Faclair Gàidhlig is Beurla le Dwelly 'na bhroinn
An English - Scottish Gaelic dictionary incorporating Dwelly
Toraidhean an Fhaclair Bhig
cuain /kuəNʲ/
boir. gin. -e, iol. -ean
litter (of young animals) |
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cuan /kuən/
fir. gin. cuain, iol. -tan
1 ocean 2 bay, inlet ( archaic) 3 haven ( archaic) |
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dèan falach-cuain air Calum
give Calum the slip (on a body of water), outsail (fig.) |
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turas-cuain
fir. gin. -ais-chuain, iol. tursan-cuain
(sea) voyage, ocean journey |
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maighdeann-chuain
boir. gin. -dinn-cuain, iol. -dinnean-cuain
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tha dùil ri beul cuain fhathast
there's still a chance the sea might give up the body/bodies (fig.) |
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giomach-cuain
fir. gin. ⁊ iol. -aich-chuain
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cuain chuileanan
a litter of pups/puppies |
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broilleach a' chuain
the open ocean |
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falach-cuain
fir. gin. -aich-chuain
giving someone the slip at sea |
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madadh-cuain (madadh a' chuain)
fir. gin. -aidh-chuain, iol. -aidhean-cuain
killer whale, orca (orcinus orca) |
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bonnach-cuain
fir. gin. ⁊ iol. -aich-chuain
ocean bannock (made by fishermen by putting cod liver between a sliced bannock, often warmed between the legs of a rower and the thwart) |
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... 'na fhalach-cuain 
... in its wake |
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sruth-cuain
fir. gin. -a-chuain, iol. -an-cuain
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trainnse cuain
ocean trench |
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cuan-àrd
fir. gin. cuain-àird, iol. -tan-àrda
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tha sùil ri beul cuain fhathast
there's still a chance the sea might give up the body/bodies (fig.) |
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ionndrainn-cuain
fir. neo-ath.
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loidhnear-cuain
fir. gin. -eir-chuain, iol. -an-cuain
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imrich-cuain
boir. gin. -e-cuain, iol. -ean-cuain
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cullach-cuain
fir. gin. ⁊ iol. -aich-chuain
male seal (phocidae family) |
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udal cuain
act of being tossed about/buffeted by the ocean |
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cuairt-shruth cuain mhór
ocean gyre |
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madadh-cuain beag
fir.
false killer whale (pseudorca crassidens) |
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madadh-cuain fuadain
fir.
false killer whale (pseudorca crassidens) |
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Toraidhean Dwelly
cuain
-e, sf Litter of whelps or pigs. 2 (AK) Pup. 3† Corner. †4 Angle. 5 gen sing...an còrr |
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falach-cuain
sm Marooning. 2 Outdistancing. When one boat under sail outdistances another so as to lose si...an còrr |
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turas-cuain
(AH) sm Voyage. |
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falach-cuain
s A seaside phrase for “hide and seek”, inland the equivalent being car mu chn...an còrr |
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gàbhadh
-aidh, -aidhean, sm Peril, danger, any kind of danger or emergency, hazardous situation or ha...an còrr |
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iomain-cuain
a. Driven by the storm. |
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cullach-cuain
(AF) sm Male seal. |
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giomach-cuain
see giomach-spàinteach. |
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udal
-ail, sm Distress. 2 Jeopardy. 3 Tossing. 4 Floating. 5 Moving, dangling, wavering, oscillati...an còrr |
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