The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Scots Gaelic language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) |
| I | mi |
| you (singular) | thu |
| he | e |
| we | sinn |
| you (plural) | sibh |
| they | iad |
| this | seo |
| that | sin, siud |
| here | an seo |
| there | an sin, an siud |
| who | cò *(interrogative)* |
| what | ciod, dè *(interrogative)* |
| where | càite *(interrogative)* |
| when | cuin *(interrogative)* |
| how | ciamar, cionnas *(interrogative)* |
| not | cha, chan |
| all | uile |
| many | mòran |
| some | cuid, feadhainn |
| few | beagan |
| other | eile |
| one | aon |
| two | dà |
| three | trì |
| four | ceithir |
| five | còig |
| big | mòr |
| long | fada |
| wide | leathann |
| thick | tiugh |
| heavy | trom |
| small | beag |
| short | goirid, geàrr |
| narrow | cumhang |
| thin | tana, caol |
| woman | bean |
| man (adult male) | fear |
| man (human being) | duine |
| child | leanabh, pàiste |
| wife | bean-phòsta |
| husband | fear-pòsta |
| mother | màthair |
| father | athair |
| animal | ainmhidh |
| fish | iasg |
| bird | eun |
| dog | cù |
| louse | mial |
| snake | nathair |
| worm | cnuimh, boiteag |
| tree | craobh |
| forest | coille |
| stick | bata |
| fruit | toradh |
| seed | sìol |
| leaf | duilleag |
| root | freumh |
| bark (of a tree) | rùsg |
| flower | dithean, flùr |
| grass | feur |
| rope | ròpa |
| skin | craiceann |
| meat | feòil |
| blood | fuil |
| bone | cnàmh |
| fat (noun) | saill |
| egg | ugh |
| horn | adharc |
| tail | earball |
| feather | ite |
| hair | falt, gruag |
| head | ceann |
| ear | cluas |
| eye | sùil |
| nose | sròn |
| mouth | beul |
| tooth | fiacail |
| tongue (organ) | teanga |
| fingernail | ìne |
| foot | cas |
| leg | cas |
| knee | glùn |
| hand | làmh |
| wing | sgiath |
| belly | brù, broinn |
| guts | mionach, caolain |
| neck | muineal |
| back | druim |
| breast | cìoch |
| heart | cridhe |
| liver | adha |
| to drink | òl |
| to eat | ith |
| to bite | bìd |
| to suck | sùigh |
| to spit | tilg smugaid |
| to vomit | sgeith |
| to blow | sèid |
| to breathe | tarraing anail |
| to laugh | gàir, dèan gàire |
| to see | faic |
| to hear | cluinn |
| to know | tha fios aig |
| to think | smaoinich |
| to smell | feuch fàileadh |
| to fear | gabh eagal |
| to sleep | caidil |
| to live | bi beò |
| to die | bàsaich |
| to kill | marbh |
| to fight | sabaid |
| to hunt | sealg |
| to hit | buail |
| to cut | geàrr |
| to split | sgoilt |
| to stab | sàth |
| to scratch | sgròb |
| to dig | cladhaich |
| to swim | snàmh |
| to fly | itealaich |
| to walk | coisich |
| to come | thig |
| to lie (as in a bed) | laigh *(state)* |
| to sit | suidh *(state)* |
| to stand | seas *(state)* |
| to turn (intransitive) | tionndaidh |
| to fall | tuit |
| to give | thoir |
| to hold | cùm |
| to squeeze | teannaich |
| to rub | suath |
| to wash | nigh |
| to wipe | suath |
| to pull | tarraing |
| to push | brùth |
| to throw | tilg |
| to tie | ceangail |
| to sew | fuaigh |
| to count | cùnnt |
| to say | abair, can |
| to sing | seinn |
| to play | cluich |
| to float | bi a' fleòdradh |
| to flow | ruith |
| to freeze | reòdh |
| to swell | at |
| sun | grian |
| moon | gealach |
| star | rionnag |
| water | uisge, bùrn |
| rain | uisge |
| river | abhainn |
| lake | loch |
| sea | muir, cuan, fairge |
| salt | salann |
| stone | clach |
| sand | gainmheach |
| dust | stùr |
| earth | talamh |
| cloud | sgòth, neul |
| fog | ceò |
| sky | adhar, speuran |
| wind | gaoth |
| snow | sneachd |
| ice | deigh, eighre |
| smoke | ceò, toit |
| fire | teine |
| ash | luath |
| to burn | loisg |
| road | rathad |
| mountain | beinn |
| red | ruadh, dearg |
| green | glas, uaine |
| yellow | buidhe |
| white | geal |
| black | dubh |
| night | oidhche |
| day | là |
| year | bliadhna |
| warm | blàth |
| cold | fuar |
| full | làn |
| new | ùr, nuadh |
| old | sean |
| good | math |
| bad | dona, olc |
| rotten | grod, loibhte |
| dirty | salach |
| straight | dìreach |
| round | cruinn |
| sharp (as a knife) | geur |
| dull (as a knife) | maol |
| smooth | mìn |
| wet | fliuch |
| dry | tioram |
| correct | ceart |
| near | faisg |
| far | fada |
| right | deas |
| left | clì |
| at | aig |
| in | ann |
| with | còmhla ri, le |
| and | agus |
| if | ma, nan/nam |
| because | oir |
| name | ainm |