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Dán Díreach (pronounced [ˌd̪ˠaːn̪ˠ ˈdʲiːɾʲəx]; Irish for "direct verse") is a style of poetry developed in Ireland from the 12th century until the destruction of the Irish clan system, Gaelic Ireland and the Bardic schools during the mid 17th-century. [1]
The following words are of Goidelic origin but it cannot be ascertained whether the source language was Old Irish or one of the modern Goidelic languages.. Brogue [1] An accent, Irish, or Scottish Gaelic bròg, shoe (of a particular kind worn by Irish and Gaelic peasants), Old Irish bróc, from Norse brókr [2]
The DOST contains information about Older Scots words in use from the 12th to the end of the 17th centuries (Early and Middle Scots); SND contains information about Scots words in use from 1700 to the 1970s (Modern Scots). Together these 22 volumes provide a comprehensive history of Scots. The SND Bibliography and the DOST Register of Titles ...
Irish syllabic poetry, also known in its later form as Dán díreach (1200-1600), is the name given to complex syllabic poetry in the Irish language as written by monastic poets from the eighth century on, and later by professional poets in Ireland and Gaelic Scotland.
1901 Illustrated Gaelic English Dictionary by Edward Dwelly (based partly on MacLeod & Dewar) 1912 Am Briathrachan Beag by Malcolm MacFarlane; 1925 Gaelic Dictionary by Malcolm MacLennan; 1932 Pronouncing Dictionary of Scottish Gaelic by Henry Cyril Dieckhoff; 1958 Gaelic Words and Expressions from South Uist and Eriskay by Rev. Allan MacDonald
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Scottish Gaelic (/ ˈ ɡ æ l ɪ k /, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ⓘ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish ...
This is a list of Galician words of Celtic origin, many of them being shared with Portuguese (sometimes with minor differences) since both languages are from medieval Galician-Portuguese. A few of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from a Celtic source, usually Gaulish , while others have been later received from other languages, mainly ...