#gaidhlig — Public Fediverse posts

Colaisde na Gàidhlig: Wednesday Night Ceilidh - September 9, 2026

Featuring Koryne MacDonald and Andrew Doyle

www.gaeliccollege.edu

Coimhead air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-THoZuWCko

#Gaelic #Gàidhlig

NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
What does your body do first when it braces?
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
The whole morning's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-everything-blanche-must-go-also-the-uss-lincoln-is-an-awolfest
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The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
What does your body do first when it braces?
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
The whole morning's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-everything-blanche-must-go-also-the-uss-lincoln-is-an-awolfest
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The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
What does your body do first when it braces?
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
The whole morning's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-everything-blanche-must-go-also-the-uss-lincoln-is-an-awolfest
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The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
What does your body do first when it braces?
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
The whole morning's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-everything-blanche-must-go-also-the-uss-lincoln-is-an-awolfest
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The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
What does your body do first when it braces?
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
The whole morning's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-everything-blanche-must-go-also-the-uss-lincoln-is-an-awolfest
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Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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Le alasdairmaccaluim Bha mi a’ bruidhinn ri co-obraiche Fionlannach san oifis an-diugh. Bha e ag innse dhomh mun trèana motorail san Fhionnlainn. Dè th’ ann am motorail? ’S e a th’ ann ach seirbheis trèana far am bi do chàr a’ dol air an trèana còmhla rut. Tha seirbheisean mar seo gu math goireasach ma … https://treanaichean.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/a-car-in-the-fridge-a-fridge-in-the-car-lionra-motorail/

Tùs: https://treanaichean.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/a-car-in-the-fridge-a-fridge-in-the-car-lionra-motorail/

Uncategorized Motorail BR fionnlann #Gàidhlig #Gaelic autotrain

Le alasdairmaccaluim Bha mi a’ bruidhinn ri co-obraiche Fionlannach san oifis an-diugh. Bha e ag innse dhomh mun trèana motorail san Fhionnlainn. Dè th’ ann am motorail? ’S e a th’ ann ach seirbheis trèana far am bi do chàr a’ dol air an trèana còmhla rut. Tha seirbheisean mar seo gu math goireasach ma … https://treanaichean.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/a-car-in-the-fridge-a-fridge-in-the-car-lionra-motorail/

Tùs: https://treanaichean.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/a-car-in-the-fridge-a-fridge-in-the-car-lionra-motorail/

Uncategorized Motorail BR fionnlann #Gàidhlig #Gaelic autotrain

And take the warning as seriously as the remedy: same family as aspirin, so if aspirin's off the table for you, so is this. Blood thinners, pregnancy, a child with a fever — no. Ask your pharmacist. She'd rather you asked than didn't.
What do you reach for when the weather gets into your joints?
#Herbalism #Herbs #WillowBark #Apothecary #Foraging #Gàidhlig #Druid #Folklore #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Nature #Cooking
Today's full issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/there-is-a-blue-wave-coming-our-salvation-fuck-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Seileach. Willow bark, and it is not folklore standing next to medicine — it is where the medicine came from. Salicin in the inner bark, converted by your gut into salicylic acid, which is aspirin's own chemistry with the factory left off
A teaspoon or two of dried cut bark, just-boiled water, lid on, fifteen minutes. Wet fence post with a bitter finish that arrives late #Herbalism #Herbs #WillowBark #Apothecary #Foraging #Gàidhlig #Druid #Folklore #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Nature #Cooking
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And take the warning as seriously as the remedy: same family as aspirin, so if aspirin's off the table for you, so is this. Blood thinners, pregnancy, a child with a fever — no. Ask your pharmacist. She'd rather you asked than didn't.
What do you reach for when the weather gets into your joints?
#Herbalism #Herbs #WillowBark #Apothecary #Foraging #Gàidhlig #Druid #Folklore #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Nature #Cooking
Today's full issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/there-is-a-blue-wave-coming-our-salvation-fuck-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Seileach. Willow bark, and it is not folklore standing next to medicine — it is where the medicine came from. Salicin in the inner bark, converted by your gut into salicylic acid, which is aspirin's own chemistry with the factory left off
A teaspoon or two of dried cut bark, just-boiled water, lid on, fifteen minutes. Wet fence post with a bitter finish that arrives late #Herbalism #Herbs #WillowBark #Apothecary #Foraging #Gàidhlig #Druid #Folklore #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Nature #Cooking
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Abhainn, allt, uisge: Mar a tha a’ Ghàidhlig a’ sruthadh tron chruth-tire
River, stream, water: How Gaelic flows through the landscape
19 September, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free

Gaelic names for Scotland’s rivers & burns reveal reveal the spread of Gaelic across Scotland, & how medieval people understood their landscape

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-stream-water-how-gaelic-flows-through-the-landscape-tickets-1992814761597

#Scottish #Scotland #toponymy #placenames #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #medieval

Tha mi a' coimhead An t-Eilean na tha ri fhaighinn air SBS OnDemand ann an Astràilia a-nis! Tha an sreath a' còrdadh rium gu mòr. Dè ur beachd? An do chòrd e ribh?

Have you seen The Island? It's now available on SBS OnDemand in Australia.

#Gaidhlig #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #AnTEilean #TheIsland #SBSOnDemand

Ceò-mara a' gèilleadh is an drochaid air-ais againn.

The haar giving us back our bridge.

#MeerMittwoch #ForthBridge #Edinburgh #Queensferry #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #MastoDaoine #FirthOfForth

Ceò-mara a' gèilleadh is an drochaid air-ais againn.

The haar giving us back our bridge.

#MeerMittwoch #ForthBridge #Edinburgh #Queensferry #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #MastoDaoine #FirthOfForth

Ceò-mara a' gèilleadh is an drochaid air-ais againn.

The haar giving us back our bridge.

#MeerMittwoch #ForthBridge #Edinburgh #Queensferry #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #MastoDaoine #FirthOfForth

Ceò-mara a' gèilleadh is an drochaid air-ais againn.

The haar giving us back our bridge.

#MeerMittwoch #ForthBridge #Edinburgh #Queensferry #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #MastoDaoine #FirthOfForth

Happy Glasgow Fair Monday!

“…on one occasion the Highland Queen was berthed by the master and a boy, the rest of the crew being quite incapable…”

Steamships, “steaming”, drunkenness & “smùid” – Donald Meek on going doon the watter, & early Scottish booze-cruising

https://meekwrite.blogspot.com/2013/04/maritime-and-linguistic-studies.html

#Scottish #Scotland #Scots #Scotslanguage #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #steaming #GlasgowFair #FairMonday #culturalstudies #19thcentury #20thcentury #alcohol #steamboat

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s word is BOD-CHEANN, a noun which means dickhead.

An example sentence is: ‘S e bod-cheann a th' ann an Elon Musk. (Elon Musk is a dickhead)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #alba #bodcheann #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s word is TAIGH, a noun which means a house.

An example sentence is: Tha mi aig an taigh agam (I am at my house)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #alba #taigh #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s word is, ALBA, a noun which means Scotland.

An example sentence is: Tha mi à Alba (I’m from Scotland)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #alba #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s word is, SGOIL meaning university.

An example sentence is: Tha mi anns an sgoil (I am in the school)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #sgoil #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s word is, OILTHIGH meaning university.

An example sentence is: Oilthigh Dùn Èideann (Edinburgh University)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #oilthigh #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s phrase is FÀILTE AIR AIS, meaning welcome back!

An example sentence is: Fàilte air ais gu Gàidhlig Word of the Day!

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #fàilte #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

@camerongreer21 - I miss our Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD :blobaww:

Here are some suggestions - especially ‘cappuccino’ in Welsh made me super happy!

I like coffee => "dw i hoffi coffi"...? 😅 Please correct my mistakes!

@languagelovers
#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #fliuch #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s word is FUAR, an adjective which means cold

An example sentence is: Bha i fuar an-dè (It was cold yesterday)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #fliuch #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s word is FLIUCH, an adjective which means wet

An example sentence is: Tha i fliuch an-diugh (It is wet today)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #fliuch #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD - Trans Week of Awareness Edition

Today’s word is TAR-NEACH, a noun which means a transgender person

An example sentence is: Tha iad tar-neach (They are a trans person)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #trans #transgender #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning #TWOA

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD (yesterday’s)

Today’s word is TRANG, an adjective which means busy

An example sentence is: Tha mi glè thrang (I am very busy)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #trang #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Gàidhlig Word of the Day #GWOTD

Today’s word is IONNSAICH, a verb which means to learn

An example sentence is: Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig (I am learning Gaelic)

#gàidhlig #gaelic #language #learning #ionnsaich #scotland #scottish #gaeliclearning

Welcome to Gàidhlig Word of the Day! I’m starting a series where I showcase one word from Scottish Gaelic every day.

Today’s word is SGÌTH (sk-ee), an adjective which means tired, weary, wearied and fatigued.

An example sentence is: Tha mi glè sgìth an-diugh. (I am very tired today)

#GWOTD #gàidhlig #gaelic #language #tired #sgìth #scotland #scottish