Gaelic doesn’t have a word for a.

You will have noticed that Gaelic doesn’t have a word for a.

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Peansail means pencil or a pencil.

The word a in English is called the indefinite article.

Gaelic doesn’t have an indefinite article.

So, a pencil is just peansail.

A coat/coat is just còta.

A shirt/shirt is just lèine.