Faclair Gàidhlig is Beurla le Dwelly 'na bhroinn
An English - Scottish Gaelic dictionary incorporating Dwelly
Toraidhean an Fhaclair Bhig
cailleach /kaLʲəx/ 
boir. gin. -lliche, iol. -an
1 old lady, old woman 2 old biddy, hag 3 (with def. art.) her indoors, the wife, the old lady 4 (with def. art.) landlady 5 period from 12ᵗʰ - 18ᵗʰ April 6 seat made of turf-covered stone coping (at the end of a shieling bed) 7 pitch (in sports, especially of the rounders/tip-cat/cricket family) |
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cailleach-oidhche /kaLʲəxˈɤ̃ĩçə/
boir. gin. -llich-oidhche, iol. -an-oidhche
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cailleach-dhubh
boir. gin. -lliche-duibhe, iol. -an-dubha
1 nun 2 sooty snoticle (hanging from roof thatch) |
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cailleach-fhasgnaidh
boir. gin. -lliche-fasgnaidh, iol. -an-fasgnaidh
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cailleach-chòsach
boir. gin. -lliche-còsaiche, iol. -an-còsach
woodlouse (oniscidea suborder) |
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cailleach-baic
boir. gin. -lliche-baic, iol. -an-baic
outside peat (first peat on the face of last year's bank, rougher and cut thick and often used for banking a fire) |
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cailleach-chagailte
boir. gin. -lliche-cagailte, iol. -an-cagailte
flickering/dancing flames over embers |
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cailleach nan cearc
her indoors, the missus, wifie |
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cailleach-chòsag
boir. gin. -lliche-chòsag, iol. an-chòsag
woodlouse (oniscidea suborder) |
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smior-cailleach /smir xaLʲəx/
fir. gin. -chaillich
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cailleach-ròcais
boir. gin. -lliche-ròcais, iol. -lleachan-ròcais
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Sgrìob na Cailliche /sgrʲiːb nə kaLʲɪçə/
ainm-àite
Sgrìob na Caillich (Ag&B) |
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coileach-gaoithe
fir. iol. -lich-ghaoithe
1 weather-vane, weather-cock(erel) 2 wind-cock(erel), wind tumbler (wind-powered toy made by, for example, sticking feathers into a potato and releasing onto a flat, windy area) |
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cailleach-bhuain
boir. gin. -lliche-buain, iol. -llichean-buain
corn doll(y) (last sheaf/handful of corn passed to a neighbour who has not finished their harvest upon finishing your own) |
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a' chailleach-bhuana
boir. gin. -llich-buana, iol. -llichean-buana
corn doll(y) (last sheaf/handful of corn passed to a neighbour who has not finished their harvest upon finishing your own) |
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cailleach a' chinn duibh
coal tit (periparus ater) |
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cailleach nam frìth
seer, fortune teller |
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cailleach-uisge
boir. gin. -llich-uisge, iol. -an-uisge
rotten potato full of liquid |
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gàilleach ribeach
peeling gums |
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Cailleach an Dùdain
The Old Maid/Woman of the Milldust (dance) |
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Cailleach Bheurra
The Hag/Carlin of Beara/Beira ("Queen of Winter") |
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cailleach-shùith
boir. gin. -lliche-sùith, iol. -an-sùith
1 sooty snoticle (hanging from roof thatch) 2 soot web |
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cailleach-cheòsach
boir. gin. -lliche-ceòsaiche, iol. -an-ceòsach
woodlouse (oniscidea suborder) |
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cailleach-shìthe
boir. gin. -lliche-sìthe, iol. -an-sìthe
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cailleach stòlda
precocious girl |
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Toraidhean Dwelly
cailleach
-iche, pl. cailleachan, sf Woman, single woman, old woman. 2 Old wife. 3 Woman without...an còrr |
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Cailleach
-lich, sf The week in spring after “Gearran”, i.e. from 12th. to 18th. April ...an còrr |
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cailleach an dùdain
(lit. carlin of the milldust) AC Curious character dance, described as follows in Carmina Gadelic...an còrr |
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cailleach-bhàn
¶ sf Snowy owl {bubo scandiacus}, see comhachag bhàn. |
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cailleach-oidhche
¶ sf Common owl {northern hawl-owl (surnia ulula)}. 2 Tawny owl {strix aluco}. ...an còrr |
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bàsaich
pr pt a' bàsachadh, vn Die (as an animal), perish. 2 Starve. 3 Wither, as a plant. 4 G...an còrr |
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cam-shùileach
a Squint-eyed. Cailleach chrosta, cham-shùileach, a cross-grained, squinting dame. |
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broganta
a. Sturdy. 2 Lively, jocose, active, brisk. 3‡‡ Crooking. Cailleach bhroganta,...an còrr |
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cailleach-cheann-dubh
sf Cole titmouse, cole tit {parus ater}. 2¶ Black cap (parus ater). |
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cailleach-baic
(AH) sf In cutting peats, the outside peat in a bank. |
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cailleach bheag an earbaill
(AF) Long-tailed titmouse {long-tailed tit (aegithalos caudatus)}, see cìochan. |
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cailleach-chòsach
see corra-chòsag. |
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cailleach-dhubh
pl. -eachan-dubha, sf Nun. 2(AF) Shag cormorant {phalacrocorax aristotelis}, se...an còrr |
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cailleach-bhàn
see cailleach-oidhche gheal. |
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cailleach-oidhche gheal
** sf White owl. — strix flammea. |
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cailleach-oidhche mhór
¶ sf Eagle-owl {bubo bubo}. |
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cailleach-spuinge
sf Touchwood, soft tinder — § polyporus fomentarius and betulinus. |
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cailleach-uisge
(AC) sf Water-woman, water-carlin. 2 Diseased potato containing only water. |
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cìochan nan cailleach marbha
§ smFoxglove, Skye for lus nam ban-sìth. |
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coileach-oidhche
see cailleach-oidhche. |
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comhachag-bhàn
¶ sf Snowy owl (bubo scandiacus). 2 Barn owl {tyto alba}, see cailleach-...an còrr |
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comhachag-mhór
¶ sf Eagle owl {bubo bubo}, see cailleach-oidhche mhór. |
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cùl-chainnteach
-tiche, a Traducing, calumnious, slanderous. 2** Tattling. Cailleach chabach chùl-chai...an còrr |
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fasgnadh
-aidh, sm Winnowing, cleansing of grain out of doors. The process of cleaning grain by throwi...an còrr |
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leum-iochd
sm Balk. Is fheàrr leum-iochd as t-Fhoghar na sguab a bharrachd, a balk in autumn i...an còrr |
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