facladair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• (archaic) focalair

Etymology

facal (“word”) +‎ -adair

Noun

facladair m (genitive singular facladair, plural facladairean)

1. lexicographer
   • 1781, anon., 'Oran caisiomachd do dh'albainn, ann aghaidh an olla shasgunnaich' [Glasgow] Glas-gho : [s.n.], 5.

     O mosgladh Mic a Ghāedheil, a's nochdadh mic gu lāetheil, Do'n Fhocalair ro Strāiceil, Nach fuigheal fochaid dh'ā Sinn.

     Let us awake Highlanders, and let us show daily, to the haughty Lexicographer, we will not be his ridicule.

2. (computing) word processor

Synonyms

• (lexicographer): faclairiche

Related terms

• faclair (“dictionary”)
• faclaireachd (“lexicography”)