1. Different stages in the growth of cattle |
male: |
laogh fioran | [male] calf. |
gamhain fioran | [male] stirk. |
damh | castrated stirk. |
tarbh | bull. |
damh bliadhnach | |
damh do-bhliadhnach | |
damh tri bhliadhnach | |
female: |
laogh boirean | [female] calf. |
gamhain boirean | [female] stirk. |
agh | heifer. |
ainmhide | heifer in calf. |
bò | cow. |
gamhnach | farrow cow. |
sgrogag | an old done cow. |
2. Breeds of cattle |
crodh Gaidhealach | Highland cattle. |
crodh maol | polled cattle. |
3. Outward appearance of cattle |
breac | white patches with red or black. |
odhar | dun. |
ruadh | brown or red. |
griosan (gris-fhionn) | blue-grey. [NOTES: ‘gris-fhionn’ added by Hector MacKenzie.] |
balgach | pot bellied. |
rag reamhar | rolling fat. |
caol | lean. |
4. Names for certain beasts, e.g. an animal on which the owner bestows particular attention |
bodhan or bodha | |
5. Parts of the body |
ceann | head. |
amhaich | neck. |
adharcean | horns. |
bathais | forehead. |
calg | hair. |
seiche | hide. |
gualain | shoulder. |
broileach | breast. |
caisean-uchd | breast. |
cnamh droma | back bone. |
cridhe | heart. |
cuisein | artery. |
fuil | blood. |
sgamhan | lungs. |
feith-direach | windpipe. |
grudhan | liver. |
airnean | kidney. |
luch-bhlian | spleen. |
domb-gall | bladder. |
maodal | stomach. |
caolan | colon. |
tanaidh | fat. |
6. Calving |
bo fodh ghair | bulling cow. |
Thilg bo laodh | cast a premature calf. |
salchair | afterbirth. |
7. Milking |
bleodhan | milking. |
deothal | suckle. |
ceud bhainne | first milk. |
miodar | milking pail. |
8. Feeding |
biadhadh | feeding. |
prodhan | mash. |
muidhlean | bunds [? bundles?] of hay. |
teart | grazing before morning milking. |
buachaile spréidhe | herdsman. |
9. Apparatus |
teadhar | tether. |
fudalan | swivel for tether. |
busag | spiked halter. |
tulachan | stuffed calf [used to induce the cow to give milk]. |
feannadh balgan | skinning calf for stuffing. |
10. Diseases |
faileadh | disease of skin. |
doire | wart. |
gartan | tick. |
fiarsalan | warble-worm or maggot. |
feursnan | warble-worm or maggot. |
tiormachd | constipation. |
an earna | red water. |
11. Miscellaneous |
pruic, pruicean | |
dròbh | herd. |
Chaidh a bho a sàs | |
buachar | cow dung. |