ednsue wrote:
>Tha taigh againn rapach.
>Our house is messy.
Do you - or anyone else online - know the difference between "rapach"
and
"salach"...and which word is used in what situation? And are
there any
other words for "dirty" that are common?
A Shiu\saidh,
For what it's worth:
"Salach",
Hallo Elidh
Sgri\obh thu:
Do you suppose our word ransack is derived from *rannsaich*?
The Gaelic word and the English word both derive from the same source, the
Vikings. In the Norse language (Old Norse) rann means house, and saka means
look for something. This is all beautifully covered in
