Gaelic Song of the Day: Ailein Duinn by Karen Matheson

So @an_comhghallach and @OutlanderPod and I have been sharing with each other on Twitter some of our favorite songs in Gàidhlig and that got me to thinking that maybe we should make it a regular feature here on the blog. Let me know what you think and in the meantime, here is today’s song thanks to @OutlanderPod.

Ailein Duinn by Karen Matheson

Weekly Gaelic Phrase roundup – February 10, 2014

OK. I promise at some point to come up with a better organizational structure for all of these! BUT, since Àdhamh promised a round up (which in all fairness I promised him first), here goes.

Overheard on Twitter the week prior to February 10, 2014, I present the following useful Gàidhlig words and phrases courtesy of Àdhamh Ó Broin (@an_Comhghallach).

dealbhan ealanta /JAlavan YALanta/ artful pictures

Cianalas /quia-nalas/ (Latin pron.) kind of spiritual homesickness

Taing dhut! /tang ghooht/ Thanks

m’ eudail darling/dear like the way a Scottish person pronounces ‘cradle’ or ‘ladle’ except jauntier /MAYdal

Tha usa air a’ chuthach air fad! /ha usa aira chuach air fat/ You’re absolutely nuts!

nach tu tha briagh! /nach tu ha bría/ Aren’t you lovely

còir” /kawr/ dear, kind Continue reading →