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[gar]
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Thig is gar thu fhein. – Come and get warm at the fire.
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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an caoran
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the last layer of peat; or the bottom layer, usually of less depth than the ones above it; generally hard and black. ‘Iarraidh an caoran-dubh a gharadh mu’n gar e fhein càch.’
Location: Cinntire, An Ceann a Deas [Kintyre, Southend by Campbeltown]
Category: Mòine / Peat-Working
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carbad-adhair
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n. ‘aircraft’: chaidh sinn air plane, ~, gar toirt sìos an sin
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Inverness Co., Dunvegan
Category: Word List
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dìth
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n. ‘lack; need’: bha sneachda gar ~, dh’fheumamaid sneachda ‘ fhaighinn
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Inverness Co., Dunvegan
Category: Word List
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dìth
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n. ‘need’: bha sneachda gar ~, dh’fheumamaid sneachd a fhaighinn; na làithean ud, bha e gan ~, dh’fheumadh iad a fhaighinn; bha trapaichean fos leth a dh. air
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Inverness Co., Dunvegan
Category: Word List
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failc
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[fɛlc] Quotation: Bha sinn gar failceadh cuideachd. Notes: We were bathing together.
Location: Skye, Sleat, Calligary
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gar, gara, an gara
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near. “Na teid an gara dha.”
Location: Inverness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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teasairginn
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vbl nn : Dia gar ~!
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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tha bho fo gar
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cow bulling. (Stoer, Assynt)
Origin: Assynt, Stoer
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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ìochdrachadh
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Quotation: Gar do chasan s cuir ort do bhrogan is seall a mach aig cul an taighe fiach bheil an carraidh g’ iochdrachadh. Notes: heard originally from grandmother as nonsense rhyme: “Cuirt [sic] ort do chasan is gar do bhrogan is seall a mach aig cul na carraidh fiach bheil an tigh ag iochdrachadh.” Similarly: Mi fhein tarsuinn air an t-sioman ’s mo chota mor muigh ga fhliuchadh.”
Origin: Kilmaluag
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
