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A bheil sibh eòlach air an fhacal – co-fhacal? Synonym ann am Beurla. Tha facal na cho-fhacal air facal eile ma tha e a’ ciallachadh an ìre mhath an aon rud ris. Tha an dà fhacal co-fhaclach no synonymous.

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý     Bha mi an sàs ann am pròiseact co-fhaclaireach o chionn beagan bhliadhnaichean. Chaidh co-fhaclair a chruthachadh. ’S e sin a’ Ghàidhlig air thesaurus – co-fhaclair. Gheibh sibh grèim air a’ cho-fhaclair ann an riochd eileagtronaigeach air an làraich-lìn do luchd-ionnsachaidh – Learngaelic.scot/thesaurus.

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý     Anns an Litir seo, tha mi a’ dol a chur cheistean oirbh. Tha iad mu fhaclan anns a’ cho-fhaclair. An toiseach, rudeigin co-cheangailte ris an àrainneachd. Tha an t-uabhas de dh’fhaclan ann an Gàidhlig a tha a’ ciallachadh beinn no cnoc no a leithid. Tha mi a’ dol thoirt dhuibh nan co-fhaclan airson facal. Agus tha mi a’ dol a dh’iarraidh oirbh innse dè an ceann-fhacal – no headword – a tha ann sa cho-fhaclair. Seo na co-fhaclan: cnocan, tom, stacan, tulach, tulachan, sìthean, torran, tolm, toman, meallan, stùc agus mulan. Mmm … chan eil e furasta, a bheil?! Uill, seo e – gnoban. Agus ciall an fhacail ann am Beurla – little hill, knoll. Gnoban.

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý     Seo eisimpleir eile. ’S e ainmear a tha ann. Seo agaibh na co-fhaclan dha: troc, sgruibleach, smùrach, aolach, dreamsgal, sgrathal, greallach, draos, tramasgal, treallaich agus smodal. Dè am facal air a bheil sibh a’ smaoineachadh a-nise? Uill, ’s e an ceann-fhacal airson sin anns a’ cho-fhaclair – sgudal. Rubbish, trash – sgudal.

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý     Agus eisimpleir de bhuadhair. Seo na co-fhaclan: robach, mì-sgiobalta, riapach, liobasta, neo-chumadail, neo-ghrinn, sgraiteach, lùiristeach, leibideach agus suarach. Tha antanaim ann air a shon cuideachd. ’S e antanaim facal aig a bheil ciall a tha calg-dhìreach an aghaidh ciall a’ cheann-fhacail. ’S e an t-antanaim airson seo – sgiobalta. ’S e an ceann-fhacal luideach, a’ ciallachadh shabby, untidy. Luideach. A bheil sibh fhèin sgiobalta no luideach?!

Do you know the word co-fhacal? ‘Synonym’ in English. A word is a synonym for another word if it means pretty much the same as it. The two words are co-fhaclach or ‘synonymous’.

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý I was involved in a project [that was] co-fhaclaireach a few years ago. A co-fhaclair was created. That’s the Gaelic for ‘thesaurus’ – co-fhaclair. You’ll get hold of the thesaurus in an electronic format on the website for Gaelic learners – Learngaelic.scot/thesaurus.

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý In this Litir, I am going to ask you questions. They are about words in the thesaurus. To begin with, something connected to the environment . There are a lot of words in Gaelic that mean ‘mountain’ or ‘hill’ or the like. I’m going to give you the synonyms for a word. And I’m going to ask you to say what headword is in the thesaurus. Here are the synonyms: cnocan, tom, stacan, tulach, tulachan, sìthean, torran, tolm, toman, meallan, stùc and mulan. Mmm ... it’s not easy, is it?! Well, here it is – gnoban. And the meaning of the word in English – ‘little hill, knoll’. Gnoban.

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Here’s another example. It’s a noun. Here are the synonyms for it: troc, sgruibleach, smùrach, aolach, dreamsgal, sgrathal, greallach, draos, tramasgal, treallaich and smodal. What word are you thinking of now? Well, the headword for this in the thesaurus is sgudal. Rubbish, trash – sgudal.

       And an example of an adjective. Here are the synonyms: robach, mì-sgiobalta, riapach, liobasta, neo-chumadail, neo-ghrinn, sgraiteach, lùiristeach, leibideach and suarach. It also has an antonym. An antonym is a word whose meaning is directly opposite to the meaning of the headword. The antonym for this is sgiobalta. The headword is luideach, meaning ‘shabby, untidy’. Luideach. Are you sgiobalta or luideach?!