▁early ▁ 2 1 st ▁century . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁diction aries ▁published ▁to ▁date ▁have ▁been ▁G ael ic ▁to ▁English ▁diction aries . ▁ ▁V oc ab ular ies ▁The ▁first ▁prec urs ors ▁of ▁true ▁G ael ic ▁diction aries ▁were ▁the ▁voc ab ular ies , ▁often ▁little ▁less ▁than ▁word lists , ▁which ▁made ▁their ▁first ▁appearance ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 2 ▁with ▁Rev . ▁Robert ▁Kirk ' s ▁word list , ▁an ▁append ix ▁to ▁William ▁Nicol son ' s ▁Scottish ▁Historical ▁Library . ▁Edward ▁L hu yd ' s ▁Scottish ▁field ▁work ▁between ▁ 1 6 9 9 - 1 7 0 0 ▁contained ▁substantial ▁word lists ▁for ▁Ar gy ll ▁and ▁In ver ness - shire ▁dialect s ▁which , ▁however , ▁were ▁not ▁published ▁until ▁much ▁later . ▁ ▁Some ▁ 4 0 ▁years ▁later , ▁the ▁Society ▁in ▁Scotland ▁for ▁Pro pag ating ▁Christian ▁Know ledge ▁published ▁a ▁title ▁called ▁Le ab har ▁a ▁The ag asc ▁Ain min n in ▁(" A ▁book ▁for ▁the ▁teaching ▁of ▁names ") ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 1 , ▁compiled ▁by ▁Al as da ir ▁mac ▁M ha igh st ir ▁Al as da ir . ▁ ▁Tim eline ▁▁ 1 7 0 2 ▁The ▁Scottish ▁Historical ▁Library ▁by ▁W . ▁Nicol son , ▁containing ▁on ▁p . ▁ 3 3 4 – 3 4 6 ▁A ▁V oc ab ul ary ▁of ▁the ▁Irish ▁Dia lect , ▁spoken ▁by ▁the ▁High land ers