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