Gaelic Lexicon
| English | Gaelic | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| plaid | plaid | plajer (not 'played') | blanket |
| tartan | breacan | brechkan | speckled, striped or multi-coloured |
| kilt | feileadh beag | fay-la beck | little wrap |
| belted plaid | feileadh more | fay-la more | big wrap |
| belted plaid |
Beacan an fheileadh |
brechkan an yay-lee |
striped wrap |
| brogue |
brog(an) | broag (as in toad) |
shoes |
| sgian dubh |
sgian dubh |
skian du |
hidden/secret knife |
| belt | crois | creesh | cross (literally) |
| coat | cota | coacht - a |
coat/jacket |
| hose | osain | osh-ain | socks, stockings |
| garters | gartain | gar-stain | garters |
| kilt pin |
dealg | jalck | pin |
| red | dearg | jer-ug | any true red |
| red | ruadh | roo-ug | rust, ginger, orange |
| blue | gorm | gorum | blue |
| green | uaine | oo-ine-ya | green (sometimes grey) |
| black | dubh | du | black (also hidden or secret) |
| white | geal | gyal | white |
| yellow | buidhe | boo-ya | yellow |
| brown | donn | dawn | brown |
| gold | or | or | gold |
| silver | airgead | air-a-gut | silver (also money) |
| light | liath | lee-ah | light (followed by the colour) Also grey |
| Gaelic | Gaodhlig | galeeg | the Gaelic language |
| Scotland | Alba | al-a-pa | Scotland |
| Scottish | Albannach | al-ap-an-ach | Scottish |
| Highlands | A'Ghaidhealtachd | a gyl-tachk |
The Highlands |
| Lowlands | A'Ghalltachd |
a gall-tachk |
The Lowlands |
| England | Sasainn | sas-ain | the country |
| English | sasannach | sas-an-ach | sassenach, the nationality |
| English | beurla | bear-la | the English language |