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tiiaclic Orthography
Recommended Forms
It is notorious that there is as yet no generally
agreed standard of Gaelic orthography, although
we are much hearer a common standard now than
previously. Each writer has his own preferences. It
seems desirable, however, that every effort -should
be made towards an accepted standard. For some
time the Central Gaelic Committee of the Educational
Institute of Scotland have had the matter under
consideration, and they recommend that the ortho¬
graphy in the latest edition of MacEachan’s Gaelic
Dictionary be commonly used, with the ecxeption of
those words listed here. Here follows the Committee’s
list of Recommended Forms.
A
abair, thubhairt
a bbeil
achanaich
achuinge
a’ cur
adhar (air)
ag (before vowels), e.g.
ag 61.
a’ (before consonants,
except radh), e.g.,
a’ bualadh, a’
caoidh, a’gearradh,
but ag radh.
a ghnath
a h-uile
aig—agam,
agad,
aige
aice
againn
agaibh
aca
aifreann,—rinne,—rinn
aimbeart
air—orm
ort
air
oirre
oirnn
oirbh
orra
airgead
. air son
am (in my, etc.)
’nam T’na mo,
am
’nad ’na do
’na J i
’na | (Collo- |
’nar | quially
’nur I and in \
(jpoetry) J
’nan, ’nam
am (time)
am measg
an—annam
annad ,
ann
innte
annainn
annaibh
annta
an de
a nis
anns a’ (before c, g, b,
m, p)
anns a’ chath (not anns
an chath)
an uiridh
aon-deug
ardorus
a reir
arrachd
as—asam
asad
as
aisde
asainn
asaibh
asda
as fhaide
as ur
athraichean
balg
banais
banrigh
bantrach
bar (bar)
barrall
bath (foolish)
beanntag
heart
beartach
beartaich
beathach
beuglaid
beul
beul-oideas
b ’fhearr
bhitheadh'bhiodh
(aliernatire)
bhitheas/bhios
(alternative)
bithidh/bidh
(alternative)
bho—bhuam
bhuat
bhuaidhe
bhuaipe
bhuainn
bhuaibh
bhuapa
biath (verb)
biataiche
binndeach
biogail
bi orach
bitheanta
bladh
blathaich
blaths
blonag
bocsa
boiceann
boiteag
bonaid
bonn-a-sia
borbair
botal
bracaist
brag
branndaidh
brath, gu brath
breacadh-sianain
breagha
breoth
briogais
bris
britheamh
broclach
brudhearg
brugh
bruith
buabhall
buidilear
buidsear
buigire
bulas
buthaid
biithan (plural of buth)
busan (dimin. o/bus)
37 —
G
cabhall
cabhraich
cachaileith
caidreabh
cainntearachd
caisg, a’ Chaisg
caite? cait? (before
vowels)
calainn
callda
calltainn
cam
camas
canaichean
cante
caoraich
caorann (rowan)
capall
carghas
carnach
car son
cas-chrom
casgair
cathair-easbuig
ceannfhionn
ceard
ceilear
ceirtle
ceud
cha dubhairt
cha tainig
cha tug
chan, chan 'eil
ciamar
cias
ciatach
ciobair
cion-fath
clach-liomhaidh
claisdeachd
cleachdte
cli
cliiic
cnamhte
cobharach
coguis
coibhneas
coibhneil
coingeis
coinnlean
coireal
coisrig
coitcheann
comhalta
comb- iomlanachd