Scottish Gaelic verbs

to say

cause, occasion

bury, inter

claim, demand; petition

admit, confess, concede; acknowledge, profess, avow

name; mention

report, relate, recite, allege, repeat; narrate, enunciate, rehearse

nurse; nourish, foster, maintain, educate

hinder, prevent, stop; entangle, clog

aim, point; come across, find, hit upon

look, observe, behold, see

unite; combine, merge

agree, assent

arm

reiterate, repeat

reconsider, review

reanimate, refresh, rekindle, revive

regain

ruminate, chew the cud

reconstruct, recreate, reform, regenerate

recompense, refund, repay, requite

retake

regenerate; renovate

reform

reinforce

renew; renovate

copy, rewrite, transcribe

reconsider

re-elect; reselect

change, vary, alter

deny; renounce

command, order, bid; decree, ordain, enjoin

cultivate; inhabit

breed, train; bring up, foster, raise

exalt, extol, elevate, raise aloft, heighten, promote; increase

threaten (with air); bluster

baptize, christen

die (in general); die (of people)

drown; drown out

to bless; to beatify

shave, cut (hair), clip, shear, prune

to catch, to seize, to bear

capture; captivate

arouse, enliven, kindle, vitalize; revive

roar, bellow

to be

kick; stamp (a foot)

judge, assess

become corrupt; stink

break, smash; breach

speak, say, talk

strike, hit, bang, beat, smite, knock, pelt, rap, thrust, thump; thrash, thresh (corn)

reap, harvest, cut down, crop, mow; shear

to disturb, trouble, upset; to tempt

to win (a contest), be victorious; to succeed

chew, gnaw, champ, masticate, munch

sleep

lose; miss (train, etc.)

scold, criticise, denounce; slander, vilify

stop, prevent, cease, restrain; ban, block, censor, repress, still

spend, pass (time); waste, squander

tame; domesticate

wink, blink; peep

bewail, lament, bemoan, deplore, grieve, mourn

mourn, lament, grieve; cry, weep

move, stir; remove

tie, fasten, bind, join, connect

buy, purchase

overcome, conquer; quell, master, control, repress (people, emotions etc)

wax (apply wax to)

pace, step; graduate

to mean

grow; increase, multiply

comb; curry, tease, hackle (as with wool)

hurt, maim, torture, harm, injure

spawn

dig

slope, incline; veer

use; accustom, get used to

start, be startled, alarmed

type

play

to hear

chew, gnaw, masticate; corrode (metal)

chew; ruminate, ponder, contemplate, reflect

fulfil

look (at), observe, regard; watch

meet, gather, congregate; meet (someone)

walk (move on feet)

earn, get, acquire; win, gain

consecrate, sanctify; devote

press, urge, persuade; lobby

advise

mark; correct (e.g. teacher)

cover

dwell, live, reside, inhabit

argue, squabble, quarrel, dispute, debate

capsize; pour out, tip out

cost; spend

torment, torture; pain, ache

broadcast

shake, wave, brandish; sprinkle

believe, feel convinced, think; credit

end, finish, stop, complete

gnaw, nibble, chew; erode

to wither, shrivel, decay; to dwindle, fade, wane

shake, shiver, tremble, quaver

to hang, suspend; to depend

bend, curve; bow, stoop

rebuke, chide, scold

to pile or heap up; to make into a stack

duck, squat, crouch; stoop, bend

gather, assemble, collect; make round

create, make, form

surround, enclose, encircle; circle around

chain, bind, fetter

help, assist

remember, recall, recollect; commemorate

put; send

keep, hold; keep, continue

count, calculate

fortify, strengthen, consolidate (structure, building etc); confirm, prove

blind, make blind; mislead

dance

part, separate, segregate; insulate (from heat, electricity, etc.)

imagine, picture; create, construct, shape

to do, to make

prepare; cook

deal (with)

suck

banish, eject, exile; abandon, desert, forsake, depopulate

protect, shelter

climb

refuse, reject, turn down; deny, disown

pour, rain, effuse, shower, drip, spill, stream, shed

singe, scorch; burn

penetrate, seep, ooze through; drench

shut, close; enclose, surround

wake, rouse, rise, awaken

separate, part, divide; distinguish

interleave

translate

confide, trust; depend on, rely

dissent

nurse

die, expire; die (of people)

creep, crawl, prowl; sneak away

rape; compel, force

rise, arise, get up, stand up; rise up, rebel, revolt

listen, hear, hark, harken

leave, quit, abandon, desert; leave, make, cause

to see

to get

ask, enquire

bathe

feel; grope

prophecy, foretell, divine; forebode, presage

hide, conceal, obscure; disguise

leave, depart, go away

stay, remain; wait

grow; become

employ, hire, take on, engage, charter

flay, skin, fleece; remove turf to get at peat underneath

wait; stay, remain

try, attempt; try out, test, check, see

weave; knit

fold; plait; twill; imply

expel, banish, exile

learn, educate, teach, discipline; teach

publish (book, etc.); reveal, disclose, expose

open

answer, reply; suit, befit

serve, wait on, officiate; attend

pronounce

chill, cool

release, free, liberate; loosen, untie, disentangle

hate, detest, abhor, loathe; disgust

bake bread; knead

stay, remain; live, dwell

take, accept, receive, have; contain, hold

call, cry; crow (cock, etc.)

complain

cut; castrate

surrender, submit, yield, cede, give up, comply; serve, obey, do homage

beget, produce, father; create, engender

abbreviate, abridge, shorten, curtail

apprehend, restrain; capture, catch, clutch, grapple, grasp

clean, purify; purge, refine

call, shout

tend, keep, maintain, preserve; hold, retain, reserve

get ready, prepare, put in order; adjust (a machine)

move; affect

steal

boil

love

to hurry (+ air + object pronoun agreeing with the subject)

wade, paddle

wish; beseech, entreat, implore, plead

weep, cry

hatch, brood, incubate