Editing Scottish Gaelic (section)

====Surnames====
The most common class of Gaelic surnames are those beginning with {{lang|gd|[[Irish surname prefixes|mac]]}} (Gaelic for "son"), such as {{lang|gd|MacGillEathain}}&thinsp;/&thinsp;{{lang|gd|MacIllEathain}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Alba air Taghadh – beò à Inbhir Nis |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p026xw3x/p026xvx0 |publisher=BBC Radio nan Gàidheal |access-date=19 January 2017 |archive-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103005759/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p026xw3x/p026xvx0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SQA">{{cite web |title=Gaelic Orthographic Conventions|url=http://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/SQA-Gaelic_Orthographic_Conventions-En-e.pdf |publisher=Bòrd na Gàidhlig |access-date=19 January 2017 |date=October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116081948/http://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/SQA-Gaelic_Orthographic_Conventions-En-e.pdf |archive-date=16 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> (MacLean). The female form is {{lang|gd|nic}} (Gaelic for "daughter"), so Catherine MacPhee is properly called in Gaelic, {{lang|gd|Catrìona Nic a' Phì}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Catrìona Anna Nic a' Phì |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/people/catriona_anna_nic_a_phi/ |website=BBC |access-date=19 January 2017 |language=gd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910203707/http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/people/catriona_anna_nic_a_phi/ |archive-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> (strictly, {{lang|gd|nic}} is a contraction of the Gaelic phrase {{lang|gd|nighean mhic}}, meaning "daughter of the son", thus {{lang|gd|NicDhòmhnaill}}<ref name="SQA"/><!-- cite is just for correct spelling of name --> really means "daughter of MacDonald" rather than "daughter of Donald"). The "of" part actually comes from the genitive form of the patronymic that follows the prefix; in the case of {{lang|gd|MacDhòmhnaill}}, {{lang|gd|Dhòmhnaill}} ("of Donald") is the genitive form of {{lang|gd|Dòmhnall}} ("Donald").<ref>{{cite web |last1=Woulfe |first1=Patrick |title=Gaelic Surnames |url=http://www.libraryireland.com/names/gaelic-surnames.php |publisher=Library Ireland |access-date=24 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425204723/http://www.libraryireland.com/names/gaelic-surnames.php |archive-date=25 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Several colours give rise to common Scottish surnames: {{lang|gd|bàn}} ([[Bain (surname)|Bain]] – white), {{lang|gd|ruadh}} (Roy – red), {{lang|gd|dubh}} (Dow, [[Duff (surname)|Duff]] – black), {{lang|gd|donn}} ([[Dunn (surname)|Dunn]] – brown), {{lang|gd|buidhe}} ([[Bowie (surname)|Bowie]] – yellow) although in Gaelic these occur as part of a fuller form such as {{lang|gd|MacGille}} 'son of the servant of', i.e. {{lang|gd|MacGilleBhàin, MacGilleRuaidh, MacGilleDhuibh, MacGilleDhuinn, MacGilleBhuidhe}}.