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Gaelic-English Dictionary / Faclair Gàidhlig - Beurla
(Starting with "F")



By Malcolm MacFarlane

Keyed in and verified at Sabhal Mór Ostaig,
the Gaelic college on the Island of Skye,
by Caoimhín Pádraig Ó Donnaíle and Ruth Melton

caoimhin[at]smo.uhi.ac.uk
http://www.clanmacrae.org/documents/gaelic.htm

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/bb/




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[fa] prep. having the force of mu, but not used except in : fa chomhair, opposite : fa leth, apart, separately : fa dheòidh, at last, and similar phrases

[fàbhar] nm. g.v. -air; pl.+an, favour

[fac], [faca] va.irr. saw

[facal] nm. g.v. -ail; pl. -ail and -lan, word; also focal

[facas] va.irr. was seen : cha'n fhacas, was not seen

[faclair] nm. pl.+ean, dictionary, vocabulary; also foclair

[fad] nm.ind. length; during : fad na h-ùine, during the whole

time : air fad, wholly, altogether, on the whole

[fada] a. faide, long, far

[fadadh] v.n. kindling, lighting

[fadadh-cruaidh] nm. g.v. -aidh-chr-, rudimentary rainbow, a `dog-tooth'

[fadaidh] va. -adh, kindle, inflame

[fadal] nm. g.v. -ail; pl.+an, delay, longing, weariness

[fadhail] nf. g. -lach; pl. -laichean, extensive beach, a sea ford

[fàg] va.+ail, leave, forsake, quit, abandon

[fàgail] v.n. leaving, forsaking, quitting, abandoning

[fàgail] nf.ind. anything left, idiosyncrasy

[fagasg] See fagus

[faghaid] nf. pl.+ean, hunting party

[fagus] a. faisge, near : fagus do, near; n. : am fagus, present

[faic] va.irr. see, look, behold

[faiche] nf. pl.+an, a green by a house, field

[faicheachd] nf.ind. parading, military parade, exercising in the open field

[faicill] nf. caution, care, watchfulness

[faicilleach] a. cautious, wary, guardedly

[faicinn] v.n. seeing, looking, beholding : ri (and r'a) fhaicinn, to be seen

[faide] nf.ind. length, degree of length

[faide] a. longer, longest; farther : na 's faide sìos, farther down

[faidhir] nf. g. -reach; pl. -richean, a fair, a market

[faigh] va.irr. get, find : faigh as air, get away from him

[faighneachd] v.n. asking

[faighnich] va. -eachd, ask

[faighteadh] va.irr. would be got

[failc] va. bathe

[fàileadh] g.v. -idh, smell, savour; sense of smell

[faileas] nm. g.v. -eis; pl.+an, reflection, shadow

[fàilidh] a. gently, slowly; for fòilidh

[fàillinn] nf. pl.+ean, a failing

[fàilte] nf. pl.+an, salute, salutation, welcome, hail!

[fàiltich] va. salute, welcome

[fainear] phr. word, under or into consideration : thoir fainear, observe, consider; accented on the second syllable; also fa'n ear

[fair] va. bring, fetch : fair a nall, bring over here

[fairbheanadh] nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, warning, notice

[fairche] nm. pl.+an, hammer, mallet

[faire] nf.ind. watch, watching, watchfulness

[fàire] nm.ind. dawn, break of day, the horizon

[faireach] a. watchful

[faire-chlaidh] nf. watching a grave (against corpse lifting)

[fairge] nf. pl.+annan and +achan, sea, ocean

[fairich] vn. feel, perceive, note

[fairtlich] va. overcome, baffle : dh' fhairtlich e orm, it beat me to do it

[fàisg] va. fàsgadh, squeeze, wring, compress

[faisg] a. near : faisg air, near to it

[faisge] a. nearer; nearest, nether

[fàisneachd] nf.ind. a prophecy

[fàl] nm. g.v. fàil; pl. fàil, scythe, spade, peat spade

[falach] nm. g. -aich, hiding : am falach, in hiding, hidden

[falach-fuinn] nm. a going out of sight; inflected on first element

[falaich] va. -ach, hide, cover

[falamh] a. failmhe, empty

[falbh] va. go, depart

[falbh] nm. moving about, going, walking : air falbh, gone away

[falbhan] nm. g. -ain, moving about, habit of walking

[falbhanach] a. given to walking; nm. g. -aich; pl. -aich, wanderer

[falchaidh] va. will hide, will cover

[fallan] a. healthy; usually fallain

[falluing] nf. pl.+ean, mantle, cloak

[fallus] nm. g.v. -uis, sweat, perspiration

[falt] nm. g.v. fuilt, human hair

[famh] nm. g.v. faimh; pl. faimh, a mole

[famhair] nm. pl.+ean, giant

[fan] vn.+tainn, stay

[fanaid] nf. mocking, mockery, derision

[fa'n ear] See fainear

[fang] nm. g.v. faing; pl.+an, sheep pen, prison, den

[fann] a. fainne, weak, faint

[fantainn] v.n. staying

[faob] nm. g.v. faoib; pl.+an, excrescence, knob, piece as of dough

[faobhar] nm. g.v. -air; pl.+an, edge

[faochag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, periwinkle

[faod] vn. faotainn, may, be able to : faodar, it may be : dh' fhaodadh e, it might : dh' fhaodadh gu'n, it might be that : math dh' fhaodteadh, it might well be, possibly

[faoileag] nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an. See faoileann

[faoileann] nf. g.d. -inn; pl.+an, seagull

[faoilteach] nm. g.v. -ich, the last fortnight of winter and the first fortnight of spring

[faoin] a. vain, foolish, silly, unwise, void

[faoineachd] nf.ind. folly, vanity

[faoineas] nm. g.v. -eis, folly, vanity, silliness

[faoinsgeul] nm. and nf. g.d. -eil, pl.+an; vain or idle tale

[faotainn] v.n. getting, finding

[faothaich] va. and vn. relieve, be relieved from

[far] where, upon : far an d' fhàg mi e, where I left it

[fàradh] nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, ladder, the shrouds of a ship

[fàrdach] nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, house, mansion, home, dwelling

[fardorus] nm. g.v. -uis; pl. fardorsan, lintel of a door. Also ard-dorus

[farmad] nm. g.v. -aid, envy

[farpuis] nf. pl.+ean, contest, contention, competition, strife

[farradh] nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, freight, fare

[fàrradh] nm. g.v. -aidh, litter, straw or brushwood in a boat

[farraid] va. farraid, ask, enquire

[farsuing] a. wide

[farum] nm. g.v. -uim, noise

[fàs] vn. fàs, grow, increase

[fàs] v.n. growing, increasing

[fàs] a. -a, empty, waste, hollow, void

[fàsach] nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, desert, wilderness

[fàsail] a. -ala, desert, lonely

[fasan] nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, fashion

[fasgadh] nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, protection, shelter

[fàsgadh] v.n. wringing, squeezing, compressing

[fasgnadh] v.n. winnowing

[fàth] nm.ind. cause, reason, opportunity

[fathast] yet, still

[fathunn] nm. g.v. -uinn, rumour, news

[feabhas] nm. g.v. -ais, `betterness', goodness, improvement, recovery; excellence

[feachd] nm. pl.+an, army, host, military forces; time, journey

[fead] nf. pl.+an, a whistle, smart blow

[feadan] nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, a whistle, flute, chanter of bagpipe, a spout

[feadh] nm.ind. extent, length : am feadh, while : air feadh, throughout, among

[feadhainn] nf. g. feadhna or -nach, those, folk, some people, troop

[fèairrde] a. better of

[feairt] See feart

[fealla] nf.ind. treachery

[fealla-dhà] nf.ind. a joke

[feall-fhalach] nm. g. -aich, ambuscade

[feallsanachd] nf.ind. philosophy

[feamainn] nf. g. -ann or -nach, seaweed

[feann] va. skin, flay

[feannadh-builg] nm. divesting of the whole hide; inflected on the first element

[feannag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, a hooded crow (L.Sc. hoodie-craw)

[fear] nm. g.v. fir; pl. fir; v.pl. fheara, a man, one : fear-an-tighe, the man of the house (L.Sc. the guidman) : fear-pòsda, married man : fear-a'-bhaile, the farmer : fear-cinnidh, clansman : fear-ionaid, substitute : fear-aobhair, the man required : fear-brathaidh, betrayer : fear-falbh, traveller

[fearail] a. -ala, manly

[fearann] nm. g.v. -ainn; pl. -ainn, land, farmland, estate

[fearas-chuideachd] nf.ind. diversion

[fearg] nf. g. feirge; d. feirg, anger, wrath, rage, ire

[fèarr] a. better : is fèarra dhuit, it is better for you : b'fhèarr leis, he would rather

[fearsaid] nf. pl.+ean, spindle, dart

[feart] nf. g.d. feirt; pl.+an, attention, notice : na toir feart air, pay no heed to him

[feart] nf. g.+a; d. feirt; pl.+an, virtue, efficiency, deed, attribute, inherent quality

[feasd] for : am feachd-sa : am feasd, for ever, used along with the negative in the sense of `never'

[feasgar] nm. g.v. -air; pl. -raichean, afternoon, evening

[fèath] nm. pl.+an, calm, tranquility

[féidh] See fiadh

[féile] nf.ind. generosity, hospitality

[féileadh] nm. g.v. -idh; pl. -eachan, the kilt : am féileadh beag, philabeg

[féill] nf. g.+e; pl. -ean, or -tean, feast, festival, fair, market

[féin] self, follows the n., pron. or adj., as : mo chù féin, mo chù bàn féin, mi féin

[féineil] a. selfish

[Féinn] pnf. g.+e, the race, or country comprising the Fianns

[féin-spéis] nf. g.+e, self-love, self-conceit

[féin-spéisealachd] nf.ind. self-admiration

[féin-spéiseil] a. self-admiring

[féin-uaill] nf. g.+e, self-pride

[feith] va. and vn.+eamh, wait, serve

[féith] nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, sinew, vein

[feitheachd] nf.ind. waiting, serving

[feitheamh] v.n. waiting, serving

[féisd] nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, feast, entertainment

[feòdar] nm. g.v. -air, pewter

[feòil] nf. g. feòla, flesh

[feòir] See feur

[feòirling] nf. pl.+ean, farthing

[feòrag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, squirrel

[feòraich] va. inquire, inquiring, asking

[feuch] va.+ainn, see, behold, try : dh' fheuch, to try

[feuchainn] v.n. trying, beholding

[feudail] nf. g. -alach, cattle

[feudar] v.pass. used as a noun in the phrase : is fheudar, it is necessary : is fheudar dhuit, you must

[feum] nm. g.+a, need, use

[feum] va. and vn. be in need of, must, needs must : am feum thu, will you need? : feumaidh mi, I must : dh' fheumadh iad, they would need : feumar, must be

[feumach] a. needy : nm. g. -aich; pl. -aich, a needy person

[feumail] a. -ala, needful, useful, necessary

[feum-sgaoilte] a. lithe, free

[feur] nm. g.v. feòir, grass, hay

[feur-saidh] nm. hay; inflected on the first element

[feusag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, beard

[feusgan] nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, mussel

[fheudar] See feudar

[Fhìnn] See Fionn

[fhuair] va.irr. got, found

[fhuaras] va.irr. was got

[fiacaill] nf. pl. -lan, tooth

[fiach] nm. g.v. féich; pl.+an, value, worth; debt, arrears

[fiach] a. +a, worthy, valuable, good

[fiadh] nm. g.v. féidh; pl. féidh, a deer

[fiadhaich] a. wild, savage, tempestuous, boisterous

[fiadh-bheathach] nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, wild beast; inflected on the second element

[fial] a. +a and féile, generous, liberal, bounteous

[fialachd] nf.ind. generosity, liberality, bounty, hospitality

[fiamh] nm. g.+a, hue, tinge, a trace, aspect

[fiamh] nm. g.+a, awe, reverence

[fianuis] nf. pl.+ean, a witness, evidence, testimony

[fiar] a. +a, crooked, twisted, curved, bent

[fiaradh] nm. g.v. -aidh, inclination, obliquity, slanting : car am fiaradh, somewhat slantwise

[fichead] num. g. -id; pl.+an, a score, twenty

[fìdeag] nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, reed, whistle

[fidheall] nf. g. fìdhle; d. fidhill; pl. fìdhlean, fiddle, violin

[fìdhlear] nm. g.v. -eir; pl.+an, fiddler

[figh] va.+eadh, weave

[fileanta] a. eloquent, fluent, ready of speech

[filidh] nm. pl.+ean, poet. Better file

[fill] va. +eadh, fold

[filleadh] v.n. folding

[fine] nf. pl.+achan, clan, tribe, kindred

[fìneachd] nf.ind. fineness

[fìnealta] a. -eilte, elegant, fine

[fìnealtachd] nf.ind. elegance, fineness

[fiodh] nm. g.+a, timber, wood

[fìodhlair] See fìdhlear

[fiodhull] See fidheall

[Fìofa] pnm. Fife

[fìon] nm. g.+a, wine

[fionn] a. -a, white, fair

[Fionn] pnm. g.v. Fhìnn, the principal leader of the Fianns. See Féinn

[fionnar] a. cool

[Fionnlairig] pnf. Finlarig

[fionnsgeul] nm. and f. g.v. -eil; pl.+an, fable, romance

[fìor] a. true, genuine, pure : fìoruisge, pure spring water

[fìorair] nm. cultivated inhabited land

[fìor-eun] nm. eagle. See fìreun

[fios] nm. g.+a, knowledge, information, notice, message

[fiosachd] nf.ind. foretelling, divination, fortune-telling

[fiosrach] a. well-informed, intelligent

[fiosraich] va. inquire, investigate, examine

[fir] See fear

[fireach] nm. g.v. -ich; pl. -ichean, hill ground, moor, mountain

[fireann] a. male, masculine

[fìreantachd] nf.ind. righteousness

[fìreun] nm. g.v. -eòin; pl. -eòin, eagle

[fìrinn] nf. pl.+ean, truth

[fitheach] nm. g.v. -ich; pl. -ich, raven

[fiù] a. worthy, estimable

[fiughair] nf. pl.+ean, earnest expectation, hope : tha fiughair agam ris, I expect him

[fiùran] nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, straight young tree, a youth

[Flànras] pnm. g.v. -ais, Flanders

[flapraich] nf. flapping

[flath] nm. g.v. flaith; pl. flaithean, chief, prince, noble

[flathail] a. noble, stately

[fleadh] nm. g.+a; pl.+an, feast, banquet, entertainment

[fleasgach] nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, young man, bachelor

[flichneachd] nm.ind. sleet

[fliodh] nm. g.+a, chickweed

[fliuch] a. fliche, wet

[flùr] nm. g.v. flùir, flour

[fo] prep. under, beneath, below, at the foot of

[focal] nm. g.v. -ail; pl. -ail and -lan, word. See facal

[fochaid] nf. mocking, scoffing, deriding

[fochaideach] a. mocking, scoffing, deriding

[fochair] nm. vicinity, presence : am fochair, in the vicinity of

[fochann] g.v. -ainn; first shoots of corn (L.Sc. braird)

[foclair] nm. pl.+ean, dictionary, vocabulary. See faclair

[fodha] prep.pron. under him

[fodhad] prep.pron. under you, s.

[fodhaibh] prep.pron. under you, pl.

[fodhainn] prep.pron. under us

[fodham] prep.pron. under me

[fodhpa] prep.pron. under them

[fògair] va.+t and -radh, expel, banish, chase

[fògarrach] nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, exile

[foghainn] vn. -nadh, suffice, serve the purpose

[foghainteach] a. sufficient, fit, brave, valorous

[foghar] nm. g.v. -air; pl. -airean, a tone, vowel

[foghar] nm. g.v. -air; pl. -aran, autumn, the harvest time

[fòghluim] vn. -um, learn

[fòghlum] nm. g.v. -uim, learning, acquired knowledge; teaching, instructing

[fòghnadh] v.n. serving the purpose, sufficing; also subjunctive mood of foghainn : na dh' fhòghnadh dhà, what would serve for him

[fòid] nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, clod, peat, turf, sod

[foidhidinn] nf.ind. patience

[foidhidneach] a. patient

[foidhpe] prep.pron. under her

[foighnich] va. inquire, ask. See faighnich

[fòil] a. slow, stately; calm, tranquil, gentle, mild

[fòilidh] a. same meaning as fòil. See fàilidh

[foill] nf. g.+e, treachery, fraud, deceit

[foilleil] a. -eala, treacherous, fraudulent, deceitful

[foillsich] va. reveal, publish, disclose, make manifest, declare

[foillsichear] nm. g.v. -eir; pl.+an, publisher

[foinne] nm. pl. foinnean, wart

[foinnich] va. temper, as iron

[fòireigneadh] nm. g.v. -idh, violence, oppression

[foirfe] a. perfect

[foirfeach] nm. g.v. -ich; pl. -ich, an elder of the church

[fòirneart] nm. g.v. -eirt, oppression, violence, force

[fois] nf. g.+e, leisure, rest, peace

[foiseil] a. -eala, restful, peaceful

[follus] nm. g. -uis, publicity : am follus, into notice. Also follais

[folluiseach] a. public

[fonn] nm. g.v. fuinn; pl. fuinn, a tune, an air, good humour

[fonn] nm. g.v. fuinn, land

[Forchu] pnf. Abhainn Fhorchu, the river Forth

[forasach] a. assuming, forward

[Forfhair] pnf. Forfar

[forfhais] nf. pl.+ean, inquiry, tidings

[fortan] nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, fortune

[fortanach] a. fortunate

[fosgail] va. -ladh, open

[fosgailte] a. opened

[fosgladh] v.n. opening

[fradharc] nm. g.v. -airc, vision, view, eyesight, sight

[fraoch] nm. g.v. fraoich, heath, heather

[fras] nf. g. froise; d. frois; pl.+an, shower

[freagair] va. +t and -radh, answer

[freagairt] nf. pl.+ean, an answer, answering

[freagarrach], [freagrach] answering, suitable; liable

[freagradh] nm. g.v. -aidh; pl.+aidhean, an answer

[freasdail] va. -al, attend, wait on

[freasdal] nm. g.v. -ail, serving, attending, waiting on

[freiceadan] nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, watch, guard : Am Freiceadan Dubh, the Black Watch

[freumh] nm. g.+a; v. fhrèimh; pl.+an, root, stock, lineage

[frìde] nf. pl.+an, animalcule

[frioghan] nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, a bristle

[frionas] nm. g.v. -ais, anger, rage

[frìth] nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, forest, deer forest

[frith] a. small, trifling; also a prefix meaning `of a lower degree'

[frith-bhaile] nm. village, suburb; inflected on the second element

[fritheil] va. -ealadh, attend, minister

[frithir] nm. rough uninhabited land

[frith-rathad] nm. g.v. -aid; pl. -aidean, byeway

[fròg] nf. g. fròige; d. fròig; pl.+an, hole, cranny, chink, den, crevice, recess

[frògag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, little hole, etc., dim. of fròg

[froise] See fras

[fuachd] nf.ind. cold, coldness

[fuadaich] va. expel, drive away

[fuadan] nm. g.v. -ain, expulsion, exile

[fuaigh] va. +eal, sew, stitch, knit, connect

[fuaigheal] v.n. sewing, stitching

[fuaighte] a. sewed, stitched

[fuaim] nm. g.+e; pl.+ean, sound, noise

[fuaimneach] a. sounding, sonorous

[fuaimneachd] nf.ind. noisiness, sonorousness

[fuaire] a. colder

[fuar] a. cold

[fuaradh-froise] nm. the breeze which precedes a shower; inflected on the first element

[fuarag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, meal and water drink

[fuaraich] va. and vn. cool, become cool, make cool

[fuaran] nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, spring well

[fuasgail] va. -ladh, untie, loose, free, liberate

[fuasgladh] v.n. untying, loosing, freeing, liberating

[fuath] nm. g.+a, hatred, aversion, abhorrence, hate

[fuathach] a. hateful, abhorrent

[fuathas] nm. g.v. -ais; pl. -ais, a fright, a ghost, a great quantity

[fuathasach] a. horrible, dreadful, terrible; prodigious

[fùdar] nm. g.v. -air, powder, gunpowder

[fuidh!] fie! shame!

[fuigheall] nm. g.v. -ill, remainder

[fuighleach] nm. g. -ich; pl. -ichean, leavings, remains, refuse

[fuil] nf. g. fola or fala, blood

[fuileachd] nf.ind. blood feud, bloodshed

[fuileachdach] a. bloody

[fuilear] in the phrase : cha'n fhuilear dhomh, I must

[fuiling] See fulaing

[fuilt] See falt

[fuilteach] a. bloody, cruel

[fuiltean] nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, a single hair

[fuin] va. bake

[fuireach] nm. g. -ich, staying, waiting

[fuirich] va. -each, stay

[fulaing] va. and vn. suffer, endure, allow, permit

[fulang] nm. g.v. -aing; pl.+an, suffering, forbearance, patience, bearing

[fulangas] nm. g.v. -ais, suffering, endurance

[furan] nm. g.v. -ain, welcome reception, kindly recognisance

[furas] nm. g.v. -ais, patience

[furasda] a. fusa, fhusa, fasa and fhasa, easy of accomplishment





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