Title: The Gaelic-English dictionary /
Authors: Mark, Colin B. D.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Scottish Gaelic language Dictionaries English.; Gaelic (Schots); Engels.
Abstract: This book fulfils a keenly-felt need for a modern, comprehensive dictionary ofScottish Gaelic into English. The numerous examples of usage and idiom in thework have been modelled on examples culled from modern literature, and encompassmany registers, ranging from modern colloquial speech to more elaborateliterary constructions. The main contemporary terms and idiomatic phraseology, often not available in other dictionaries, provide excellent models for languagelearning. In addition to the main dictionary, the volume contains introductorymaterial, providing guidance on using the dictionary, spel.
Contents: Cover -- The Gaelic-English Dictionary -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Symbols and Abbreviations used in the Dictionary -- Symbols -- Abbreviations in brackets are labels -- Abbreviations in italics are grammatical labels -- General abbreviations -- 2. Using the Dictionary -- General -- Lenition -- Single letter prefixes -- Dh' -- Apostrophes -- eu and ia -- Spelling reform -- Forms -- Capital letters -- Square brackets -- Round brackets -- Grammar -- Layout -- 3. Spelling and Pronunciation -- The alphabet and the accented letters -- Lenition -- Slenderisation / palatalisation -- The spelling rule -- The 'schwa' -- Pre-aspiration -- Rd and rt -- Hiatus -- Guide to pronunciation -- 4. Contents of Appendices -- A, a -- A! -- a -- a -- a -- a -- a' -- a' -- a -- a -- a -- à -- a- -- aba, -achan -- abachadh, -aidh -- abaich, -e -- abaich, -achadh -- abaichead, -eid -- abaid, -e, -ean -- abair, ràdh -- abairt, -e, -ean -- abairt-gun-smuain -- àbhacas, -ais -- àbhachd --^