ramalaig | Quotation: Nach ann a siud a bha an ramalaig. Notes: of a person who sings a song badly, not even knowing the words. |
reiteach | Notes: match-making. |
pibhaideach | Notes: a person who does everything wrong the hard way. |
sgriogal | Notes: decrepit, useless person. |
sealladh-céin | Notes: television. |
starcan | Notes: causeway. |
tasmaltan | Quotation: An d’fhuair gin agaibh tasmaltan air a’ mhathan? Notes: trail left in forest by a wild animal such as a bear. |
treòlair | Quotation: An d’fhuair thu an treòlair ud a tha air falbh? Notes: an epidemic, contagious sickness. |
biadh ’s-aodach | Quotation: A’ bhiadh ’s aodach ort! Notes: to a boy or girl particularly well dressed. |
cagair | Quotation: cagair-céin. Notes: telephone. |
caibhear | Quotation: Bha ’n caibhear air an duine an raoir. Notes: broken condition of a person. |
comharra-céin | Notes: telegraph. |
dibhearsain | Quotation: Tha a’ chlann ri spòrs agus dibhearsain. Notes: teasing or imitating a person. |
geòbadh | Quotation: Nach toir thu geòbadh air an dorus? Notes: an opening (door, window, etc.). |
geoc | Quotation: Ma tha an t-easbuig cho dona sin ri leum nam feansan, carson a Dia, nach cuir thu geoc air? Notes: yoke – put round the necks of horses guilty of jumping fences, etc. (Above example from story told on tape.) |
goileil | Notes: a long sliver of wood near fireplace used for lighting fire or lamp. |