Scottish Gaelic words — page 28

scratch, scrape

hyphen

grater, scraper

write, compose

writer

writer

script, document

written, recorded, registered, composed

destruction, ruin

genocide

pernicious

ruinous, destructive, damnable, deleterious

screwdriver

scrape

head

anything shrivelled and contemptible

examining, scrutinising, auditing

inspect

sheaf (of corn)

vacuum cleaner

rubbish, refuse

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

stopping, ceasing

down

up

six

sixteen

soap

soapy

weather, storm

six

western, west

sciatica; rheumatism

sixth

you (pl/polite)

you

the use of formal register

weather

alternative spelling of sìth

rain

silicon

jam

chimney

simple, uncomplicated, elementary

that

zinc

nipple

nipple, teat

stretching, extending

gin

we

great-grandfather

great-grandmother

we

ancestor

ancestry, descent, genealogy

bound

civil, civilian

comfort

silk

cigar

seed (various senses)

derivative

compose

prolific

fruitfulness

race

strainer

particle

China

Chinese

synagogue

fox

will o' the wisp

mareel

continual

evergreen

evergreen

shark

shire, county

eternal, endless, everlasting

eternity

sheriff

down, downwards

system

bedsheet

seek

cherry

fairy

hillock inhabited by fairies

nominative/genitive/dative/vocative plural of sìthean

venison

genitive/vocative singular of sìthean

fairy

nominative/genitive/dative/vocative plural of sìthiche

neigh

travel, commute

travelling

swift, fleet, speedy

sugar

that

jug

go on! go ahead! let's go!

go on! go ahead! let's go!

Slav

thrash, beat, bruise, maul

rogue

cheers

good health, cheers

well, healthy

heal

healer

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

slow, tardy, sluggish

comparative degree of slaodach

slipper

stick, rod, twig, switch, wand

fishing rod

criterion

bow

snowflake

lance, spear, javelin

slippery

comparative degree of sleamhainn

moor, moorland

thigh

shell

crustaceous

turtle

path, way

shoulder

scapular

seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity

pat

side

Having sloping sides

chip

slice

slice

hollow

designation

genealogist

genealogy

dash

community, crowd, folk

democracy

battle cry

oesophagus

swallow

snuff

thought, notion, reflection, idea

thinking

contemplative

think, reflect

beckon

beckoning, waving

thrush

synonym of smeòrach-mhòr

mistle thrush

nominative/dative plural of smeòrach

bramble

word

chin

courage, bravery, fortitude,

courage

smoke

smoking

thought, notion, reflection, idea

thinking, considering

think, reflect

spit

smuggler

smoke, fume, steam

spot, particle, blemish

coal tit

sharp knock

chattering

woodpecker

knot

sniper

to creep

reptile

piece of thread

swim (perform the act of swimming)

swimmer

swimmer

snuff

trigger

perfection

smart

orderly, elegant, regular

thread

needle

meadow pipit

small glass of whisky

snow

snowy

nit

turnip

twist, twine; spin