Mountains, hills |
uamh | cave. |
sàil na beinne | bonn na beinne. |
gualainn beinne | |
toman | cnoc beag iosal. |
frìth na beinne | large expanse of hills. |
màs | iochdar na beinne. |
gearraidh | enclosure, also ‘buaile’ – like [sic]. |
coire | corrie. |
meall | hill that interrupts view. |
leoba | small patch like a feannag. |
taomadh | turning, digging. |
gil | gulley far a bheil abhainn cas. |
cleite | claidhaich beinn os [?] a bheil lag. |
sliabh | far a bheil feur fada a fas am measg an fhraoich. |
sniabh | pass. |
groban | point on top of a hill, jutting out. |
faobhar na beinne | outline of a hill. |
adhaigh | |
Moorland features |
dìg | bog. |
boglach | |
suil-chruthaich | swamp. |
oir feall | fine sand on the hillocks. |
lòn | bogs. |
tobha | inaccessible ledge. |
palla | inaccessible ledge. |
beallach | |
cul-cinn | [?] for grazing, common grazing. |
bearradh | sloping bank. |
briallach | wet swamp patch – small. |
abhoinn | boglach mor. |
Coastal features |
bàgh | open bay. |
geogha | deeper narrower bay. |
rubha | point. |
sgeir | rock in sea. |
bogha | larger than sgeir [q.v.]. |
òb | same as bay. |
acarsaid | anchorage. |
bearradh | cliff. |
garralach | talamh creagach. |
talamh corrach | rocky precipitous ground. |
camus | “camus a roideadh” – mar uamh a tighinn a staigh ann an cladach. |
gob | point. |
sron | point. |
lòin | bàgh tana. |
mol | shingle. |
gloraigean | |
làcaraid | ground swell. |
onfhodh | swell. |
bragaire | langadal briste. |
feamainn chìrean | short and thin seaweed, used to boil it for cow. |
tiath chladach | between high water mark agus feur. |
an aigeal | grunn na mara. |
Rivers, burns |
allt | abhainn bheag chumhang. |
sruth | flow of a river. |
linne | bonn na h-aibhne, where it goes out to sea. |
eas | waterfall. |
steall | |
abhainn na gàire gheal | abhainn a leum, in spate. |
lochan | |
lodan | a very small pool, smaller than pollag [q.v.]. |
pollag | small pool. |
glupa | pond. |
sruthan | |
boinealaich | trickle of water. |
srithan | on beach. |
fuaran | well. |
gàiraich nan tonn | sound of sea. |
tha i na griosaich | a storm, hurricane. |
Different types of beach |
Sea-pools |
frioghan | Tha frioghan air a mhuir – quick, short wave. |