Scottish Gaelic — top 350 words
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| # | Scottish Gaelic | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hello | |
| 2 | farewell | |
| 3 | please, literally "with your will" | |
| 4 | thanks | |
| 5 | welcome | |
| 6 | good | |
| 7 | morning | |
| 8 | evening | |
| 9 | night | |
| 10 | mother | |
| 11 | father | |
| 12 | parent | |
| 13 | son | |
| 14 | daughter | |
| 15 | brother, male sibling | |
| 16 | sister, female sibling | |
| 17 | husband | |
| 18 | wife | |
| 19 | friend | |
| 20 | man | |
| 21 | person | |
| 22 | kindred, tribe, company | |
| 23 | stripling, sturdy lad | |
| 24 | daughter, female offspring | |
| 25 | baby, infant, child | |
| 26 | dog, hound | |
| 27 | horse | |
| 28 | cow | |
| 29 | bird | |
| 30 | fish | |
| 31 | mouse | |
| 32 | wet, moisten | |
| 33 | bread, loaf | |
| 34 | milk | |
| 35 | coffee | |
| 36 | tea | |
| 37 | liquid, fluid | |
| 38 | wine | |
| 39 | flesh | |
| 40 | cheese | |
| 41 | butter | |
| 42 | egg | |
| 43 | knob, lump, protrusion | |
| 44 | rice | |
| 45 | apple | |
| 46 | strawberry | |
| 47 | sugar | |
| 48 | salt | |
| 49 | soup | |
| 50 | breakfast | |
| 51 | sustenance, provisions, food | |
| 52 | colewort, greens, cabbage, kale | |
| 53 | house | |
| 54 | home | |
| 55 | door, doorway | |
| 56 | chair, seat, bench, throne | |
| 57 | bed | |
| 58 | floor | |
| 59 | wall | |
| 60 | book, volume | |
| 61 | money | |
| 62 | car | |
| 63 | bicycle | |
| 64 | bag | |
| 65 | sun | |
| 66 | moon | |
| 67 | star | |
| 68 | sky | |
| 69 | cloud | |
| 70 | drop (of liquid) | |
| 71 | snow | |
| 72 | wind | |
| 73 | fire | |
| 74 | Earth | |
| 75 | enclosure | |
| 76 | salt water, brine | |
| 77 | lake, loch | |
| 78 | water | |
| 79 | forest | |
| 80 | tree | |
| 81 | blossom, bloom | |
| 82 | protuberance, eminence | |
| 83 | stone | |
| 84 | shore, coast | |
| 85 | weather | |
| 86 | island | |
| 87 | animal, beast | |
| 88 | body | |
| 89 | squirrel | |
| 90 | insect | |
| 91 | bee | |
| 92 | spider | |
| 93 | red | |
| 94 | blue, dark blue | |
| 95 | black | |
| 96 | fair (of hair or complexion)) | |
| 97 | bad | |
| 98 | big, large, great | |
| 99 | small, little, short, diminutive | |
| 100 | long | |
| 101 | short | |
| 102 | new | |
| 103 | old | |
| 104 | hot | |
| 105 | cold, chilly, bleak, frigid, sober, stingy | |
| 106 | warm | |
| 107 | beautiful | |
| 108 | ugly | |
| 109 | difficult | |
| 110 | slow | |
| 111 | happy | |
| 112 | sad | |
| 113 | right | |
| 114 | sensible, prudent, sagacious | |
| 115 | do | |
| 116 | go | |
| 117 | come | |
| 118 | get, obtain, receive | |
| 119 | give | |
| 120 | look | |
| 121 | feel | |
| 122 | know | |
| 123 | think | |
| 124 | speak, say, talk | |
| 125 | want | |
| 126 | verbal noun of freagair | |
| 127 | eat | |
| 128 | drink | |
| 129 | verbal noun of caidil | |
| 130 | choir | |
| 131 | go, depart | |
| 132 | sit | |
| 133 | stand | |
| 134 | write, compose | |
| 135 | buy, purchase | |
| 136 | sell | |
| 137 | pay | |
| 138 | love | |
| 139 | help, assist | |
| 140 | destiny, fate; decree, predestination | |
| 141 | inspect | |
| 142 | learn | |
| 143 | understand, comprehend, realize | |
| 144 | alive | |
| 145 | stay, remain | |
| 146 | open | |
| 147 | close, near, intimate, adjacent | |
| 148 | and | |
| 149 | or | |
| 150 | but | |
| 151 | for the sake of | |
| 152 | if | |
| 153 | with | |
| 154 | without | |
| 155 | here | |
| 156 | there | |
| 157 | to, against, with | |
| 158 | inside, within | |
| 159 | forever | |
| 160 | sometimes, occasionally | |
| 161 | forever, evermore | |
| 162 | also, too, as well | |
| 163 | today | |
| 164 | tomorrow | |
| 165 | yesterday | |
| 166 | now | |
| 167 | day | |
| 168 | week | |
| 169 | month | |
| 170 | year | |
| 171 | hour | |
| 172 | second | |
| 173 | one | |
| 174 | two | |
| 175 | three | |
| 176 | four | |
| 177 | five | |
| 178 | six | |
| 179 | seven | |
| 180 | eight | |
| 181 | nine | |
| 182 | ten | |
| 183 | eleven | |
| 184 | twelve | |
| 185 | thirteen | |
| 186 | fourteen | |
| 187 | fifteen | |
| 188 | sixteen | |
| 189 | seventeen | |
| 190 | eighteen | |
| 191 | nineteen | |
| 192 | twenty | |
| 193 | thirty | |
| 194 | forty | |
| 195 | fifty | |
| 196 | sixty | |
| 197 | seventy | |
| 198 | eighty | |
| 199 | ninety | |
| 200 | hundred | |
| 201 | first, at first | |
| 202 | third | |
| 203 | march | |
| 204 | may, can (be able to) | |
| 205 | language | |
| 206 | country, countryside, land | |
| 207 | school, seminary | |
| 208 | master | |
| 209 | student | |
| 210 | doctor | |
| 211 | hospital | |
| 212 | shop | |
| 213 | market | |
| 214 | station | |
| 215 | airport | |
| 216 | road | |
| 217 | street | |
| 218 | bridge | |
| 219 | temple | |
| 220 | office | |
| 221 | library | |
| 222 | music | |
| 223 | poem | |
| 224 | film, movie | |
| 225 | picture, drawing, image | |
| 226 | sport | |
| 227 | football, soccer | |
| 228 | hand | |
| 229 | mountain, hill | |
| 230 | eye | |
| 231 | ear | |
| 232 | nose | |
| 233 | mouth | |
| 234 | tooth | |
| 235 | tongue | |
| 236 | heart | |
| 237 | hair, specifically that on the head. | |
| 238 | face | |
| 239 | leg | |
| 240 | finger | |
| 241 | arm | |
| 242 | bosom, breast, chest | |
| 243 | back | |
| 244 | blood | |
| 245 | clothes, dress | |
| 246 | shirt, chemise | |
| 247 | shoe, boot | |
| 248 | coat | |
| 249 | hat | |
| 250 | kitchen | |
| 251 | window | |
| 252 | garden | |
| 253 | village, town, city | |
| 254 | field | |
| 255 | village | |
| 256 | twig, branch, bough | |
| 257 | question | |
| 258 | word | |
| 259 | story | |
| 260 | newspaper | |
| 261 | watch | |
| 262 | price | |
| 263 | blade (of leaf), petal | |
| 264 | toilet, water closet | |
| 265 | train | |
| 266 | plane, airplane, aeroplane | |
| 267 | boat | |
| 268 | weekend | |
| 269 | feast, festival | |
| 270 | birthday | |
| 271 | food, meal | |
| 272 | fruit | |
| 273 | hen | |
| 274 | plant, herb | |
| 275 | grass | |
| 276 | leaf | |
| 277 | shower | |
| 278 | promontory, headland, peninsula, isthmus | |
| 279 | paper | |
| 280 | glass | |
| 281 | cup | |
| 282 | bottle | |
| 283 | spoon | |
| 284 | knife | |
| 285 | fork | |
| 286 | room, chamber, apartment | |
| 287 | order, manner, condition | |
| 288 | light | |
| 289 | telephone | |
| 290 | internet | |
| 291 | computer | |
| 292 | radio | |
| 293 | box | |
| 294 | world | |
| 295 | north | |
| 296 | south | |
| 297 | east | |
| 298 | west | |
| 299 | wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray | |
| 300 | middle | |
| 301 | before | |
| 302 | after | |
| 303 | early | |
| 304 | behind | |
| 305 | last | |
| 306 | next | |
| 307 | spouse, husband, wife | |
| 308 | all | |
| 309 | group, sect, section, class | |
| 310 | every, each | |
| 311 | each | |
| 312 | A heap, mound. | |
| 313 | few, couple, small amount | |
| 314 | more | |
| 315 | many, much, plenty | |
| 316 | very | |
| 317 | very | |
| 318 | almost | |
| 319 | only, alone | |
| 320 | again | |
| 321 | already | |
| 322 | still | |
| 323 | perhaps | |
| 324 | really, truly (intensifier) | |
| 325 | often, frequently | |
| 326 | together | |
| 327 | about, around | |
| 328 | between | |
| 329 | on, upon | |
| 330 | over, above | |
| 331 | under, below, beneath | |
| 332 | to | |
| 333 | against | |
| 334 | through | |
| 335 | during, throughout | |
| 336 | until, up to, as far as | |
| 337 | from | |
| 338 | than | |
| 339 | as | |
| 340 | not, unless | |
| 341 | appetite, disposition, desire | |
| 342 | something | |
| 343 | any, anything | |
| 344 | everybody, everyone | |
| 345 | where | |
| 346 | of whom | |
| 347 | how | |
| 348 | who | |
| 349 | what | |
| 350 | cat (Felis catus) |