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 frequency in Sutherlandshire. The following instances have been noted there:—




 * gòireag||for||gòileag, or còileag (a haycock)
 * meireachadh||"||meileachadh
 * Sgeireaboll||"||Skelbo, old Scelleboll
 * abharn||"||abhainn, used as genitive of abhainn
 * airn||"||ainm
 * airmig||"||ainmig
 * fiarnaidh||"||fiannaidh (a giant)
 * gairmheach||"||gainmheach
 * guilbearnach||"||guilbneach
 * irinn||"||inghean (daughter)
 * lormachd||"||lomnochd
 * mearmainn||"||meanmainn
 * seinnlear||"||seinnlean, seillean (a bee)
 * Euraboll||"||Embo, old Eyndboll
 * called Eunaboll by West Coast fishermen
 * guilbearnach||"||guilbneach
 * irinn||"||inghean (daughter)
 * lormachd||"||lomnochd
 * mearmainn||"||meanmainn
 * seinnlear||"||seinnlean, seillean (a bee)
 * Euraboll||"||Embo, old Eyndboll
 * called Eunaboll by West Coast fishermen
 * mearmainn||"||meanmainn
 * seinnlear||"||seinnlean, seillean (a bee)
 * Euraboll||"||Embo, old Eyndboll
 * called Eunaboll by West Coast fishermen
 * Euraboll||"||Embo, old Eyndboll
 * called Eunaboll by West Coast fishermen


 * sparraban||"||bannaban (forehead bandage)
 * earachainn||"||eanchainn
 * fasaireadh||"||fasansdh (posturing)
 * mearbh||"||meanbh
 * githil||"||githir (pain in wrist)
 * grath-muing||"||gath-muing (name)
 * torrasgil||"||toiragean
 * eilthir||"||oirthir
 * falair||"||faraire
 * talcuis||"||tarcuis.
 * }
 * grath-muing||"||gath-muing (name)
 * torrasgil||"||toiragean
 * eilthir||"||oirthir
 * falair||"||faraire
 * talcuis||"||tarcuis.
 * }
 * falair||"||faraire
 * talcuis||"||tarcuis.
 * }
 * }

The three last are from Rob Donn’s Poems. ‘Merachan,’ in the same author’s ‘‘S mear a ni Eòri mire ri Deòrsa,’ seems clearly to be for manachan, the groin. Some of the words in this list are from the Rev. Adam Gunn.

The following more or less peculiar instances of liquids from the same county may be noted here:—




 * garnardaich||for||[gannardaich?] (yawning)
 * gunnars||"||gunnas (gorse)
 * ainig||"||aing (displeasure)
 * ainigeach||"||aingeach (displeased)
 * ainigidh||"||aingidh
 * uinigneach||"||uaigneach
 * miong||"||mèag
 * tastar||"||tartar.
 * }
 * uinigneach||"||uaigneach
 * miong||"||mèag
 * tastar||"||tartar.
 * }
 * tastar||"||tartar.
 * }
 * }