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Etymological dictionary of Scottish-Gaelic /

There are 6,900 words discussed in this dictionary. Readers will find a pure lexicon of Scottish-Gaelic, purged of the Irish words that are often thrown into dictionaries of this sort. Two thirds of the vocabulary include native Gaelic and Celtic words. This extensive work is founded on the Highland...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macbain, Alexander, 1855-1907
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Hippocrene Books, 1998.
Subjects:
Scottish Gaelic language > Scotland > Etymology > Dictionaries.
Scottish Gaelic language > Etymology > Dictionaries.
Etymologie.
Dictionnaires.
Scottish Gaelic language > Etymology.
Scotland.
Dictionaries.
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Summary:There are 6,900 words discussed in this dictionary. Readers will find a pure lexicon of Scottish-Gaelic, purged of the Irish words that are often thrown into dictionaries of this sort. Two thirds of the vocabulary include native Gaelic and Celtic words. This extensive work is founded on the Highland Society's Gaelic Dictionary.
Item Description:Reprint. Originally published as: Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language.
Physical Description:xvi, xxxvii, [4], 412 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:0781806321
9780781806329