Anyone speak Scots Gaelic?

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I need help from some hardy Scotsmen! This is for an article about The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui.

Some sources describe the 'local' name for the Big Grey Man as:

  1. Am Fear Liath Mor
  2. Fear Liath Mhor
  3. Fearlas Mor

I assume they all mean "Big Grey Man", but can anyone please tell me the differences between the above phrases?
 
I need help from some hardy Scotsmen! This is for an article about The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui.

Some sources describe the 'local' name for the Big Grey Man as:

  1. Am Fear Liath Mor
  2. Fear Liath Mhor
  3. Fearlas Mor

I assume they all mean "Big Grey Man", but can anyone please tell me the differences between the above phrases?

The Big Grey Man
Big Grey Man
Grey Man

?
 
Hoots mon

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no help, sorry
 
Not much of a speaker here, but they're all the same thing essentially, just spelling or English transcription differences. Am is just 'the', fear = man, liath = grey (glas can also be green or grey, so maybe where Fearlas came from) and mor/mhor = big.
 
Excellent, thank you! Pretty much as I thought. Which is the 'truest' to Scots Gaelic (or least Anglicised)?
 
Scots Gaelic is dying I'm afraid.Doesn't get spoken much except for in the highlands.
Pretty disgusting considering they teach languages like French, German or Italian in Scottish schools but not Gaelic.
 
I need help from some hardy Scotsmen! This is for an article about The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui.

Some sources describe the 'local' name for the Big Grey Man as:

  1. Am Fear Liath Mor
  2. Fear Liath Mhor
  3. Fearlas Mor

I assume they all mean "Big Grey Man", but can anyone please tell me the differences between the above phrases?

Pretty sure it's
The Great Grey Man
Great Grey Man
Great Man

I do know a bit of Gaelic Not sure on the variations, could be dialect or just how the words changed when used differently.

for reference Mor is big, fearlas is man, grey is Liath
 
Would be interested to have a read of your article once it's done, I've been up there in the mist and the mind can play tricks on you!
 
I'm Irish and it's quite similar to the Gaelic we speak.

An fear liath mór.

In fact, extremely similar.

So I'm going to guess that the first one is:

1) The Big Grey Man

2) Big Grey Man

3) Big Grey-man
 
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