Scottish Gaelic verbs — page 2

want; ask, request, demand

go, depart; walk

lick, lap

persuade; convert

miss, yearn, long for

clean, bathe, wash, purify, cleanse

learn; teach, educate, instruct, train

fly; flutter

eat

speak, utter

weaken, falter, flag; weaken, enfeeble, debilitate

lie (be in recumbent position); lay

melt; thaw

follow; continue, proceed

develop; amend, improve, rectify, correct

allow, let, permit

heal, cure, remedy

maim, injure; strain, sprain

to read

deliver

fill; swell (e.g. tide)

spell (a word, etc.)

rot, putrefy, decompose; become or make putrid

burn, scorch, char, sear, cremate; fire (a gun, etc.)

to look for, search; to find, trace

wound; bruise

full, waulk

bend, curve; bow, stoop

load (boat, etc.)

mock, deride

last, continue

exchange, interchange, reciprocate; barter, commute

threaten, menace; bully

shame, disgrace

enjoy

deceive, trick, cheat; entice, beguile, inveigle

think, reckon, consider; respect, esteem

mix, mingle; combine

to mill, to grind

meditate, ponder, muse, contemplate, deliberate, consider, reflect; recall, recollect, remember

misunderstand, misinterpret

disagree, dissent

abuse; misapply

discourage, dishearten, dismay

misunderstand

long

destroy, spoil, ruin

explain, expound, illustrate, interpret; polish, smoothe

bolden, bolster, cheer, encourage, hearten, inspire

feel, experience, be conscious of; perceive, observe, notice

extinguish (fire); choke, strangle, suffocate, smother

urinate

murder, massacre

change, alter; deteriorate

bind

saint, hallow, consecrate, sanctify

disgrace, ashame

nestle

wash, cleanse, purify; bathe

appear, show up; show, reveal

annotate

renew; renovate

work, labor; operate

drink; booze, carouse

to order

pay

pass (examination)

sin, transgress

punish

paint

pant, gasp; throb, palpitate

kiss

marry (perform the marriage ceremony); induct; marry (become a married person)

wrinkle, corrugate; plait, braid

wink, blink

batter, mash, pound, pulverize, crush, grind, hash; maul, bash

push, shove; jostle

rake

to go

explore; investigate, probe, scrutinize, study

sell

accommodate, adjust, agree, arrange, assort, appease; accord

freeze, refrigerate; coagulate

rule, govern, reign; administer, moderate, regulate, direct

satisfy, please; share, distribute, allocate

reel; wind, twine, splice

personate; represent, portray

choose, select, pick out; prefer, like

divide, partition; impart, distribute; deal

to reach, to arrive at

bare, strip, denude; reveal, disclose, discover, expose

run; run, flow, stream, rush

search for, rummage; explore

saw

save, rescue; save, economise

suppose, think (=believe), imagine; seem

free, rescue, save; clear, redeem

oppress, injure, wrong; harass, browbeat, aggrieve, domineer

please, content, satisfy; satiate, saturate, sate, fill, fill up, glut, cloy

to avoid, evade, abstain; to elude, shun

acquire, gain, win; own, possess

hunt, chase

look; see

wither, emaciate, wane, dwindle; languish, linger

preach

stand; support, back, back up

to blow, breathe in, breathe out; to bloat, inflate

lenite

to sing; to play (bagpipes)

ring; sound

sail, cruise; aim, direct, guide, instruct, direct, govern

burst, crack, split

spread, scatter, disperse; release, untie, disentangle

scatter, spread, disperse; squander

separate, break up, split up, sever

decorate, adorn, ornament, embellish; dress, dress up, clothe

to vomit, puke, spew

to cut to fit (e.g. cloth); to fit, suit

to tidy (up)

rinse

disgust, nauseate

scream, screech

scrape, scratch, grate

write, compose

destroy, ruin, annihilate, decimate, demolish, devour, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, sack, waste, wreck

scrape, scratch (especially with nails); scribble

sweep, brush, whisk, wipe; bind (into sheaves)

stop, cease, desist, terminate (usually of actions other than movement)

rain, drip, shower; flow, shed, ooze, dribble

stretch

compose, lower, settle, sink, subside; filter, strain

seek, search, look for

travel, commute; walk, move, stroll

thrash, beat, bruise, maul

heal, cure; recover, recuperate

drag, draw, haul, lug, pull, tow, trail, yank

slice

swallow, devour; engulf, overwhelm

think, reflect; think, imagine, suppose, fancy

beckon; wave

smoke (tobacco, etc.)

to creep, crawl, grovel

swim (perform the act of swimming); bathe

twist, twine; spin; wind; wind yarn; curl

brighten, become bright, become clear; clarify, clear up, demonstrate, explain, illustrate

drive, thrust, force

spice, season

castrate, geld; spay

To cut, to tear

bridle, curb, restrain, control

stop, halt, pause, desist (of movement)

found, establish, set up; find (determine an issue in law)

steer, guide, direct; govern, guide, rule, supervise, control, manage, lead, manipulate

store

climb

sit; incubate

place, settle, install; set, settle, arrange, agree on

to give, bestow, grant

happen, occur, take place; meet

choke, smother, strangle, throttle

visit, call (on); haunt

claim (a right or possession); plead, sue, prosecute

choose, select; vote, elect

offer

deposit; hoard

delight, gratify, please, satisfy

allure, entice; soothe, hush, caress, pet

rest, stay, dwell

draw, pull, drag, heave; draw (breath, beer, etc.)

teach, instruct; instil (some quality into somebody)

descend; evade, escape

heat, heat up

flee, run away, escape, get out, abscond, fly; elope

wear out, run out; die, pass away

to come

to give, to take, to bring

throw, cast, fling, throw off; shed, moult

to return, come back; to relapse

turn

lift, raise, rear, haul, pick up, hoist; build, erect

wish, desire

please, content, satisfy; agree, assent,

twist, twine, wreathe; spin; plait; wind; writhe

begin, originate, commence, inaugurate, lead off

bore, piece, drill, perforate

point (with a finger)

measure, gauge, weigh; survey (land, etc.)

ebb; subside

fast (abstain from food); diet

to plough, to plough through

to abandon, forsake, desert

quarrel, squabble, row, fight (usually verbally); chide, reprove, scold

truss, bundle up, bundle together; tuck up, roll up (garment)

thatch, cover; back

understand, comprehend, realize

sojourn, dwell, inhabit

fall; happen, befall, chance

plunge, immerse, dip, duck, steep

adopt

equip, prepare, furnish; adorn