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[fitheach]
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An rud nach tugadh am fitheach d’a isean. (Sùil na caorach.)
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[isean]
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“Mur a dearg mi air na geoidh, plùchdaidh mi na h-iseanan.” Making minors or children suffer for your own inadequacies elsewhere.
Location: South Uist, Stoneybridge
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[isean]
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Droch isean. “Iain Dhonnchaidh. A, droch isean!” – A bad stick. Droch isean a tha’n Iain Dhonnchaidh.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cat
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Quotation: isean cat. Notes: kitten.
Location: Sutherland, Durness, Sangomore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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droch
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Quotation: droch isean. Notes: “a bad stick” – used of a person. [NOTES: slipped under ‘droch-isean’.]
Origin: Glenurquhart
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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droch-isean
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bad stick.
Location: [Harris], Scalpaigh [Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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gille-bog
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’Se seo a th’aca air uain a tha dìth lùthais orra ’s an druim. Cha téid na h-uain-sa air an casan a chaoidh. ’S ann aig caoirich a tha ag ithe tòrr de an fheamainn air na muil a bhios an seòrsa uan-sa. ’Se bodach anns a’ bhaile againn fhìn a thug an t-ainm-sa orra, agus lean an t-ainm. Mur eil mise ceàrr, ’s ann air isean sgairbh a bha’n t-ainm ‘gille-bog’ an toiseach.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Caoraich / Sheep
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greannach
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Quotation: Is ionmhuinn leis an fheannag a h-isean greannach fhein. Source: R. Graham, Breakish, Skye. Date: 07/1974.
Location: [see below]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean
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[iʃən] Notes: young rabbit or bird.
Location: Ross of Mull
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean
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Quotation: isean muc. Notes: piglet.
Location: Sutherland, Durness, Sangomore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean
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Quotation: isean cat [sic]. Notes: kitten.
Location: Sutherland, Durness, Sangomore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean
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Quotation: isean rabaid, isean geàrr.
Location: Skye, Breakish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean
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Quotation: isean cait. Notes: kitten.
Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean
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immature lobster.
Location: Harris, Kyles Stockinish
Category: Iasgach a’ Ghiomaich / Lobster-Fishing
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isean
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Quotation: droch isean. Notes: “a bad stick” – used of a person.
Origin: Glenurquhart
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean
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Quotation: isean tunnaig, isean rodain.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean (m)
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Quotation: isean ceàird. Isein [sic] a tha thu ann! Notes: brat.
Location: Harris, Ardhasaig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean bradach
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same meaning as above [i.e. beul na suaraiche].
Location: South Uist, Stoneybridge
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean deireadh linn
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denotes the youngest member of a family.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean-an-Fhulmair
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Fulmar petrel (bird).
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean-deiridh-linn
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the last bird to be hatched.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean-fionnaidh
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fledgeling with the initial development of the feathers, resembling hair. (My own definition: I have heard the term used on Scalpay, but I am afraid not (used) now. (?)
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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isean-rodain
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the offspring of a rat.
Location: [Harris], Scalpaigh [Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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“isean a chait chrion”
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a boy who was brought up wisely, by a wise father.
Location: Na Hearadh [Harris], Finsbay
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
