1. Different stages in the growth of cattle |
daogh | boireann or firenn. Thear sinne n Ile ‘daogh’ air son ‘laogh’, ‘doch’ ri ‘loch’, ‘dha’ ri ‘la’. Tha sinn gu tric a cur a ‘d’ an n aite an ‘l’. |
gamhinn | gu bliadhna dh aosh [?]. |
biorach | bhoireann gus a ciad daogh. |
damh | firenn, suas da bhliadhna. |
biorach sheasg | oh [?] daogh. |
biorach throm | an a daogh. |
bo | |
seanna bo | |
tarabh | |
2. Breeds of cattle |
beathach Galda | Ayrshire. |
beathach Gaidhealach | |
3. Outward appearance of cattle |
beathach ruadh | |
beathach donn | |
beathach briochd | |
beathach dubh | |
beathach grisfhionn | |
beathach ruadh is geal | |
beathach dubh is geal | |
beathach geal no ban | |
4. Names for certain beasts, e.g. an animal on which the owner bestows particular attention |
beathach gasda | |
beathach math | |
beathach nach eil a leathaid | |
beathach san ait | |
beathach measal | |
beathach fiachal | |
5. Parts of the body |
ceann as muineal | [head and neck.] |
adharcan | [horns.] |
claraodinn | [forehead.] |
beul | [mouth.] |
fionnadh | [hair.] |
seiche | [hide.] |
gualinn | [shoulder.] |
broillach | [breast.] |
casan toisich | [forelegs.] |
glun | [knee?] |
crothan | |
cnaimh droma | [backbone.] |
ceathra deirridh | [hindquarters.] |
uarabail | [tail.] |
cruachan | [hip?] |
casan deirridh | [hindlegs.] |
spear | |
sliasaid | [thigh?] |
ugh as ballain | [udder and teats.] |
feith | [muscle.] |
alt | [joint.] |
cridhe | [heart.] |
cuilsean | [sic] [arteries or veins]. |
fuil | [blood.] |
sgamhan | [lungs.] |
aotraman | [bladder.] |
dubhain | [kidneys.] |
domlasagh | [gall-bladder.] |
sgordan | [gullet.?] |
maodal | [stomach.] |
mionach | [intestines.] |
saill no geir | [fat.] |
6. Calving |
A bho air a daoradh | |
Rug a bho daogh | |
Tha bho air breith | |
glanadh | Tha bho no bhiorach air glanadh. |
7. Milking |
a bleodhan | [milking.] |
a bleodhan gus an deur mo dhearadh | [milking to the last drop.] |
a deothal | [suckling.] |
bainne nuis | [milk yielded the first two or three days after calving.] |
am a bhleodhain | [milking time.] |
bleodhan moch is anamoch | |
8. Feeding |
biadh a chruidh | [feeding cattle.] |
biadh laimhadh | [hand-feeding.] |
boiteain fear | |
sguab coirc | |
dreamag coirc | |
ag uisgachadh a chruidh | [watering cattle.] |
gan cur a mach airson deoch | |
cuinnag | [pail used to water cattle.] |
ionaltradh | [grazing.] |
buachailachd | [tending of cattle.] |
cuir a mach a chruidh | [driving cattle to grazing.] |
toirt dhachaigh a cruidh | [driving cattle from grazing.] |
buachaile | [herdsman.] |
banna bhuachile | [herdswoman.] |
bannarach | dairymaid. |
9. Apparatus |
ceathal a bho | |
teaghair | [tether.] |
cipeain | [tether stake.] |
udalan | swivel. |
buarach | [fetter for milking.] |
dangaig no langaig | |
crocach | [instrument used] to prevent calf from sucking [its mother]. |
10. Diseases |
foinachan | |
at | swelling. |
spotan | |
cartain | ticks. |
fearsagan | worbels. |
tart | maw(bound). |
fiabhras a bhainne | |
casan air sgealadh | |
crianach | trembling. |
buinneach uisgedearg | |
buachar leasachadh | |
11. Miscellaneous |
preeleo no preebheag | [call to a cow.] |
sugan beag | ri loagh [sic] [call to a calf]. |
tread | herd. |
effein | render helpless. |
bogadh | |
buachar no leasachadh | [cow dung.] |