| 1. Different stages in the growth of cattle |
| laogh boirionn | female calf. |
| laogh firionn | male calf. |
| aghan | young heifer. |
| atharla | yearling heifer (not used in Victoria). |
| agh | old atharla [q.v.]. |
| bliadhanach | yearling (generally male). |
| dà-bhliadhanach (dàibhleannach) | two-year-old. |
| gamhainn | cow just after calving. |
| gamhnach | milking farrow (you can milk her, but hadn’t calved that year). |
| seasgach | dry cow (also sometimes in Victoria, one that hasn’t yet calved). |
| mart seasg | dry cow (also sometimes in Victoria, one that hasn’t yet calved). |
| mart bainne | milk-cow (in Victoria sometimes -laoigh). |
| mart laoigh | breeding or pregnant cow . |
| damh | steer. |
| ruigeann | half-castrated bull. |
| spoth | castration. |
| tarbh | bull. |
| mart | ‘mart’ generally preferred to ‘bò’ in Nova Scotia; the plural is either ‘mairt’ or ‘crodh’ (‘bò’ has no plural). |
| 2. Breeds of cattle |
| crodh dubh | Angus. |
| crodh buidhe | Jersey (?). |
| crodh breac | Holstein at al. |
| 3. Outward appearance of cattle |
| [note] | (cf. ‘dubh’ and ‘buidhe’ preceding page [i.e. point 2 above]) |
| ruadh | red of a white-face. |
| reamhar | fat. |
| bochd | lean. |
| ceann-fhionn (ceannainn) | white-face. |
| blàrag | white-face. |
| druimhionn | white down the back. |
| maol | polled. |
| 4. Names for certain beasts, e.g. an animal on which the owner bestows particular attention |
| 5. Parts of the body |
| seiche | hide. |
| adhar | horn. |
| amhach | neck. |
| fionntrachad | [?] hair. |
| uchd | breast. |
| casan cinn | front feet. |
| casan deiridh | back feet. |
| ceathair deiridh | hindquarters. |
| cruachain | hips. |
| sionnan | teats. |
| feithean | tendons. |
| cuislean | arteries. |
| sgamhan | lungs. |
| gruthan | liver. |
| airnean | kidneys. |
| dumalas | gall bladder. |
| maodal | big stomach. |
| caolain | intestines. |
| taigis | small stomach. |
| crodhain | hooves. |
| 6. Calving |
| crodh-dàil | cow taken to the bull. |
| dàr | heat (also for human beings). |
| leabaidh-laoigh | calf-bed. |
| glanadh | placenta. |
| 7. Milking |
| bleoghain | milking. |
| leigeil | milking. |
| striopadh | milking to the last drop (stripping). |
| deurannan | last milk. |
| deoghal | suckling. |
| àm an eadraidh | milking-time. |
| bainne buidhe | beastings. (Inverness) |
| bainne nois | beastings. (Inverness) |
| ceud-bainne | beastings. (Victoria) |
| nùis | beastings. (Victoria) |
| bacaid | milk-pail. |
| 8. Feeding |
| biathadh | feeding. |
| feuradh | grazing (seldom used). |
| [herding] | (Little real herding done; one generally let the cows out of the barn to the field.) |
| 9. Apparatus |
| teadhair | tether. |
| buarach | milking-fetter. |
| stainseal | stanchion. |
| steichean | stakes. |
| crocan | spikes put on a calf to keep it from sucking. |
| 10. Diseases |
| ruadh | any inflammation, esp. milk-fever (V. [Victoria?] ruaidhe). |
| cailleach chribeach | when a cow’s cheek gets inside her teeth and forms a sore. |
| 11. Miscellaneous |
| buachar | dung, esp. of cows. |
