What is Scots gaelic for "cat"?

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:18 am

We just got a new kitten--hopefully this one will catch mice! Looking for a nifty name. Anybody know Scots gaelic for cat, lion, etc?

Thanks!
TW

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:47 am

WyoBadger wrote:Re: What is Scots gaelic for "cat"?

Piob Mhor, but only when it's singing.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:34 am

According to my copy of "Gaelic is Fun!" by Cólm Ó Baoill, prepared with the assistance of Aberdeen University's Celtic department, the gaelic for "cat" is "cat".

I hope this isn't too disappointing.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:40 am

I have an idea that the gaelic for "lion" is also "lion" but I don't have a source for that. It was left out of my "Fun" book.

What about calling the creature "Scathach", after the warrior-Queen of Skye, who trained Cu Chullain?

Assuming it's a female cat, and all.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:50 am

What's the matter with "Coyote food?"

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:13 am

It's not Scots gaelic, but how 'bout "Cat Astrophe"?

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:10 pm

jsluder wrote:It's not Scots gaelic, but how 'bout "Cat Astrophe"?

There was a guy in the 1950s who did cat cartoons along the lines of that. My favourite was "Oedipuss".

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:15 pm

Innocent Bystander wrote: What about calling the creature "Scathach", after the warrior-Queen of Skye, who trained Cu Chullain?

I thought it was Yog Slothoth and Cthulu.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:15 pm

Innocent Bystander wrote:According to my copy of "Gaelic is Fun!" by Cólm Ó Baoill, prepared with the assistance of Aberdeen University's Celtic department, the gaelic for "cat" is "cat".

I hope this isn't too disappointing.

I am devastated.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:17 pm

The Weekenders wrote:What's the matter with "Coyote food?"

Too many syllables. Besides, that's what the chickens are for. But what is it in Gaelic, just in case?

T

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:52 pm

Bia Chóidhiomhtae.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:54 pm

Yeah, cat is "cat" as I remember. You could add an
adjective to make it interesting, like "black cat" would
be "cat dubh". I think kitten is more interesting: "piseag"
(pronounced kinda like "pee-shock").

I use the translation dictionary at Sabhail Mor Ostaig.
(If you're putting in English words, select "Beurla" from
the drop-down list.

According to that translator, "lion" is "leòmhann" (which
is pronounced pretty much the same as the English).

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:22 pm

fearfaoin wrote:
According to that translator, "lion" is "leòmhann" (which
is pronounced pretty much the same as the English).

Yeah, they were even more into the superfluous letters than the French, I guess.

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:59 pm

Tha n' t-acras orm. Cait an ith sinn?
Seo aite math. De tha sibh ag iarraidh?
Tha mi 'smaoineachadh gum feuch mi piseag tamales.
Piseag tamales?!?
Tha, piseag tamales. 'Sinn gle bhlasda! Tha mi cinnteach gun cord e riut.
Ok, De an blasad a th'air?
Cearc. An cearc blasad.
Gle math! The mia ag iarraidh 'piseag tamales'!

Ma' se do thoil 'e!

Piseag...an fheoil geal ann an dath.

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:06 pm

The Weekenders wrote:What's the matter with "Coyote food?"

so true.
Hows about "Litter" "Here kitty" "Here kitty Litter"