Familial Relations

[This is part of a project to list some vocabulary by semantic group, this list is just a starting point

Gaelic	English
athair (m)	father
bean (f)	wife/woman
bràthair (m)	brother
caraid (m)	friend
càird (m)	relative
cèile (m)	husband
duine (m)	man/husband
leanabh (m)	child
mac (m)	son
màthair (f)	mother
nighean (f)	daughter
ogha (m)	grandchildren
pàiste (m)	infant/child
piuthair (f)	sister
seanair (m)	grandfather
seanmhair (f)	grandmother

Adapted from Fisher (2004).

References

• Fisher, Muriel (2004) Scottish Gaelic: level 1. Seattle: Each-mara publications.