| là | Quotation: Là gogaireachd. Notes: April Fool’s Day. |
| lagais | [ɫɑɡiʃ] Notes: dung heap. “Bhiodh iad a’ deanamh lag anns an talamh gus an cumadh e an sùgh a bha san inneir.” |
| laogh-coiseadh | Notes: calf at foot. |
| làr | Quotation: Chaneil cho fad o chaidh sin mu làr. Notes: It is not so long since that came to an end. |
| leac | Quotation: leac nam bonnach. Notes: flat stone put beside the fire for toasting scones. |
| léideag | Quotation: léideag, ceum is leum. Notes: hop, step and jump. |
| leigeadh | [lʹiɡʹəɣ] Notes: pus coming from a boil. |
| léine-bheag | Notes: skin inside an eggshell. |
| leth-òinseach | Notes: half-wit. |
| leth-sgriob | Quotation: a’ treabhadh air leth-sgriob. Notes: ploughing only in the one direction, e.g. where there is a fairly steep slope. |
| leum | Quotation: léideag, ceum is leum. Notes: hop, step and jump. |
| lianradh | Notes: wool winder. |
| linn | [lʹĩ:nʹ] Quotation: (1) Tha mi air linn a chuir sios. (2) Thàinig a’ linn as. Notes: (1) eggs put under hen. (2) eggs hatched. |
| linnseag | [lʹĩ:ʃɑɡ] Notes: a film, a thin coating. |
| lionadh | Quotation: lionadh toisich; lionadh deiridh. Notes: brace fore and aft in a boat. |
| lionadh | Notes: the sheaves in the centre of the base of the cornstack. |
| liunnraich | [lʹw̃:riç] Notes: fester. |
| lodair | Notes: ladle. |
| lòineag | Notes: snowflake. |
| lonaig | [ɫɔ̃ṉiɡʹ] Notes: a beaten path, e.g. through the croft. |
| lòsan | [lɔ:sɑṉ] Notes: window-pane. |
| losgann | Notes: sledge – could be drawn by man or horse. |
| lunn | Quotation: na lunnan. Notes: rollers put under a boat. |
| màgan | Quotation: a’ falbh air a’ mhàgan. Notes: going on all fours. |
| maghar | Notes: fishing fly, preferably made with dog’s hair. |
| maide | Quotation: maide buinn. Notes: the “foot” of the cas-chrom. |
| maide-feannaig | Notes: stick which projects at the end of the ridgepole to secure the rope tying down the thatch. |
| maide-tóin-eich | Notes: stick fixed behind the horse with ropes from it attached to baskets or bags hanging on pack saddles to prevent them from swinging forward when going downhill. |
| mana | Notes: the ghost of a person. |
| maorach-ealaidh | Quotation: Tha mi a’ dol dhan an tràigh a dh’iarraidh maorach-ealaidh. Notes: limpets release themselves from rocks as it gets dark and start to move. Could be picked easily then. (?) |
| màthair-an-duilisg | Notes: Irish moss. |
| meadal | Quotation: Rinn an cù meadal rium. Notes: showed pleasure at seeing me, e.g. wagging tail. |
| meadalach | [mɛ̃d̪ɑɫɑx] Quotation: Bha e a meadalaich rium. Notes: showing pleasure e.g. at meeting somebody (usually used of a dog). |
| mì-shealbhte | [mĩ:hɑɫitʹə] Notes: mischievous. |
| minichgeag | [mĩṉiçɡʹɑɡ] Notes: skin taken from newly born calf, stuffed with straw and put under the cow to induce it to give milk. |
| moighlean | Notes: tied bundle of threshed corn. |
| móine | Quotation: móine chòineach [xɔ:nʹɑx]. Notes: mossy peat. |
| mu | Quotation: Chaneil cho fad o chaidh sin mu làr. Notes: It is not so long since that went out of existence, came to an end. |
| muilinn-fasgnaidh | Notes: winnowing mill. Heard of it – not sure of its construction. |
| mula-mhàgag | Notes: frog. |
| ràc-an-arbhair | Notes: corncrake. |
| ròic | Notes: a feast. |
| rosg | Notes: eyelash. |
| rùbhan | Quotation: (1) rùbhan beag. (2) rùbhan mór. Notes: (1) first lifting of peat. (2) made if weather was wet. |
| ruighinneachadh | [ru̜iəṉɑxəɣ] Quotation: Tha sin a ruighinneachadh air an teine. Notes: taking a long time to cook. [NOTES: slipped under ‘righnich’.] |
| rùsgadh | Quotation: a’ rùsgadh a’ phuill. Notes: removing the divots from the peat bank. |
| riabh | [riɤv] Quotation: riabh buntàta. Notes: a row. |
| athainn | Quotation: ann an athainne [ɑhĩnʹə]. Notes: in a position from which, say a beast would not be able to free itself. |
| ascaoin | Quotation: caoin-air-ascaoin [kw̃:nʹɤɾɑʃɡʹĩnʹ]. Notes: inside out. |
| ath-theinne | [ɑhĩnʹə] Quotation: An ann ag iarraidh iasad ath-theinne a tha thu. Notes: half-burnt peat. Said to a visitor, usually when paying a very short visit to a house. |
| spòg-rùisgte | Notes: barefoot. Or cas-rùisgte. |
| tràigh | Quotation: cadalan-tràghad. Notes: starfish. |
| troch-dubaidh | [t̪ɾɔxḏɤbi] Notes: dipping trough. |
| as | Quotation: as t-oidhch’. Notes: at night. |
| iacladh | Quotation: iacladh turaidh. Notes: short dry spell in a long wet one. |
| iobradh | Quotation: iobradh beag turaidh. Notes: short dry spell on a rainy day. |
| iulla | Notes: a spot where fish is plentiful. |
| nasg | Notes: rim of “criathar”. Nasg caora: sheep’s skeleton, e.g. as found on the moor. |
| och | Notes: for ach – but. (Also gloc for glac – catch.) |
| oidhche | Quotation: as t-oidhch’. Notes: at night. |
| pàilidh | [pɑ:li] Notes: a pet term used for a small creature. |
| peileag | Notes: porpoise. |
| peitean | Notes: knitted cardigan. Peitean gorm: fisherman’s jersey. |
| pileag | [pilɑɡ] Notes: the petal of a flower. |
| piurna | [pju̜ʴṉə] Notes: reel. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| pleadhag | Notes: dibble. |
| plocan | Notes: wooden potato-masher. |
| pluban | [pɫu̜bɑṉ] Quotation: “An robh e ciuin a muigh?” “Cha robh, bha pluban beag oirre.” Notes: presence of slight choppiness. |
| poit | Quotation: poit phràiseach. Notes: cast-iron pot. |
| poit-ròiseid | Notes: iron pot for melting resin. |
| pràiseach | Notes: cast-iron. |
| put | Notes: push. |
| seach | Quotation: a’ dol ma seach leis an deoch. Notes: staggering. |
| seic | Quotation: seic a’ bhuntata. Notes: skin. |
| seipleis | [ʃɛplɛʃ] Notes: soapy water. |
| sgealb | Quotation: sgealb de ghille. Notes: a “lump” of a lad; a youth. |
| sgeth | Quotation: sgeth na mulamhàgag. Notes: frog spawn. |
| sgonn | Quotation: sgonn de ghille. Notes: a “lump” of a lad; a youth. |
| sgonnan | Notes: the peg on the cas-chrom. |
| sgoradh | Quotation: a sgoradh na h-eathar. Notes: putting supports under the boat. |
| sgòrr | Notes: support put under a boat to keep it upright – usually a pile of stones. (sgoradh) |
| sgreab | [sɡɾeb] Notes: crust on a healing cut. |
| sgreagag | [sɡɾeɡɑɡ] Notes: small limpet-like shellfish which are found encrusted on the rocks. |
| sgriachan | [sɡɾiɑxɑṉ] Notes: scraper for pots made from heather twigs tied with string. |
| sguabach | Quotation: sguabach fhraoich. Notes: heather brush for sweeping the floor. |
| simide | [ʃĩmidʹə] Notes: wooden potato masher. |
| siosacot | [ʃisəkɔt̪] Notes: tailored waistcoat. |
| siosar | [ʃisɑɾ] Notes: the sharper pincer on the lobster. |
| slamag | Notes: a slug of liquid. |
| sleamhnagan | Notes: sty. |
| slifeag | [ʃlʹifɑɡ] Notes: spurtle. |
| slisne | [ʃlʹiʃnʹə] Notes: earmark. |
| slisneag | Notes: a sliver of wood. |
| sloc | Quotation: sloc bhuntata. Notes: potato pit. |
| sloightire | [sɫ[ɤi]tʹəɾə] Notes: rascal, no-gooder. |
| sluasaid | [sɫu̜ɤsɑdʹ] Notes: shovel. |
| smeigead | [smɛ̃ɡʹəd̪] Notes: chin. |
| smeuradh | Quotation: tuba smeuraidh. Notes: tub used when smearing sheep with a mixture of tar and butter. |
| smodair | [smɔ̃d̪əɾ] Notes: crumbs, small useless pieces of anything. |
| snaidhmleadh | Quotation: a’ snaidhmleadh dhubhanan. Notes: fixing the hook on to the line. |
| snaidhmlich | Quotation: Bha na h-easgainn bheaga air an snaidhmleadh air dubhan airson fuaidreag a dheanamh. Notes: string or thread wound round the two. |
| snàithnean | Quotation: snàithnean biathaidh. Notes: the string from top to bottom of a lobster creel which holds the bait. |
| snàthad | Quotation: snàthad na spealadh. Notes: the wire supporting the blade of the scythe. |
| snàthad | Quotation: snàthad cliùchdaireachd. Notes: net-mending needle. |
| sneathardaich | [sn̪ɛ̃hɑʴd̪iç] Notes: sneezing. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| sogan | Quotation: Bha sogan math air. Notes: happy mood. |
| soganach | Notes: joyful, happy. |
| sop | Quotation: sop arbhair; sop fodair. Notes: a single straw. |
| spàrr | Quotation: a’ sparr [sic] tarsuinn. Notes: |
| speach | [spɛx] Notes: wasp. |
| spog-rùisgte | [spɔɡru̜:ʃɡʹə] Notes: barefoot. (or cas-rùisgte) |
| sprachdail | [spɾɑxkɑl] Notes: forward, bold. |
| sprúilleach | Notes: a mass of useless bits and pieces. |
| spùt | Notes: “scouring” in cattle or sheep. |
| sreath | Notes: the outer row of sheaves in the base of a cornstack. |
| stailleard | [sṯɑlʹɑʴḏ] Notes: a spring balance. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| stair | [st̪ɤɾ] Notes: stepping stones across a burn. Also “clachan stair”. |
| stallag | Notes: a slug of liquid. |
| starachdach | Quotation: duine starachdach. Notes: a perverse man; a man not easy to get on with. |
| staran | Notes: pavemented path. |
| steàirrdean | [ʃtʹɑ:ʴdʹɑṉ] Notes: tern. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| steap | [sṯɛp] Quotation: steap a’ chruinn. Notes: the piece of wood on the bottom of a boat where the mast fitted. |
| stoc | Quotation: stoc a’ lianraidh. Notes: upright rest on which the wool-winder revolved. |
| stràc | Quotation: stràc spealaidh. Notes: swathe. |
| Suaineach | Quotation: tùirneap Shuaineach. Notes: swede. |
| suidheachan | Notes: where the steersman sits in a boat. |
| sunnag | Notes: chair fashioned from a barrel. |
| taibhs | Quotation: Tha taibhs aig an duine sin. Notes: That man has the second sight. |
| taisgeil | Quotation: cluas taisgeil. Notes: left. |
| tallan | Quotation: cùl an tallainn [sic]. Notes: The “lobby” in the thatched houses. |
| tànaisgeir | [t̪ɑ̃:ṉiʃɡʹəɾ] Quotation: tànaisgeir na cruaicheadh. Notes: the widest part of the corn-stack (also crios). |
| taobhaisdean | [t̪ɤıʃdʹəṉ] Notes: where the ithris is fixed to the creel. |
| taobh-stoc | Notes: strip around the sides of the boat under the seats. |
| tarag | Quotation: tarag sàileach. Notes: a large nail driven up through the heel of the cas-chrom and into the shaft. |
| taraisgeir | [t̪ɛɾɛʃɡʹəɾ] Notes: peat-cutting iron. |
| tasgaidh | Quotation: a’ thasgaidh; mo thasgaidh. Notes: form of address – my dear. |
| tionndaidh | Quotation: a’ tionndrain [tʹ[ɤ̃ũ̜]n̪d̪ɾɑ̃ṉ]. Notes: turning, ploughing. |
| tionndaidh | Quotation: Thionndramaid. Notes: We would turn. |
| tobhta | Quotation: tobhta throgalach. Notes: removable seat in a boat. |
| tóghaigeadh | Notes: hoeing. |
| toiresgeir | [t̪ɤɾəʃɡʹəɾ] Notes: peat-cutting iron. |
| toit | Quotation: toit arbhair. Notes: a “hut” of 15-20 stooks. |
| toll | Quotation: toll an fhasaig. Notes: bung-hole. |
| tolman | [t̪ɔɫɔmɑ̃ṉ] Notes: a small hillock. |
| topan | Quotation: topan na cruaicheadh. Notes: pointed top of cornstack. |
| trom-laighe | Notes: nightmare. |
| tuasaid | Notes: quarrel, fight. |
| tuba | Quotation: tuba smeuraidh. Notes: tub used when smearing sheep with mixture of tar and butter. |
| tùirneap | Quotation: tùirneap Shuaineach. Notes: swede. |
| tùirneap | Quotation: tùirneap bhuidhe. |
| ubhal | Quotation: Rug e air ubhal a’ sgòrnain air. Notes: Adam’s apple. |
| udalan | Notes: swivel. |
| uir-sgeul | [u̜rwʃɡʹɑl] Quotation: Tha uir-sgeul mór ma dheidhinn. Notes: There [is] a lot to tell about him. |
| aigeannach | [ɑɡʹən̪ɑx] Notes: lively, in high spirits. |
| ailbheag | [elevɑɡ] Notes: a mooring ring in a boat. |
| ailm | Notes: the helm. |
| àl | Quotation: A’ bheil àl math aic’? Notes: can be used of the offspring of sheep, cattle, horses. |
| àlach | Quotation: Bha àlach phocannon aca. Bha àlach ann dhuibh. Notes: a good many. |
| alladh | [ɑɫə] Quotation: a’ gabhail alladh ri duine. Notes: watching a person and sizing up what he was doing. |
| amharcan | [ɑ̃əɾkɑ̃ṉ] Quotation: amharcan na sùil. Notes: pupil. |
| aobarna (sic) | [ɤ:bəʴṉə] Notes: ankle. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| aparan | Notes: the flap under the crab’s belly. |
| àrc | Notes: a cork. |
| ath-cheapach | Notes: when lea land is ploughed one year, called ath-cheapach before being ploughed the following year. |
| bac | [bɑxk] Notes: strip of wood fixed on top of the gunwhale to prevent chafing by the oar. |
| bac | Notes: earmark. |
| badag | Quotation: badag itean. Notes: feather brush used on the griddle. |
| balg | Quotation: Tha a’ bho ’n deidh a’ bhalg a bhreith. Notes: at calving. |
| balg-snàmh | Notes: air bladder found inside a fish. |
| banabhuisleach (sic) | Notes: a witch. |
| banachdach | Quotation: a’ bhanachdach. Notes: smallpox, vaccination. |
| bara | [bɑɾə] Notes: a kind of “nest” made at the top of the beach to accommodate a boat. |
| bàrr-dearg | Notes: tangle. |
| bathallag | Quotation: bathallag a’ bhuntàta. Notes: the sprout growing on potatoes in spring. |
| bearradh | Quotation: bearradh a’ phuill. Notes: the edge of the top of the peat bank. “An gàradh air bearradh a’ phuill.” |
| beart-luaidh | |
| beum | Quotation: Beum os a cionn. Beum [fɛ:hə]. Notes: earmark. |
| biadhtach | Notes: raven. Fitheach also used. |
| biath | Quotation: a’ biathadh a’ mhuilinn. Notes: feeding the threshing mill. |
| bocsa | Quotation: bocsa nan éildearean. Notes: the area in front of the pulpit where elders sit. |
| boidheach | Notes: pron. buaidhach [bu̜ɤiɔx]. |
| boillseadh | Quotation: boillseadh dhan a’ ghrian. Notes: short spell of sunshine. |
| boiteag | Notes: earthworm. |
| bonnach-grùthan | Notes: same mixture as in ceann-cropaic. |
| bòrd | Quotation: bòrd giùlain. Notes: funeral bier. |
| bota | [bɔt̪ə] Notes: a broken, bare spot of moorland (where the surface has broken). |
| bragail | Notes: forward, bold. |
| braghaid | Quotation: braghaid cunnlach. Notes: straw-collar. |
| bràigh | Quotation: bràigh an tighe. Notes: bedroom in a blackhouse. |
| bràigh | [bɾɛ:] Notes: a boat’s mooring rope. |
| branndair | Quotation: branndair an dreasair. Notes: slatted shelf under the dresser where pails of water were usually kept. |
| bratag | Notes: (1) caterpillar. (2) worm found in potatoes. |
| breac | Notes: salmon. |
| briogais | Notes: breeching. |
| brùchd | Notes: seaweed driven onto the shore. |
| brùgh | Notes: belly – usual term. |
| bugha | [bu̟ə] Notes: pl. bughaichean. Used by M. of a soft marshy place from which the water doesn’t run. |
| buidseachd | Quotation: Tha buidseachd aice. Notes: She has the power of witchcraft. |
| bùigire | [bu̟:ɡʹəɾə] Notes: puffin. |
| bùirein | Quotation: Tha ’n tarbh a’ bùirein. Notes: bellowing. |
| bùlasg | Quotation: bùlasg poiteadh. Notes: handle of a pot in two parts, hooked at the top. |
| bun | Quotation: a’ chluas man a’ bhun. Notes: sheep’s ear cut off. |
| buna-bhuachaille | Notes: Great Northern Diver. |
| buntàta | Quotation: buntata [sic] tràth. Notes: early potatoes. |
| buntàta | Quotation: buntata [sic] atharnach. Notes: potatoes growing from these left in the ground the previous year. |
| bùrach | Quotation: a’ bùrach. Notes: digging. |
| butarras | Notes: dirty weather. |
| biorach | Notes: calf’s spiked muzzle. |
| biorach | Notes: a horse over one year old. |
| cabadh | Quotation: a’ cabadh a’ bhuntàta. Notes: cleaning potatoes with a hoe. |
| cachailean | [kɑxəlɑ̃ṉ] Notes: (1) an opening in a stone dyke through which cattle passed. (2) wooden gate with wooden hinges on it. (cachaileith usually) |
| cadalan-tràghad | Notes: starfish. |
| caibe | [cebə] Notes: the iron tip on the foot of the cas-chrom. |
| caille-bianan | Notes: phosphorescence. |
| caisg | Quotation: Chaisg iad na h-uain; laogh air a chasg. Notes: wean. |
| caitheamh | Quotation: a’ caitheamh na cloicheadh. Notes: putting the shot. |
| cala | Quotation: cal-fhaoileag [kɑɫw:lɑɡ]. Notes: flock of seagulls, as over a patch of sea where herring are present. |
| camard | [kɑ̃mɑʴḏ] Quotation: Tha ’n camard orm. Notes: stiff neck. [NOTES: slipped under ‘camart’.] [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| caoin | Quotation: caoin-air-ascaoin [kw̃:nʹɤɾɑʃɡʹĩnʹ]. Notes: inside out. |
| caora | Quotation: caora bhrògach. Notes: a sheep with tufts of black wool in her fleece. |
| carbhaireachd | [kɑɾɑvəɾɑxk] Quotation: lodair air a carbhaireachd. Notes: carved. |
| casg | Quotation: Chaisg iad na h-uain. Laogh air a chasg. Notes: wean. |
| cas-rùisgte | [kɑsru̜:ʃɡʹə] Notes: barefoot (or spog-rùisgte). |
| cathadh-mara | Notes: spindrift. |
| ceangal | [cɑ̃ɑɫ] Notes: the rope tying the cow in the byre. |
| ceann | Quotation: ceann-dubh a’ tighinn air a’ ghealaich. Notes: moon just beginning to wane. |
| ceanna-chnag | Notes: knee-piece at the ends of the seats in a boat. |
| ceannard | [cɑ̃n̪ɑʴḏ] Notes: where horses turned when ploughing. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| ceann-maradh | Notes: the rope between the buoy and the anchor (cruaidh). |
| ceann-maothan | [cɑn̪mw̃:hɑṉ] Notes: the joint between the two planks in a boat. |
| ceap | Quotation: ceap bròigeadh. Notes: shoe last. [NOTES: slipped under ‘ceap-bròige’.] |
| cearban | [cɛɾɛbɑṉ] Notes: basking shark. |
| cearc | Notes: female crab. Also cleireach (m) and altruman (f). |
| ceist | Notes: can be an arithmetical sum. (Lewis – cuistean) |
| ceum | Quotation: léideag, ceum is leum. Notes: hop, step and jump. |
| cioch-shlugain | Notes: uvula. |
| cipean | Notes: tethering pin. |
| cire-mirean (sic) | [cıɾəmĩɾɑṉ] Notes: a spinning top. |
| ciùchranaich | Notes: drizzle. |
| clach-baistidh | Notes: baptismal font. |
| clach | Quotation: clach bhleith. Notes: honing stone. |
| clach-bhrathainn | Notes: quernstone. |
| clach | Quotation: clach speal. Notes: honing stone for the scythe. |
| claimh | [kɫɛ̃f] Quotation: a’ chlaimh. Notes: sheep scab – a notifiable disease. Sheep with this disease to be dipped every fortnight. |
| clais | Quotation: clais na bathach. Notes: byre drain. |
| clàrag | Quotation: clàrag geòla. Notes: the square stern of a boat. |
| cliùchdadh | Quotation: a’ cliùchdadh. Notes: going into hiding. |
| cliùchdaireachd | Notes: mending nets. |
| clogad | Quotation: clogad na creathail. Notes: the wooden canopy over the child’s head. |
| clòthan | [kɫɔ:ɑ̃ṉ] Quotation: trì chlòthanan. Notes: earmark. “Rinn thu clòthanan dheth” – said of a piece of clothing torn to shreds. |
| cluais | Quotation: cluais a’ lion. Notes: |
| cluas | Quotation: a’ cluas man a’ bhun. Notes: sheep’s ear cut off. |
| clupad | [kɫu̜pəd̪] Notes: fluke disease in cattle or sheep. Swollen throat. |
| cnag | Notes: wooden pegs used as rowlocks. |
| cnaimh-runnach | Notes: horse-mackerel. |
| cneabaige | [kɾɛ̃:biɡʹə] Notes: garter. |
| cneabailt | [kɾɛ̃:bilʹtʹ] Notes: garter. |
| coc | Quotation: coc fheòir. |
| cocadh | Quotation: a’ cocadh an fheòir. |
| coileach | Notes: male crab. (Also cléireach (m) and altruman (f).) |
| coimheach | [kɛ̃əx] Notes: shy, timid. |
| colamadh | Quotation: Bhiodh deise cholamaidh air na fir. |
| còmhlach | [kɔ̃:ɫəx] Notes: gaff or landing hook. |
| conadal | Quotation: or caora chonadail. Notes: a sheep which has strayed from its own township pasture to another. |
| corcais | [kɔɾkiʃ] Notes: a cork. |
| corra-chòsag | Notes: slater. |
| corra-shiomain | Notes: rope-making tool. |
| corra-shùgain | Notes: rope-making tool. |
| cothaich | Quotation: Tha a’ bhó a muigh ’ga cothachadh fhéin. Tha i math air i fhéin a chothachadh. Notes: feed, graze. |
| cothromach | Quotation: gaoth chothromach. Notes: a favourable wind. |
| cragan-feannaig | Notes: sea-urchin. |
| cràigisgean | Notes: MMK says it is the spot at both ends of the ridge-pole where the roof begins to slope to the wall. |
| crann | Quotation: crann na spealadh. |
| creathail | Quotation: a’ tulgadh na creathlach [kðeləx]. Notes: rocking the cradle. |
| creileag | Notes: cleg. |
| crios | Quotation: crios na cruaicheadh. Notes: the widest part of the cornstack. |
| crò | Quotation: crò bhuntàta. Notes: corner of the barn boxed in for keeping potatoes. |
| cròcan | [kɾɔ:xkɑ̃ṉ] Notes: earmark. |
| crom-a-riachan | [kɾoməˈɾıɑxɑṉ] Notes: snipe. |
| cù | Quotation: an cù. Notes: dogfish sometimes referred to as “an cù”. |
| cruach | Quotation: cruach fheòir. Notes: circular stack. |
| cruadalach | [kɾuɤd̪ɑɫɑx] Notes: a hardy man. |
| cuain | [ku̜ɤnʹ] Notes: a litter. |
| cùbaid | Quotation: a’ chùbaid bheag. Notes: the precentor’s place. |
| cùbaid | Quotation: a’ chùbaid mhór. Notes: the main pulpit as distinct from where the precentor stands. |
| cuinneag | Notes: a small wooden tub with wooden handles. |
| cuiseag | Quotation: cuiseag bhuntàta. Notes: potato stalk, shaw. |
| cùl | Quotation: cùl an tallainn. Notes: the “lobby” in the thatched house. |
| curran-fiathaich | Notes: wild carrot. Same shape, colour, smell as a garden carrot. |
| daileag | [d̪ɑlɑɡ] Notes: hiccups. |
| daingealaich | Quotation: Tha daingealaich na mo làmhan. Notes: numbness, due to cold. |
| dais | Quotation: dais fheòir. Notes: loaf-shaped hay-stack. |
| damh | [d̪ɑ̃f] Quotation: pl. daimh [d̪ɛf]. Notes: (pl.) the four strong main beams in harrows. |
| deallag | [dʹɑɫɑɡ] Notes: a wooden chopping-block. |
| deireadh | Notes: poor quality seed. Remains of winnowing. |
| deise | Quotation: Bhiodh deise cholamaidh air na fir. |
| deoc | Notes: suck (sweet, pipe, etc.). |
| deoghail | Notes: suckle. |
| dìdearachd | [dʹı:dʹəɾɑxk] Notes: peeping. |
| di-leum | [dʹilʹe:m] Notes: a hobble put on the front legs of a beast. |
| diobhairt | [dʹw:əʴdʹ] Notes: vomit. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| diollaid-sac | [dʹıɔɫidʹsɑxk] Notes: wooden pack-saddle. |
| dionag | Notes: gimmer. |
| dis | Quotation: Feumaidh mi am beathach sin a thoirt a steach – tha e dis [dʹiʃ]. Notes: prone to feel the cold. |
| dòrnan | Quotation: dòrnan na spealadh. Notes: hand-grip on a scythe. |
| drac | Quotation: a’ dracadh a’ phuill. Notes: lining the peat-bank along its length and cutting divots before removing them. |
| drèibh | [d̪ɾɛ:v] Notes: a sluggard, slow-coach; e.g. someone who is always behind with spring work, autumn work. |
| drolla | [d̪ɾɔɫə] Quotation: drolla na poiteadh. Notes: the handle. |
| druidte | [d̪ɾu̟tʹə] Quotation: Rinn e druidte an tigh. Notes: watertight. (From druid – to shut up closely?) |
| druim-beag | Notes: small of the back. |
| druiteag | Notes: a small load. |
| dubhadh | Notes: blight. |
| dubhaganaich | [d̪u̟əɡɑṉiç] Quotation: dubhaganaich na h-oidhche. Notes: night-fall. |
| dustaidh | [d̪u̟st̪i] Quotation: la dustaidh. Notes: a day of haze in very dry weather. |
| eadar-a-lunn | Quotation: Tha am bata eadar-a-lunn. Notes: half-submerged. |
| eadradh | [ɛd̪ɾəɣ] Quotation: eadradh maidne, eadradh feasgair; am an eadraidh. Notes: milking time; M says it also could be used of the yield of milk, e.g. morning and evening. |
| eagnaidh | [eɡʹṉi] Notes: precise, exact. |
| èibhiseach | [ɛ:viʃɑx] Quotation: Bha e èibhiseach math. Bha e èibhiseach mór. Notes: unusually. |
| éirigh | Notes: wool rise. |
| faoileag | Quotation: cal-fhaoileag [kɑɫw:lɑɡ]. Notes: flock of seagulls, as over a patch of sea where herring are present. |
| failich | [fɑliç] Quotation: Dh’fhailich e orm a dheanamh. Notes: I failed to do it. (fairtlich) |
| faobhag | [fɤ:vɑɡ] Notes: squid (squirts ink). |
| faraidh | Quotation: faraidh nan cearc. |
| fàsag | Notes: bung. |
| fàth | Quotation: A h-uile fàth a gheibhinn [joĩnʹ] bhithinn na pògadh. Notes: chance, opportunity. |
| fathallan | Notes: a field mouse. |
| feannag | Notes: a small plot of cultivated land. |
| feuraich | [fıɑɾiç] Quotation: a’ feurach a’ chrodh anns a’ mhaduinn agus feasgar. Notes: letting the cows out to graze before and after milking. |
| fideag | [fidʹɑɡ] Notes: a hobble put on the front legs of a beast. |
| fitheach | Notes: raven. Biadhtach also used. |
| fiullan | Quotation: fiullan nan ceud chas. Notes: centipede. |
| fiullan-góbhlach | Notes: earwig. |
| flin | [flw̃ṉ] Notes: sleet. |
| fliuch-bhord | Notes: the plank next to the keel. |
| fo | Quotation: Tha a bhó a leigeil [fɛ:hə]. Notes: the cow’s udder filling when about to calf. |
| frac | [fɾɑxk] Quotation: frac de fheur; frac de fhiodh. Notes: rubbish, useless stuff. |
| friodhachd | Notes: the barb on the fishing hook. |
| fuaidreag | Notes: rubber eels used now. Used to be small eels, skinned, salted and tied to a hook. Lythe fishing. |
| fuarachd | Notes: chilblains. |
| furm | Quotation: furm smeuraidh. Notes: stool used when smearing sheep with mixture of tar and butter. |
| gaoth | Quotation: gaoth chothromach. Notes: a favourable wind. |
| garadh | Quotation: Chaidh e do’n cheardach a gharadh. Notes: welding. |
| garbhan | Notes: gills of a fish. |
| geàrr | Quotation: a’ gearradh le gaoith. Notes: cutting seaweed when there is a stiff breeze to drive it shorewards. |
| gèibheil | [ɡʹɛ:vəl] Notes: The rope running down the side of a net. |
| gibeag | Quotation: gibeag luachair. Notes: a sheaf of rushes, bound with rushes. |
| glainichean | Notes: spectacles. |
| glais-cheap | Notes: the flat divots put on top of the wall inside the thatched house to seal joint of wall and roof. |
| glamaradh | Notes: vice. |
| glaothan | [ɡɫw:hɑ̃ṉ] Notes: the pith of a rush. |
| glas-talamh | Notes: lea land. |
| gloc | [ɡɫɔk] Notes: for “glac” – catch. (Also och for ach – but.) |
| gniomh | Quotation: a’ gniomhadh [əɡɾıɤəɣ] a’ chruaich. Notes: building up the outer shell like brickwork. |
| góbhlag | Notes: catapult. |
| góbhlag | Notes: a “coil” of hay. |
| gogaireachd | Quotation: là gogaireachd. Notes: April Fools Day. |
| grampa | [ɡɾɑ̃ũ̜mᵇə] Notes: a grape. |
| gràp | [ɡɾɑ:p] Notes: grape mostly used for lifting. |
| greim | Quotation: greim cluaiseadh. Notes: earache. |
| grìleag | [ɡɾı:lʹɑɡ] Notes: a very small potato. |
| gucag | Quotation: gucag uibhe. Notes: egg-cub [sic]. |
| guilbearnach | [ɡʹıləbɑʴnʹɑx] Notes: curlew. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] |
| gulmach | [ɡu̜ɫu̜mɑx] Notes: gloomy, depressed-looking. |
