MacFarlane's Dictionary - Section 1
- bàirneach
- nf. g.v. -ich; pl. -ich, limpet
- baist
- va. baptize
- baisteadh
- v.n. baptising, baptism
- balach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, clown, fellow, lad
- balachan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, little lad
- balbh
- a. dumb, silent
- balbhan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, dumb person
- balg
- nm. g.v. builg; pl. builg, leather bag, wallet, belly; blister
on skin
- balgair
- nm. pl.+ean, fox; impudent person
- balgam
- nm. g.v. -aim; pl.+annan, mouthful of liquor
- balgan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, little bag, little blister
- balgan-béice
- nm. g.v. -ain-bh-; pl. -ain-bh-, fuzz ball
- ball
- nm. g.v. buill; pl. buill, limb, member, ball, spot : air ball,
at once, immediately
- balla
- nm. pl.+chan, wall
- ballan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, wooden domestic vessel, tub
- ball-chrith
- nf. trembling with terror
- Baltair
- pnm. Walter
- bàn
- a. white, pale, wan, fair-haired : am bàn, the untilled part
of a field being tilled, in opposition to the ploughed part,
called : an dearg, `the red'
- ban-
- she-, female-; pref. to impart femininity to names of males;
corresponds to -ess
- banachag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, dairymaid
- bànag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, grilse
- banail
- a. -ala, womanly, feminine
- banais
- nf. g. bainnse; pl. bainnsean, wedding, marriage
- banaltrum
- nf. g.d. -uim; pl.+an, nurse
- banarach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aich, dairymaid
- banas-tighe
- nm. g. banais-thighe, housewifery
- ban-chéile
- nf. spouse, wife
- ban-diùc
- nf. pl.+an, duchess
- bann
- nm. g.v. boinn; pl. boinn, band, belt, cord; hinge; girth
- bann-aideachaidh
- nm. receipt; inflected on first element
- bann-dìdein
- nm. safe-conduct, bond of safety; inflected on the
first element
- banntrach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, widow, widower
- ban-righinn
- and ban-rìgh nf. pl.+ean, queen
- baoth
- a. foolish, unwise, stupid
- bara
- nm. pl.+chan, barrow : bara-rotha, wheelbarrow
- barail
- nf. g. -alach; pl. -alaichean, opinion, conjecture
- baraille
- nf. pl.+an, barrel
- baran
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, baron
- barantas
- nm. g.v. -ais, warranty, authority, security
- bàrd
- nm. g.v. bàird; pl. bàird, bard, poet
- bàrdachd
- nf.ind. poetry
- bàrr
- nm. g. -a; pl. barran, top, point; crop; superiority : a
bhàrr, from off : toirt bàrr air, excelling it or him
- Barra
- pnm. Barra (Hebrides)
- barrach
- nm. g.v. -aich, top branches of trees
- barrachd
- nf.ind. surplus, superiority, excess; more : a
bharrachd air, over and above, beyond
- barrag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, scum on the surface of liquid; cream
- barraibh
- See bàrr
- barraichte
- a. surpassing, pre-eminent
- barr-iall
- nm. g.v. -eill; pl.+an, shoe latchet, thong (L.Sc. whang)
- bas
- nf. g. boise; d. bois; pl.+an, palm of the hand, lower part
of shinty club
- bàs
- nm. g.v. bàis, death
- bàsaich
- vn. die, perish, wither
- bas-bhualadh
- nm. clapping the hands, from joy or grief; inflected
on second element
- bata
- nm. pl.+chan, staff, cudgel
- bàta
- nm. pl.+ichean, boat
- bàth
- va. drown, quench, slake
- bàthach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, byre, cow house
- bathais
- nm. pl.+ean, forehead
- bathar
- nm. g.v. -air, wares, goods, merchandise
- beach
- nm. g.+a; v. bheich; pl.+an, bee
- beachd
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, opinion, observance, perception,
view, judgment : am beachd, of the opinion: thar a beachd,
out of her wits : gabhail beachd, noticing: is beachd leam,
I am of the opinion
- beachdachadh
- v.n. observation, thinking, studying
- beachdaich
- va. observe, mark, pay attention to
- beachdail
- a. observant
- beachd-smaoinich
- va. muse, meditate, contemplate
- beach-lann
- nm. g.v. -lainn; pl.+an, bee-hive
- beadaidh
- a. petulant, capricious, fastidious, impudent
- beadarrach
- a. coaxing, cajoling, fond, sportive, pampered,
caressed
- beadradh
- v.n. fondling, caressing
- beag
- a. bige and lugha, small, little : ach beag, all but
- beaga
- See beag
- beagaich
- va. lessen, diminish
- beagan
- nm. g.v. -ain, a little, a few, small number or quantity
- beairt
- See beart
- beairteach
- See beartach
- bealach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, pass, gap, defile
- bean
- nf. g. mnatha; d. mnaoi; v. bhean; pl. mnathan; g.pl.
ban, wife, woman
- bean
- va.+tainn and +ailt, touch, handle, meddle
- beanag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, a little woman
- beanailt
- v.n. touching
- bean-bainnse
- nf. bride; inflected as bean is, but usually ind.
- beann
- nm. top, horn, peak, also gen.pl. of beinn
- beannachd
- nm. pl.+an, blessing, benediction
- beannaich
- va. bless
- bean-phòsda
- nf. married woman; inflected as bean is, but
usually ind.
- bean-tighe
- nf. housewife, inflected as bean is, but usually ind.
- bean-uasal
- nf. gentlewoman, lady; inflected on both elements
- bèarn
- nf. g.v. bèirn; pl.+an, gap, breach, notch
- bèarr
- va. shear, shave, clip, prune
- bearradair
- nm. pl.+ean, barber
- bearradaireachd
- nf.ind. clipping, shaving, shearing, pruning;
the occupation of a barber; satirising, repartee
- bearradh
- nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, precipice, edge of precipice
- Bearruig
- pnf. Berwick
- beart
- nf. g.d. beirt; pl.+an, deed, action, tackling, device,
engine, machine, gear
- beartach
- a. rich, wealthy
- beartaich
- va. equip, harness, adjust
- beart-itealaich
- nf. flying machine; inflected on the first element
- beatha
- nf. pl.+annan, life, livelihood : 's e do bheatha, you are
welcome
- beathach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, animal, beast
- Beathag
- pnf. g.d. -aig, usually given as the equivalent of Sophia
- beathaich
- va. feed, maintain, sustain
- beic
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, a curtsey (L.Sc. beck)
- beiceartaich
- nf.ind. a continuous becking or bobbing
- beil
- va. grind
- beinn
- nf. g.+e; pl. beanntan, g.pl. beann, mountain
- beir
- va.irr. beirsinn, take hold of, bring, bring forth, produce,
catch
- béist
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, beast
- beithe
- nm. birch, birch tree
- beò
- a. alive, living
- beò
- nm. living creature
- beòil
- See beul
- beòir
- nf. g.+e, beer, ale
- beòlach
- nm. g.v. -aich, red hot part of fire
- beothach
- See beathach
- beothaich
- va. kindle, light, revive, re-animate
- beòthail
- a. lively, active, vigorous
- beuban
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, anything mangled or spoiled
- beuc
- nm. pl.+an, roar, bellow
- beucaich
- nf. roaring, bellowing
- beud
- nm. pl.+an, hurt, injury, harm, mischief
- beul
- nm. g.v. beòil; pl. beòil, mouth, opening
- beulaibh
- ind. (really a dative plural of beul), front side
- beul-aithris
- nf. oral tradition
- beul-mór
- nm. boat's gunwale; inflected on both elements
- beum
- nm. g.+a; v. bhèim; pl.+annan, stroke, cut, blow,
taunt
- beum
- va. strike, taunt, reproach; ring by striking
- beurla
- nf.ind. a language : a' bheurla Shasunnach, the Eng.
language
- beus
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, conduct, habit, behaviour, virtue
- beusach
- a. well-behaved, virtuous, moral
- Beutan
- surname, Beaton
- bh'
- for : bha, before vow., was, wert, were
- bha
- sv.irr. was, wert, were
- bhàrr
- phr. for : a bhàrr, off, from
- bheil
- sv.irr. for feil, am, art, are, is
- bheir
- va.irr. will bring, will take, will give
- bheireadh
- va.irr. would bring, would take, would give
- bhi
- sv. will be, aspirated form of bi after cha : cha bhi, shall or
will not be
- bhiodh
- for : bhitheadh
- bhios
- for : bhitheas
- bhith
- v.n. in phr. : a bhith, to be; usually: a bhi
- bhitheadh
- sv.irr. would or should be
- bhitheas
- sv. will or shall be
- bho
- prep. from; since; also : o
- bhos
- in the phrase : a bhos, on this side, here; this: an taobh
bhos, the near side
- bhrìgh
- for : do bhrìgh, phr., on account of
- bhuaibh
- prep.pron. from you, pl.
- bhuaidh
- prep.pron. from him
- bhuainn
- prep.pron. from us
- bhuaipe
- prep.pron. from her
- bhuait
- prep.pron. from you, s.
- bhuam
- prep.pron. from me
- bhuapa
- prep.pron. from them
- bhur
- poss.pron. your; precedes n. beginning with con.
- bhur n-
- poss.pron. your; precedes n. beginning with vow.
- bi
- and bì sv.irr. be : bi falbh, begone
- biadh
- nm. g. bìdh; pl.+an, food
- biadh
- va. feed, maintain, nourish
- biadhta
- a. fed, fatted
- bian
- nm. g.v. béin; pl.+tan, skin of animals, rarely of human
beings, hide
- bidean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, pinnacle, apex
- bìdh
- See biadh
- bidh
- for : bithidh
- bidhis
- nf. pl.+ean, vice, screw
- big
- nm. pl. of beag : na big, the young, the little folks
- bigead
- nf. smallness
- bìgean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, chirp
- bigeanan
- nm.pl. `tewkies'; chickens
- bìgeil
- nf.ind. chirping, squeaking
- bigid
- a. the less of
- bile
- nf. pl.+an, lip, edge, rim
- bileag
- nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, leaflet, blade
- binn
- a. melodious, musically sweet
- binn
- nf. g.+e; pl.+tean, sentence of condemnation, verdict,
judgment
- binnean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, pinnacle, apex
- binneas
- nm. g.v. -eis, musical sweetness, melody
- bìobull
- nm. g.v. -uill; Bible
- biod
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, a pointed top
- biodag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, dirk, dagger (L.Sc. bittock)
- biodh
- for bitheadh
- bìog
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, a chirp, little squeak, or squeal
- biolaire
- nf.ind. water cresses
- bior
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, stake, spit, pin, prickle, thorn, pointed
stick, stick of furniture
- biorach
- a. sharp, pointed, peaked
- bioradh
- nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, a sting
- bioran
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, little stick, staff
- birlinn
- nf. pl.+ean, galley, bark, pleasure boat
- bith
- nf.ind. world, existence : 'sam bith, air bith, at all = in
or on, the world
- bìth
- nf. g. -e, gum, resin, pitch, tar
- bìth
- a. quiet, tranquil, silent
- bith-bhuan
- a. everlasting, eternal
- bitheadh
- sv.irr. let be
- bitheanta
- a. frequent, often : gu bitheanta, adv.phr. same meanings
- bitheantas
- nm. g.v. -ais, frequency : am bitheantas, frequently,
often
- biùthaidh
- nm. pl.+ean, hero, foe
- biùthas
- nm. g.v. -ais, fame, reputation
- bladh
- nm. g.v. blaidh, essence, juice, meaning; renown, fame
- blais
- va. blasad, taste
- blàr
- nm. g.v. blàir; pl. blàir and +an, field, ground, battle-field
- blàr
- a. whitefaced, white spotted on face, as animal
- blàr-mòine
- nm. peat moss; inflected like blàr on the first element
- blas
- nm. g.v. blais; pl.+an, taste, savour, flavour
- blasad
- nm. g. -aid, a taste, tasting
- blasda
- a. savoury, tasty, delicious
- blasdachd
- nf.ind. savouriness, sweetness, tastefulness
- blàth
- a. warm, kind, tender
- blàth
- nm. g.v. blàith; pl.+an, bloom, blossom, flower
- blàthach
- nf. g.v. -aich, buttermilk
- blàthaich
- va. and vn. warm
- blàths
- nm. g.v. blàiths, warmth
- bleid
- nf. g.+e, impertinence, soliciting
- bleideil
- a. impertinent, troublesome
- bleith
- va. bleith, grind, sharpen on a grindstone, grinding
- bleoghainn
- va. -ann, milk, draw milk
- bleoghann
- v.n. milking
- bliadhna
- nf. pl. bliadhnachan, year
- bliadhnail
- a. yearly, annually
- blian
- a. lean, insipid
- blianach
- nf. g.d. -aich, carrion, lean carcase, lean flesh : eòin
bhlianach, birds of prey
- bligh
- va. milk, draw milk
- bliochd
- nf.ind. milk, produce of cows
- bloigh
- nf. g.+e; pl.+dean or +ean, large fragment of anything
- blonag
- nf. g.d. -aig, fat, suet, lard
- blosg
- va. and vn. sound a horn, explode
- bó
- nf. g. boine; d. boin; v. bhó; pl. bà; g.pl. bó, bhó, cow
- boc
- nm. g.v. buic; pl. buic, buck, he-goat, roe-buck
- bòcan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, hobgoblin
- bochd
- a. +a, poor, sick
- bochd
- nm. pl.+an, poor person
- bochdainn
- nf.ind. poverty
- bodach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, old man, carle; mutchkin
- bodhar
- a. buidhre, deaf; also nm. g.v. -air; pl. -air, deaf person
- bog
- va. dip
- bog
- a. buige, soft, moist, wet, damp
- bogaich
- va. soften, moisten
- bogha
- nm. pl.+chan, bow, arch
- bogha-frois
- nm. pl. -achan-f-, rainbow
- boghainn
- nf. pl.+ean, body
- boglach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aich, bog, marsh, swamp
- bogsa
- nm. pl.+chan, box
- boiceann
- nm. g.v. -inn; pl.+an, goat skin
- bóid
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, vow, oath
- bòidhchead
- nf. g.d. -eid, degree of beauty
- bòidheach
- a. bòidhche, pretty, beautiful (L.Sc. bonnie)
- bóidich
- va. vow, swear
- boil
- nf. g.+e, madness, fury, rage, passion
- bòilich
- nf. boasting, bouncing, bombast
- boin
- and boine of a cow.
See bó
- boineid
- nf. pl.+ean, bonnet
- boineid-bhiorach
- nf. pl. -ean-biorach, Glengarry bonnet
- boinne
- nf. pl.+achan, drop of liquid : boinne taig, rain-drop
- boireann
- a. female, feminine
- boireannach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, female, woman
- bois
- See bas
- boiteag
- nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, maggot
- boitean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, bundle of hay or straw (L.Sc.
buttle)
- boladh
- nm. g.v. -aidh; pl. -aidhean, smell, stink
- bolg
- nm. g.v. builg; pl. builg, bag, budget, belly
- bonn
- nm. g.v. buinn; pl. buinn, sole, foundation, bottom; coin
: bonn-a-sè, halfpenny (L.Sc. bawbee): bonn-a-h-ochd, an
old Scots coin
- bonnach
- nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aich, a cake (L.Sc. bannock)
- borb
- a. buirbe, fierce, savage, passionate
- borbhan
- nm. g.v. -ain, purling sound, murmur
- borbnaich
- va. and vn. swell with anger
- bòrc
- va. spring, sprout, bud
- bòrd
- nm. g.v. bùird; pl. bùird, table, plank, board
- bòsd
- nm. g.+a, a boast, boasting language
- bòsdair
- nm. pl.+ean, boaster
- bothan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, hut, bothy
- Both-chanan
- place name and surname, Buchanan
- bòtuinn
- nf. pl.+ean, a boot
- botul
- nm. g.v. -uil; pl. -uil, bottle
- brà
- nf. g. brà and brathann; pl. bràthntan, quern, handmill
: brà-bhrugh, fairy quern
- brach
- va. and vn. ferment, malt
- bradach
- a. thievish, thieving
- bradan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl. -ain, salmon
- bragh
- nm. g. -a; pl.+an, explosion, burst, peal
- bràghad
- nm. g.v. -aid; pl.+an, neck, throat
- braich
- nf. g. bracha, malt, fermented grain
- Braid-albann
- pnf. Breadalbane
- bràighe
- nm. g. bràghad; pl.+achan, the upper part of a thing
or place
- Bran
- pnm. g.v. Brain, a dog's name
- braoileag
- nf. g.d. -eig; pl.+an, whortleberry
- braoisg
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, a grin
- braon
- nm. g.v. braoin; pl. braoin, a drop
- bras
- a. active, rash, impetuous, quick, keen, vehement
- brat
- nm. g.v. brait; pl.+an, mantle, covering, veil, apron
- bratach
- nf. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, banner, flag
- brath
- nm. g.+a, knowledge, information, word; intention,
design : a' brath, intending
- bràth
- nm. g.+a, judgment, ever : gu bràth, ever
- bràth
- va. betray, deceive
- bràthair
- nm. g. -ar; pl. bràithrean, brother
- bràthaireil
- a. brotherly
- brat-ùrlair
- nm. carpet; inflected on the first element as brat
- breab
- va. kick, spurn
- breab
- nm. g.+a; pl.+an, a kick
- breac
- a. brice, speckled, spotted
- breac
- va. checker, speckle; pick, as a mill stone
- breac
- nm. g.v. bric; pl. bric, trout
- breac
- nf. g.d. bric : a' bhreac, smallpox
- breac an t-sìl
- nm. water wagtail; inflected on first element
- breacag
- nf. g.d. -aig; pl.+an, pancake, thin cake, scone
- breacan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, plaid
- breac-dhonn
- a. -dhuinne, brown spotted
- breac-dhubh
- a. -dhuibhe, black spotted
- breacnaich
- va. checker, make spotted
- breac-ruadh
- a. -ruaidhe, red spotted
- brèagha
- a. fine, splendid, beautiful (L.Sc. braw)
- breamas
- nm. g. -ais, mischief, mishap
- Breatunn
- nm. g. -uinn, Britain; Breatunnach, a Briton; a. British
- bréid
- nm. g.+e; pl.+ean, kerchief, napkin, piece of cloth, patch
- bréineach
- a. corrupt, stinking
- breisleach
- nm. g.v. -ich, confusion, delirium
- breislich
- va. rave, talk nonsense
- breith
- va.irr. See beir bearing, birth, begetting, catching
- breith
- nf. g. -e; pl.+ean, judgment, decision, opinion
- breitheamh
- nm. g.v. -eimh; pl.+an, a judge
- breitheanas
- nm. g.v. -ais; pl.+an, judgement, decision
- breithnich
- va. conceive, apprehend
- breòite
- v.a. infirm, frail, feeble
- breug
- nf. g.d. bréig; pl.+an, lie, falsehood
- breug
- va. soothe, amuse, cajole, entice
- breugach
- a. lying, given to falsehood
- breugair
- nm. pl.+ean, liar
- breugnaich
- va. falsify, bely, gainsay
- breun
- a. bréine, stinking, loathsome, putrid
- briagha
- See brèagha
- briathar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl. -ran, word, saying
- briathrach
- a. talkative, wordy, loquacious
- briathrachan
- nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, vocabulary, dictionary, word-book
- briathran
- See briathar
- brìb
- va. bribe, corrupt
- bric
- See breac
- bricean
- nm. g.v. -ein; pl. -einean, small trout
- bricean-beithe
- nm. g.v. -ein-bh-; pl. -einean-b-, chaffinch, linnet
- brìdean
- nm. g. -ein; pl. -einean, sea piet
- brìgh
- nf. g.+e, pith, power, essence, sap, nourishment, meaning
- brigis
- See briogais
- brìodal
- nm. g.v. -ail, caressing, courting, lovers' language
- briogais
- nf. pl.+ean, breeches (L.Sc. breeks)
- briosgaid
- nf. pl.+ean, biscuit
- bris
- va. break, fracture
- briseadh
- v.n. breaking : briseadh na fàire, break of dawn
- brisg
- a. brittle
- broc
- nm. g.v. bruic; pl. bruic, a badger
- brocair
- nm. pl.+ean, fox-hunter
- brochan
- nm. g.v. -ain, porridge, gruel
- bròg
- nf. g. bròige; pl.+an, shoe
- brogach
- nm. sturdy boy or young lad
- broilleach
- nm. g.v. -ich; pl. -ichean, breast, bosom, front
- bròn
- nm. g.v. bròin, grief, sorrow
- brònach
- a. grieved, sorrowful
- brosnaich
- va. encourage, stimulate, incite
- brot
- nm. g.+a, broth
- brù
- nf. g.d. broinn; v. bhrù; pl. bronnan, belly
- bruach
- nf. g.d. bruaich; pl.+an, bank, brink, small extent of
rising ground
- bruadair
- vn. -ar, dream
- bruadar
- nm. g.v. -air; pl.+an, a dream
- bruaich
- See bruach
- bruaillean
- nm. g.v. -ein, vexation; confusion
- bruailleanach
- a. confounding, vexing
- brùchd
- va. belch, burst forth, sally
- brù-dhearg
- nm. g. brù-dheirge; pl.+an, red-breast, robin
- brugh
- nm. g. bruighne; v. bhruigh; pl. bruighean, large house,
tumulus, fairy residence
- bruich
- va. boil, cook, prepare food, roast
- bruich
- a. boiled, roasted, ready as food
- brùid
- nm. g.+e; pl.+ean, brute
- bruideadh
- nm. g.v. -idh; pl. -idhean, stab, thrust
- bruidhinn
- va. bruidhinn, speak, talk
- bruidhinn
- nf. g. bruidhne, talking, conversing, conversation
- bruidhneach
- a. talkative, garrulous
- bruidhneadh
- See bruidhinn
- Brus
- surname, Bruce
- brùth
- va. bruise, pound, crush
- bruthach
- nm. g.d. -aich; pl. -aichean, acclivity, ascent (L.Sc.
brae)
- bruthainneach
- a. warm, sultry
- bu
- was, were, wert, would be, 'twere
- buabhall
- nm. g.v. -aill; pl.+an, buffalo, unicorn; cowstall
- buadhair
- nm. pl.+ean, conqueror, victor
- buadhmhor
- a. victorious, valorous
- buachaille
- nm. pl.+an, herdsman, cowherd
- buachailleachd
- nf.ind. herding
- buachar
- nm. g.v. -air, cow dung
- buadh
- nf. g. buaidhe; d. buaidh; pl.+an or +annan, virtue,
attribute, good quality
- buadhaich
- va. overcome, conquer, prevail
- buaic
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean; wick of candle or lamp
- buaidh
- nf. g.+e; pl.+ean, victory, success : thoir buaidh air,
overcome
- buail
- va. bualadh, strike, smite, thrash
- buaile
- nf. pl. -tean, fold for cattle, pen
- buailinn
- See buail
- buailtear
- nm. g.v. -eir; pl.+an, thrasher
- buain
- va. buain, mow, reap, pluck, cut down; win, as grass
- buaine
- a. more durable, more lasting. See buan
- buair
- va. tempt, vex, provoke, annoy, disturb
- buaireadh
- nm. g. -idh; pl. -idhean, temptation, annoyance,
trouble, distraction
- buaireas
- nm. g.v. -eis; pl.+an, tumult, confusion, trouble, disturbance,
temptation
- buamastair
- nm. pl.+ean, vain boaster, noisy fool
- buan
- a. lasting, durable, long
- buanaich
- vn. last, abide, persevere, endure
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