ENGLISH-GAELIC 

 NAMES FOR BEASTS (MAMMALIA) 



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ANIMAL (see also Beast). 



Gaelic. — Ainbhith (ferocious), ainmhidh, amain-fheihe, an 

 amphibious animal, anmanda (Old Ir.), anmann, anmide, arpag 

 (ravenous) ; Baidne, baidnein (small group of), beathach, beich 

 (Welsh), bitheach, beo, beo-dhuil, beothach, binne-bheathach 

 (any horned), bith, blianach (starved), bruid, bual, bualan (any 

 wild) ; Ceannan (small active), ceathramh, cethra (quadrupeds), 

 ci, ci-cingeach (brave or brave thing), ciocar (ferocious), ciog, cor, 

 corr (undersized, diminutive, odd), ere, cretoir (Shaw), creubh, 

 creutair, creutair-talmhaidh ; Dallag (any blind), daol, dearg, duil ; 

 Eothan-banag (weak white one. Triads) ; Feithde, feithideach ; 

 Geilt (untam cable), greigh (flock of), grunnan (group of) ; larag 

 (little brown), isean (young) ; Mil (Old Brit, or Celt, miol) ; 

 moth (male) ; Peacarach (noxious one, sinner), piscach (progeny 

 of, also human), putan (young) ; Sealanach (starveling), sigean 

 (diminutive), sordan (a kind of animal), splionach (starveling, 

 worn-out) ; Treud (flock or herd of). 



English. — Almark (fence-breaker), aneling (bearing only one 

 at a time) ; Bangyal (collection of) ; Capel-thwaite (hobgoblin) ; 

 Dotchell (small), drochle (small, stumpy) ; Heeder (any male), 

 hacket, haiked, halkit, haukit, haulket, haulkit, hawked, hawket, 

 hawkit (white-faced) ; Jabart, jabb (big, lean), jack, jam (ugly) ; 

 Keel (large, untowardly), kemmin, kieb (small), knot (strong, 

 thick-set) ; Laighe-braid (thick-legged, short-bodied) ; Morkin 

 (abortive) ; Pack (flock of, " Chesh."), ploud (square, flat) ; Rainle 

 (big-boned, scraggy), rascal (useless, lean, " Palsgrave "), ronyon 

 (mangy, Fr.), rother (horned, "Warw.", rump (raw-boned); Scrab, 

 scrail, scrallion (sickly, lean) ; Tanker (big, lean), tarle (small), 

 telch (tame), trap (old, worn-out, " North ") ; Vrack (worthless). 



