| ablach | rotting carcase, carrion |
| acfhuinn | ointment |
| a' chailleach riobach | acetonaemia; see also an gailleach, an fheusag riobach |
| a' chaitheamh | tuberculosis (formerly called consumption; a.k.a. "TB") |
| a' chaoile | illness caused by starvation due to lack of fodder in early spring; see also "an caola gorm" |
| agh (pl. aighean) | heifer |
| àigeach | stallion |
| ainfheòil | granuloma, "proud flesh" |
| aingealaich | numbness (with cold) |
| aiseag | transmission, transmitting |
| aisean (pl. aisnean) | rib |
| àl | offspring, progeny |
| alt (pl. uilt) | joint |
| alt an droma | intervertebral disc joint |
| alt a' chruachainn | the hip joint |
| àmhach | cattle crush (North Uist) |
| anabaich (adj) | before term, premature - e.g. 'laogh anabaich', 'uain anabaich' |
| ann-stealladh | (pronounced ann-stealladh) injection; also instealladh |
| aotroman, an t- | the urinary bladder |
| aorabh | bodily constitution |
| asaid | delivery (birth) - humans only |
| aonach | dyspnoea (difficulty breathing) |
| at | swelling, inflammation; "air at" = swollen, also 'bloat' in Skye |
| atha na sùla | corner of the eye, i.e. canthus |
| athailt (ailt)(m) | scar; see also làrach |
| ath-bhreith | afterbirth; see also glanadh, iar-bhreith |
| banachdach | vaccination |
| bàinead | paleness |
| bainne buidhe | colostrum (first milk, rich in antibodies); see also ciad-bhainne, nòs, unnsa |
| balgan-bèisde | parasitic cyst |
| balg-uisge | the water bag (at parturition) |
| ball-nasg (masc.) | ligament (not a commonly heard word today) |
| bannus, am | the roof of the mouth (hard palate) |
| bàthach | cow-byre (fem.) |
| beathaichean calla | domestic animals |
| bèile | bale; ie "bèile feòir" = a bale of hay |
| bèileag | muzzle; see also glas-ghuib |
| beothaman | vitamin |
| biast (fem.) | common Skye term for parasite |
| biast a' chraicinn | cattle louse |
| biast nan con | canine tapeworm (Taenia multiceps) |
| biadhadh | supplementary winter feeding |
| bìdeadh | to bite; e.g. "bhìd an cù mi" |
| binndeachadh | clotting; see also righneachadh |
| biolair | watercress |
| bliochd | dairy products |
| bò air thogail | downer cow (cow refusing to rise) - esp. one with "a' chaoile" |
| bod | penis |
| boiteagan | worms (gastrointestinal & pulmonary) |
| bolg | uterus; see also leabaidh an laoigh/uain, machlag |
| borlum | the bolus of food which is regurgitated for cud-chewing |
| bragsaigh | Braxy (this term also included the other Clostridial diseases 'Pulpy Kidney' & 'Black Disease') |
| briod, am | Gaelic pronunciation of "breed", e.g. breed of cattle; see also treubh |
| brisgean milis, am | the pancreas |
| broilein, am | the omasum (3rd forestomach of ruminant animals) |
| broth | skin rash |
| brù (f) | belly, abdomen |
| buachaille | herdsman |
| buaile (f) | cattle-pen |
| buinneach | dysentery-type diarrhoea |
| bus muice | "parrot mouth" deformity - i.e. undershot lower jaw |
| buidheach (f) | jaundice, usually said 'a' bhuidheach'; see also galar buidhe |
| builgean loisgeach | anthrax (the human form) |
| buille cnuimh | fly strike |
| buille-chuisle | pulse |
| cabstar | bit (of a bridle) |
| caitheamh | see a' chaitheamh |
| calg, an | the bristly hair of animals |
| caola gorm, an | starvation in early spring; see also "a' chaoile" |
| caolan(an) | intestine(s); e.g. an caolan mòr and an caolan beag |
| caolan na h-imleig | the umbilical cord |
| caoldruim | small of the back, i.e. lumbar spine |
| caora bheannach | horned sheep, e.g. hebridean breeds |
| caora mholach | sheep which missed the last shearing! |
| caoraich mhaola | North Country Cheviot sheep (plural) |
| cartan, an | the warble fly - Hypoderma bovis |
| càs | crisis |
| cas-dheiridh | hindleg |
| casg | weaning, e.g "a' casg nan uan" |
| cas-thoisich | foreleg |
| ceall | cell |
| ceallan deargfhuileach | red blood cells |
| ceannaphollain | tadpoles |
| ceathramh gorm, an | old term for Blackquarter (not used on Skye by mid-20th C.) |
| ciad-bhainne, an | Skye word for colostrum (first milk, rich in antibodies & other essentials); see also bainne buidhe, nòs, unnsa |
| ciad-fhàs | embryo; 'laogh / uan anabaich' is commoner |
| cìobaire | shepherd |
| cion-fala | anaemia |
| clach(an) | testicle(s); see also magairlean |
| claigeann | skull |
| claimh, an | sheep scab; usually said "an claimh" |
| clàrag | incisor tooth |
| cliabh, an | the chest; see also maothan |
| cliabh-sgeithreach | emetic (adj. & noun) |
| clòimh (fem) | wool |
| closach | dead body |
| cnàimh, cnàmhan | bone, bones |
| cnàimh a' bhroillich | the sternum |
| cnàimh a' ghobhail | the pelvis |
| cnàimh an droma | the backbone |
| cnàimh na slèisde | the thigh bone (femur) |
| cnàimh-gèille, an | the jaw-bone |
| cnàimhneach | skeleton |
| cnàmh, an | the digestion |
| cnàmh na cìre | rumination, chewing the cud |
| cnuimheag(an) | maggot(s) |
| cochull a' chridhe | the pericardium |
| cochurach | synthetic |
| com, an | the internal body cavities - both thoracic and abdominal; more generally, "the trunk" |
| comharrachadh | "marking" of lambs, i.e. ear-marking (castration usually done at this time too) |
| comharra-cluais | ear-mark |
| confhadh (m) | rabies |
| connlach | straw - not commonly heard in Skye; fodar is the usual word |
| cop | froth, foam |
| còrd an droma, an | the spinal cord |
| co-sheise | antagonist |
| comharraidhean | symptoms |
| cranna-pheasan | runt - i.e. smallest of a litter |
| creuchd(an) | wound(s) |
| cridhe, an | the heart |
| criomadh | nibbling, cropping - e.g. ruminants cropping grass |
| criothnachadh | tremors, tremoring |
| crith, an | louping ill; also tremors (more general meaning) |
| crò | sheep-pen |
| crodh, an | cattle (single collective noun) |
| crodhan | cloven hoof - only used in Skye at birth, when "na crodhanan" emerge first |
| crogaisean, crogannan | cast ewes - i.e. ewes too old for breeding |
| cronail (adj) | harmful |
| crùbaiche | lameness |
| crùban, an | laminitis |
| cruth-atharrachadh | metamorphosis |
| cù allabain | stray dog |
| cuan | litter (of pups) |
| cuairt-dhurrag | ringworm (dermatomycosis) |
| cuairtiche | epidemic disease |
| cù-chaorach | sheepdog (Border Collie) |
| cùis, cùisean | case, cases |
| cuisle (fem.) | vein |
| cuisle mhòr | artery |
| cuisleag | venule (small vein) |
| cùis èiginneach | emergency case |
| cùlag | molar tooth |
| cùl-cinn, an | the common grazing of a crofting township; the background |
| cungaidh-bhacaidh | preventative treatment |
| cungaidh-leighis | medicine; see also ìocshlaint |
| (a') cur a-mach leabaidh an laoigh/uain | prolapse of the uterus |
| dàir | oestrus, bulling (cattle only); e.g. "bò dhàire"; "chuir an tarbh dàir air a' bhò" |
| deamhais | dagging shears |
| deargann(an) | flea(s) |
| dearmad | neglect |
| deasgainn | rennet (the enzyme in a calf's stomach which causes milk protein to curdle) |
| deireadh | polite word for vulva of a cow or sheep! |
| deudach | dentition |
| dian | acute (adj.) |
| dianag(an) | gimmer(s) - i.e. female sheep between first shearing and first lambing at 2 years old |
| dìon | immunity |
| diobadh | plunge-dipping of sheep to treat ectoparasites |
| dìosg (adj.) | 'dry' following lactation; e.g. "chaidh a' bhò an dìosg" |
| doille, an | contagious ophthalmia ('snow blindness') of sheep |
| dol a-mach | procedure |
| dol mu seach | ataxic, staggering, e.g. "bha am beathach a' dol mu seach" - Skye expression |
| domblas, an | the bile |
| dubhag(an) | kidney(s) |
| dubh-cheannach | Scottish Blackface sheep (plural = dubh-cheannaich) |
| dubh-liath, an | the spleen |
| durrag-mharbhach (adj) | anthelmintic- not a commonly-used word |
| eòlas (pl. eòlais) | a spoken charm, an incantation - often used to protect from, or cure, illnesses in humans as well as animals |
| eucail | condition (illness) |
| fad-shaoghalach | long-lived |
| faileadh, am | woolslip (often occurs following another illness, or stress) |
| faing (fem.) | fank - place for working sheep; e.g. "latha na fainge" |
| fàireag | gland |
| falaisg | muirburn |
| falman, am | the patella |
| faltan | tendon |
| farspach (pl. farspaich) | black-backed gull; also farspag |
| feadan-sìolaidh | trocar |
| feannagan | hoody crows (common crow = starrag) |
| fearsalain | warbles, bots (larvae of Hypoderma bovis) |
| feirmige | cryptorchid (only one testicle descended) |
| fèith (fem.) | muscle |
| feòil (fem.) | flesh |
| feur | grass and hay; meaning depends on context |
| feurach | pasture |
| fheusag riobach, an | acetonaemia; see also a' chailleach riobach, an gailleach |
| fiabhras bainne | milk fever of cattle, also other mammals including humans! |
| fiabhras a' ghartain | tick-borne fever |
| fiabhras clèibh | pneumonia; see also an grèim (Lewis) |
| fiacail charbaid | cheek teeth, molars |
| fìneag | mite |
| fionnadh, am | the haircoat, i.e. fur, of quadruped animals |
| fiotaichean | convulsions |
| fodar | straw |
| forfhais (fem) | research |
| fosgladh (verb & noun) | post mortem |
| fuaigheal | suturing |
| fuar-lite | poultice |
| fual, am | the urine |
| fuasglaidhean sàil | saline solutions |
| fuileachadh | bloodletting; see also leigeil às fuil |
| gabhaltach (adj.) | infectious, c.f. plàigheach |
| gailleach, an | acetonaemia; see also a' chailleach riobach, an fheusag riobach |
| galar buidhe, an | jaundice; see also buidheach |
| galar nan cluas | 'yellowses' (plochteach, photosensitisation) |
| galar nan con | canine distemper |
| gamhainn, an (pl. gamhna) | young bovine of either sex, after 'casg' - "Oidhche shamhna, as a' gheamhradh, theirear gamhna ris na laoigh; latha Fhèill Eòin, as t-samhradh, theirear aighean ris na gamhna." - seanfhacal |
| gamhnach | cow, been milking for a year, but deliberately not brought back into calf - c.f. bo sheasg |
| garradh-crìche | head-dyke of a crofting township - beyond which is the "cùl-cinn" |
| gartan(an) | tick(s) (Ixodes ricinus) |
| geamhrachadh | overwintering |
| gealan, an | the white of the eye |
| gearradh, an | cut (on skin) |
| gearran | gelding |
| geàrr-shaoghalach | short-lived |
| geir (fem.) | fat, grease |
| giall | jaw (pl: gèill) |
| ginean | foetus - word not used in Skye by mid 20th C. - see laogh/uan anabaich |
| gintinneachd | genetics |
| glanadh, an | Skye word for placenta, afterbirth; also 'cleansing' (expulsion of same); also loss of winter coat in spring |
| glas-ghiall (f) | lockjaw (tetanus) - not used in Skye in mid-20th C. - see 'teàrlag' |
| glas-ghuib | muzzle (for dog); see also bileag |
| glas-labhraidh | tongue-tie |
| gleidheadh bheathaichean | animal management |
| glomhar | mouth-gag |
| glupad, an | liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) |
| gneaghar | 'lumpy wool' (rainscald, Dermatophilosis) |
| gobhal | bifurcation |
| grad-mheilicheadh | hypothermia - see also lathadh |
| gramannan | sutures; singular = grèim (NB stiodsaichean is more common!) |
| grèim (pl. gramannan) | suture(s); also pneumonia (Lewis) |
| grèim mionaich | colic |
| grìd, grìog | old word for infectious agent; "germ". (Not commonly used today) |
| grùthan, an | the liver |
| guir, a' gur | incubate, incubating |
| iar-bhreith, an | the afterbirth, see also glanadh, ath-bhreith |
| ìneach | horny |
| inneir | cow dung |
| instealladh | (pronounced instealladh) injection; see also ann-stealladh |
| ìocshlaint | treatment, medicine; see also cungaidh-leighis |
| iongar | pus |
| iongarachadh | suppuration (pus formation in infected tissue); see also leannachadh |
| iosgaid, an | the hock joint |
| ith-teodha | hemlock |
| iubhar-beinne | juniper |
| ladhar (pl. ladhair) | hoof; NB cloven-footed animals have dà ladhar on each foot separated by a sgoltadh |
| lagag, logag | socket, e.g. logag na sùla |
| làir | mare |
| làrach | scar; see also athailt |
| lathadh | chilling to the bone, hypothermia - see also grad-mheilicheadh |
| lèabagan | flounders - immature liver fluke are thought to resemble these! |
| leabaidh an laoigh/uain | calfbed, lamb-bed, i.e.uterus; see also bolg, machlag |
| leann a' chuirp | body fluids/tissue fluids |
| leannachadh | suppuration (pus formation in infected tissue); see also iongarachadh |
| leantainneach | chronic (adj) |
| leasachadh-fala | blood transfusion |
| leigeil às fuil | therapeutic bloodletting; see also fuileachadh |
| leth-chù | lurcher |
| leth-uain | twin lambs ('càraid' is more common in Skye) |
| leum-droma | prolapsed intervertebral disc (slipped disc) |
| lianag | meadow |
| lighiche-sprèidh | veterinary surgeon (not commonly used; "bheat" is more usual) |
| lìnigeadh | lining |
| lobhadh | putrefaction, decay |
| lobhadh nan cas | footrot |
| logag | see lagag |
| loit nathairidh, an | acute Staphylococus mastitis of sheep (was thought to be caused by adder-bite) |
| lot | 1. wound; 2. croft |
| loth | filly, young horse |
| luidhean (pl. luidhein) | fetlock joint |
| machlag | uterus; see also bolg, leabaidh an laoigh/uain |
| magairle(an) | testicle(s); see also clachan |
| màm-sice | rupture, hernia |
| maodal, am | the rumen (2nd forestomach of ruminant animals) |
| maol | polled, i.e. hornless; e.g. "bò mhaol", "caoraich mhaola" |
| maothan, am | the chest (cliabh is more common today); also means cartilage |
| marbhanta | lethargic |
| marbh-bhreith | stillborn (adj) |
| marcachd-shìth (fem.) | obsolete word for paralysis (thought to be due to "fairy riders" over the spine!) |
| mart, am (pl. mairt) | cow; e.g. "beathach mairt" |
| meanbh-bheathach | microorganism (plural: meanbh-bheathaich) |
| meang gintinneach | genetic defect |
| meirbhean | indigestion |
| meud-bhronn (fem.) | ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdomen) |
| mial (fem.)(pl. mialan) | louse (several different species affect domestic animals) |
| mial-chaorach | sheep ked - Melophagus ovinus (pronounced mul-chaorach) |
| mial-chù | greyhound |
| milleadh | damage, lesion |
| mionach, am | 'the guts', the internal organs (the intestine = an caolan) |
| modh-sìolachaidh | means of reproduction |
| mogul na sùla | the third eyelid, nictitating membrane |
| mulad | labour pains of cattle - Lewis word |
| muladach | distressing |
| mult (pl. muilt) | wedder - i.e. young castrated male sheep |
| mùn, am | urine; see also fual |
| mùn dearg, am | Skye name for redwater (Babesiosis) |
| neasgaid | abscess, boil |
| neo-chronail | harmless |
| neo-fhiosrach (adj.) | unconscious |
| nòs or nùis | colostrum; see also bainne buidhe, ciad-bhainne, unnsa |
| obair-lannsa | surgery |
| òrdan | body condition |
| othaisg(ean) | hogg(s) - i.e. young female sheep, older than lambs but before first shearing |
| pàirc(ean) | in-bye field(s) |
| pàirc dhubh | field with a lot of heather in it! |
| pairilis (fem.) | paralysis; see also marcachd-shìth |
| pìochan, am | wheezing of upper respiratory origin |
| pit | vulva - usually more politely called "an deireadh"! |
| plàigheach | contagious - c.f. gabhaltach |
| poca, am | odematous swelling below jaw; a sign of liver fluke infestation |
| pràmhan | anaesthetic (NB this is not a commonly used word) |
| pràmhan ionadail | local anaesthetic |
| preaslach | undergrowth |
| rach air an druim | to collapse; i.e. "Chaidh a' bhò air a druim" |
| rach far an uilt | to dislocate, e.g. "chaidh a' bhò far a cruachainn" |
| rach os cionn | get over; e.g. "cha deach a' bhò os a chionn" |
| ràith | season |
| reithe (pl. reitheachan) | tup, ram; see also rùd |
| rian-cnàmhaidh | digestive system |
| riasg | marshy turf, sedge |
| riaslach (adj.) | stressed |
| righneachadh | clotting; see also binndicheadh |
| rinn | pupil (of eye) |
| roille | excessive salivation |
| ròsachan, na | cotyledons on bovine & ovine placenta |
| rùda (pl. ròid) | ram, tup; not used in Skye (see reithe) |
| ruith air | palpate (verb), e.g. "ruith mi mo làmhan air an alt" |
| ruith-iongarach | purulent discharge |
| ruadh, an | mastitis; see also teasach an ùtha, ùth cloiche |
| rùsg, an | the fleece |
| saille (fem.) | fat |
| sampall (pl. sampaill) | sample |
| sealltainn leabaidh an laoigh/uain | prolapse of the vagina |
| seamrag | clover |
| searrach | foal, colt |
| seasg (adj.) | yeld, barren - i.e. not in calf, or in lamb, after mating - e.g. "bò sheasg" |
| seiche, an t- | the hide |
| sèideadh | bloat (tympanytic swelling) in cattle; "seideach" = tympanitic; see also 'at' |
| seile | saliva |
| seot | 'poor do-er', i.e. backward calf or lamb |
| sgàirdeach (adj.) | scouring, e.g. "bò sgàirdeach" |
| sgairt, an | the diaphragm |
| sgamhan, an | the lungs |
| sgor-fhiacal | canine tooth, fang |
| sgreab(an) | scab(s) |
| sic, an t- | the peritoneum |
| siol-shùileach | ocular discharge |
| sìolmhorachd | fertility |
| silteach, an | the discharge |
| sìneadh | stretching out; na shìneadh = lateral recumbency |
| sìor-ghalar | chronic illness |
| slànachadh | healing |
| slighe na h-analach | trachea |
| slighe bhreith, an t- | the birth canal |
| slinnean | scapula |
| slìomachd | lubricant |
| slugadh, an | the oesophagus |
| smior, an | the bone marrow |
| smior-chailleach, an | the spinal cord, but in Skye means simply 'bone marrow' |
| snàthad | needle - for suturing or injection; le snàthad = by injection |
| sneadhan, sniodhan | nits (lice eggs) |
| sodradh | trot, trotting |
| soitheamh | tame (North Uist) |
| spadadh | slaughter; taigh-spadaidh = slaughterhouse |
| sparrag, an | the bit (of a bridle) |
| spog dhubh, an | blackleg (sheep), blackquarter (cattle) |
| spoth | castration, i.e. neutering of male animals |
| spothta (adj.) | castrated |
| spuaic theanga | Actinobacillosis, 'wooden tongue' |
| spùt | scour, diarrhoea |
| spùt geal, an | white scour of young calves |
| srian | reigns of a horse (including the bridle) |
| stàil(ichean) | stall(s) in a cow-byre |
| stamag | stomach; abomasum (the fourth or 'true' stomach in ruminants) |
| starr-chosail (fem.) | ataxia (staggering); see also dol mu seach, tuisleach |
| stealladair | syringe |
| steud-each | galloper, racehorse |
| streafon | membrane - word not commonly used |
| sùghadh | draining (e.g. abscess), absorbtion |
| sùileag | an orifice |
| tac | farm |
| tachasach | pruritic, itchy |
| tairbhein | 'surfeit' i.e. overeating in cattle (Carmina Gadelica) - word is obsolete now |
| tàire | difficulty - e.g. tàire-bhreith |
| tàire-bhreith | difficult birth; dystocia |
| taisdeal | transverse |
| talmhanta | a mineral |
| taobhach (adj.) | lateral |
| tapachd | hardiness - e.g. "Tha na caoraich mhaola fìor thapaidh" |
| tarbh (pl. tairbh) | bull |
| teannachadh | constipation; see also tiormachadh |
| teàrlag | approximate Gaelic pronunciation of `jaw lock' (tetanus) |
| teasach an ùtha | mastitis |
| teas broilein | impaction of the omasum with dry poor-quality food; used to be a common cause of constipation in cattle when fodder was scarce |
| tìdeach | at or near term (pregnancy) |
| tinneas-tuiteamais | epileptic convulsions |
| tiormachadh | constipation; see also teannachadh |
| tiormachadh-cuirp | dehydration |
| toinneamh | twist, torsion |
| toirt nan adharcan dhiubh | dehorning |
| toll a' mhàis | the anus |
| torrachas anabaich | miscarraige |
| tràth eadraidh | milking time |
| treubh | breed (e.g. of cattle); see also briod |
| trusadh | gathering (of sheep) |
| tuagh-fhola | fleam (bloodletting instrument) |
| tuaicheall, an | sturdy, gid - Coenurus cerebralis (brain disease of sheep) |
| tuairmeachadh | hypothesis(e) |
| tuisleach | ataxic (having a staggering gait) - biblical word!; see also dol mu seach, starr-chosail |
| tuiteam nan cnàmhan | "dropping" of the "pin bones" (Tuber ischii) in cattle just before calving |
| turadh | dry spell |
| ùbhal nan sgornain | larynx (Dwelly) |
| ughlann | ovary |
| uidheam(achd) | equipment |
| uireasbhaidh | deficiency |
| uirghreannachd | puberty |
| unnsa, an t- | colostrum (first milk, rich in antibodies); see also ciad-bhainne, bainne-buidhe, nòs |
| urchasg | antidote |
| ùth, an t- | the udder |
| ùth bainne | "bagging up" - filling of the udder before calving/lambing |
| ùth cloiche | mastitis - especially where the udder is swollen & turgid; see also teasach an ùtha, an ruadh |