News – coronavirus
Learn Gaelic words and phrases about the coronavirus. Here’s a list of words that are really useful about the disease.
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This page is about the coronavirus. The vocabulary on this page is slightly more advanced than other pages in Fichead Facal (Twenty words). These words were supplied by BBC Naidheachdan (BBC News) and this is the vocabulary they use in their stories.
| English | Gàidhlig | |
|---|---|---|
| the coronavirus | an coròna-bhìoras | <)) |
| intensive care unit | ionad dlùth chùraim | <)) |
| hospital | ospadal | <)) |
| Local Authority | Ùghdarras Ionadail | <)) |
| Health Board | Bòrd Slàinte | <)) |
| NHS | Seirbheis na Slàinte | <)) |
| disease | galar | <)) |
| virus | bhìoras | <)) |
| symptoms | comharran | <)) |
| care | cùram | <)) |
| treatment | leigheas | <)) |
| oxygen | ocsaidean | <)) |
| ventilator | analadair | <)) |
| vulnerable | so-leònta | <)) |
| resources, facilities | goireasan | <)) |
| furlough | fòrladh | <)) |
| PPE (personal protective equipment) | aodach is uidheamachd dìon | <)) |
| tests | deuchainnean | <)) |
| test | sgrùdadh | <)) |
| blood test | deuchainn fala | <)) |
| social distance | astar sòisealta | <)) |
| spread | sgapadh | <)) |
Our intention with this page is to offer some support when the learner is watching An Là on BBC ALBA, listening to the news on Aithris na Maidne (The Morning Report), and Aithris an Fheasgair (The Afternoon Report), on Radio nan Gàidheal, and visiting the pages of BBC Naidheachdan (BBC News).