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nominative
'
name is given.
Nicohon's Gaelic Proyerbi.
NGI
R J
Wm. Ross' songs, 1877.
RG^- Reid's Gaelic Grammar.
M;I I -Campbell's West Highland Tales.
WS & S" - Waifs & Strays of Celtic tradition
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AH
CR Rev. C. M. Robertson, Jura [Perthshire
& West coast.of Ross.]
DC-Rev. Dr. Campbell, Broadford [Argyll &
Uist.]
DTM-D. J. Matheson, Kyleakin.
DM Duncan Maclsaac, Oban.
DMC-Rev. D. M. Cameron, Ledaig.
PM'-L Duncan MacLachlan, Conuel.
DMK Donald MacKen/.ie. Killimster, Wick.
DMu -Rev. D. Munro, Feriutosh.
DMy- Donald Murray, Aberdeen [Lewis]
CJ J. F. Gates, London.
JGM-J. G. Mackay. London.
JM Kev. J. MacRury, Snizort [Skye & Uiat.
Tiil
.. active voice
AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THIS WORK- McF-Jobn MacFadyen, Glasgow.
1M Malcolm MacFarlaue, Elderslie.
VIMcD Malcolm MacDonald, Stornoway.
M McL Malcolm
Most of the works not marked are taken from
MacLeod, Uig, Lewis ELewis]
MMcN Michael
MacLeod A Dewar's Gaelic Dictionary, but the
MacNeill, Castlebay.
PJM-P. J.
sources of all important additions have been
Maclver, Kyle.
TS Rev. T.
marked as follows. (The places in brackets show
Sinton, Dores.
WG Wm.
the tiietricts whose localisms the various authorities
Cameron, Poolewe.
specially represent.)
*
MacAlpine's Pron. Gaelic
Islay 4; neighbourhood.]
Diet, [chiefly
ABBREVIATIONS.
t Obsolete words or meanings.
J MacBaiti's Etymological Gaelic Diet.
[Badenoch, &c.]
} Cameron's Gaelic Names of Plants.
a. adjective
H Gaelic Names of Birds, collected by Dr. adv.
adverb
Alex. Carmichael for C. Ferguson, and
affirmative
aff.
inserted by the latter in Gaelic Soc'y of
Inverness Trans, xi and xii.
art.
col.
article
colloquial
I Dr. H. Cameron Gillies' Gaelic Names of
Diseases.
Armstrong'sGaelic Dictionary[Mid Perthshire.]
comp.
conj.
conj. interr.
contr.
comparative degree
conjunction
interrogative conjunction
contraction
ft MacEachen's Gaelic Dictionary [Arisaig dat.
dative case
& Badenoch.]
def. Y. --**.. defective verb
tt Highland Society's Gaelic Dictionary. dim,
diminutive
Car. Gad. Carmina Gadelica.
f. feminine
Celt. Mag. Celtic Magazine.
fut.
future tense
CGI Gaelic Society of Inverness Transactions. gen.
genitive case
CM -Celtic Monthly.
e. that is
C. Rev. Celtic Review.
impers.
impersonal
Donn. Ban Dun. Macintyre's poems, 5th. ed. impr.
improper
G An Gaidheal (magazine 1872-1878.)
ind.
indeclinable
Gaidh. do. do.
indie.
indicative
G. na B. Guth na Bliadhna (magazine.)
intin. infinitive v
GSI Gaelic Society of Inverness Transactions
JGO. S. J. G. Campbell's " int. interjection 4
,
Superstitions."
JGC. W. J. G. Campbell's " iuterr.
.
interrogative
Witchcraft." m. masculine
Leabh.-nan-c. Leabhar nan cnoc.
n., nom. ,
case
Lfiabh. na Ke"inne.
neg.
negative
M~Menzies' Grain Ghaidhealaich. ^
pass.
passive
Mel Dun. Macintyre's poems, 5tb. edition. pi.
plural
McMh. A. Alex. MacDonald's poems, 1902. pos*.
possessive
MS -Large manuscript English-Gaelic Diet, in
possession of Rev. D. Walker poss. pron. possessive pronoun
Maclntyre, Kil pref.
prefix
monivaig. It was revised on Nov. 1, 1823 prep.
preposition
and purchased at the sale of Sir Wm.MacLeot prep. pron. prepositional pronoun
Bannatyne's Library in 1834 by Donald Greg part.
participle
ory, Edinburgh, who gave it to Angus Mac pr. pt. present participle
Poonetl, inch. No compiler's or reviser's pt. part. past participle
prou.
pronoun
provincial
relative
rel. pron.
relative pronoun
s. substantive
s. f. feminine substantive
sing.
singular number
p., prov.
rel.
AC Dr. Alex. Carmichael, author of " s.
Carmina
m. masculine substantive
Gadelica " [W, Isles]
sup.
superlative degree
AF Gaelic Names of v.
Beasts, Ac., by Alex
yerb
v. a.
Forbes, Edinburgh.
active verb
Alex. Henderson, Ardnamurchan.
v. n. neuter verb
v. irr. irregular verb
v. tr. transitive verb
The following abbreviated remarks, with the
exception of those on pronunciation, are ins^rted
here as reminders for those already acuua.nted
with the rudiments of the langua*.
Thecompiler uf this Dictionary na'lrt Ins first
start with Munro's Gaelic FrimVr with givat
advantage. There is still an urgent need tor a
manual to toach the art of speaking Gaelic on
the same Unas as Hpurrell's
" Practical Lesions
in Welsh."