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Category Archives: Gaelic
Àirighean Os-nàdarrach / Supernatural Shielings
An cuir sibh ris an liosta de dh’àirighean ‘na h-aon oidhche’? / Can you add to the list of ‘one-night’ shielings? Àirighean na h-Aon Oidhche Tha làraichean sheann àirighean air feadh na Gàidhealtachd a’ cumail nar cuimhne mar a bhiodh … Continue reading
The month of maggots and flies
Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ mìneachadh mar a fhuair “An t-Iuchar” ainm. Tha eadar-theangachadh Beurla às dèidh na Gàidhlig. Roddy Maclean tells us about the history behind the Gaelic name for ‘July.’ An English translation follows below the Gaelic. Mìos nan … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic
Tagged Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
Astonishing facts about place names – folklore of the Gaels.
This blog explores part of the rich folklore of the Gaels and the importance of the Gaelic heroines of Scotland and Ireland in the naming of places. A must read.… An English translation is below Gaelic text. Na Dùin a … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged Gaelic, Landscape, Scottish Gaelic
Fascinating Gaelic-named islands of Loch Lomond
Ruairidh MacIlleathain guides us through the fascinating ‘Inches’ – the Gaelic-named islands of Loch Lomond. The English summary can be read underneath the Gaelic. Loch nan Innsean Tha am facal innis a’ nochdadh ann an grunn riochdan ann an ainmean-tìre … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, National Nature Reserves, Uncategorized
Tagged Gaelic, Loch Lomond, SNH
Achlasan Chaluim Chille / Columba’s Armpit Package
Tha lus a tha ceangailte ri meadhan an t-samhraidh cuideachd a’ cuimhneachadh Naomh Ceilteach ainmeil / A plant connected to midsummer also recalls a famous Celtic saint … Tha Lus Chaluim Chille co-cheangailte ri Naomh Eòin ann am Beurla (‘St. … Continue reading
Posted in Beinn Eighe NNR, Flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, National Nature Reserves, SNH, Uncategorized, wild flowers
Tagged flowers, Gaelic, St John's Wort
Ainmean Gàidhlig air na Maoraich / Gaelic Names for Marine Molluscs
Tha liosta de dh’ainmean Gàidhlig airson 85 maoraich a ghabhas lorg timcheall costa na h-Alba air a dhol a-mach gu co-chomhairleachadh poblach / A list of proposed standard Gaelic names for 85 marine mollusc species in Scottish waters has gone … Continue reading
Posted in beach, beaches, coastal, cowries, Gaelic, Marine, sea life, Uncategorized
Tagged bivalves, consultation, flame shells, Gaelic, hermit crab, horsemussels, marine, molluscs, mussels, seashells, shells
Faclan Gàidhlig agus a’ mhuir / Gaelic words and the sea
’S e Ceit Langhorne a sgrìobh am bloga againn an-diugh. Tha i na Neach-taic Corpais aig Dachaigh airson Stòras na Gàidhlig (DASG) aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu. ’S e tasgladh digiteach a th’ ann an DASG ’s e stèidhichte air cruinneachadh de … Continue reading
Earball peucaig no bò riabhach?/A peacock’s tail or a brindled cow?
Cò fear as fheàrr a nì tuairisgeul de dh’aimsir deireadh a’ Mhàirt am-bliadhna? / Which is the better descriptor of the end of March this year? Trì Latha Sgathaidh na Bà Riabhaich Tha dà bharail eadar-dhealaichte mun aimsir a bhios … Continue reading
‘Tìr nan Òg’ ann am Bliadhna na h-Òigridh / ‘Land of the Ever Young’ in the Year of Young People
Anns a’ bhliadhna seo a tha a’ comharrachadh òigridh, tha e iomchaidh a bhith a’ cuimhneachadh an fhaoinsgeil mu thìr anns nach fhàsadh daoine sean / In this year marking young people, it is fitting to recall the ancient Gaelic … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic
Tagged Gaelic, Ossian's Well, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Tìr nan Òg
‘Coileach’ air Aghaidh na Tìre / ‘Rooster’ in the Landscape
Tha Bliadhna a’ Choilich aig na Sìonaich an impis thighinn gu ceann – deagh àm airson sùil a thoirt air an fhacal ‘coileach’ ann an ainmean-àite / The Chinese Year of the Rooster is about to come to an end … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic
Tagged Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
