Differences Between Scottish Gaelic and Irish - Differences in Vocabulary

Differences in Vocabulary

English Irish Scottish Gaelic Notes
in i, in (ann) an In Classical Irish the forms were "i", "a", "in", "an" - "i/in" when the following sound was slender, and "a/an" when the following sound was broad. In both Irish and Scottish, in the spoken language, the four forms of "i", "a", "in", "an" still exist.
minister ministir, ministéir ministear In Irish, aire for a government minister
Germany An Ghearmáin A' Ghearmailt
America Meiriceá, Meirice Ameireaga
London Londain Lunnain
road bóthar/ród rathad
cold (sickness) slaghdán cnatan Meaning illness
talking caint bruidhinn Also, cainnt in Scottish Gaelic. Bruíon (formerly bruighean) in Irish means "fighting", "quarrelling"
Irish Gaelic English Scottish Gaelic English Notes
cuan harbour cuan ocean A number of words are used in both languages for "ocean" and "sea", such as aigéan/aigeun, an fharraige. Caladh or cala (also in the compound "calafort" < "cala-phort") are commonly used in Irish for "harbour".
An Bhreatain Bheag Wales A' Bhreatain Bheag Brittany Breatain (Britain) is the same in both, but "little" Breatain is different in each: Brittany in Scottish and Wales in Irish. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent for Wales is A' Chuimrigh, a Gaelicisation of an Anglicisation of the Welsh Cymru. The Irish for Brittany is An Bhriotáin from Latin "Britannia".

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