Blair Collection > Argyleshire pronouncing Gaelic dictionary

ABBREVIATIONS IN THIS WORK.
A. after v. thus, v. a., verb active.
a. adj. adjective.
Adv. adverb.
Arab. Arabic.
Ar. Arg. peculiar to Argyleshire.
Armst. Arm. Dr. Armstrong's excellent
Gaelic Dictionary.
Art. m. article masculine ; art. f. article
feminine, or a. m. and a. f. or art. fern,
a. as.f. aspirated form or a.f.
Belg. for Belgic Language.
B. for Bible, also BÌ.—B. B. Bedel's Bible.
BrU. British.
Buck. Buchanan's Hymns.
Campbell or Campb. Campbell's Poems.
Comp. comparative degree.
Cfui/d. Chaldee.
CoU. collective noun.
CoTid. St. Columbus's Conundrums.
Ccmtr. contracted or contraction.
Corr. corrup. corrupted or corruption of.
Z>. Dan. Danish Language.
D. Buck. D. B. Dugald Buchannan.
Deg. degrees of comparison.
Def. def. v. defective verb.
Dem. pro. pron. demonstrative pronoun.
D. M'L. Dr. M'Leod's Glossary and Diet
Fut. for future tense.
F. Fr. French.
G. MS. Gaelic Manuscript.
Gen. genitive.
GUI. Gillies's Gaelic Poems.
G. P. or Prov. Gaelic Proverbs.
Or. Greek ; Gt. Grant's Poems.
Har. for Harris.
Heb. Hebr. Hebrew.
H. S. High. Sc. Highland Society's Dic-
tionary.
/. L e. id est. that is.
ib. the same.
Imp, Impersonal.
Jnten. Intensative.
Inter, or Int. interjection.
Jnterr. interrogative.
/r. for pure Irish — Irish for Irish DialecL
Isd. Islands.
Is. Island of Islay, Argyleshire.
Isl. Icelandic.
It. Italian.
K. Ki. Kk. Rev. Mr. Kirk.
K. SI. Kenneth Mackenzie.
Lat. L. Latin.
heg. Popular Legends.
Lw. Lew. Isle of Lewis.
Lit. literally.
Ltd. Lluyd. author of a huge manuscript.
Loch. Lochab. for Lochaber.
M. for Island of MuU.
m. masculine gender.
Md. Alexander Macdonald the Poet ; also
Macd. Macdon.
Slacaul. Macaulay's History of St. Kikla.
Mac/. Macfar. The Rev. Mr. Macfarlane's
New Testament, Psalms, or Gaelic Vo-
cabulary.
M'D. Macdougall's Poems, also Macd.
Mland. mainland of Argyle ; also Mid.
Mt, Macint. Mackintyre's Songs.
Mart. Martin's Description of the High-
lands.
Mas. masculine gender.
RIacC. MacCruiminn, a poet.'
M'G. MacG. MacGregor's Poems.
Ml. M'L. Mr. Maclauchlan's translation of
Homer, the best Gaelic translation in ex-
istence. *
71/«. Martin's Highlands.
MS. MSS. manuscript, manuscripts.
Mitr. Dr. Murray, late Professor of Oriental
Languages, Edinburgh.
N. North, North Highlands; also N. H.
n.f. noun feminine.
71. m. noun masculine.
7107«. for nominative case.
Obs. obsolete.
Oss. Ossian's Poems.
P. page; also past tense; participle.
P. E. part. expl. particle expletive.
pt. part, for participle.
Past, past tense.
Pers. Persic.
Perf. part, perfect participle.
Psh. Perthsh. Perthshire ; also P. S.
Per. pro. pron. personal pronoun.
PI. plural number.
Pref. prefix.
Pre. prep. pro. preposition and pronoun.
Pr. Prov. Gaelic Proverbs ; also G. P.
Ps. Psalms of David.
Provin. Provincial word.
B. D. Robb Donn.
R. M'D., R. D., Ranald Macdonald.
S. Rev. Dr. Smith.
R. Rss. Rev. Dr. Ross's Psalms.
Sc. Scot. Scotch, Scottish.
Sh. Shaw, Rev, Dr. Shaw's Vocabulary.