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leum, v. and n., jump,
jumping (leumnaich).
Hath (leithe), adj.,£7gy,
grey-headed.
lighiche, n.m., a doctor.
Hnne, n.f., a pool, pond.
plur., linneachan.
Hon (Hn), n.m., a net;
pi., lln, llontan.
Hon-bhradan, n.m., a sal¬
mon net.
Hon-sgadan, n.m., a her¬
ring net.
litir (litreach), n.f., a letter ;
pi., litrichean.
loch (\.och2i),n.m..,aloch,lake.
loisg, v., burn (losgadh).
lom or lomair, v., cut,
shear (lomadh, lomairt,
respectively).
*16n, n.m., meadow, marsh.
16n-feasgair, n.m , evening
meal, supper.
long (luinge), n.f., a ship.
lorg (luirge), n.f., a track,
footstep.
loth (lotha), n.f., a filly.
luachair (luachrach), n.f.,
rushes; leabaidh luach¬
rach, a bed of rushes.
luath (luaithe), adj., swift.
Inch (lucha, luchainn),
n.f., a mouse.
luchd-buana, n.pl., reapers.
lugha (see beag).
M.
ma, conj., if.
mac (mic), n.m., a son.
mach, adv., out.
machair (machrach), n.f.
a plain, a meadow;
pi., machraichean.
madadh-ruadh (maidaidh'
ruaidh), n.m., a fox;
pi., madaidh-ruadha.
madainn (maidne), n.f.,
morning.
magair, v., crawl—as on all
fours (m&gairt).
maide, n.m., a stick.
maighdean (maighdein),
n.f., a maiden.
maigheach (maighiche)
n.f., a hare.
maighistir, n.m., a master.
maille, n.f., delay.
mair, v., continue, last
(maireann, mairsinn).
maireach, am maireach,
adv., to-morrow.
Mairi, n.f., Mary.
maith, adj., good (see
math).
maitheas (maitheis), n.m.,
goodness.
mall (maille), adj., slow,
easy going.
maol (maoile), adj., with¬
out horns, polled, bald.
maor, n.m., an officer of
justice {andother capacities)
mar, mar sin, adv., as, like
as, in the same manner.
Lbn = hill meadow; good grazing for croft cattle; with heavy rain
may become marshy, and covered with water. See Vocab. p. 204,
pool^ldn, but this meaning (in I^ewis and Skve) seems far-fetched.