Scottish Gaelic words — page 14

fitness

sweat, perspiration

helm

nominative/genitive/dative/vocative plural of falmadair

hair, specifically that on the head.

mole

giant

stay, remain

space, void

vulture

faint

spoils

edge (of cutting instrument)

relief

urgent

may

indicative positive degree of faod

seagull

seagull

January

silly

comparative degree of faoin

wolf

roaming

where

nickname, byname

whimbrel

by-product

noise

noisy

eavesdropping

envy, jealousy

envious

Faroese

competition, contest

competitor

ask

wide, broad

breadth, width

range

great black-backed gull

empty

comparative degree of fàs

desert, wasteland

depopulate

fashion

fashionable, modish, stylish

skua

skua

shelter, protection

employer

employ, hire, take on, engage, charter

employer, hirer

journey

rumour

qualitative noun of math (“good”)

better

whistle

whistle

chanter

extent, length

some

treachery

quack

joke

water hemlock

philosopher

philosophy

seaweed

flay

crow

nettle

fence

man

goalkeeper

editor

husband

salesman

male singer

guide

male fireman

host

chessman

male teacher

manliness, virility

ferret

manly, masculine, virile

land

somebody

anger, passion, rage, resentment, wrath

alder tree

alternative spelling of feàrr

comparative degree of math

evening, afternoon

calm

kilt

feast, festival

sales fair

self-denial

self-identity

masturbation

self-sufficient

self-sufficiency

autonomy

self-respect

selfie

selfish

window

farming

festival

wait

sinew; muscle

waiting

flesh

mutton

carnivorous

carnivore

veal

synonym of muicfheòil

vegetarian

lamb

of meat (gen sg)

butcher

sensual

sensuality

squirrel

grey squirrel

red squirrel

chipmunk

try, attempt

trying, attempting

must

need, necessity

necessitous

utilitarian

useful

function

thistle

grass

beard

mustache

bearded

mussel

comparative degree of furasta

still

self

comparative degree of fuar

past indicative impersonal of faigh

fever

typhus

typhoid

yellow fever

pneumonia

scarlet fever

meningitis

hay fever

rheumatic fever

tooth

Used to express complaint

worth, value

toothed

dentist

deer

wildlife

crab apple

hunting, especially of deer

wild (not domesticated)

generous, hospitable, lavish, liberal, open-handed

generosity

awe

smile

evidence, witness, testimony

bent

bending, slanting

invitation

twenty

twentieth

fiction (type of literature)

chess

violin, fiddle

fiddler

figure

digital

weave

weaving, knitting

weaver

fig

eloquent

native speaker

fold

folded; implicit (implied or inherent)

film

debonair, elegant

wood, timber

plywood

wine

grape

grape

vinegar

fair )