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English > Gaelic Terms relating to Scottish Moorlands


Basket (made from heather): basgaid-fraoich

Black grouse: liath-chearc (female) / coileach-dubh (male)

Dye (made from heather): dath bhon fhraoch

Farmer: tuathanach

Fishing: ag iasgach

Gamekeeper: geamair

Grouse butt: buta

Heather: fraoch

Hind: aigh (Cairngorm area)
eilid also used in other parts of Gaelic Scotland

Honey: mil

Lamb: uan

Mat (made from heather): mata-fraoich

Moor: sliabh (in Cairngorm area) mòinteach & monadh also used in other parts of Gaelic Scotland.


Mutton: muilt-fheòil

Muirburn: falaisg

Peat: mòine (substance) / fàd (single peat for fire)

Red deer: fiadh (singular) / fèidh (plural)

Red grouse:
cearc-fhraoich (female) / coileach-fraoich (male)

Rope (made from heather): sìoman-fraoich

Sheep: caora (singular) / caoraich (plural)

Shepherd: cìobair

Shooting: a’ losgadh

Stag: damh-ruadh

Stalking: a’ sealg

Thatch (made from heather): tughadh-fraoich

Venison: sitheann

Whisky: uisge-beatha

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