Scottish Gaelic word

madadh

dog

noun

madadh means “dog” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	madadh
Sèimheachadh	mhadadh

Aon latha, thachair i le madadh-allaidh anns a' choille.

One day she met a wolf in the woods.

Aon latha, thachair i le madadh-allaidh anns a' choille.

One day she met a wolf in the woods.

Madadh-allaidh (Canis lupus)

balgair-dubh, biast-dubh, cù-donn, dobhar-chù, dobhran, dobhran-donn, madadh-donn, madadh-uisge (Lutra lutra)

Madadh-cuain - Orcinus orca (Beurla: killer whale, orca)

Animals

adharc

horn (growth on an animal's head)

beach

bee

beathach

beast, brute, animal

bradan

salmon

buaile

enclosure, fold, sheepfold, pen (animal enclosure, particularly for sheep or cattle)

bò

cow

caora

sheep

cat

cat (Felis catus)

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