Clothes and ColourTo Colin's horror, he's unintentionally volunteered for a community care programme. He's up to his ears in Betty's underwear, sorting washing and helping her dress. How will he get his head round all these items!
| Clothes | Aodach |
| shirt | lèine |
| jumper | geansaidh |
| blouse | blobhsa |
| socks | stocainnean |
| trousers | briogais |
| skirt | sgiorta |
| pants | drathars |
| bra | seacaid-bheag |
| hat | ad |
| gloves | miotagan |
| coat | còta |
| dress | dreasa |
| t-shirt | lèine-t |
| scarf | stoc |
| White | geal |
| Red | dearg |
| Green | uaine |
| Yellow | buidhe |
| Black | dubh |
| Colours and clothes | Aodach agus Dathan |
| white pants | drathars gheal |
| white shirt | lèine gheal |
| white jumper | geansaidh geal |
| white bra | seacaid-bheag gheal |
| white blouse | blobhsa geal |
| white hat | ad gheal |
| white socks | stocainnean geala |
| white gloves | miotagan geala |
| white trousers | briogais gheal |
| white coat | còta geal |
| white skirt | sgiorta gheal |
| white dress | dreasa gheal |
| white scarf | stoca gheal |
| white t-shirt | lèine-t gheal |
| red pants | drathars dhearg |
| red shirt | lèine dhearg |
| red jumper | geansaidh dearg |
| red bra | seacaid-bheag dhearg |
| red blouse | blobhsa dearg |
| red hat | ad dhearg |
| red socks | stocainnean dearga |
| red gloves | miotagan dearga |
| red trousers | briogais dhearg |
| red coat | còta dearg |
| red skirt | sgiorta dhearg |
| red dress | dreasa dhearg |
| red scarf | stoca dhearg |
| red t-shirt | lèine-t dhearg |
| green pants | drathars uaine |
| green shirt | lèine uaine |
| green jumper | geansaidh uaine |
| green bra | seacaid-bheag uaine |
| green blouse | blobhsa uaine |
| green hat | ad uaine |
| green socks | stocainnean uaine |
| green gloves | miotagan uaine |
| green trousers | briogais uaine |
| green coat | còta uaine |
| green skirt | sgiorta uaine |
| green dress | dreasa uaine |
| green scarf | stoca uaine |
| green t-shirt | lèine-t uaine |
| yellow pants | drathars bhuidhe |
| yellow shirt | lèine bhuidhe |
| yellow jumper | geansaidh buidhe |
| yellow bra | seacaid-bheag bhuidhe |
| yellow blouse | blobhsa buidhe |
| yellow hat | ad bhuidhe |
| yellow socks | stocainnean buidhe |
| yellow gloves | miotagan buidhe |
| yellow trousers | briogais bhuidhe |
| yellow coat | còta buidhe |
| yellow skirt | sgiorta bhuidhe |
| yellow dress | dreasa bhuidhe |
| yellow scarf | stoca bhuidhe |
| yellow t-shirt | lèine-t bhuidhe |
| black pants | drathars dhubh |
| black shirt | lèine dhubh |
| black jumper | geansaidh dubh |
| black blouse | blobhsa dubh |
| black hat | ad dhubh |
| black socks | stocainnean dubha |
| black gloves | miotagan dubha |
| black trousers | briogais dhubh |
| black coat | còta dubh |
| black skirt | sgiorta dhubh |
| black dress | dreasa dhubh |
| black scarf | stoca dhubh |
| black t-shirt | lèine-t dhubh |
Blue or Grey? There are regional differences in the words used to describe the colours grey and blue in Gaelic. Blue is called gorm in some areas and liath in others. Grey likewise is called liath or glas by Gaelic speakers from different areas.
Masculine or feminine? You may have noticed that lenition occurs in the names of some of the colours following items of clothing in this game. To lenite, an h is inserted as the second letter after certain consonants: b, c, d, f, g, m, p, s and t. This happens if the item of clothing is a feminine noun. Therefore còta dubh but drathars dhubh. It is not dependent on whether the item of clothing is for a male or a female.
Words which begin with vowels do not take lenition, hence lèine uaine. Most Gaelic dictionaries indicate whether nouns are masculine or feminine.
