Language/Scottish-gaelic/Vocabulary/Time

Time Vocabulary in Scottish Gaelic

➡ In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary related to "Time" in the Scottish Gaelic language, mainly spoken in Scotland and the Hebrides islands.

Here’s some help on how to speak about different lengths of time in Gaelic.

Happy learning!

an t-àm : time

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)	English
De an uair a tha e ?	What time is it?
gleoc / gleocan, gleocaichean	clock(s)
uaireadairiche	watchmaker
uaireadair(-làimhe)	(wrist)watch
uair(ean)	hour(s)
mionaid(ean)	minute(s)
diog(an)	second(s)
madainn	morning
là / làithean	day(s)
meadhan-là/latha	midday, noon
feasgar	afternoon evening
oidhche(annan)	night(s)
meadhan-oidhche	midnight
a-bhòin-dè	day before yesterday
an-dè	yesterday
an-diugh	today
a-màireach	tomorrow
an-earar	day after tomorrow
seachdain(ean)	week(s)
deireadh-seachdain	weekend
saor-làithean, làithean-saora	holidays, vacation
mìos(an)	month(s)
ràith(ean)	season(s)
bliadhna / bliadhnaichean	year(s)
a' Bhliadhn' Ùr	New Year
co-là-breith	birthday, anniversary
tiodhlac	gift
a' Chàisg	Easter
Oidhche Shamhna	Halloween
an Nollaig	Christmas
Bodach na Nollaig	Santa Claus
mìosachan	calendar
linn / linntean	century / centuries
mìle bliadhna	millennium

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)	English
ro	before
an dèidh	after
a-nis, an-dràsta [at present]	now
tràth	early
anmoch	late
[in past] a-riamh, riamh, [in future] daonnan, an-còmhnaidh	always, forever
[in past] a-riamh [in future] a-chaoidh, gu bràth	never
ainmig	seldom, rarely
uaireannan	sometimes
gu tric	often, frequently

GÀIDHLIG	ENGLISH
tìm	time
diog	second
mionaid	minute
uair a thìde	hour
latha	day
seachdain	week
deireadh seachdain	weekend
cola-deug	fortnight
mìos	month
ràith	season
bliadhna	year
deichead	decade
linn	century

Times of the day

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)	English
latha	day
madainn	morning
feasgar	afternoon, evening
oidhche	night

Times of the week

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)	English
an-diugh	today
an-dè	yesterday
a-màireach	tomorrow
an-earar	day after tomorrow