Glossary
abhainn stream or river
allt mountain stream or small river
alltan small mountain stream
aonach steep hill or mountain ridge
ban white
beag small
bealach mountain pass
beinn, bheinn, ben hill or mountain
bidein,bidean pointed hill or mountain
binnean, binnien pointed hill or mountain
bodach old man
buchaille shepherd, or shepherd
buidhe yellow
cailleach old woman
caisteal castle or tower
carn, cairn cairn-like = conical pile of stones
cioch,ciche breast = rounded hill
ciste chest or coffin
clach stone or rock
clach, clachan peak
cnap,cnoc knoll or hillock
coire, choire literally a cauldron, see corrie
col a depression in summit line
corrie a circular hollow in hillside (cauldron)
creag, crag cliff or steep rocky slope
cruach rounded
cruachan conical hill or mountain top
dearg, dheirg red
druim, droma a ridge
dubh black
eag,eige notch or gap
eagach notched
eas waterfall
easan little waterfall
fada long
fiaclach tooth
gabhar gobhar goat
garbh rough or rugged
gearr, gear short
glas, ghlas grey or pale
gleann glen (narrow) valley
gorm blue
lairig pass between mountains
liath(e) grey
loch lake
lochan small Lake
mam breast = rounded hill
maol bald or bare
meadhon middle
meall a lumpy or rounded hill
monadh moor or plateau
mor, mhor big or large
mullach a summit or top
path a route for walking only
ridge an elongated mountain crest (usually narrow)
ruadh red, red-brown
sgor, sgorr, sgur, sgurr a rocky hill or peak
sron a peak or jutting ridge
stac steep rock or cliff
steall waterfall or torrent
stob, stuc a pointed hill
tom rounded hill
track a route for 4 wheeled vehicle
uaimh,uamha cave
uaine green
uisge water