Words for family members and other relatives in Scottish Gaelic, a Goidelic Celtic language spoken mainly in Scotland.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, mat = maternal, pat = paternal
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | |
|---|---|
| family | teaghlach (family/household) muinntir (family/relatives) clann (children) |
| parents | pàrantan |
| father | athair / dadaidh |
| mother | màthair / mamaidh |
| children | clann / pàisdean |
| son | mac |
| daughter | nighean |
| husband | fear |
| wife | bean |
| brother | bràthair |
| sister | piuthar / siùir |
| uncle | bràthair-athar (father's brother) bràthair-màthar (mother's brother) |
| aunt | athaireag / bràithreag (pat) piuthar-athar (father's sister) màithrean (mat) piuthar-màthar (mother's sister) |
| cousin | co-ogha mac-bràthair-athar (father's brother's son) nighean-bràthair-athar (father's brother's daughter) mac-piuthair-athar (father's sister's son) nighean-piuthair-athar (father's sister's daughter) mac-bràthair-màthar (mother's brother's son) nighean-bràthair-màthar (mother's brother's daughter) mac piuthair-màthar (mother's sister's son) nighean-piuthair-màthar (mother's sister's daughter) |
| nephew | mac-bràthar (brother's son) mac-peathar (sister's son) |
| niece | banta / gairghean / gair-inghean / nigh |
| grandparents | seann-phàrantan |
| grandfather | seanair |
| grandmother | seanmhair |
| grandchildren | ogha |
| grandson | garbhach / gar-mhac |
| granddaughter | ban-ogha |
| great grandfather | sinn-seanair |
| great grandmother | sinn-seanmhair |
| great uncle | bràthair-seanair (grandfather's brother) bràthair-seanmhar (grandmother's sister) |
| great aunt | piuthar-seanar (grandfather's sister) piuthar-seanmhar (grandmother's sister) |
| father-in-law | athair-cèile |
| mother-in-law | màthair-chèile |
| brother-in-law | bràthair-cèile |
| sister-in-law | piuthar-chèile |
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