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A bheil sibh e貌lach air an abairt b鈥� 脿ill leibh? Ma chanas cuideigin rud nach tuig sibh, dh鈥檉haodadh sibh a r脿dh ris, 鈥淏鈥� 脿ill leibh?鈥� I beg your pardon? B鈥� 脿ill leibh? Tha e modhail. Tha e nas modhaile na 鈥渆h?鈥� no 鈥渄猫 rud?鈥�!

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Tha am faclair ainmeil aig Eideard Dwelly a-nise air an eadar-l矛on. Chaidh mi don l脿raich. Tha i aig . Chuir mi 鈥淚 beg your pardon鈥� ann. Agus fhuair mi 鈥淏鈥� 脿ill leibh?鈥� agus am fiosrachadh seo: 鈥淏鈥� 脿ill leibh?鈥� ... is often used as an equivalent of I beg your pardon? when one speaker has not understood a remark made by another and wishes it repeated.

Tha an goireas 霉r air leth math. Mar leabhar, tha Dwelly a鈥� dol bho Gh脿idhlig gu Beurla. Ach, air an eadar-l矛on, faodaidh tu facal Beurla a chur ann agus na faclan G脿idhlig fhaighinn air a shon.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥橲 e dithis a rinn a鈥� chuid a bu mhotha dhen obair ann a bhith a鈥� cur Faclair Dwelly air an eadar-l矛on. 鈥橲 iad M矛cheal Bauer agus Uilleam Mac-Dhonnchaidh. Th貌isich M矛cheal air an obair o chionn aona bhliadhn鈥� deug. Th貌isich Uilleam air an aon rud ann an 2005. Cha robh fios aig an d脿rna duine gun robh am fear eile ag obair air. Th脿inig iad c貌mhla ann an 2008. Chuir iad cr矛och air a鈥� phr貌iseact gu luath.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Fhuair mi post-d an latha eile. Bha an duine a鈥� moladh Dwelly air an eadar-l矛on. Thuirt e 鈥� cuiribh am facal Beurla seo ann, agus gheibh sibh caog-ad 鈥檚 a seachd (57) faclan G脿idhlig air a shon.

Seo agaibh cuid de na faclan G脿idhlig. Saoil d猫 am facal Beurla a bha ann?: cliabhach, cli霉in, gladaman, glaoidheaman, leidire, sidheach, siog-ach agus uilbh. A bheil fios agaibh? Chan eil? Uill, seo tuilleadh fhaclan: faol, faol-allaidh, faol-ulaith agus 尘补肠-迟矛谤别.

Do you know the phrase b鈥� 脿ill leibh? If somebody says something you don鈥檛 [won鈥檛] understand, you might say to him, B鈥� 脿ill leibh? I beg your pardon. B鈥� 脿ill leibh? It鈥檚 polite. It鈥檚 more polite than 鈥渆h?鈥� or 鈥渨hat?鈥�

Edward Dwelly鈥檚 famous dict-ionary is now on the internet. I went on the site. It鈥檚 at . I put 鈥淚 beg your par-don鈥� in. And I got 鈥淏鈥� 脿ill leibh?鈥� and this information. 鈥淏鈥� 脿ill leibh?鈥� ... is is often used as an equivalent of I beg your pardon? when one speaker has not understood a remark made by another and wishes it repeated.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The new facility is very good. As a book Dwelly goes from Gaelic to English. But, on the internet, you can put an English word in and get the Gaelic words for it.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It鈥檚 two people that did most of the work in putting Dwelly鈥檚 Dictionary on the internet. They are Michael Bauer and Will Robertson. Michael started on the work eleven years ago. Will started on the same thing in 2005. The first [second] man did not know that the other was working on it. They came together in 2008. They finished the project quickly.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I got an e-mail the other day. The guy was recommending Dwelly on the internet. He said 鈥� put this English word in, and you鈥檒l get fifty-seven Gaelic words for it.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Here are some of the Gaelic words. What do you reckon the English word was?: cliabhach, cli霉in, gladaman, glaoidheaman, leidire, sidheach, siogach and uilbh. Do you know? No? Well, here are more words: faol, faol-allaidh, faol-ulaith and 尘补肠-迟矛谤别.