The Essential Gaelic–English/English–Gaelic Dictionary - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780274645 ISBN 13: 9781780274645

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Angus Watson's Essential Gaelic-English and English-Gaelic dictionaries are well-established as one of the leading dictionaries of the Gaelic language.This combined dictionary is ideal for learners of Gaelic at all levels, and its generous coverage of vocabulary from fields such asbusiness and IT makes it a valuable tool for all those who require an up-to-date reference work. It contains a large amount of explanatory material, numerous examples of usage and idiomatic phrases and expressions. Many registers and styles are sampled, from the familiar (and occasionally the vulgar) to the formal and the literary. Cross-references draw the user to related words and expressions, and Scots equivalents are provided for a number of headwords.

About this title

About the Author

Angus Watson graduated in Gaelic from Aberdeen University and completed a PhD at St Andrews University. He is a published writer of Gaelic short stories and currently lives in France.

Review

a welcome addition (N.J.A. Williams Eigse, A Journal of Irish Studies)

a very substantial work (Ian Macdonald Scottish Book Collector)

An essential tool for all would-be Gaelic learners (Scottish Field)

Worthy of considerable praise (Cothrom)

Edition details

• Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1780274645
• ISBN 13: 9781780274645
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Watson Angus