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Tha mi a鈥� dol a dh鈥檌nnse dhuibh an-diugh mu reuladair ainmeil G脿idhealach. A bheil sibh e貌lach air an fhacal 鈥渞euladair鈥�? 鈥橲 e sin a鈥� Gh脿idhlig air 鈥渁stronomer鈥�. Reuladair. 鈥橲 e an t-ainm a bha air an reuladair Gh脿idhealach 鈥� Johann von Lamont. Bha e be貌 anns an naoidheamh linn deug. Bha e uabhasach ainmeil mar neach-saidheans. Johann von Lamont? Fear G脿idhealach?! Uill, feumaidh mi tuilleadh innse dhuibh. 鈥橲 e Johann von Lamont ainm Gearmailteach. Ach 鈥檚 e Albannach a bha anns an duine. Ann am Beurla, b鈥� e ainm 鈥淛ohn Lamont鈥�.

Rugadh John ann an ochd ceud deug 鈥檚 a c貌ig (1805) ann an Coire Mhuillidh. Tha Coire Mhuillidh ann an Br脿igh Mh脿rr ann an Siorrachd Obar Dheathain. Aig toiseach an naoidheamh linn deug, bha na daoine an sin gu math G脿idhealach. Eadhon aig deireadh an naoidheamh linn deug, bha G脿idhlig aig ochdad 鈥檚 a sia 脿s a鈥� cheud (86%) dhen t-sluagh. Mar sin, tha mi a鈥� d猫anamh dheth gun robh G脿idhlig aig John Lamont.

B鈥� e John an aon ph脿iste aig Raibeart is Ealasaid Lamont. Bha Raibeart na choilltear. Bha e ag obair air oighreachd Iarla F矛obha. B鈥� e frith-ainm seanair John 鈥淎m Fear 脪g Buidhe鈥�. Agus b鈥� e frith-ainm a shinn-sheanar 鈥淎n Seanair Buidhe鈥�. Bha falt buidhe a鈥� ruith anns an teaghlach. Bha 鈥渟eanair鈥� anns an fhrith-ainm a鈥� ciallachadh 鈥溍╥ldear anns an Eaglais Chl猫irich鈥�. Bha an Seanair Buidhe na Chl猫ireach an toiseach. Ach chaidh e a-null don Eaglais Chaitligich ann an seachd ceud deug 鈥檚 a c貌ig (1705). Bha an creideamh Caitligeach l脿idir ann am Br脿igh Mh脿rr.

Bha John 鈥� an reuladair 鈥� Caitligeach cuideachd. 鈥橲 e sgoilear math a bha ann. Chaidh e gu sgoil bheag anns an sg矛re. Bha 霉idh aige anns na speuran nuair a bha e 貌g. Bha e a鈥� coimhead air na rionnagan air an oidhche. Chunnaic e Slighe Chlann Uisnich agus na rionnagan is planaidean. Tha sinn fhathast fada bhon Ghearmailt, ge-t脿. Ach th猫id sinn ann an ath-sheachdain.

Faclan is abairtean: Tha mi a鈥� dol a dh鈥檌nnse dhuibh an-diugh mu reuladair ainmeil: I鈥檓 going to tell you today about a famous astronomer; bha e be貌 anns an naoidheamh linn deug: he was alive in the 19th Century; ainmeil mar neach-saidheans: famous as a scientist; feumaidh mi tuilleadh innse dhuibh: I must tell

you more; ainm Gearmailteach: a German name; 鈥檚 e Albannach a bha anns an duine: the man was a Scot; tha Coire Mhuillidh ann an Br脿igh Mh脿rr ann an Siorrachd Obar Dheathain: Corriemulzie is in Braemar in Aberdeenshire; eadhon aig deireadh an naoidheamh linn deug: even at the end of the 19th Century; tha mi a鈥� d猫anamh dheth gun robh G脿idhlig aig X: I reckon X spoke Gaelic; b鈥� e John an aon ph脿iste: John was the only child; bha Raibeart na choilltear: Robert was a forester; oighreachd Iarla F矛obha: the Earl of Fife鈥檚 estate; b鈥� e frith-ainm a shinn-sheanar 鈥淎n Seanair Buidhe鈥�: the nickname of his great-grandfather was 鈥渢he yellow-haired elder鈥�; a鈥� ruith anns an teaghlach: running in the family; 猫ildear anns an Eaglais Chl猫irich: elder in the Presbyterian Church; bha X na Chl猫ireach an toiseach: X was originally a Presbyterian; chaidh e a-null don Eaglais Chaitligich: he went over to the Catholic Church; an creideamh Caitligeach: the Catholic church; 鈥檚 e sgoilear math a bha ann: he was a good student; bha 霉idh aige anns na speuran: he was interested in the heavens (stars); a鈥� coimhead air na rionnagan: watching the stars; Slighe Chlann Uisnich: The Milky Way; planaidean: planets; tha sinn fhathast fada bhon Ghearmailt, ge-t脿: we鈥檙e still a long way from Germany, however; th猫id sinn ann an ath-sheachdain: we鈥檒l go there next week.