Scottish Gaelic word

clann-nighean

girls

noun

clann-nighean means “girls” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	clann-nighean
Sèimheachadh	chlann-nighean

Family

balach

boy

banais

wedding

banaltram

nurse, nanny, foster-mother

banntrach

widow

bean

woman, wife

beul-aithris

folklore, oral tradition

bodach

old man

boireannach

woman

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