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Scottish Gaelic

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D
Scottish Gaelic
donn[d̪̊ɔun̪ˠ]
adj
A colour like that of coffee, soil, or wood. It is also used to describe someone with brown hair.

“Tha an cù donn a' ruith san raoin.”

The brown dog is running in the field.

Also means
  1. brown
  2. brown-haired, brunette

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Scottish Gaelic
Donnchadh[ˈd̪̊ũˈn̪ˠũxəɣ]
name
A male given name of Old Irish origin, equivalent to the English name Duncan.

“Tha Donnchadh aig an taigh.”

Duncan is at home.

Also means
  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Duncan
  2. Duncan

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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N
Scottish Gaelic
nighean[ˈɲĩ.un]Appears in an example
noun
A female child in relation to her parents, or a young girl.

“An cluinn thu mi, mo nighean donn?”

Will you listen to me, my brown-haired girl?

Also means
  1. daughter, female offspring
  2. girl
  3. maiden, young woman
  4. daughter

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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P
Scottish Gaelic
pillAppears in an example
noun
This word is the genitive form of the noun 'peall', which means a horse blanket or a hide.

“Tha dath a' phill donn.”

The color of the horse blanket is brown.

Also means
  1. genitive singular of peall
  2. of a horse blanket

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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