| 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. |
