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Scottish Gaelic
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“An nì a nì an dara h-aba subhach, nì e dubhach an t-aba eile.”
What makes the one abbot glad makes the other abbot sad.
- abbot
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“'S e Annag an t-ainm a th' oirre.”
Annie is her name.
- a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Annie
- Annie
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Thàinig aimhleas air an teaghlach.”
Misfortune came upon the family.
- harm, bane, ruin, mischief, misfortune
- harm
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Cha bu chòir dhuinn àgh millteach a bhith againn ri trioblaid chàich.”
We should not feel schadenfreude at the misfortune of others.
- schadenfreude (a malicious joy at the misfortune of others)
- schadenfreude
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“B' e an t-àrd-athair stèidhiche an treubh.”
The patriarch was the founder of the tribe.
- patriarch
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“B' i an àrd-mhàthair ceannard an teaghlaich.”
The matriarch was the head of the family.
- matriarch
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha am bainne fuar.”
The milk is cold.
- milk
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“ban- + actair → ban-actair”
Adding the prefix to 'actor' creates 'actress'.
- A prefix appended to words to make a female form, similar to -ette or -ess in English.
- A prefix used to make a female form
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Chuala i glaodh na bean-shìdh.”
She heard the cry of the banshee.
- banshee
- fairy woman
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“ciùin ris a' bhò is garbh ris an each”
gentle with the cow and harsh with the horse
- cow
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha bùrach mòr sa ghàrradh.”
There is a great mess in the garden.
- the act of digging
- a turning-over or searching of the earth
- mess, guddle, confusion, disorder, shambles
- an exploit, military feat of valour
- a file of soldiers
- a swelling or tumour
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha an teaghlach a' fuireach ann am baile-dùthchail beag.”
The family lives in a small village.
- village
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Is e sin am brod den teaghlach.”
That is the best of the family.
- best, choice part
- goad, prod, prick, spear, sting (anything sharp and pointed)
- best
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Is mise Caitlin.”
I am Caitlin.
- a diminutive of the female given name Catrìona, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Kathleen
- a female given name
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Chunnaic mi cana sa mhuir.”
I saw a killer whale in the sea.
- killer whale, orca, grampus
- porpoise
- sturgeon
- Order of poets, inferior to an ollamh.
- killer whale
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Bu tu fhèin an caraid is cha b’ e sin a h-uile caraid.”
You’re an extraordinary friend.
- friend
- relative
- cousin
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Cuir an cè anns a' chofaidh.”
Put the cream in the coffee.
- cream
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Chunnaic mi clamhan a' cuairteachadh os cionn an achaidh.”
I saw a buzzard circling above the field.
- buzzard (Buteo vulgaris)
- hawk, falcon, kestrel, kite (in compounds)
- buzzard
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Thoir seo don chloinn!”
Give this to the children!
- children, offspring, progeny
- clan, tribe
- race
- lock, ringlet, curl (of hair)
- children
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Rinn e cluich air an fhacal "aotrom"”
He made a pun on the word "light"
- play, game, pastime, sport
- pun, play on words
- funeral games, funeral rites, solemnities
- battle
- vacation
- flirting
- play
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha iad ag obair còmhla.”
They are working together.
- Usually (but not always) designates mutuality or reciprocity.
- mutuality or reciprocity
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha cùram a' chuirp cudromach.”
Care of the body is important.
- body (human, animal)
- corpse
- body
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Lìon an cuman le bainne.”
Fill the pail with milk.
- pail
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha e ochd mìle air cois.”
It is eight miles on foot.
- leg
- foot
- handle
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Chuir Seumas bainne anns a' chofaidh.”
James put milk in the coffee.
- past indicative of cuir
- put
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“An cuir thu am bainne ann sa chupa?”
Will you put the milk in the cup?
- put
- send
- plant, sow
- Used to indicate falling precipitation, whether rain or snow
- score
- set, shoot
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha Dòmhnall Dubh an Dòmhnallaich a-nochd a' tòir air Mòraig.”
Black-haired Donald MacDonald is chasing after Morag tonight.
- black
- black-haired
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha mòr-dhòlas air an teaghlach an-diugh.”
The family is in great sorrow today.
- sorrow
- grief
- misfortune
- woe
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Bha fearg air an duine.”
The man was angry.
- anger
- passion
- rage
- resentment
- wrath
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha fuil dhearg ann.”
There is red blood in it.
- blood
- family, tribe, kindred
- bloodshed
- wound
- breeding
- temper, nature
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Mas e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, mas e na ròin do luchd-faire...”
If the fish are thy candles bright, if the seals are thy watchmen...
- white
- bright
- pale
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha gille math aige.”
He has a good lad.
- servant, follower
- boy, lad, youth (male aged from the toddler years to about the middle twenties)
- man, boy (as a familiar address for a male of any age)
- unmarried man of any age, bachelor
- boy
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha mi gu math.”
I am doing well.
- Makes an adverb when placed in front of an adjective
- adverb-forming particle
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Chuir iad an langa air an t-soitheach.”
They put the ling on the boat.
- common ling (Molva molva)
- ling
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Chunnaic sinn laogh anns an raon.”
We saw a calf in the field.
- calf, fawn, kid (young of a cow or deer)
- friend
- term of endearment for a child.
- calf
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha mi ag ithe lite blàth.”
I am eating warm porridge.
- porridge
- pottage
- posset
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“mandaidh mi tighinn”
I can come
- may, can (be able to)
- may
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha am mil glè mhilis.”
The honey is very sweet.
- honey
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“cho milis ris an t-siùcar”
as sweet as sugar
- sweet, sugary
- melodious, dulcet
- sweet
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Na mill an obair agad.”
Do not ruin your work.
- destroy
- spoil
- ruin
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Bha an stoirm millteach dha na craobhan.”
The storm was ruinous to the trees.
- ruinous, destructive
- prodigal
- abusive
- grassy
- verdant
- wasting
- ruinous
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“mòr → nas motha”
big → bigger
- Precedes the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.
- comparative particle
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha an obair neo-chrìochnaichte.”
The work is unfinished.
- un-
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Thog iad teine, oir bha an latha fuar.”
They made a fire since the day was cold.
- since, for, because
- since
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“OMC, chan urrainn dhomh a chreidsinn!”
OMG, I cannot believe it!
- An exclamation of excitement, surprise, shock etc.
- OMG
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Bha am prionnsa sa chaisteal.”
The prince was in the castle.
- prince
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Dè an seòrsa leabhair a tha seo?”
What sort of book is this?
- sort
- type
- kind
- category
- breed
- genus
- species
- tribe
- gender
- sex
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Chì thu Sgrìob Chlann Uisnich anns na speuran air oidhche shoilleir.”
You can see the Milky Way in the sky on a clear night.
- Milky Way
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Is mise Sìneag.”
I am Jenny.
- a diminutive of the female given name Sìne, equivalent to English Jenny or Jennie
- Jenny
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha Slighe Chlann Uisnich gu math soilleir a-nochd.”
The Milky Way is very bright tonight.
- Milky Way
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha stoc math aige den spreidh.”
He has a good stock of cattle.
- stock, trunk (of a tree), stump (of a tree), stump
- post, pillar
- sounding horn, trumpet
- family, race, progenitors
- wealth, store, cattle, livestock, capital
- pack of cards
- stock
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha teaghlach math a’ fuireach anns an taigh sin.”
There is a good family living in that house.
- family, household
- house (genealogy)
- clan, tribe, race, progeny
- house, dwelling
- family
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Ciamar a tha thu, a Dhànaidh?”
How are you, Danny?
- second-person singular informal pronoun
- thou
- you
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha uaisle mhòr aice.”
She has great nobility.
- nobility of descent, gentility, pride, genteel extraction, high birth, gentlemanly manners
- liberality, generosity
- nobility
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Tha ùmhlachd aige don lagh.”
He has obedience to the law.
- allegiance, deference, heed, homage, humility, obedience, obsequiousness, reverence
- bow
- obedience
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
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