Mountains, hills |
beinn | mountain. |
mam | mountain. |
tulloch | hillock. |
cnoc | hillock. |
sithean | a hummock on the summit. |
tacsa | foot of a mountain. |
sliabh | heath, rough grazing on mountain slope. |
gualain | shoulder. |
coirre | corrie. |
faobhar | the very summit, skyline. |
Moorland features |
1. |
surag | |
lòn | |
rias | soft muddle indentation. |
boglach | soft muddle indentation. |
feith | |
suil chruthaich | quagmire. |
pòll-damhair | a stags wallowing place. |
2. |
lag | hollow. |
slochd | hollow. |
glaic | hollow. |
bearn | a gap. |
feadan | a narrow passage between two truncated spurs. |
cadha | a rocky gap at side or foot of a mountain. |
3. |
bruthach | brae. |
bruaich | bank. |
bòta | hummock. |
toman | hummock. |
Coastal features |
bagh | bay. |
camus | bay. |
caigean | a narrow pass flooded by the sea, tidal. |
geotha | small cave. |
òb | bay. |
sgor | a cleft. |
rubha | headland. |
gob | headland. |
pala | narrow s[h]elf on a cliff. |
piorra | pinnacle. |
bogha | tidal rock. |
sgeir | tidal rock. |
fideach | tidal grazing, usually machair. |
Rivers, burns, streams, pools, waterfalls |
amhainn | river. |
allt | stream. |
sruth | fast flowing stream. |
gluba | pool. |
linne | a long river pool. |
pollag | small pool. |
glumag | small pool. |
steall | waterfall. |
èas | waterfall. |
Types of beach |
traigh | gainmheach. |
mòl | clachan beaga. |
maroghan | [?] gravel beach. |
Sea-pools, waves |
gluba | sea pool. |
tonnadh | wave. |
tonn | wave. |
stuagh | wave. |
sùradh-bàn | surf carrying sand. |
sioban | spray or drifting sand. |