The Dwelly dictionary is to Gaelic as the Oxford dictionary is to English. This extraordinary publication contains every Gaelic word and meaning given in previously published dictionaries, and a great number never before in print.
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By A. P. Thomas
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This is the classic Scottish Gaelic-English Dictionary, researched by Edward Dwelly over a period and first published from 1901-1911. It remains very valuable for looking up words of all kinds and parts of verbs and it contains clear meanings and explanations. Of course it does not include more modern words. Any student of Gaelic will need to obtain a more recent dictionary of good quality and probably one which is Gaelic-English and English-Gaelic. Nevertheless Dwelly's dictionary is still an important resource in the study of the language and in understanding the vocabulary. It has been reprinted on a number of occasions, and is available in hardback and paperback. A book of this size, which is to be used as a reference book and perhaps well used, is certainly best obtained in hardback. This is definitely a dictionary which should most probably be bought by the serious student of Gaelic.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It is an excelent book for students and self-learners around the world, that, even far away from home, can keep alive the ancestral blood, culture and, most of all, the language that tells ho we are. It is a very complete study about this ancient, dificult and complex language.
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comprehensive but outdated: not for beginners
28 Aug 2000
By Jason P. Sorens
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Format:Paperback
I found the "Faclair Gaidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan" in my high school library of all places and was so impressed by the beauty of the Gaelic language that I began learning it at once. Dwelly's dictionary is a massive tome, possibly including just about every Gaelic word in existence at the time. The place and family names reference in the back is also quite interesting.
That having been said, this dictionary is outdated in a lot of ways. It uses the old orthography with acute accents and lots of apostrophes in odd places. Also, it lacks an English-Gaelic section, which reduces the value-for-price ratio for the Gaelic learner, who is often attempting to translate his English thoughts into Gaelic. In my view, all a learner needs is Owen's "Modern Gaelic to English Dictionary" and Thomson's "New English to Gaelic Dictionary."
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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wonderful asset for gaelic hounds
25 July 1999
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Format:Hardcover
For this price...buy it, buy two...I paid four times that and would pay it again...all the illustrations...names of old herbs...modernized Gaelic family names reverted to old spelling and hence old meaning...a treasure
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
still a definitive resource
9 April 2000
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Although it is a fairly old dictionary, it remains one of the three most valuable reference dictionaries for the Gaelic language. It was compiled at a time when many of the old speakers were still alive, and so it contains a lot of information about what Gaelic was like when there were more and larger Gaelic speaking communities in Scotland. This is an excellent price for it, too. If you are looking for a Gaelic-English dictionary containing many of the older words no longer put in new dictionaries or just for a useful reference tool, this is an excellent investment.
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