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GAELIC-ENGLISH
NAMES FOR BEASTS (MAMMALIA)
AbacCj a beaver (Old Ir.).
Abhac, abhach, abhag, a terrier —
*' Abh," the barking of a dog.
Abhair, auar, a horse for cart or
plough (aver).
Abhrun, a three-year-old goat,
castrated.
Abhus, a wild beast.
Adh (err. for agh), a heifer, a
young cow, a hind, a fawn, a
two-year-old.
Adh-alluidh, a buffalo, a wild
cow, etc.
Ag, a cow, a deer.
Agadh, an ox.
Agh, aghan, a heifer, etc.
Agh-alluidh, a stag, etc.
Aghan-goirridh, a fox-coloured
heifer.
Agh-feidh, a fawn, a hind.
Ag-na-dara, a heifer in calf.
Ai, aibh, a herd, a sheep, a cow.
AiBHREANN, a castratcd buck
goat, an aiver.
AiBHSE, monster.
AiDHRE (eithre, ox, bull, cow),
flocks — " Greidh is aithre
Mhanain," the herds and
flocks of the Isle of Man.
(Dean of Lismore.)
AiDREACH, a milch cow.
AiGEACH, aigh-each (og-each),
a young horse, a stallion.
AiLBH, ailbhinn, aoilbhinn, a
fiock, a herd, drove.
AiLE (err.), aileach, a stallion.
AiLP, aUpe, an elephant.
AiNBHiDH, ainbhith, ainbhte,
ainbhtean, a heifer, heifers,
etc. ; also a ferocious animal.
AiNLE, a wild cat.
AiNMHEADH, Cattle.
AiNMHiDH, an animal, a beast.
AiRC, a sow.
AiRCHEALTRACH, a hind of three
years, a cow, a hind.
AiREACH-FADA, a pack-horse.
AiRGE, airghe, arge, cattle, herd.
AiRGHiR, a cow calf.
AiRNDEAL, a stag.
AiRNEiR, cattle.
AiRNEis, airnis, airnmheadh, a
herd of cattle, etc.
AiRSAER, a dog, a snapper.
AiTHEACH, a sow, a boar, also a
cow.
AiTHRiNE, aithrini, aithrinne, a
calf (also aidhrine, etc.).
Al, all, a horse.
Alach, a litter.
Alaire, a brood mare.
Alam, a herd of cattle (Old Ir.
W. S.).