List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin - Definition and Overview

This is a list of English words borrowed from Scottish Gaelic:

bard 

From bàrd, poet or reciter.

banshee 

From bean-sìth, a wailing (female) spirit.

bog 

From bog, meaning soft or wet, a bog, swamp or marsh.

brat 

A disagreeable or spoiled child.

brisk 

clan 

From clann, children or family.

claymore 

From claidheamh mòr, great sword

cross 

gab, gob 

From gob, mouth.

galore 

From gu leòir, enough, plenty.

glen 

From gleann, a valley.

keen 

leprechaun 

pet 

slew 

From sluagh, an army, people.

slob 

slogan 

smidgen 

smithereens 

whisky 

From uisge beatha, water of life.

All of the original Gaelic forms of these words are also found in Irish and likely have been simultaneously borrowed from both languages.

See also: Lists of English words of international origin