gealach

-aich, sf The moon, [with art. a' ghealach]. Siud agaibh a' ghealach ùr —Rìgh nan Dùl 'ga beannachadh! there is the new moon — the king of the elements bless it; said in the Hebrides, in Protestant as well as Catholic districts when one notices the new moon for the first time; gealach a' bhruic, the badger's moon, i.e. the October moon, during whose light the badger is said to dry grass for its nest; [in Suth'd the October moon is known as “gealach bhuidhe buain a' choirc,” the yellow moon of the oat-harvest;] atharrachadh nan sìon ri gealach a' bhruic, change of weather with the badger's moon; gealach air na sléibhtean, the moon on the hills; mar a' ghealaich, like the moon; triall na gealaich, the moon's path; a' ghealach ùr (an solas ùr), the new moon; gealach bhuidhe na Féill Mìcheil, the yellow moon of Michaelmas; gealach fionn na Féill Mìcheil, the fair moon of Michaelmas; gealach bhuidhe nam broc, the yellow moon of the badgers; gealach bhuidhe an abachaidh, the yellow (September) moon that helps to ripen the corn — AH.

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