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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Adjective
duilich (comparative duilghe or dorra, qualitative noun duilghead or dorrad)
- arduous, difficult, complicated
- sad, sorry
Tha mi duilich.- I'm sorry.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap