# An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language/Abbreviations

ABBREVIATIONS
1. LANGUAGE TITLES
| Ag. S. | —Anglo Saxon |
| Arm. | —Armenian |
| Br. | —Breton |
| Bulg. | —Bulgarian—O. Bulg. = Ch. Sl. |
| Ch. Sl. | —Church Slavonic |
| Cor. and Corn. | —Cornish |
| Dan. | —Danish |
| Dial. | —Dialectic, belonging to a dialect |
| Du. | —Dutch |
| E. | —Early, as E. Eng. = Early English |
| Eng. | —English |
| Fr. | —French |
| G. | —Gaelic |
| Gaul. | —Gaulish |
| Ger. | —German |
| Got. | —Gothic |
| H. | —High, as H. G. = High German |
| Heb. | —Dialects of the Hebridees |
| Hes. | —Hesychius |
| I. E. | —Indo-European |
| Ir. | —Irish |
| Ital. | —Italian |
| L. | —Late, as L. Lat. = Late Latin |
| Lat. | —Latin |
| Lett. | —Lettic |
| Lit. | —Lithuanian |
| M. | —Middle, as M. Ir. = Middle Irish |
| Mod. | —Modern |
| N. | —Norse |
| N. | —New, as N. Slav. = New Slavonic |
| N. H. | —Dialects of the Northern Highlands |
| O. | —Old, as O. Ir. = Old Irish |
| O. H. G. | —Old High German |
| Per. | —Persian |
| Pruss. | —Prussian |
| Sc. | —Scottish |
| Sl. and Slav. | —Slavonic |
| Slov. | —Slovenic |
| Span. | —Spanish |
| Sw. | —Swedish |
| W. | —Welsh |
| Zd. | —Zend or Old Bactrian |
2. BOOKS AND AUTHORITIES
| A. M'D | —Alexander Macdonald's Gaelic Songs, with vocabulary. |
| Atk. | —Atkinson's Dictionary to the Passions and Homilies from the Leabhar Breac, 1887. |
| Arm., Arms. | —Armstrong's Gaelic Dictionary, 1825. |
| B. of Deer | —Book of Deer, edited by Stokes in Goidelica, 1872. |
| Bez. Beit. | —Bezzenberger's Beiträge zur Kunde der Idg. Sprachen, a German periodical still proceeding. |
| C.S. | —Common Speech, not yet recorded in literature. |
| Carm. | —Dr Alexander Carmichael; see "Authors quoted." |
| Celt. Mag. | —The Celtic Magazine, 13 vols., stopped in 1888. |
| Con. | —Coneys' Irish-English Dictionary, 1849. ​ |
| Corm. | —Cormac's Glossary, published in 1862 and 1868, edited by Dr Whitely Stokes. |
| D. of L. | —The Dean of Lismore's Book, edited in 1862, 1892. |
| Four Mast. | —Annals of the Four Masters, published in 1848, 1851. |
| Fol. | —Foley's English-Irish Dictionary, 1855. |
| Hend. | —Dr George Henderson, Lecturer in Celtic Languages and Literature in the University of Glasgow. |
| H. S. D. | —The Highland Society's Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, 1828. |
| Inv. Gael. Soc. Tr. | —Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, still proceeding. |
| L. na H. | —Lebor na h-uidre, or the Book of the Dun Cow, an Irish MS. of 1100. |
| Lh. | —Lhuyd's Archæologia Brittanica, 1707. |
| Lib. Leinster | —Book of Leinster, an Irish MS. of 1150. |
| M'A. | —Macalpine's Gaelic Dictionary, 1832. |
| M'D. | —Alexander Macdonald's Gaelick and English Vocabulary, 1741. |
| M'E. | —M'Eachan's Faclair, 1862. |
| M'F. | —M'Farlane's Focalair or Gaelic Vocabulary, 1815. |
| M'L. | —M'Leod and Dewar's Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, 1831. |
| Nich. | —Sheriff Nicholson's Gaelic Proverbs. |
| O'Br. | —O'Brien's Irish-English Dictionary, 1768 and 1832. |
| O'Cl. | —O'Clery's Glossary, republished in Revue Celtique, Vols. iv, v, date 1643. |
| O'R. | —O'Reilly's Irish English Dictionary, 1823. |
| Rev. Celt. | —Revue Celtique, a periodical published at Paris, now in its 17th vol. |
| R. D. | —Rob Donn, the Reay Bard; sometimes given as (Suth.). |
| Rob. | —Rev. Chas M. Robertson, author of pamphlets on certain dialects of the Scottish Highlands. |
| S. C. R. | —The Scottish Celtic Review, 1 vol., edited by Dr Cameron, 1885. |
| S. D. | —Sean Dana, Ossianic Poems by the Rev. Donald Smith. |
| Sh. | —Shaw's Gaelic and English Dictionary, 1780. |
| St. | —Dr Whitley Stokes; see "Authors quoted". |
| Stew. | —Vocabulary at the end of Stewart's Gaelic Collection. |
| Wh. | —John Whyte, Inverness; sometimes entered as (Arg.). |
| Zeit. | —Kuhn's Zeitschrift f. vergl. Sprachforschung, a German periodical still proceeding. |
An asterisk (*) denotes always a hypothetical word; the sign (†) denotes that the word is obsolete. The numeral above the line denotes the number of the edition or the number of the volume.