[U!] interj. expressive of surprise or disappointment

[uabhar] nm. g.v. -air, pride, vainglory, insolence

[uachdar] nm. g.v. -air; pl.+an, top, surface, summit, cream, upper leather of shoe : dol an uachdar, getting uppermost

[uachdaran] nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, ruler, chief, governor

[Uachdar-tìre] pnm. Auchtertyre

[uaibh] prep.pron. from you

[uaibhreach] a. proud, haughty, vainglorious

[uaibhreas] nm. g.v. -eis, pride, pomp, vainglory

[uaidh] prep.pron. from him

[uaigh] nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, a grave

[uaigneach] a. secret, lonesome, melancholy

[uaigneas] nm. g.v. -eis, secrecy, privacy, solitariness

[uaill] nf. g.+e, vainglory, pride, vanity

[uaimh] nf. g. uamha; pl. uamhan, cave, den

[uain] See uan

[uaine] a. green, wan

[uainfheoil] nf. g. -eòla, lamb flesh

[uainn] prep.pron. from us

[uaipe] prep.pron. from her

[uair] nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, hour, time : an uair, when : air uairean, at times

[uaireadair] nm. pl.+ean, a watch, time-keeper of any kind

[uaireiginn] nf. sometime

[uaisle] nf.ind. nobility, gentility; a. genteeler, politer, more courteous

[uaislich] va. ennoble, dignify

[uait] prep.pron. from you, s.

[uallach] a. cheerful, gay, vainglorious; stately, proud

[uallach] nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, load, burden, a charge, an assigned task

[Uallas] surname, g.v. -ais, Wallace

[uam] prep.pron. from me

[uamha] See uaimh

[uamharr] and [uamharra] a. dreadful, terrible, atrocious

[uamhas] nm. g.v. -ais; pl.+an, horror, terror, monster, object of terror

[uamhasach] a. terrible, awful, dreadful, shocking, horrible

[uamhunn] nf. g.d. -uinn; pl.+an, horror

[uan] nm. g.v. uain; pl. uain, a lamb

[uapa] prep.pron. from them

[uasal] a. noble, gentle, proud, genteel; nm. g.v. -ail; pl. uaislean, gentleman

[uat] prep.pron. from you, s. See uait

[uatha] prep.pron. from them

[ub-ab] nf. hubbub

[ùbh, ùbh!] interj. expressive of aversion

[ubhal] nm. g.v. -ail; pl. ùbhlan, apple; also abhall

[ùbraid] nf. pl.+ean, confusion, bustle

[uchd] nm. breast, bosom, brow or side of a hill

[uchdach] nf. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, ascent, acclivity, breastplate

[uchd-éideadh] nm. breastplate; inflected on the second element

[ud] yon, that, yonder; ud thall, over yonder

[udal] nm. g.v. -ail, dangling, moving, flitting

[udalan] nm. g.v. -ain, a swivel : clach an udalain, `the rolling stone'

[ùdlaidh] a. gloomy, sequestered

[ugan] nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, forepart of the breast, the neck

[ugh] nm. g.v. uigh; pl. uighean, egg : ugh-gluig, addled egg

[ùgh] udder. See ùth

[ùghdair] nm. pl.+ean, author

[ùghdarras] nm. g.v. -ais, authority

[uibe] nm. pl.+achan, lump or mass of soft substance, particularly of dough

[uibhir] number. See uimhir

[ùidh] nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, desire, partiality, fondness, hope, expectation, interest, care, heed

[uidhe] nf. pl.+an, degree, step, pace, journey : uidh air n-uidh, bit by bit, step by step, by degrees

[uidheam] See uigheam

[uigheam] nf. g.d. -eim; pl.+an, furniture, accoutrements, instruments, dress, trappings, apparatus, equipage

[uigheamaich] va. equip, furnish with instruments, apparatus or dress

[uile] a. and nm. the whole, all : uile gu léir, altogether

[uilear] See fuilear

[uileann] nf. g. uilne; d. uilinn; pl. uilnean, the elbow, corner, angle

[ùill] va. oil, besmear with oil

[ùilleadh] nm. g.v. -idh, oil, oiling

[Uilleam] pnm. g.v. -eim, William

[uilleann] nf. g.d. -inn, honeysuckle, woodbine

[uillt] See allt

[uime] prep.pron. about him

[uimpe] prep.pron. about her

[ùine] nf.ind. a time, season, time

[ùinich] nf. bustle, hurry

[uinneag] nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, window

[uinnean] nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, onion

[uinnseann] nm. g.v. -inn, ash, ash tree

[uipinn] nf. pl.+ean, a treasure, a hoard

[ùir] nf. g. ùireach, mould, dust, earth

[uircean] nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, little pig, young pig

[ùird] See òrd

[uireachan] pl. of uirigh

[uiread] nm.ind. so much, as much, amount

[uireasbhuidh] nf. pl.+ean, want, indigence, poverty, need

[uiridh] last year. See uraidh

[uirigh] nf. pl.+ean, couch, bed, ledge in a precipice

[ùirsgeul] nm. g.v. -eòil; pl.+an, fable, novel, romance

[uiseag] nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, lark

[uisge] nm. pl.+achan, water

[uisge-beatha] nm. whisky (= aqua-vitae)

[uisgich] va. water

[uist!] hist! silence!

[ulag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, block for pulley

[ulaidh] nf. pl.+ean, a treasure

[ulfhartaich] nf.ind. howling

[ullachadh] nm. g.v. -aidh, preparing, preparation, provision

[ullamh] a. ready, prepared

[ullamhaich], [ullaich] va. prepare, make ready, provide for

[ultach] nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, armful, lapful

[umad] prep.pron. about you, s.

[umaibh] prep.pron. about you, pl.

[umainn] prep.pron. about us

[umam] prep.pron. about me

[umha] nm.ind. brass

[umhail] nf.ind. heed, attention, consideration; doubt, suspicion

[umhal] a. submissive, humble, obedient

[ùmhlachd] nf.ind. submissiveness, humility, obedience, obeisance, homage, humiliation

[umpa] prep.pron. about them

[ùmpaidh] nm. pl.+ean, dolt, blockhead

[ung] va. anoint

[ùnlagh] nm. pl.+an, a fine

[unnsa] nm. pl. -aidhean, ounce

[ùp] va. push, jostle

[ùpag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, a slight push

[ùr] a. fresh, new, recent, flourishing, young, vigorous, beautiful, fair

[ur] poss.pron. your. See bhur

[ùrach a' bheithe] fresh green beechwood

[ùraich] va. and vn. renew, be renewed, refresh, recreate, become fresh or green

[uraidh] nf. last year

[ùrar] a. fresh, flourishing, young, gay

[urball] See earball

[urchair] nf. g. -rach; pl. -raichean, a shot, a cast, a throw : urchair-thuiteamais, accidental or stray shot

[urchoid] nf. pl.+ean, hurt, mischief, detriment, calamity

[ùrlabhairt] nf.ind. speaking eloquently, eloquence, oratory

[ùrlar] nm. g.v. -air; pl.+an, floor of a house

[ùrnuigh] nf. pl.+ean, prayer, praying

[urra] nm. pl.+idhean, person

[urradh] nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, authority, guarantee, author

[urrainn] nm. promoter, author, beginner; power, ability : is urrainn mi, or : is urrainn domh, I can, I am able : a b' urrainn, who could

[urram] nm. g.v. -aim, respect, reverence, honour, deference

[urramach] a. honourable, reverend

[urramaich] va. honour, respect, revere

[urras] nm. g.v. -ais; pl.+an, surety, guarantee, a cautioner, audacity, confidence

[ursainn] nm. pl. -annan, door post, side of a door

[usa] a. easier. Better asa

[usga] and [ugsa] nm. pl. -ichean, full grown coal fish

[usgar] nm. g.v. -air; pl.+raichean, jewel, ornament, bell on liquor

[utag] nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, a push, jostle

[utagaich] va. push, jostle

[ùth] nm. g.+a; pl.+annan, udder

[ùtrais] nf. confused mass