Common questions

How do you pronounce Scots Gaelic words?

How do you pronounce Scots Gaelic words?

Irish Gaelic is pronounced (in English) ‘gay-lik’. The (Scottish) Gaelic name for (Scottish) Gaelic is Gàidhlig, pronounced ‘gaa-lik’, not to be confused with the Irish (Gaelic) name for Irish (Gaelic), which is written Gaeilge and pronounced ‘gail-gyuh’.

How do you pronounce MH in Gaelic?

Note: the pronunciation of “mh” or “bh” varies regionally. In Ulster, the general rule is that they are pronounced ‘w’ when broad and ‘v’ when narrow. In Munster (as in the Western isles of Scotland), the tendency is to pronounce it as a ‘v’ at the beginning or the end of a word and ‘w’ in the middle.

What does Mo Stor mean?

MO STÓR. Pronounced: Muh Store. Literally translating to “My treasure,” this phrase is often used to mean “my darling.” These words were famously used in the celebrated Irish folk song A Stór Mo Chroí (Treasure of My Heart).

What does the term Erin Go Bragh mean?

Ireland forever
Definition of Erin go bragh : Ireland forever.

Is Gaelic still a spoken language?

The Celtic languages are a language family inside of Indo-European languages. There are six Celtic languages still spoken in the world today, spoken in north-west Europe. They are divided into two groups, Goidelic (or Gaelic) and the Brythonic (or British). The three Goidelic languages still spoken are Irish, Scottish, and Manx.

What is Gaelic word for Gaelic?

Gaelic is an english word for any of three languages which form one half of the Celtic language family group.

What is the Scottish Gaelic Dictionary?

Scottish Gaelic. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ( listen)) or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish.

What is the Gaelic translation for Kathleen?

Kathleen is the anglicized form of the Gaelic Caitlín which is the Irish equivalent of Catherine. Caitlín is actually pronounced “cotch-leen” in the Irish-Gaelic tongue (so you can see how it got anglicized to Kathleen by the English). The name was brought to the British Isles in the Middle Ages by way of the Norman French as Cateline.