| 1. General terms |
| 1.1. Good weather |
| alainn | |
| 1.2. Bad weather |
| latha eadar dà shian | weather that is between two extremes. |
| 1.3. Temperature |
| muirteach | can hardly draw your breath. |
| 1.4. Dryness, wetness |
| 2. The sky and the weather |
| 2.1. A clear sky by day |
| 2.2. A clear night sky |
| 2.3. A red sky |
| 2.4. An overcast sky |
| sgleo air an adhar | |
| 2.5. Unusual appearance of the moon or the sun |
| 2.6. The northern lights |
| fir chlis | |
| Grioglachan | plaids [sic] [Pleiades?]. |
| 2.7. Stars |
| 3. Clouds |
| 3.1. Light cloud |
| 3.2. Cirrus cloud |
| 3.3. Thick cloud |
| 3.4. Rainbow |
| ruinne bò | also used. |
| 4. Wind |
| 4.1. Dead calm |
| 4.2. Light breeze |
| 4.3. Fresh breeze |
| latha fionnar | |
| 4.4. Gusts |
| sguallaichean | |
| 4.5. Wind of variable direction |
| 4.6. Strong wind |
| 4.7. Gale |
| 4.8. Hurricane |
| 4.9. Rising wind |
| 4.10. Dying wind |
| 4.11. Winds associated with particular seasons of the year |
| 5. Tides |
| 5.1. Flowing |
| sioladh | |
| 5.2. Ebbing |
| 5.3. High tide |
| rothart | |
| mullach làn àrd | moon at its height. |
| 5.4. Low tide |
| 5.5. Spring tide |
| 5.6. Neap tide |
| 5.7. Turn of the tide |
| 6. Weather and the sea |
| 6.1. A calm sea |
| 6.2. A light swell |
| 6.3. A heavy swell |
| 6.4. A choppy sea |
| 6.5. A stormy sea |
| 6.6. Large waves |
| 6.7. Breakers |
| 6.8. Surf |
| 6.9. Spindrift |
| 7. Rain |
| 7.1. Drizzle |
| uisge bog | |
| smugraich | |
| 7.2. Light shower |
| fras | |
| 7.3. Heavy shower |
| 7.4. Prolonged rain |
| latha druideach | [NOTES: ‘druideach’ corrected to ‘drùiteach’.] |
| 7.5. Driving rain |
| 7.6. Getting soaked |
| bog fliuch | |
| Dhruidh an t-uisge orm. | [NOTES: ‘Dhruidh’ corrected to ‘Dhrùidh’.] |
| 8. Mist |
| 8.1. Light mist |
| 8.2. Heavy mist |
| 8.3. Sea mist |
| 8.4. Other terms associated with mist |
| 9. Thunder and lightning |
| 9.1. Thunder |
| 9.2. Lightning |
| peadhair | thunderbolt. [NOTES: note added above – peithir.] |
| 10. Snow and hail |
| 10.1. Snowflakes |
| bleideagan | |
| 10.2. Sleet |
| flìn | |
| 10.3. Types of snow |
| 10.4. Driving snow |
| cabhadh sneachda | |
| 10.5. Heavy fall |
| 10.6. Snowdrifts |
| cidheachan sneachda | |
| 10.7. A few flakes floating in the wind |
| 10.8. Snowman and rolled ball of snow |
| bodach sneachda | |
| ball sneachda | |
| 10.9. Hailstones |
| clachan meallain | |
| 11. Frost |
| 11.1. Hoarfrost |
| 11.2. Hard frost |
| 11.3. Ice |
| liath reothadh | |
| 11.4. Thaw |
| aiteabh | |
| 12. Signs foretelling weather |
| 12.1. Foretelling good weather. |
| [còta] | “An crochadh tu do chota orra [sic].” In reference to the moon. If you could hang your coat on the moon according to its shape then a good day was in prospect. If you could not then the opposite applied. |
| 12.2 Foretelling bad weather. |
| 13. General sayings or proverbs connected with the weather |
| [earrach] | “Mios faoillaich, naoi latha gearran, trì latha sguabaig, suas an t-earrach.” Used to herald the beginning of spring. |
