A dictionary of the Gaelic language, in two parts, I. Gaelic and ...

GIG 323 GIO
GIGEAN, -Ei¥, -AK, it. m. A diminutive
GIGEIN, -EAN, i man, a term of contempt.
GIGEANACH, -aiche, adj. (Gigean.)
Dwarfish.
GIGHIS, -EAN, s.f. A masquerade.
GILB, -E, -EAN, s.f. A chisel.
GILE, s.f. ind (Geal,) Whiteness, fairness.
GILE, adj. comp. of Geal. More or most
white.
GILEAD, -ID, (Gile,) Whiteness, degree of
whiteness.
GILEIM, J. m. " Gileim Goileam." Tittle
tattle.
GILL, gen. and pi. of Geall.
GILLE, -EAN, *. m. A boy, lad, youth ; a
man servant.
GILLEAGAN, -ain, -an, «. m. (Gille,) A
doll.
GILLE-BRÌDE, -ean-brìde, s. m. A seafowl,
sometimes called the oyster-eater.
GILLE-COISE, -EAN-COISE, *. m. (Gille
and Cas,) A footman.
GILLE-EACH, -eich, -an-each, s. m.
( Gille and Each,) A groom.
GILLE-FIONN, -ean-fionna, i. m. (Gille
and Fionn,) A large periwinkle.
GILLE-GREASAID, > -an-geeab-
GILLE-GREASAIDH, J aidh, -aid,
s. m. (Gille and Greasadh,) A postilion; a
cooper's hammer or driver.
GILLE-GUIRMEAN, -kin, s. m. Cornscabious.
G1LLE-MÀRTUINN, -ian-maetuinn,
i. m, A fox. Provin.
GILLE-MIREIN, -ean-miekik, s, m.
(Gille and Mire,) A tee-totum ; a whirli-
gig-
GILLE-RUITHE. -an-ruithe, s. m.
(Gill*- and Ruith,) A runner.
GILLE-SHaLM, -an-shalm, s. m. (Gille
and Salm,) A precentor, leader of a choir.
GILLE-SGUAIN, 5. m. A train-bearer.
GILLE-SUIRDHE, -kan-suiedhe, s. m.
(Gille and Suirdhe,) A friend attending a
lover, on courting visits.
GILM, -EAN, s. m. A buzzard.
GILMEAN, -EiN, -AN, s. m. (Gille and
Min,) A dainty, spruce, talkative fellow.
GILMEANACH, -aiche, adj. Dainty,
spruce, trim, foppish.
G13ILEID, -E, -BAN, J./. A gimlet.
GIN, -iDH, 6H-, v.a. Beget.
GIN, pron. indef. ind. (Gin, v.) No one,
none, nobody ; also, impr. Any one. < Gin
sam bith,' Any one whatever.
GINEADAIR, -k, -kak, 5. nu (Gin and
Fear,) A progenitor, parent.
GINEADH, -IDH, X. m. and pres, part. v.
Gin. Begetting.
GINEAL, -EiL, -AN, s. m. and/. (Gin,) An
o£fspring, race, lineage.
GINEALACH, -aich, -ean, ) s.m. A race,
GINEALACHD, 5./. m^. \ oflFspring,
a generatioD, single luccessiou ; genealogy,
pedigree.
GINEALAICH, -idh, oh-, t;. a. (Ginealach,)
See Gin v.
GINEAMHUINN, -e, ì. m. and pres. part.
V. Gin. A begetting, or state of being be-
gotten.
GINEAMHUINNEACH, -ich, s.f. The
genitive case.
GINEIL, -EAN, s.f. See Gineal.
GINEAN, -EiN, -AN, s. m. and/. A diminu-
tive creature.
GINEANTA, adj. (Gin,) Easy of growth,
prolific.
GINGEIN, 5. m. A cask, a barrel.
Gl'^T'E,, pret. part. v. Gin. Begotten.
GINTINN, s. VI. ind. and pres. jmrt. v. Gin.
A begetting, procreating.
GIOBAG, -AiG, -AN, s.f. A fringe, a hand-
ful.
GIOBAICHE, ) -KID, s.f. Roughness,
GIOBAICHEAD, i shagginess. See Gibeach.
GIOBALL, } -AiLL, -uiLL, s. ni. A ves-
GIOBULL, ) ture; canvass; cast clotlies;
fur, hair; a rag, clout.
GIOBALLACH, -aichb, adj. (Gioball,)
Full of hairs, hairy ; ragged.
GIODAL, -AIL, s. m. Provin. See IMin.
dal.
GIODALACH, -aiche, adj. Provin. for
Miodalach.
GIODAR, -AIR, s. TO. Dung, ordure. Pro
tin.
GIODHRAN, -AIN, -AN, s. m. A barnacle
an instrument placed on the nose of an uii
ruly horse.
f GioFAC, -AIG, -AN. S.f. A female client,
an oflScious woman ; a gipsey.
GIOG, -AIDH, GH-, ti. n. Cringe, fawn, flat-
ter.
GÌOGADH, -AIDH, *. nu and pres. part. v.
Giog. Cringing, act of cringing, fawn-
ing.
GÌOGACH, -aiche, adj. Prone to flatter,
to cringe, to fawn.
GÌOGAN, -ain, -AN, s. TO. A thistle.
GiOGANACH,-AicHS,a4/. (Giogan,) FuU
of thistles.
GIOLAM, -AIM, *. m. Tattling.
GIOLAMACH, •aichk, a^j. Prune to i&^
tling.
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