Local Dishes

1. Taigeis

   Haggis

   Usage

   Scotland's signature dish of minced offal and oats

   Grammar Note

   "Taigeis" is a feminine noun, used here as the dish name

2. Dè th' ann an taigeis?

   What is haggis?

   Usage

   To ask about a dish you have not met before

   Grammar Note

   "Dè th' ann an ...?" asks what something is. Composed sentence.

3. Taigeis, snèap agus buntàta

   Haggis, neeps and tatties

   Usage

   The classic combination at a Burns supper

   Grammar Note

   "Buntàta" is a collective noun for potato(es). Composed phrase.

4. Brot

   Broth

   Usage

   A warm soup, often with barley and vegetables

   Grammar Note

   "Brot" is a masculine noun meaning broth or soup

5. Bonnach

   Bannock

   Usage

   A flat bread made from oats or flour

   Grammar Note

   "Bonnach" is masculine; "bonnach-èisg" means fishcake

6. Aran-coirce

   Oatcake

   Usage

   A plain oat biscuit, often eaten with cheese

   Grammar Note

   Literally "bread of oats"; "coirce" means oats

7. Marag-dhubh

   Black pudding

   Usage

   A blood sausage served at breakfast

   Grammar Note

   "Marag" is feminine, so "dubh" lenites to "dhubh"

8. Marag-gheal

   White pudding

   Usage

   A white sausage of oatmeal and fat

   Grammar Note

   "Marag" is feminine, so "geal" lenites to "gheal"

9. Sgadan-rèisgte

   Kipper

   Usage

   Smoked herring, often served at breakfast

   Grammar Note

   "Sgadan" means herring; note the grave accent on è

10. Bradan

    Salmon

    Usage

    A famed fish of Scottish rivers and seas

    Grammar Note

    "Bradan" has a homograph meaning a skin swelling; here it is salmon

11. Brochan

    Porridge

    Usage

    The classic oat porridge for breakfast

    Grammar Note

    "Brochan" is a masculine noun

12. Min-choirce

    Oatmeal

    Usage

    The base of porridge and oatcakes

    Grammar Note

    "Min" is feminine, so "coirce" lenites to "choirce"

13. Buntàta

    Potato

    Usage

    Potatoes served with meals

    Grammar Note

    Used as a collective noun; a plural is not normally used

14. Snèap

    Neep, turnip

    Usage

    The root vegetable served with haggis

    Grammar Note

    "Snèap" is feminine; "snèap-Shuaineach" is the swede

15. Giomach

    Lobster

    Usage

    A seafood landed on the west coast

    Grammar Note

    "Giomach" also has a homograph meaning a redcoat soldier

16. Crùbag

    Crab

    Usage

    The large edible crab

    Grammar Note

    "Crùbag" is feminine; note the grave accent on ù

17. Eisir

    Oyster

    Usage

    A shellfish enjoyed in coastal towns

    Grammar Note

    "Eisir" is the noun for oyster

18. Creachann

    Scallop

    Usage

    A speciality of Skye and the west coast

    Grammar Note

    "Creachann" is masculine and distinct from "creach" (plunder)

19. Iasg is sliseagan

    Fish and chips

    Usage

    The classic takeaway of harbour towns

    Grammar Note

    "Is" is a short form of "agus" (and); "sliseagan" is the plural of "sliseag". Composed phrase.

20. Bonnach-èisg

    Fishcake

    Usage

    A fried patty of fish

    Grammar Note

    "Bonnach" also means a savoury cake and "èisg" is the genitive of "iasg" (fish). The compound itself is not in the dictionary: composed term, native review advised

21. Ìm-èiginn

    Scrambled eggs

    Usage

    A breakfast egg dish

    Grammar Note

    A compound listed in the dictionary as scrambled eggs ("ìm" is butter)

22. Càise

    Cheese

    Usage

    Eaten with oatcakes

    Grammar Note

    Write the grave accent on à; unaccented "caise" is a different word meaning impetuosity

23. Mil an fhraoich

    Heather honey

    Usage

    Honey from the heather of the Highlands

    Grammar Note

    The genitive of "fraoch" (heather) becomes "an fhraoich" after the article

24. Bu mhath leam taigeis, mas e ur toil e.

    I would like the haggis, please.

    Usage

    For ordering in a restaurant

    Grammar Note

    "Mas e ur toil e" is the polite "please". Composed sentence.

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