
Location: Skye, Staffin
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-drama
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Note: ridge-pole.
Origin: Scarista
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-droma
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Note: ridge pole.
Location: Lewis, Uig, Crowlista
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-droma
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ridge pole
Origin: Geàrrloch (Loch Iubh) [Gairloch (Loch Ewe)]
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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gath-droma
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[See maide-droma.]
Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-droma
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Quotation: an gath-droma. Notes: ridge-pole.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-droma
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Rooftree.
Origin: Skye
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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gath-droma
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Notes: the backbone.
Origin: West Lewis [the location given on the slips]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-dubh
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Quotation: an gath-dubh. Notes: ear of oats infested with “smut” – (?).
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-muing
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[ɡɑmũ̜ĩ] Notes: mane.
Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-muing
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[ɡɑmu̜i] Notes: mane.
Location: Sutherland, Durness, Sangomore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-muing
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[ɡɑmũĩ] Notes: mane.
Location: Sutherland, Bettyhill, Swordly
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-muing
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[ɡɑmũ̜ṉ] Notes: horse’s mane.
Origin: Glenurquhart
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-muing
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[ɡɑmũ̜ĩ] Notes: mane.
Origin: Islay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-muing
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[ɡɑmũ̟i], [ɡɑmũ̜ĩ] Quotation: an gath-muing. Notes: horse’s mane.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-muinge
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[ɡɑmũ̜ṉə] Notes: horse’s mane.
Location: Invergarry, North Laggan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gath-tìte
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the double rope tied to the ‘strathair’, or saddle, from which the girth.
Location: Killearn
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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maide-feannaig
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Note: the piece of wood protruding from the thatch at the end of the “gath-droma”, round which the thatching rope went to cover the end of the house.
Location: [Lewis], S. Lochs, Lemreway
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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niamhair
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nimh form or nimheil. Gath na natraichean nimhe – sting. [SLIP 1: Niamhair. Same as ‘nimheil’ qv. – poisonous.] [SLIP 2: Nimh. Gath nan nathraichean nimhe. Form of ‘nimheil’, poisonous.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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partan tuathalan
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Tha iad so pailt far am bheil gainmheach bhàn no airgeadach (silvery). Brittle white crab. Tha gath ann a tha nimheil, is leanaidh an goirteas uine mhor. Tha mi a’ creidsinn gur e sin a dh’aobharaich an sean-fhacal – ’S fheàrr am partan tuathalan na bhith gun duine (Nicolson’s Proverbs). Tha na partain so pailt anns na geòdhaichean gainmhich deas air Ceann an Tiumpain.
Location: Lewis, Port of Ness, Lionel
Category: Maorach / Shellfish
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saighead
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Knot in wood. Dual in Breasclete and down that way. Tha e làn shaighdean. (Faic gath.)
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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slinnteach
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[ʃlʹɤ̃ĩnʹtʹɑx] Notes: long thin pieces of wood laid on top of the taobhain going from the tobhta to the gath-droma. Source: D. MacLeod, Lemreway, Lewis. Date: 1972.
Location: [see below]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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slinnteach
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[ʃlʹɤ̃ĩnʹtʹɑx] Note: long thin pieces of wood laid on top of the “taobhain” going from the “tobhta” to the “gath-droma”.
Location: [Lewis], S. Lochs, Lemreway
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
