1. Different stages in the growth of cattle |
crodh | |
laogh (m) | male/female. |
gamhainn (m) | male/female. (“Oidhche Shamhna theirear gamhna ris na laoigh.”) |
dòi(bh)lianach (m) | two-year old. |
agh (m) | heifer, female (?). |
2. Breeds of cattle |
3. Outward appearance of cattle |
ruadh | ruddy. |
glas | |
dubh | |
riabhach | greyish brown. |
grìseann | applied as name: dun. |
maol | hornless or shorthorn. |
culaidh | good condition. |
4. Names for certain beasts, e.g. an animal on which the owner bestows particular attention |
5. Parts of the body |
gaosaid (f) | hair. |
craiceann (m) | hide. |
ùgh (m) | udder. |
sithne (m) | teat. |
sgamhan (m) | lungs. |
griùthan (m) | liver. |
àirnean | kidneys. |
geir (m) | fat. |
caolannan | colon. |
an dubh-liath | pancreas (?). |
6. Calving |
dàir | heat. Chaidh i a dhàir. – … has been served. |
7. Milking |
a’ bleoghann | milking. |
ciad-bhainne | first milk (after calving). |
cuman (m) | coggie (?), milk-pail. |
8. Feeding |
a’ biathadh na boine (bà) | feeding [cows]. |
ultach (m) | bundle, fairly large, of hay etc. |
greimean (m) | a little bite. |
a’ fiarach | grazing. |
a’ bhuaile | the milking-place. |
9. Apparatus |
teadhair (f) | tether. |
cipean (m) | tether stake. |
10. Diseases |
spùt (m) | diarrhoea. |
11. Miscellaneous |
saogan | call to a calf. |
taorais | stop call to a cow. |