Cainnt nam beathaichean

Seadh, thà Gàidhlig aig na beathaichean. Nach truagh cho tric is a chì thu leabhraichean cloinne an-diugh is "bow-wow" aig a' choin, "whinney" aig an each agus a leithid eile? Tha roinn sònraichte againn airson cainnt nan eun oir tha an t-uabhas dhiubh ann. A bharrachd air seo, gheibh thu duilleag le conaltradh nam beathaichean, sin agad "conaltradh" eadar beathaichean no pìosan eile a chanas beathaichean. Co-dhiù, seo dhut a' Ghàidhlig air feadhainn dhiubh:

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Yes, even the animals speak Gaelic. All the more pity that when you open a Gaelic childrens book these days the dogs say "bow-wow" the horse "whinney" and so on. Because there are so many of them there's a special section on the speech of birds in Gaelic. Besides that, there's another page with "conversations" between animals or other things that animals say. But anyway, there is a Gaelic way of saying all of them and here are some of them:

Asal

hi homh homh!

[hi hɔ̃ hɔ̃]

(Donkey; "hee haw!")

Bó

mó mó!

[moː moː]

(Cow; "moo!")

Cearc

gog gog! gàg gàg!

[gog gog gaːg gaːg]

(Chicken/Hen; "cluck cluck!")

Caora

mè mè!

[mɛː mɛː]

(Sheep; "baa!")

Cailleach-oidhche

siu-hù! siu-hù!

[ʃu'huː ʃu'huː]

(Owl)

Cat

miamh miamh!

[mjãũ mjãũ]

(Cat; "meow!")

Coileach

gog-a-bhitheal-ao!

[gog ə vi.əL ɯː]

(Cockerel; "cock-a-doodle-doo!")

gog-a-ghuidhe-ghaoidhe!

[gog ə ɣɯjə ɣɤjə]

(Cockerel; "cock-a-doodle-doo!")

Coileach-dubh

dùrd dùrd!

[duːRd duːRd]

(Black-cock)

gurra-gùg!

[guRə 'guːg]

(Black-cock)

Cù

af af!

[af af]

(Dog; "bow wow!")

Cuthag

gug gùg!

[gug guːg]

(Cuckoo; "cuckoo!")

Each

u i o hòmh

[uiɔ hɔ̃]

(Horse; "whinney!")

Eala

guileag guileag!

[gulag gulag]

(Swan)

Faoileag

gliag gliag!

[gliəg gliəg]

(Seagull; "squawk!")

Feannag

gòrag gòrag!

[gɔːrag gɔːrag]

(Crow, "caw!")

Fitheach

gròc gròc!

[grɔːxg grɔːxg]

(Raven)

Gèadh

bir bir!

[birʲ birʲ]

(Goose; "honk!")

ràc ràc!

[Raːxg Raːxg]

(Goose; "honk!")

Gobhar

meig meig!

[megʲ megʲ]

(Goat)

Iolair

glig glig!

[gligʲ gligʲ]

(Eagle)

Losgann

cnàg cnàg!

[krãːg krãːg]

(Frog; "ribbit!")

Muc

gnosd gnosd!

[grõsd grõsd]

(Pig; "oink")

Muc-mhara

chu-sil-ì chu-sil-ò! no chuisil-ì chuisil-ò

[xuʃɪl'iː xuʃɪl'ɔː]

(Whale)

Seillean no seillean-mór

faruman fearuman!

[farəman fɛrəman]

(Bee or bumblebee; "buzz!")

Sgarbh

gorrac gorrac!

[gɔRag gɔRag]

(Cormorant/Shag)

Tunnag

mhàg mhàg!

[vaːg vaːg]

(Duck; "quack!")