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ลำดับตอนที่ #11 : Gaelic

English

Scottish Gaelic (Gเidhlig)

(a)

brae

brเighe

burn

b๙rn

clachan

clachan

claddach

cladach

corrie

coire

craig/crag

creag

crannog

crannag

glen

gleann

island

innis

knock

cnoc

kyles

caolas

linn

linn

loch

loch

machar

machair

ross

ros

strath

srath

tack (leased farm)

tac

weem

uamh

(b)

bannock

bonnach

bothy

bothan

braw

br่agha

breeks

briogais

brogue (as footware)

br๒g

caber

cabar

caddie

cadaidh

cailleach

cailleach

cairn

cเrn

cateran

ceatharn

claymore

claidheamh-m๓r

creel

criol

dochandoris

deoch an dorus

dornick

doirneag

dour

d๙r

gloamin

gl๒mainn

ingle (inglenook)

aingeal

kail

cเl

keech

cac

oxter

achlais

reel

righil

skean

sgian

sneck (latch)

sneag

soutar

sutair

spunk

spong

swap

suaip

whisky

uisge-beatha

winnock

uinneag

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Some words entered directly into English, without necessarily first becoming widely used in Lowland Scotland (many of these are 20th century borrowings):

ceilidh

c้ilidh

grot, grotty

grod

philabeg

feileadh-beag

pibroch

piobaireachd

shoo/shoot (i.e. go on)

siuthad

skiff (of snow)

sgiobhag

slug (a swig)

sluig

smashing

is math sin

sporan

sporan

strontium

(a place: Strontian, Argyllshire)

twig (or to understand)

tuig

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While a number of the above are universally recognized today by English speakers, some are known only in areas of the world where Gaelic once dominated ("a skiff of snow" is heard mainly in Nova Scotia and P.E.I.). Sometimes the Gaelic word, or part of it, is truncated or changed while an attempt is made to shift it into English spelling conventions. Sometimes the sense changes in the way that many words given time and use, but the point being made here is that the word originated either with Gaels using English or English-speakers hearing bits of Gaelic being repeated. Sometimes a Gaelic word similar to an English one will give an added sense to the English word.

A number of other widely known words and phrases may come from either Scots or Irish Gaelic

bard

bเrd

Beltane

Bealltainn

blather

bladar

bog, boggy

bog, bogach

bonnyclabber (curdled milk)

bainne clเbar

brat

brat

brisk

brisg/briosc

brogue (or accent)

br๒g

carrageen (Irish moss)

cairgein

clan

clann

clarsach

clเrsach

gab,gabby,jabber,gob

gab

Gaeltacht

Gaidhealtachd

galore

gu le๒ir

keen

caoin

pet (favoured)

peata

shennachie

seanachaidh

smidgen

smidin

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Quite a number of widely familar words of Gaelic origin are most likely to have an Irish provenance (you will note here that many of these are Anglo-Irish terms):

banshee

bean sidhe

booley

buaile

Colleen

cailํn

coracle/curragh

currach

cross

cros

down (or low hill - dune)

d๚n

dun (the colour)

dun

hooligan

uilligแn

leprechaun

leipreachแn

luh/lough

lough

pillion

pillํn

pony

p๓nai

poteen

poitํn

puss (face)

pus

shabeen

siopํn

Shillelagh (a village, Co. Wicklow)

slogan

sluggh-ghairm

smithereens

smidirํnํ

Tory

t๓rai, t๓ruidhe

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As in Scotland, Gaelic names are frequently presented in Ireland in an anglicized form: Belfast has an example familiar from news broadcasts: the Shankill Road (Sean-chill or old church).

Irish words familiar in Newfoundland English include:

streeley

sraoilleach

sleeveen

slighbhํn

teeveen

taobhํn

hangashore

ainniseoir

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Finally, we have to deal with the hundreds of cognate words that exist because either the Gaelic languages have borrowed from English or they draw on the same influences (Latin, French, etc...) or on common Indo-European roots; the following examples may look like borrowings (English from Gaelic, or Gaelic from English) but actually they illustrate parallel extensions from common roots: compare English baste (moisten) and Gaelic "baist" (that is, baptize). coaster with Gaelic "c๒rsair", and tour with "turus".

English, a late Germanic language that has borrowed heavily from older languages, has more Celtic words than has been estimated, if we add those that come into the language indirectly by way of Gaulish into French and French into English. Many of those Gaulish words are close to the older Goidelic Celtic language spoken in Ireland in the pre-Christian era. The study of Gaelic words in relation to English has to lead us back into the Brythonic or Welsh sources as well as into a continental Celtic and Indo-European past that scholars are slowly opening up for us more and more. It is not a closed or easy subject to study, write about, or discuss. We have to be very wary in making both accurate specific analyses and leaning into sweeping generalizations.

From the Gaelic-L Archives - various contributers
English	Irish Gaelic	Scots Gaelic	Meaning of Gaelic
airt	aird	aird	points of the compass
banshee	bean sํ	bean-s์the	woman of the fairy mound
bard	bard	bเrd	poet (of a certain rank)
bog	bog	bog	soft
brogue	br๓g	br๒g	shoe, boot
bun	bun	bun	base, bottom
		("She says he has cute buns.")
caber	cabar	cabar	pole, rafter
		(as in "tossing the caber")
cairn	carn	cเrn	heap, pile
carrageenan	carraigํn	carraigean	Irish moss seaweed
(food thickener & emulsifier - check your yogurt ingredients)
cateran		ceathairne	peasantry
clan	clann	clann	children, lineage
claymore	claํomh m๓r	claidheamh m๓r	great sword
crag	creig	creag	rocky outcrop
Colleen	cailํn	(caileag)	girl
dig, twig	tuig	tuig	understand
dulse	duileasc	duileasg	edible seaweed
galore	go leor	gu le๒r	plenty, enough
gillie	giolla	gille	lad, servant
glen	gleann	gleann	valley
glom	glแm	glam	grab, clutch
		(as in "glom onto it")
keen	caoin	caoin	weep, lament
kibosh	caidhp bแis		cap of death
		("put the kibosh on that plan")
loch	loch	loch	lake
pet	peata	peata	tame animal
phony	fแinne	fเinne	ring
	(from the gilt brass ring used by swindlers)
pibroch		piobaireachd	piping
pillion	pillํn	pillean	small pad, cushion
plaid	pluid	plaide	blanket
poteen	poitํn		little pot, moonshine
shamrock	seamr๓g	seamrag	shamrock
shanty	seantigh	seann taigh	old house
shebeen	sํbํn		illicit whiskey; speakeasy
shillelagh	sail ้ille		cudgel on a thong
slew	slua	sluagh	host, multitude
	(as in 'I have a slew of things to do')
slob	slaba	mud, ooze; slovenly person
slogan		sluagh ghairm	call to the multitude
smashing		's math sin	that is good
smithereens	smidirํnํ	(smid)	little bits
sporran	sparแn	sporan	purse
Tory	t๓raํ	t๒raiche	pursuer; robber; bandit
trouser	tri๚s	triubhas	trews; pants
whiskey	uisce (beatha)	uisge (beatha)	water (of life)