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English - Gaelic

• pron. she - only used in the nom. case = si
• pron. she, her, it feminine = i
• pron. they, them = iad
• proximity : an gar, near = gar
• quoth - precedes words beginning with vow. - arsa, precedes words beginning with con. = ars
• redder. See dearg = deirge
• say away, begin, go on = siuthad
• self, follows the n., pron. or adj., as : mo chù féin, mo chù bàn féin, mi féin = féin
• she-, female- - pref. to impart femininity to names of males - corresponds to -ess = ban-
• so many, many, several = liuthad
• somewhat, before an adj. : car coltach ri, somewhat like = car
• surname, Beaton = Beutan
• surname, Bruce = Brus
• surname, Lundie = Lunndaidh
• surname, Murray = Moirreach
• surname, Stewart = Stiùbhart
• surname, g.v. -ais, Wallace = Uallas
• sv. will be, aspirated form of bi after cha : cha bhi, shall or will not be = bhi
• sv. will or shall be = bhitheas
• sv.irr. for feil, am, art, are, is = bheil
• sv.irr. let be = bitheadh
• sv.irr. was, were - = ro-bha, and is the form which follows verbal part. and prep. : cha robh, was not : an robh, was ...? : nach robh, was ... not? = robh
• sv.irr. was, wert, were = bha
• sv.irr. would or should be = bhitheadh
• tewk! = diug!
• than : na's mò na sin, greater than that = na
• that which, those who, those which, what, whom, all that : na tha agad, all that you have : na thubhairt thu, what you said = na
• that, precedes n. and adj. beginning in con. = gur
• that, precedes n. and adj. beginning with vow. = gur h-
• that, those : an sin, there, then = sin
• the - art. precedes asp.con. of noun = a'
• the back side = taobh-cùil
• the front side = taobh-beòil
• the neg. correspondent of who, which : am fear nach till, he who shall not return = nach
• the neg. correspondent of whom, which : an là air nach till e, the day on which he returns not = nach
• the north = taobh-tuath
• the same, before mentioned : mar an ceudna, similarly, likewise, also = ceudna
• the south - right hand side = taobh-deas
• the voc. particle - precedes a noun in the voc. case, beginning with an asp.con. - and suffers elision before vow. = a
• the, the nom. and dat.plur. case of the art. before n. beginning with con. = na
• the, the nom. and dat.plur. case of the art. before n. beginning with vow. : na h-òrdagan, the thumbs = na h-
• there was but = cha robh ann ach
• they are, for : is iad = 's iad
• this, these : an so, here : as an so, hence, from this place : gu so, hither, to this place, till now, up to this time : mar so, thus, in this manner, in this direction : (used interjectively) here, see here, take this : so, so! falbhamaid, Come, come! let us go : so agad, here you have = so
• though, although = ge
• to his = dh'a
• to his, to her, for : do a = d'a
• to my = do m'
• to our - precedes n. beginning with vow. = d'ar n-
• to our, precedes n. beginning with con. = d'ar
• to wit, namely = eadhon
• udder. See ùth = ùgh
• until, to, preceding an, the art. of the n., and the verbal part : gus an till mi, until I come back = gus
• unto, until : chun a' bhaile, unto the town = chun
• up (in position) = shuas
• up, upward = suas a suas
• v.pass. used as a noun in the phrase : is fheudar, it is necessary : is fheudar dhuit, you must = feudar
• very - precedes adj. and asp.con. - glé thric, pretty often = glé
• very, rather, exceedingly : ro mhaith, very good - precedes adj. mostly, and aspirates con. following it = ro ro-
• was put, would put, was invited. See cuir = chuireadh