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FOCLÓIR Pronunciation VOCABULARY ======= ============= ========== a which, all that A ah his, her, their abair say abairt -í sentence abha (abhainn) oww-ah river abhaile homewards ábhalmhór enormous ábhar subject, material ábhar conspóide cause of controversy abhus reason, cause, material ábhar buartha cause for concer n thall is abhus here and there abhus here, in this place ach but ach oiread either ach amháin except achainní request,petition achar distance, period of time gan mórán achair before long achar gearr a short time achrann (a) fight, dispute, conflict achrann míleata military dispute <euphemism for act of war> achrainn idirnásiúnta international disputes acht act <law enacted> a achtaíodh which was enacted acmhainní resources Acu at them acra -í acre adeir according to ádh luck ádh mór good luck/good-bye adhmad wood admháil I admit níor admhaigh siad they didn't admit aduaidh north, from the north aer air Aerfort ayr-fort Airport aéróg air-owg aerial aer phost ayr fust airmail áfach however ag prefix for english -ing tá . . . ag have ... ag egg at, to Agaibh at you Againn at us agallamh interview ina agallamh le ANOIS in his interview with ANOIS (an Irish newspaper) agam "at-me"; with forms of tá, "I have, had" etc. Agat at you aghaidh face,front ar aghaidh in front of, facing in aghaidh against le haghaidh for (the purpose of) agóid protest agus aw-gus and aibí ripe, smart aibíocht ripeness, smartness Aibreán, Aibreáin April aice: in aice near, beside Aici at her aicmeach class cogadh aicmeach class war aidhm(eanna) aim(s), objective(s) aidhm fhadtéarmach long-term aim aiféal regret Aifreann af-rinn mass Aige at him a bhéas aige that he will have aighneas dispute aigne mind áil: is áil liom I wish aill cliff, big rock áille morémost beautiful aimhleas mischief, disadvantage, doubt, suspicion aimsir am-shir weather, time aingeal angel gan ainéisteiseach without anaesthetic ainm ann-um name ainm na héireann the name of Ireland ainmneacha names ainmneacha na ndaoine the names of the people ainmhí (an) animal ainmhithe animals ainmnithe named, appointed ainneoin in spite of, dispite áintín aunt air on it, on him aird heed, notice airde height, tallness in airde up, high <as in 'five ft high'> aire ahra Caution, Danger, care aireamh I count, reckon áireamhán Calculator airgead ah-rah-gid money breis airgid more money, additional finance an t-airgead seo this money airgeadáioch fiscal airigh (aireachtáil) feel, hear airím hear áirithe special, certain, particular go háirithe particularly, especially ais: le hais beside, compared with lena ais beside him ar ais back ag iompú ar ais turning back ar ais go héirinn back to Ireland áis convenience, benefit aisce free, gratis Aisiontacht Agency aisteach peculiar, strange, queer aisteoir (í) actor aistrigh translate aistritheoir(í) translator(s) aistriú translating, translation aistriúchán (a) translation X a aistriú to translate X áit aw-teh place in áit in place of, instead of aitheantas recognition aithne acquaintance, knowing (of person) cur in aithne do introduce aithne commandment aithnigh (aithneachtáil) recognize aithním I recognize go n-aithníonn X that X recognises aithrist imitation, mimicry aithritheoir(i) resident(s) áitiúl local (singular adj.) áitiúla local (plural adj.) ál clutch, litter álainn: go h-álainn guh hawl-inn beautiful Aláraim Alarm Alba (Albain) Scotland allas sweat cur allais sweating alt article in magazine, in newspaper altóir (acha) altar(s) am om time amanna sometimes cén t-am é what time is it in am in time amach aw-mack Out/Exit, out(wards) amach anseo in the future, in a while as seo amach from this time on, this day forward ligithe amach released, let out amacn is 'a extremely amadán fool a amadáin you fool amáireach tomorrow amanathar the day after tomorrow ambassadóir(í) ambassador(s) amháin only, one, exclusively ach amaháin except ní hamháin not only amharc sight amharclann ow-arc-lunn theatre amhdaigh (amhdachtáil) admit, thus, so, how gur amhlaidh apparently amhrán (áin) song(s) amhránaí (aithe) ow-ran-ee singer amhránaíocht singing Amhrán na bhFiann ow-rawn na veen the Soldiers' Song amhras doubt, suspicion níl aon amhras there is no doubt amhrasach doubtful amplúch greedy amú astray, wasted amuigh outside, out, without an the(singular) an per/each punt an duine a pound per person an (with verbs)question an- intensive prefix - very, excellent anachain misfortune anall hither, from over there, from beyond anam soul andúil craving, inordinate desire aneas south, from the south aniar from the west, from behind aniar sa leaba up in the bed aníos up from below anlann sauce ann "in it", there, in existence in ann able (can) annamh rare annraith on-ree soup annamh seldom anocht tonight anóir from the east anois now anois beag just now anonn over, across anraith soup anró hardship ansan there, then anseo here ansin theréthen ansiúd there (implying distance) anuas down from above le seachtain etc. anuas for the last week etc. anuraidh last year aoibhinn pleasant an Aoine Friday aoirde height aois (eanna) age, century aois scortha quitting age aon onéany a haon a hayn (number)one gach aon each of, every aonach fair aonar solitude, singleness duine aonair a solitary person aontacht pholatíochta political union aontacht pholatiúil political union aontacht úr new union <political> aontas agreement (unity) Aontas Sóivéadach Soviet Union Aontas na Sóivéide the Soviet Union aontú (aontaigh) to agree aontú eatarthu féin to agree amongst themselves aontú faoi(n) agree about (the) aontú na Gearmáine the unification of Germany anonú a h-aon déag a hane-jayg eleven aos age aosta old ár orr Our ár dtithe orr di-heh Our houses. ár n-ainmneacha "nanim-nocha Our names. ar err on,upon ar an ábhar sin for that reason, because of that ar an só in comfort ar chuma éigin somehow ar dtús in the beginning, at first ar, arsa said ar seisean he said, said he ara interjection (expressing offhadedness, dismissal) árachas insurance Araib Shadach Saudi Arabia Araibis Arabic árainn Aran arán uur-awn bread arán donn urr-awn done brown bread arán prátaí urr-awn praw-tee potato bread arán tósta toast árannach Aran islander árasán flat, apartment árasáin apartments árasáin stáit state-owned apartments arbhar corn ard high, tall Ardán ord-awn Platform, high ground Ard-Oifig an Phoist awrd iffig in fwisht General Post Office ardú (ardaigh) raise, rise, grow, higher, increase a n-ardú being raised(plural) aréir last night ar fad all ariamh ever, never aríst again argóint(í) argument(s), disagreement(s) arm orm army, weapon ársa ancient arú arú amáireach the day after tomorrow arú anuraidh the year before last arú inné the day before yesterday as aws from, out of as seo amach from this time on, this day forward amach as out of asal donkey atá that is, that are athair father athaontú reunification athaontú na Gearmáine the reunification of Germany athaontú na héireann the reunification of Ireland áthas joy Athbhliain faoi mhaise! Happy New Year! Athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise! A happy and prosperous New Year! athbhreoslú refuelling; athghabháil reconquest athraím I change athrú (athraigh) change, alteration athruithe changes <note: no fada> an t-athrú the change Atlantach Atlantic atúrnae attorney ba past tense of is ba chóir dóibh they should <ought to> ba cheart dóibh they should <ought to> babhal bowl Babog baby bac (bacadh) bother, prevent bacach lame bacaíl lameness bacaim: ná bac é don't heed him ná bac leis have nothing to do with him bád (báid) bawd boat an bád the boat na báid the boats na báid seo these boats <adding 'seo' turns 'the' into 'these'> bádoír boatman bádóireacht boating baghcat boycott bagún bog-oon bacon ag bagairt ar X threatening X Bagáiste bog-aw-sthe Baggage báigh drown bail prosperity, blessing bail ó Dhia ar a blessing from God on baile boll-yah home, village as an mbaile from home sa baile at home chun an bhaile homewards baile mór town Baile átha Cliath Dublin baile fearainn townland baileach exactly, quite bailigh (bailiú) collect bailím I gather, collect bailiú leis clearing off báille bailiff bain take (with effort), extract, reap bain triail as try it, give it a try baineacht whiteness bainim I cut ( turf) bainim as I get from bainim de I take away from bainis wedding feast bainisteoir manager Bainisteoir Pearsanra Personnel Manager bainne milk bainne te warm milk bainríon (-acha) queen baint taking, extracting, reaping taitneamh a bhaint as to enjoy baint as teasing baint de taking off baint amach reaching, achieving baintear leas as X X is (are) used a bhain amach reach bainte amach reached tá baint agam le I am connected with baintreach widow bairille barrel báisín basin báisteach (báistí) rain raining Baisteach (a) Baptist Baistigh Baptists baladh smell ball: ar ball in a while, a while ago ball member, piece (of furniture or clothing), instument, place balla wall ballach, rock bream ballraíocht membership Bán bawn White bán untilled land banaltra nurse banana banana banbh piglet banc bonk bank bándearg pink bánghlas pale green bánghorm pale blue; livid banríon bon-reen queen bánrua light red, sandy bansagairt women priests baol danger baoth silly, foolish barr top, summit de hbarr on account of thar barr outstandingly good barr- outstanding barraíocht too much barrúil gay, funny, droll barúil drole, amusing, comical barúil notion, opinion barúlacht drollery bás death fáil bháis dying chun báis to death fuair sé bás he died Bascach Basque an Bhascais the Basque language básta waist bata battah stick beach bach bee beag behg small, little beag bídeach tiny, little beagán a small amount fíor-bheagán very little beagnach almost beainc bank (money) béal mouth, brim, opening Béal Feiriste Belfast bealach way, tv channel bealaí ways bealaí a aimsiú to find ways chun bealaigh away an bealach seo this way an bealach sin that way béaloideas folklore Bealtaine, Bhealtaine May Bean ban a woman, wife bean an tí hostess bhean tí housewife bean sí ban shee fairy woman bean phósta (a) married woman bean rialta nun beannacht greeting, blessing beannú (beannaigh) bless, salute, greet Beannachtaí an tséasúir! Season's greetings! beár bar Béarla, Bhéarla bare-lah English(lit. "dialect") Béarla na Sacsan the speech of the English, English bearr shave, cut hair bearraim I clip, shave beart barth parcel beart move <in a game>, shift, device, manoevre, act beatha life, livelihood, food go mbeathófaí go fórsúil X that X would be force-fed beidh will be beidh aiféala ort you will regret beidh brón ort you will be sorry beidh ar x x will have to béilí a meal beilt belt béim faoi leith special emphasis beir give birth to, lay eggs beir ar seize, catch, hold beirim I take, bear beirim ar I take hold of beireann X an chraobh X wins hands down beirím I boil Beirlín Berlin beirt two persons beithfoch beast beo alive, lively, quick beoghearradh vivisection beoghearradh 50,000 50,000 were vivisected beoir byore beer beos aliveness, quickness b'fhéidir perhaps, maybe bhagair threaten bheith to be bheirim I give, bring go bhfaigheadh X bás until X die(s) go bhfuil súil ag x x intends bhí was, were (past of tá) Bhí mé I was Bhíomar we were Bhí sé he was Bhí sí she was Bhí siad they were Bhí sibh you were Bhí tú you were bhoil (pause word) Bhur voor Your Bhur lámha voor lauva Your hands. Bhur n-aidhmeanna voor nime-unuh Your aims. bí be tá beidh bheith bia food bille Bill <before the Senate, not a man's name!> billeoig leaf binn gablewall binn sweet (music), melodious binneadas melodiousness binse bench bíodh vótaí ag Y let Y have votes, permission to vote bíogann sí she stirs <here 'she arouses' !> bíonn pres. hab. of tá bior point, pointed stick bith obsolete noun meaning "world" bith: ar bith any, at all ( on earth) rud ar bith anything, nothing blaincéad blanket blais (blaiseadh) taste blaosc eggshell, skull Blarag a sort of cow (lowland breed, not bo ruadh) blas taste, good accent; anything blasta tasty, sharp (knife) bláth blaw flower, bloom, blossom bláthanna flowers bláthach blaw-huckh buttermilk bliain year an bhliain the year blianta years na blianta the years i mbliana this year dhá bhliain two years in aghaidh na bliana per annum blús bloos blouse bó bo cow ba (beithígh) cows bobáil <fishing with a bundle of worms (in Connemara)> bobailín 'ball, tuft, tassel, pompom, small knob as on a child's cap' bobailíneach 'tufted, tasselled' bob péiste <worms tied up and used for fishing bait in Connemara> bocht poor, soft bodach boor, lout, thug <feminists use this for `m.c.p.'> a bhodaigh ! (you) boor! bodhar deaf, hollow (sound) bodhrán bowr-awn traditional drum bog soft, tender, mild and damp bog (bogadh) soften, move about ar bogadh steeping boilsciú inflation rátaí boilscithe inflation rates boinn sole bois palm of hand bualadh bos clapping boladh smell bolg belly déanamh bolg-le-gréin sunbathing bomaite minute bónea bone-ah collar bonn a coin bord board table bosca busskeh box bosca ceoil buska kyole melodeon Bostún Boston bóthar bow-hor a road ar thaobh an bhóthair on the side of the road botún mistake, error brabach profit bhrabúis profit brách: go brách forever bradach theiving, sly, dishonest bradán brod-awn salmon bráillín sheet (bed) braiteoireacht hesitating braith depend brath expectation ag brath ar depending on branar fallow land braon a drop Brasaíl, Bhrasaíl Brazil brat broth flag bratach flag, banner bratach a iompar to carry a banner (go) breá guh braw fine breac brack trout, fish bréag lie, untruth bréan (braon?) bored, fed up bréan rotten smelling Breatain, Bhreatain, Breataine an Bhreatain Britain na Breataine of Britain Breathain Beag Wales (little Britain) na Breataine Bige of Wales Breathnach Welsh breathnaigh look breathnú looking breathnú uaidh looking (idly) into distance bréidín é bray-jeen ay tweed breith I bear, birth breithiúnas judgement, opinion breoite sick brí force, vigor cén bhrí ach what would it matter except bríc brick bricfásta brick-fasta breakfast Bríd Brigid Brídín little Brigid <dim. Biddy, Bridie, etc.> bris break, sack brisim I break briseadh brish-uh change briste broken bríste trousers brionglóidí dreaming bróig shoe bróga shoes broinn breast, womb brón sorrow, grief mo bhrón alas brónach sad sorrowful brostaigh hurry brothallach warm brú (brúigh) press, bruise, crush, mash faoi bhrú under pressure ag brú fa choinne pressing for bruach river bank brúchtaíl burping, belching bruith boil, coook Bruscar brew-scar Litter bua boo-ah victory,talent, virtue bua na filíochta the gift of poesy, of composing poetry bua an cheoil musical talent Buachaill boo-kill a boy buaile paddock, milking place buail (bualadh) strike, hit, beat, comégo briskly buailim I strike buainim I reap buamala bombing buan lasting, durable buartha worried, troubled buatais boot buataisí boots Buí bwee Yellow, orange buicéad bucket buidéal bottle buile fit of anger builín loaf builín aráin loaf of bread buille blow, strike buíoch grateful buíochas thanks, gratitude buíochas le Dia thanks be to God buíon class, band (of people) búistéir butcher bullán bullock bun bottom, foundation, basis bhun lenited ("aspirated") form of bun, after a preposition ar bun afoot, going on cur ar bun setting up, founding i mbun in charge of, running, attending to bun ábhar basic subject, raw material bunúsach basic, fundamental go bunúsach basically, fundamentally athraithe go bunúsach fundamentally changed buneolas basic information bunscoil primary school Burma Burma bus bus bus cá kaw Where Cá bhfuil? kaw will Where is? Cá bhfuil sé? kaw will shay Where is it? cabaire talkative person cabaireacht prattling, nattering cabáiste cob-awsh-cheh cabbage cabhair assistance, help cabhantar counter cabhlach navy cac shit cáca cake, (homemade)bread cad what? cadás cod-aws cotton Cad é kod ay what Cad é sin? kod eh shin What is that? Cad tá ort? What is worng with you Cad é mar kod ay mar how Cadhnra Battery cág cawg jackdaw caid ball <football> cáideo how long since caife caff-ay café/coffee cáil fame, renown, reputation cailc chalk Cailín call-een a girl cáilíuil famous, renowned caill (cailleadh) lose, miss cailleach kall-yuckh witch caillim I lose caint talk, conversation, speech, chat, exchange, discussion caint ar mentioning, talking of cainteannaí talks an chaint the talk an chaint uile all the talk an chaint ar fad all the talk caint bhaoth pointless, foolish talk cainteoir speaker cáinteoirí fault-finders cainteoirí speakers caipín cap caiptín captain cairde friends cairdeas friendship a chairde ! friends - vocative a chairde his friends a cairde her friends mo chairde my friends ár gcairde our friends do chairde your friends <singular> bhur gcairde your friends <plural> a gcairde their friends cáis cawsh cheese Cáisc Easter An Cháisc un chaushk Easter caisleán kosh-lawn castle caite (caith) use (up), spend, wear, throw, shoot, have to ...seo caite last ... caitheamh spending caitheamh faoi taking a seat i gcaitheamh during i gcaitheamh na / an during the caithim I spend, throw, use Caitliceach, Chaitliceach (a) Catholic Caitlicigh Catholics caladh, calaí, quay, port, landing-place call call, need, necessity cam crooked gcampaí camps canad where candáil auction canna tin/can cantalach cantanakerous, bad-humored caoga kweeg-ah fifty caogadú fifith caoi way, opportunity, means ar aon caoi at any rate cur caoi ar fixing, mending sa gcaoi gónach in order that, so that cén chaoi what way how is é an chaoi actually Caoimhín, Chaoimhín Kevin caoin (caoineadh) cry, lament ag caoineadh crying caoireoil queer-ole mutton caoirigh plural caol narrow, slender caomhaigh conservatives caomhnaigh preserve caora queer-ah sheep capall cop-ull horse captaen captain cár cawr car cara friend a chara na n-árann ! my dear friend! <said to heal/seal friendship> carabhat tie carabhata scarf caraid friend carr car carraig rock carraig an Aifrinn corr-ig un af-inn Mass rock Carrchlós car-khlos Car-park cárta card cárta phoist cawr-tah fwisht postcard carthanachta charitable cás case, sympathy cuir i gcás take for instance, for example an cás ar son the case for i gcás úisc olla in the case of lanolin i gcás céarach beach in the case of beeswax cas turn, sing, play, meet casadh turning casaim I turn casóg jacket casta complicated castáil meeting casúr hammer cat cot cat cath koh battle Cathain? caw-hin When? cathain a thiocfaidh X when X will come, when will X come cathair coh-urr city na cathrach of the city Cathal, Chathal Charles Cathal ó hEochaidh Charles Haughey Chathail Uí Eochaidh of Charles Haughey cathaoir chair cathaoirleach chairperson cé kay who, what, where cé sin? kay shin who's that? Cé againn? kay agwin Which (one) of us? Cé a rinne é? kay ah reen-eh eh Who did it? Cé chaoi bhfuil tú? kay hay will thoo Connaught Irish Cé leis é? kay lesh eh Who is it? Cé mhéad? kay vade How much? Cé mhéad atá ar. . .? how much is . . . cé mhéid what size níl a fhios cén there is no knowing how cé gónach although, even though cé quay ceacht lesson na ceachtanna seo these lessons ceachtar either,any cead permission, leave céad kayd a hundred an céad the first an chéad fhéile the first festival b'shin an chéad fhéile that was the first festival céadú hundredth ceadaithe permitted Céadaoin, Chéadaoin Wednesday an Chéadaoin seo chugainn this coming (next) Wednesday ceadúnas kyad-oon-as license ceadúnais licences ceamara camara Ceanada Canada <no 'an' in nominative> Cheanada of Canada <no 'na' in genitive> ceangal (ceangail) tie, bind ceangailte le tied to, linked to, bound up with ceann kyann head, one, roof, end ceann cipín numskull, bone-head, blockhead a cheann cipín ! (you) numskull ! mo cheann my head ceann amháin one dhá cheann two an ceann sin that one punt an ceann one pound each faoi cheann at the end of, after go ceann for (a space of time) ceann tíre cyann cheer-eh headland tinneas cinn headache céanna same mar an gcéanna the same (way) ceannacht (ceannaigh) buy ceannach I buy ceannadhairt pillow ceannaire (a) leader ceannaithe face, features ceanncheathrú headquarters CeannLuibhne KeyCaps ceantar district, area ceanúil ar fond of ceap (ceapadh) think ceapach plot (of land), flowerbed ceapaim I think ceapann sí she thinks ceapann sé he thinks ceapann siad they think ceapaire sandwich ceapairí sandwiches ceapóg small plot (of land), flower-bed ceaptha susposed to cearc kyarc hen Céard what céard é féin what is it? Céard a deir tú? kay-erd ah der thu What (did you say) Céard atá uait? kay-erd a-tah ooth What do you want? Ceardchumann (trade ) Union céardós what sort of? cearr wrong ceart(a) correct/right(s) cert a bhaint to manage, find satifactory a gcearta their rights cearta mhuintir na Gaeilge the rights of the Gaelic-speaking community cearta aistriúcháin translation rights cearta daonna human rights cearta foilsithe publishing rights cearta na mban women's rights ceárta forge ceas heavy feeling after meal céatadán percentage ceathach kyah-uckh showery Ceartchreidmheach Orthodox <Russian Orthodox> cearthair four a ceathair a keh-at four ceathair déag kehar-jayg fourteen ceathrar four people cearthrú quarter, fourth, thigh céibh pier, quay ceil conceal céile spouse a céile each other le chéile together ó chéile asunder as a chéile in a row, consecutively mar a chéile alike, same scartha óna chéile separated from each other Céilí kay-lee Irish dance ceilim I conceal ceim steep, degree, style céim dhiúltach negative step, backward step ceimic cemic chemistry ceimiceach chemical céimseata came-shuh-tah geometry céir wax ceird trade, skill ceirnín ker-nyeen record ceist(eanna) kesht question(s) i gceist in question, under consideration an cheist is práinní the most urgent question á gceistiú being questioned ceithre four (objects) ceithre fichid duine eighty people Cén which Cén áit? kane aawt Which place? Cén aois thú? kane ee-sh hu How old are you? Cén chaoi? kane qwee Which way? Cén déanamh í? What make is it? cén fáth why Cén fear é? kane far eh Which man is it? Cén t-am é? kane tom eh What time is it? cén uair? when? ceo fog;anything, nothing ceol kyole sing, music ceolchoirm kyole-khirm concert ceoltóir musician ceomhar kyo-wur foggy cérb as duit? where are you from? Cérbh é sin? kerb eh shin Who was that? Cérb iad? kerb eed Who are they? á cháineadh being criticized, censured chaith sé amach he regurgitated his food chaitheamh cast vóta a chaitheamh to cast a vote chas x ar y x met y chéad first an chéad duine eile! next! den chéad uair for the first time cheal for lack of cheana previously, already an lá cheana the other day cheana féin already cheap sí she thought cheithre four chim I see chistin chishtin kitchen choíche ever, always choichín never choinnigh keep cé choinnigh ? who kept <question> a choinnigh who kept <statement> a choinneáil to keep chomh as chomh fada siar le 1876 as far back as 1876 Chomh luath agus is féidir. As soon as possible. chomh ... le as .. as <as good as, as rich as, etc.> chomh maith le as well as chomh sciobtha le as fast as chomh gasta is a dhein as fast as it did <'gasta'='sciobtha'> ar chomhchéim equal chomh fada le Y as long as Y chonac I saw chonaic sí she thought chonlan fhéin own accord,own initiative a chosc to prevent, forbid a chosaint (to) defend a gcearta a chosaint to defend their rights chraolann broadcast á chraoladh being broadcast beidh X á chraoladh X will be being broadcast a chreideann é sin who believe that, who hold that view a chruthú to create chuaigh sí she went chuas I went chuala I heard chúig five chuir put (past tense) chuir ar aghaidh chuig an (to happen at the) chúis reason chun to, towards chun cuidiú le to help, assist chun déileáil le to deal with chun tosaigh (ar Y) ahead (of Y) chúns while ciall sense ciallmhar sensible, wise bíodh ciall agat! have sense! be reasonable! cian: ó chianaibh a while ago, just now Cianrialú Remote Control cíaróg keer-ohg beetle Ciarraí, Chiarraí Kerry Co. Chiarraí Co. Kerry ciarsúr keer-soor hankerchief cibé ar bith cé whoever, whatever cigire kig-irre inspector cill churchyard Cill Airne Killarney Cill Chainnigh Kilkenny cine race cineál kind, sort, sort of, somewhat ciníoch racist cinn decide cinneadh decision cinnte surely, indeed, certainly cíoch breast níor baineadh den chíoch fós é he hasn't been weaned yet (from breast) cíochbheart bra cion affection goil i gcion ar impressing, effecting cionn over, above os coinn above, over thar cionn excellent cíor comb, ridge cíos(anna) rent(s) tó igeáil ar cíos hiring ciotach gauche, awkard ciotaíl awkardness cioth shower ciseán basket cisíocht funding císte kish-cheh cake cisteanach kitchen citeal kittil kettle Ciúnas que-nas Silence! ciúin quiet ciúineadas quietness, slience ciúiniú (ciúinigh) quieten ciumhais blanket clabhaitín, clúidín, faicín, naipcín diaper clabhaitín salach soiled diaper clái fence, stonewall clais forrow, drain cláirseach harp clamhsán grumbling, complaining clampar commotion, quarrel mar bharr ar an gclampar to make matters worse clann children, family claochluithe mutations clár klawr programme (on radio or tv) clár agenda (for meeting) clár board, table cláir programmes An Clár Clare (placename) clár tellifíse TV program clár dubh balckboard cleacht (cleachtadh) be accustomed to,practice cleas trick cleasaí trickster clí left ar clé to the left cliabh pannier, basket cliathánach sideways cliste clever clistíocht cleverness cliú fame, renown cloch a stone clog clock/bell a chlog o'clock uair an chlog an hour Clog Aláraim Alarm Clock cloigeann head clois (cloisreáil) hear cloisim I hear cloiseann tú you hear <singular> cloiseann sibh you hear <plural> an gcloiseann tú do your hear gur cloiseadh was heard clós yard clóscríobhaí typist cluais ear clusánach fathead clúdach cover cluife klih-heh game cluichí games cluthar cosy, comfortable cnag ball <(hard) ball> cnáimh bone cnaipe button cnaipí buttons cnaipí le brú buttons to press cneasta honest cnoc cnuck hill cócaireacht cooking codail (codladh) sleep a chodladh asleep, to sleep codladh sámh a sound sleep codladh go sámh to sleep soundly codlaim I sleep cófra cupboard cogadh cug-uh war priosúinigh cogaigh Prisioners of war cogadh aicmeach class war cogadh dearg bloody war cogar whisper cogar! hey, tell me, say cogarnaíl whispering cognaím I chew coicís fortnight coileach cock coilíneachas colonisation coill qwill wood, forest coimhlint conflict <=`competition'> coimhlinte race, competition coimpléacs complex coimpléacs lárnach central complex coinín cun-yeen rabbit coinne appointment coinneal candle coinneál (coinnigh) keep, hold coinne expectation im choinibh towards me coinníoll condition Coinscríobh Conscription; cóir right, just, fair, generous coirce oats cóirigh (cóiriú) arrange, make a bed coirnéal corner cois beside cois na farraige (tóat) the seaside lem chois along with me cois Feoire by the banks of the river Feoir cois foot, leg, shaft coiscíní contraceptives coisin (coisint) cost, defend coiste (coitianta) committee colainn body coláiste college Coláiste na Tríonóide Trinity College col ceathar first cousin colscaradh divorce comáin proceed do chomaín sé leis he went along, he proceeded comhaimseartha contemporary <=`up to date'in above text> comhair count os comhair in front of a thabhairt os comhair to bring before os comhair na Dála before the Dáil <parliament of éire> comhaireamh counting comhairle advice cur comhaiarle ar advising seirbhís chomhairleach advisory service comhairleachan (comhairligh) asvise comhairleoir(í) advisor(s) comhalta fellow, member <also 'foster-brother,-sister'> comhaontas alliance chómhaontú síochana. peace agreement an chomhalartaith seo this mutual exchange comhar co-operation comharchumann co-operative society Cómhargadh Common Market comharsa neighbor comhdháil conference Comhdhomhairle Versailles Conference of Versailles Comhdháil Vín the Conference, Congress, of Vienna comhghuailleacht alliance comhghuaillíocht leathanbhunaithe broad alliance. comhghuaillithe allies comhlacht business (company) comhlachtaí rialtais government bodies Comhlathas Sóivéadach Soviet Union comhlódar company, household, family an Comhphobal Eorpach the European Community comhoibriú coopperation comhrá conversation comhrialtas coalition government comhthéacs context i gcomhthéacs X in the context of X comhthuiscint idir an understanding between comhuaineach simultaneous comórtas competition, comparison i gcomórtas le (mar) in comparison with comóratas áitiúil a local competition comórtais áitiúla local competitions compóirt comfort, ease ar mo chompóirt at my ease compóirteach comfortable comrádaí comrade, pal cónaí (cónaigh) reside, dwell i gcónaí always i mo ... chónaí residing, standing idle conas How Conas a déarfá...? kunas ah der-faw How do you say...? Conas tá tú? konnas tah tuh How are you? congarach near adjacent conra coffin conradh (a) contract conarthaí contracts <plural> Conradh Neodrachta na héireann, Irish Neutrality League Conradh Vársá, Warsaw Treaty an Conradh Ceilteach the Celtic League conraitheoir contractor conraitheoir tógála a building contractor (a builder) conspóide controversy contae cun-day county Contae an Chláir County Clare Contae átha Cliath County Dublin Contae Mhaigh Eo County Mayo Contae an Chorcaí Co.Cork Contae Dhún na nGall County Donegal Contae Thír Chonaill County Donegal <both Irish names equally valid> contráilte wrong contúirt danger contúirteach dangerous cor stir, movement, twist, situation ar chor ar bith at all córas (a, the) system an CAE (an Córas Airgeadaíochta Eorpach) the European Monetary System córas riaracháin system of administration an corás Cumannach the Communist system Córas Iompair Cló/OD Font/DA Mover corc cork, plug Corcaigh, Chorcaigh Cork iarthar Chorcaí West Cork Corcáioch person from Cork corn phíopa curn fee-pah hornpipe coróin crown 5 shillings corp body, corpse corr occasional, odd corraí (corraigh) stir, move corrfhocal Béarla an odd (here and there) word of English corrthoghchán by election cos foot/leg cosa plural cos-nochtaithe barefoot Cosán koo-sawn a path cosc prohibition an cosc the ban Cosc ar pháircceáil koosk ahr fark-all No parking cosc a chur ar smaointe to suppress thoughts cosmaidí cosmetics cosmhuintir ordinary people (neg.) cosnaíonn it costs cósta coast cósta thiar west coast cósta thoir east coast costas cost costas a ghlanadh to clear the cost costa(i)s tógála building cost(s) costasach expensive cosúil like, alike cosúlacht appearance, resemblance cóta coh-tah coat cóta mór coh-tah more overcoat ár gcótaí orr go-thee Our coats. cothaigh cultivate cothrom level, equal ag cothú feeding tá sí ag cothú an naíonáin she is feeding the child crá (cráigh) torment, annoy craic fun, a laugh, a chat craiceann skin craiceann caorach sheepskin cráin sow craith (craitheadh) shake, upset craitheadh láimh le shaking hands with crann tree crainn trees na gcrann of the trees crannchur lottery craobh crave (a) branch <of a tree; of an association> craobhacha branches craobh na Breataine the British branch craobh na héireann the Irish branch craobh na hAlban the Scottish branch craobh na Breataine Bige the Welsh branch craobh Mhanann the Manx branch craoladh creel-ah broadcast craoltóir (a) broadcaster craorach blood-red cré clay cré na cille the clay of the churchyard creath (creathadh) shake, tremble créatúr poor thing, poor fellow crediúint credit creid believe creideann X X believe(s) creidim I believe creideamh faith, religion críoch finish, end i gcrích to completion críocha tuaisceartacha northern lands críochnaigh (críochnú) finish críonna old cró byre, outhouse croch (crochadh) hang, go up, lift crochaim I hang cróchbhuí saffron yellow cródhearg blood-red crochta set of sails, aloft croí heart a chroí ! [dear] heart! <often said when `making up'> crois belt crom (cromadh) stoop, bend (a limb) crón dark yellow crónbhuí dark yellow, coppery cróndearg dark red crua hard, difficult cruach a rock, stack of turf cruaidh hard cruálacht cruelty cruálacht d'ainmhithe cruelty to animals crúb a hoof Crubin pig trotter crúim I milk cruinneál gathering, collection cruinnigh gather,collect cruinniú meeting cruinniú mullaigh summit meeting cruithneacht wheat cruógach busy crúsca crew-scah pitcher cruthaitheach creative cscanradh fear, fright cú coo hound cuach cockoo cuairt (a) visit ar cuairt visiting cuairt ar Leningrad a visit to Leningrad an dara cuairt aige his second visit cuan coo-un bay, harbor, inlet an cuan the bay cuan mara sea urchin cuartú (cuartaigh) search cuas (a) cove, creek, inlet Cúba Cuba Cubhaigh Cuban Cúchulainn Irish Hero cuí suitable cuid sharéportion cuid mhór a lot mo chuid airgid my (share of) money cuid de part of mar chuid de as part of dá gcuid féin of their own cuidigh (cuidiú) help cúig five a cúig a koo-ig (number) five cúig déag koo-ig-jayg fifteen cúigear five people cúigiú fifth cúige coo-ig-eh province cúig lá five days Cúil an Tí back of the house cuileog fly Cuilin point cuimhne memory, remembrance is cuimhim liom I remember cuimhin memory, remembrance cuimhnigh (cuimhniú) recollect, think cuimhniú air féin conidering one's position go cuimisitheach comprehensively cúinne (internal) corner, nook cuíosach fairly, moderate cuir put, sow, bury ag cur putting - raining cuirim I put cuireadh invitation cuirfidh sé it (he) will put go gcuirfidh sé that it will put cuirfear x x will be put cuirfear béim ar emphasis will be placed on cuirfear x ar y x will be placed on y cúirt court cúirt scuaise squash court cuirtín(í) curtin(s) cuis(anna) reason(s), cause, case cúis bhuartha cause for concern déanann sé cuis it is sufficient cuisliméara customer cúl back ar chúla behind culaith a suit (of clothes) culaith éadaigh cull-ee ay-dee suit Cúlráideoir Backgrounder cultúr culture ar chultúr on culture cum (cumadh) compose, make up cuma appearance as cuma out of shape is cuma it doesn't matter is cuma liom I don't care cumann society, association Cumannach Communist Cumannaigh Communists cumasach superb, extremely capable cumha loneliness, homesickness cúnamh help le cúnamh Dé with God's help cúng narrow cuntas account cuntasoir accountant cúntóir assistant cúntóir leabharlainne library assistant cupán cup-awn cup cupla a couple, twins, a few cupla ceann nó trí two or three cur I put cur síos citeal putting on a kettle cur i bhfeidhm put into opperation, make work cur chun cinn advancement cur as seilbh eviction cur as do upsetting cur síos description cúr foam, froth, skum curach curragh, coracle cúram responsibility, care, task cúramach careful cúrsa course cúrsaí matters, concerns cúrsaí reatha current affairs cúrsaí oiliúna training courses Custaim cust-ahm Customs na Custaim the Customs <as in border> cúthal shy dá two an dá the two dá if dá to his, etc. dá gcuid féin of their own dá bharr sin because of that dabht doubt daichead dockh-ad forty dáil drawl parliament Dáil éireann the Irish Parliament Dáil Westminster the Westminster Parliament Dáil na Breataine the British Parliament dailtín brat An Daingean Dingle daingean in éadan steadfastly opposed to daingean firm dair oak tree dall blind damanta damned damhsa dance ag damhsa dancing dána bold i ndán do in store for dánlann art gallery daoine people duine person daoine fasta adults do dhaoine fasta to adults daoine a thuigeann people who understand daoine óga young people daonra population daor dear dar Dia! by God dar le according to dara second (number two) dath daw-hanna Color a dhath nothing ar aon dath the one color de deh from, of, off deá(-) good dea-thoil goodwill deacair difficult nios deacra more difficult na deacrachtaí a aithint to identify the difficulties na deacrachtaí a réiteach to resolve the difficulties deacracht difficulty déag -teen deaide daddy dealbh appearance, shape déan do, make déan locháinín do a wee wee ag déanamh doing déanamh ar making for déanamh amach making out, reckoning déanach late déantús manufacture deara: tugaim faoi deara I Notice Déardaoin, Dhéardaoin Thursday dearfa positive dearg dyarg Red (but not hair, fur), redden, light (pipe, fire) dearmad without doubt, mistake déanamh dearmad forgetting dearmhadaim i forget deartháir brother deas dyeas nice, pretty deas right (side) dea-scéal(a) good news deatach smoke de dheasca because of de dheasca na moille because of the delay deich ten a deich a jeh (number) ten deichiú tenth deichniúr ten people deichniúr de na h-éireannaigh Ten Irish people deich lá ten days deifir hurry, haste deilbh wrap (in weaving) deimhin certain go deimhin guh jev-in certainly, indeed deinim i do déine an tsaoil the harshness of life deir say deir Hilary Tovey says Hilary Tovey deir na nuachtáin the newspapers say deireann <sometimes used instead of 'deir'> X say(s) déirc alms deireadh end fé dheireadh thiar thall at long last, finally deireadh seachtaine weekend chun deiridh backwards faoi dheireadh at last sa deireadh in the end/at last deireadh na bliana the end of the year Deireadh Fómhair October deireanach last, late, final le deireanas lately, recently deirgeacht redness deirim i say (níos) deirní (more) later deis opportunity, apparatus deisithe mended deo: go deo for ever deoch jukh a drink deonach voluntary deontas (a) grant <monetary assistance> ar thóir deontais in search of a grant de réir according to dhá if dhá tóof him/her dhá of all those that dhá two a dó (number)two dhá bhliain two years dhá lasta two loads dhá oiread twice the size dhá fhichead forty dháiríre in earnest, seriously dhar tóof us dháréag twelve people dhá mhíle dheág twelve miles dheas: ó dheas southwards, in/from the south dhein did, made ar dheis to the right Dia, Dhia God Dia duit dea dit or _dea gwit_ Hello (God be with you) Dia is Muire duit dea is mura dit Reply to above (or raising the ante!) Buíochas le Dia Thank God diabhal yeaw-il devil diagacht divinity diaidh after i ndiaidh (have) dialann diary dícheall one's best effort díchoimisiúnú decomisioning dideanaí refugee dífhostaithe unemployed difríocht difference dílis faithful, dear, loyal dílis don chreideamh loyal to the faith, to their religion dinnéar jin-air dinner díobháil harm, damage díol sell, sale <of> díolaim I sell ag diomailt squandering díospóireacht debate, discussion an díospóireacht the debate, the discussion diothu distruction díreach straight, direct, honest go díreach exactly, indeed, just, directly díthreabh wilderness, uninhabited land diúil suck tá sé ag diúl an bhainne he is sucking the milk diúltaím I refuse dhiúltaigh Albert Reynolds Albert Reynolds refused dlí jlee law an dlí the law ó thaobh dlí from the legal standpoint, in law dlíodóir lawyer, solicitor, legal person dlúthbhaint close relationship <between things, NOT people> do duh Your dó two ceann nó dhó one or two faoi dhó twice dó doe tófor dom to me duit to you dó to him/it di to her/it dúinn to us daoibh to you dóibh to them dócha probable is dócha it is likely dochar harm dóchas hope docht firm dochtúr doctor dodhéanta impossible to do doicheallach inhospitable dóigh burn dóigh likely, probable is dóigh liom I think it likely is dóigh le it seems likely (to), suppose ar ndóigh of course, needless to say is dóigh liom go it is my opinion that, I think that ní dóigh liom go I do not think that, I do not believe doimhine depth doimhnis depth doirt (doirtim) approach, draw near doiséinne dozen domhain deep domhan world Domhnaigh, Dhomhnaigh Sunday dona bad donacht badness, illness Donn down Brown súile donna brown eyes, hazel eyes donnbhuí yellowish brown; fallow; biscuit donndearg reddish brown donnfhionn light brown donnrua russet; chestnut; bay doras door dorcha durr-ka dark dorchadas darkness dorn fist dorú, doruithe, line dosaen duz-ayn dozen dóthain enough, sufficiency mo dhóthain my fill, as much as I want dothóigthe impossible to rear draíocht dree-uckht magic drama drama dramhaíl waste <as in garbage, refuse> dream crowd, party, group dream amháin one group dréimire ladder dreoilín droll-een wren driofúr sister driosúr dresser droch- bad drochnósmhaireacht bad practice drochscéal(a) bad news ndroch-chaoí bad way drogall reluctance droichead bridge droichead dola toll-bridge droim back druncaera drunk dtí dee since dtús: ar dtús at first duais(eanna) prize(s) duán, hood; kidney duart I said dubh duv Black dubhaigh blacken duchais native dúchan blackening, potato blight dúchas birthright,heritage<here,more like 'nature'> dúghlas dark green; dark grey; livid dúghorm dark blue; navy-blue; purple in the face dúil desire dúin close, shut duine person an duine thú (a) are you a person (who) duine a mhaslú to insult a person duine deaslámhach someone good at working with their hands duine deisbhéalach a good conversationalist, someone good with words duine goilliúnach a sensitive person, one easily hurt, offended aon duine anyone gach aon duine everyone a d'fheil dúinn which suited us, suited us fine dúirt said dúirt Carol Fox Carol Fox said dúirt sí she said dúirt sé he said dúiseacht state of being awake, to awaken i mo dhúoseacht awake i do dhúiseacht awake <you awake> ina dhúiseacht him awake ina dúiseacht her awake inár ndúiseacht us awake <"in our waking"> ina ndúiseacht them awake <"in their waking, wakefulness"> dúisigh wake, awaken dul dull go ag dul going dul chun cinn progress dumhach sandhill, dune dún close ag dúnadh closing dúnta closed dúnaim I shut dusta dust é he, it, him ea it éachtach wonderful Gnothaí Eactracha of Foreign Affairs eachtra incident eacnamaíocht economy Eacuadór Ecuador éad jealousy éadach cloth, clothes culaith éadaigh a suit of clothes éadaí clothes éadan face, forehead éadrom light eagal I fear eagla fear ar eagla go for fear that eaglais og-lish church na hEaglaise of the Church teagasc na hEaglaise the teaching of the Church eaglaisí churches na heaglaisí eile the other churches, other denominations eagmais without eala all-ah swan ealaín al-een art éan bird An t-éan un tayun the bird Eanáir January mí Eanáir the first of January eangach net eangach monafhiliméadach monofilimate net earcach recruit <new recruit> earcaím I recruit earcaíocht recruiting, recruitment earrach are-uckh spring An t-earrach the spring earraí goods <in shops> earraí níocháin washing aids, cleansing products eas ass waterfall easaontas disagreement (disunity) éasca easy, quick níos éasca easier, less difficult éascaíocht easiness, quickness easpa lack, want <lack of something> easpa tuisceana lack of understanding, feeling easpa misnigh lack of courage Easpag ass-pug Bishop Easpag Cúnta Assistant Bishop, Associate Bishop eatarthu amongst eicínt some éigean necessity b'éigean dom i had to ar éigin hardly éigeantach compulsory éigin some ar éigin barely, almost duine éigin some-one eile (an)other pionta eile another point éileamh (a) demand éilím I demand éilíon siad they demand éilímid we demand éilímís let us demand a éileamh to claim, to demand éindí: in éindí (le) along (with), together, suddenly eineacht: i n-éineacht le together with éinne anyone éinní anything éire (éirinn) aair-uh Ireland éireann Ireland's, of Ireland éireannach Irish person éireom as ! let's put an end to it! éirí eye-ree rise éirí as ceasing, stop, give up éirí le succeeding ag éirí rising ag éirí ina beanna rising up into peaks ag éiri rising up ag éirí aníos rising up from below éirigh give up, rise, become éirigh as ! give it up! give over! éirím i rise éiríonn liom i succeed éis after thar éis after thar éis dhom after I had thar éis gónach notwithstanding tar éis dó éirí as after his resignation, on going into retirement eiseamláir example eisean he, him eisimircigh emigrants b'fhearr d'eisimircigh it would be better for emigrants (to) éist listen, keep quiet, not interfere éisteacht i listen ag eitilt flying eitigh (eiteachtáil) refuse eitleán etch-ill-awn airplane eitleáin planes eitice ethics eochair key eolaíocht science Eolaíocht Pholaitiúil Political Science eolaithe experts eolas knowledge ar an eolas informed X a chur ar an eolas to inform X, to let X know na heolaíochta of science seirbhísí eolais information services eorna barley Eorpach European an Eoraip Europe na hEorpa of Europe érí Amach na Cásca eyeree a-mock na kauska Easter Rising fabhar favour fad length ar fad entirley, altogether i bhfad far, for a long time ar fhad in length fad is atá as long as (timespan) aidhm fhadtéarmach long-term aim fada foda long le fada for a long time, this long time le fada an lá for many's the day fadbhreathnaíoch farseeing fadhb(anna) problem(s) na fadhbanna a réiteach to solve the problems fadó fod-oh long ago fág (fágáil) leave fágaim i leave fágaint I leave faid length (time or distance) faigh (fáil) get, find ag fáil getting le fáil to be got fáil amach finding out faighim i get fáil réidh be finished with faill cliff faillíoch neglectful Fáilte fwal-tche welcome fáiltíonn X roimh X welcomes fainic warning, beware of! fainne ring faire shame á faire watching, guarding, minding it <feminine object> fairsing wide, extensive, plentiful, spacious faisean fashion, habit faiseanta fashionable faitíos fear, timidity fál (falach) hedge, hide i bhfalach in hiding, hidden falamh empty falla wall falsóir lazybones fan wait, stay, remain ag fanacht waiting fan bomaite wait a minute fanacht wait, stay fanacht amach ó stay clear of, away from fanacht glan amach ó stay well clear of, well away from fána: le fána sloping fánach pointless, aimless fanaim I wait faoi by, before, under, about faoi réir ready faoi cheannas under the leadership (of) faoi scáth under the auspices of, shadow of faoi smacht under control faoi rún confidential faoi bhun y under y faoileán fwee-lawn seagull faoin tuath in the countryside faoitín, whiting faoraor alas, unfortunately farc fork farraige fahr-ig-uh sea fás faws grow fasc ioda (of sense) fascadh shelter fata potato cur fhataí sowing potatoes fáth cause, reason cad fáth why cen fáth for what reason fé under fé ndear caused tabhairt fé ndeara to notice feabhas goodness, excellence, improvement feabhas mór a big improvement a fheabhsú to improve chun feabhais improving Feabhra Fheabhra Febuary feabhsaigh (feabhsú) improve féachaim I look feachtas campaign ar fheachtas ar bith (because of) any campaign féad (féadachtáil) can feadaíl whistling féadaim I can feadar: ní fheadar I do not know feadh during, throughout ar feadh for the duration of feall treachery, foul deed fear far man fear an tí man of the house fear pósta (a) married man <no aspiration : masc.nominative.> beirt fear two men féar grass fearann land, ground, territory: baile f., townland baile fearainn townland fearg anger fearr better, best is fearr liom I perfer b'fhearr liom I would perfer féasóg beard feasta in the future,from now on feic (feiceáil) see feicfidh tú will see feicim i see le feiceáil to be seen feidhm use, function féidir possible, can b'fhéidir bay-jirr maybe, perhaps (lit."It would be possible") is féidir liom I can feidhmeannach agent,executive feil (feiliúint) suit, be appropriate féile festival féilire calendar feiliúnach suitable, appropriate feilm farm feilméara farmer feilméaracht farming féin self, own, even mo chóta féin my own coat mé féin myself sinn féin ourselves alone féiniúlacht selfhood, separate identitiy féinmhuinín self-confidence féinphléisiúr masturbation féinrialú self-government Feirimeoiri Farmers féirín beag breise miniWRITER feirm(eacha) farm(s) feirmeacha beaga small farms feirmeoir(í) farmer(s) feirmeoireacht farming Feiste Dhúiseachta Startup Device féith sinew, muscle, vein <here means 'talent,gift'> féith an cheoil musical talent féith na filíochta talent for poetry féith an ghrinn a sense of humour fé láthair at present, currently feochta whithered feoil fyole meat na feola of meat fiacail tooth fiacla teeth fiaclóir dentist fiafraí (fiafraigh) ask fiafraím I ask fiáin wild, fierce Fianna Fáil political party fiche fih-ah twenty feichead score (twenty) fiche bliain twenty years filí poet, songmaster filíocht poetry fill (filleadh) return, fold fimínteacht hypocrisy Finder Finder Fine Gael political party fíogach dog-fish fíon fee-un wine Fionlainn Finland an Fhionlainn Finland fionnrua sandy (colour of hair, etc.) fionnuar fin-oor cool fíor feer true fíor-uisce springwater fios knowledge cur fios ar sending for tá a fhios agam know a fhios "its knowledge; knowledge of it" níl a fhios agam I don't know cá bhfios dom how do i know fiosruithe fees-ruh-e Inquiries fir Men fir ag obair fir egg ober Men at work na fir seo these men fírinne truth beagán den fhírinne some truth, a little of the truth fisic fisic physics Fístaifeadán Video Cassete Recorder fístéip videotape fiú worth is fiú it seems wothwile fiuchadh boiling flaitheas sovereignty flaithis heaven flaithiúil generous flannbhuí orange-colour flannrua blood-red fleá party fliuch (fliuchadh fluckh wet fobhríste underpants focal word fóchupán fo-cup-awn saucer fód sod foghail stealing,trespassing foghlaim learn foghlaimím I learn foghlaimeoir(í) learner(s) foghúna petticoat Fógra foe-grah Notice fógra(í) fostaíochta employment notice(s), job advert(s) ag fógairt announcing fógraímís let's announce, let's declare fógraíodh X X was announced foighdeach patient foighne (foighid) patience fóill go fóill for a while, yet foilsigh (foilsiú) publish foilsítear X X are (is) published foilsitheoir(í) publisher(s) foinse (a) source foireann crew, team, staff, set foirgneamh building (place, not work) foirgnimh buildings foirgnimh ársa ancient buildings foláir ní foláir do it is obligatory for ní foláir dom I must folamh empty folláin healthy fómhar foe-war autumn fomhuireán (a) submarine fomhuireáin núicléacha nuclear submarines fón telephone fonn desire go fóill yet, still Forásach progressive; forc fork forleathan widespread fórsaí forces fórsaí láidre strong forces fosta as well, also fostaíocht employment fostaithe employed Frainc Fhrainc France Fraincis French an Fhraincis, French fráma frame francach frong-cuckh rat Francach French woman fraoch fury fré another way way of saying trí freagair (freagairt) answer Freagróir Responder freagra (an) answer freagarthacht answerable freisin fre-shin also friofac barb (as of fishing hook) fuacht a cold fuadar haste fuagair (fuagairt) call out, announce fuaigh (fuáil) sew Fuaim Sound fuar foo-ur cold fud ar fud throughout ar fud na hEorpa all over Europe fuil blood cur fola bleeding fuil: ná fuil is not An bhfuilimid on willmeed Are we? An bhfuil mé on will may Am I? An bhfuil sé on will shee is he? An bhfuil sí on will shay is she? An bhfuil siad on will shed Are they? An bhfuil sibh on will sheev Are you (plural)? An bhfuil tú on will too are you? go bhfuil that there is (fuil is a form of tá; go is a subordinating conjunction that causes bh- before -f) go bhfuiltear it is fuilim i am fuinneog window fuiscí whiskey fulaingt suffering á fhulaingt ag X being suffered by X furasta easy gá need, necessity tá gá le X X is needed in am an ghátair in time of need gabáiste cabbage gabh go gabha blacksmith gabháil catch gabhaim i take, i go gabhaim pardún agat I apologise (to you)<singular> gabhaim pardún agaibh I apologise (to you) <plural> gabháltas a holding (of land, etc.) gabhar gow-er goat Gabh mo leithscéal gav moh leh-shh-kale) Excuse me (sorry) gach every gach uile every gadaí thief gadhar dog Gaeilge, Ghaeilge Irish Gaeilgeoir(í) Gaelic speaker(s) Gaeilgeoireacht Irish speaking area Gaeltacht, Ghaeltacht Irish speaking area breac-Ghaeltacht <hard to translate> area(s) on edge of Gaeltacht Gaillimh Galway na Gaillimhe of Galway gaineamh sand gaineamhlach desert gainne scale (of fish) gairdín gardyeen garden gáire <also "gáirí"> gaw-ray laugh, laughter ag gáire laughing gairfean rough land or weather gáirí laughing gairid short le gairid recently go gairid shortly gaisce feat, boast déanamh gaisce boasting galaoireach soap galar disease, sickness gall anglified person, foreigner Galltacht, Galltachta English speaking area galún gallon gamhain calf gan without gan chúis fhónta without due cause, reason, justification gann scarce gaofar gwee-fur windy gaol relation gaol gairid close relationship <between people> tá gaol agam le I am related to gaoth wind gar near gar dó féin selfish Garchabhair Dhiosca Disk First Aid Garda gard-ah Policeman/Guard garraí field, garden garsún boy gas stem, stalk gais stems, stalks gasúr child gasta quick go gasta guickly gceart: ceart right, correct i gceart rightly gé goose geadán a patch of land geal gyal bright, white go geal brilliantly gealach moon geall pledge, wager, bet geall le almost mar gheall ar concerning, because of i ngeall ar because of ní i ngeall ar not because of gealladh promising geansaí gan-zee sweater, jumper,jersey géar sharp, sour ngéarcéim crisis, emergency géarcoimhlinte sour competition gearán complaint gearánaim i complain geard yard Gearmáin, Ghearmáin Germany Gearmánais German language Ghearmáinis German an Ghearmáin Germany na Gearmáine of Germany Gearmánach, Ghearmánacha German uile ghearmánach all german gearr short is gearr go soon is gearr gónach it wil be a short time until gearr cut gearraim I cut gearradh cutting gearrscéal short story Gearrthóg Scrap geata gate géill yield, submit Géill slí gael-shlee Yield right of way/give way ag géilleadh yielding, giving in geilleagair an Iarthair Western economies geilleagrach pertaining to economy geimhreadh gev-rah winter geirseach young girl geobhlach jowl; gills (of fish) ghabhlóg ghow-lowg fork gheibhim i get gí although, even though giadh goose Ginearálta General ginmhilleadh induced abortion ginn wedge giodam sprightly walk giorracht shortness ag dul i ngiorracht getting shorter giota small portion Giúdach (a) Jew ghiúdah jewish Giúdaigh Jews giúistís district justice glac take, seize, accept glac closed hand(ful), grasp glacadóir receiver glacaim I take, I accept glacdh: go glacdh accepting, assuming glan glon clean glanadh cleaning glanaim I clean glaoch call cur glaoch ar calling up, ringing glaoim I call Glas gloos Green <gaining ground over 'uaine'>, grey glas-shúileach blue-eyed, grey-eyed glasán linnet; whiting (fish) glasbhuí greenish yellow; olive green glasuaine vivid green glas lock glasáil lock glasraí gloss-ree vegetables gleann glyann valley gleo noise glic cute, cunning, cleaver glinne winding-frame for fishing line glinneálaim, glinneáil I wind (as fishing-line) glinniúint staring gliogar crock, unstable gliomach glum-ukh lobster gloine glass glóire glory gluaiseacht movement gluaiseacht na mban the women's movement gluaisteán (a) car gluaisteáin gloosh-chawn cars glugh call glúin knee, generation gnaithe business, affairs gnaoiúil decent, generous gnáth usual de ghnáth usually gnáthach customary gníomh act, action gníomhaireacht agency gníomhaireacht taistil travel agency gníomhaireacht fostaíochta employment agency gníomhaireachtaí agencies gnó business Gnothaí Eactracha of Foreign Affairs gnóthaigh win, gain ghnóthaigh won gnóthaichtáil winning go adverb prefix go up to, till, as far as go that gob beak, snout; point (of land) gobán súraic soother ('dummy') Go breá fine Go ceann seachtaine For a week Go dona bad(ly) Go dtí as far as, towards <place>, until <time> go dtí seo up to this <time>, until now go dtí anois until now <time> go gcuirfear deireadh le that an end will be put to go holc badly goid steal Goidé mar tá tú gidjay mar taw thoo Ulster Irish goil going dul chun cinn progress goile stomach,appetite, guts goirdeacht shortness goirt salty gol gull cry Go léir all Go maith guh moyh good, well go mall slowly Go mbeirimid beo ar an am seo arís! May we live to see out another year! go measartha guh mss-ar-ha fair Go n-éirí do bhóthar leat go ny-reh doh vohar lat Bon voyage, good luck gonta concise Go raibh maith agat go rave mah agot Thank you Gorm gurum Blue gormghlas blue-green; sea-green; aquamarine gort cornfield gorú (gortaigh) hurt, injure gorta famine gortaím I hurt, I injure go speisialta especially grá love a ghrá mo chroí love of my heart! i ngrá in love gráin hatred, detestation gráinne grain gránna ugly grásta grace grásta ó Dhia air God rest him greadadh scorching, warming greann humor, fun gréasaí shoemaker an Ghréigis. Greek greim grip, bite, bit, stitch, hold greim docht a firm hold, a firm grip grian sun grianmhar green-war sunny gruagach groo-ug-ukh hairy goblin gruaig hair gruama gloomy gual coal ag iompar guail carrying coal gualainn shoulder guídh prayer, wish gúna goonah a dress, frock gúna oíche goonah ee-hah nightdress gúna seomra goonah shum-rah dressing gown gunna gun gur that was, that would be (subordinating conjunction go with past or conditional tense marker -r) gurb that was (with -b before vowel) go háirithe especially háite the place Háítí Haiti Háig the Haig halla hall halla damhsa holla dow-sa dance hall hata hat hóbair: hóbair do almost homaighnéasach homosexual i ee in i she, her iad them iadsan they iarnáil iron iarr want, request iarracht attempt, try ag iarraidh an chíosa looking for the rent, demanding the rent iarraidh go, blow d'iarraidh amháin in one go iarraim i ask a d'iarraidh asking ag iarraidh trying, attempting, endeavouring <to> iarthar the west, western iasacht loan ar iasacht on loan iasachta foreign iasc eesk fish iascach fishing Iascaireacht isk-ar-acht Fishing, being a fisherman iascaire fisherman i bhfad far, a long way i bhfabhar in favour of i bhfad níos mó much more <also means `much bigger'> i bhfus over here idir between idirnáisiúnachas internationalism idirnáisiúnta international i dtaca le as well as <initial `dt' is pronounced `d') i gcónaí always i gcoinne against i gcoinne a thola against his will i gcoinne a tola against her will ilnáisiúnaithe multi-nationals. ilphairtíoch multi party ilteangach multilingual im im butter Imeacht e-macht Departure(s) imeachtaí events imeallú marginalization imigh go away imigh leat! take yourself off ag imeacht going away imím imeem I go away an imirce emigration imircigh emigrants, <more commonly used; also = migrants> imircigh óga young emigrants imirt im-ert play (games) imithe gone imithe thar gone past imleacán navel imní anxiety, worry im'= i mo in my a importáiltear is imported imrím I play in aghaidh against in aghaidh a dtola against their will <'in aghaidh'='i gcoinne'> in ann able <able to> ina gcónaí ann living there ina measc among them ina theannta sin as well as that, in addition to that in éadan opposed to infheistíocht ón gcoigrích foreign investment inimirceoir(i) immigrant(s) inín daughter in ionad in place of, instead of iníor grazing inis,inse, insí, island, islet inite edible Inné yesterday inneall machine innealtóir engineer innis tell relate inniu inyuu today inseacht telling insim I tell institiúid institute Institiúid Teangeolaíochta éireann Linguistics Institute of Ireland institiúid stáit state institiution institiúid(í) cultúrtha cultural institution(s) intinn mind, intention ar intinn in mind, intending to in uachtar on top, holding sway íobairt sacrifice íobairt an Aifrinn the sacrifice of the Mass íoc pay íocfaidh x x will pay (pay cost of) íochtar bottom part in íochtar underneath Iodáil an Iodáil Italy na hIodáile of Italy Iodáilis Italian language an Iodáilis Italian iomad great quantity, number, excess an iomad too much, too many iomaí: is iomaí many's the . . . in iomáiocht le X competing with X iomarca an excess of, too much iompaigh turn iompaím i turn ag iompú ar ais turning back iompair carry iompar carriage, transport a iompar to carry ag iompar carrying iompar cloinne being pregnant ionad place, space occupied by ionad ceimiceach chemical installations ionadh wonder, surprise ionam in me, inside me ionam féin inside myself ionann same, identical ionat in you, inside you ionat féin inside yourself iondúil usual go hiondúil usually ionga nail (finger, toe) Ionramhálaí OD D/A Handler iontach very, marvellous go hiontach wonderful iontaobhaí (a) trustee iontaobhas a trust <financial> iontaobhas a chur ar bun to set up a trust iontaobhas tithíochta housing trust iontaofa reliable iontaoibh trust <personal, between two or more people> iontas wonder, amazement déanamh iontas wondering Ioráic Iraq na Ioráici the Iraqies Deir an Ioraic Iraq says iorras peninsula, headland Iorua Norway an Iorua Norway Iráineacha Iranian iris magazine iriseoir journalist iriseoireacht journalism is it is is (agus) and is to be Is cuma iss kumah It doesn't matter Is doigh liom iss dough-ig lom I think so is dona liomsa seo I regret this <'this is bad by me'> ise she, her íseal low é a rá ós íseal to say it quietly, under one's breath is fearr best is fíor go iss feer guh it is true that an ísiltír the Netherlands na hísiltíre of the Netherlands ísleán low ground Is maith liom a bheith ag taisteal I like travelling Is maith liom é iss mah lom eh I like it ispín ish-peen sausage Isteach eesh-tawch In/Entrance, in(wards) istigh go dtí an into Istigh inside, within istoíche at night ith (ithe) e-hey eat ag ithe eating ithim i eat Iúil July Iúir jab job jug jug lá law day Lá 'le Bríde [Saint] Brigid's day sa ló per day an chéad lá the first day ón gcéad lá from the first day Lá Domhanda an Bhia World Food Day Laethanta na seachtaine Days of the week na laetheanta seo these days laethiúla daily nuachtáin laethiúla daily newspapers labhair speak labhraim I speak ag labhairt speaking labhrann X X speak(s) lách friendly, pleasant lacha duck lach ruadh a sort of duck (mallard?) lachna dun-coloured, drab ladhar, laidhre space between fingers or toes; land between converging rivers, roads, etc.; fork ladhróg small fork or prong; narrow angle (of land, etc.); switch or railway points lag weak lagachan weakening laghad fewness, smallness ar a laghad at least láidir strong fórsaí láidre strong forces láimh hand láir mare laistigh within inside láithreán site lampa lamp lán lawn full langa ling (fish) lann, lamina blade, scale (fish) lánúin phósta (a) married couple lár centre (as in dead centre, middle) i lár in the center of lárionad centre (as in shopping centre) lárnach central, soviet lárnaithe centralised las light lasaim I light lasmuigh outside lasta (a) load, (a) cargo lastaí cargoes, loads láthair presence i láthair present, in the presence of i láthair na huaire at the present moment fé láthair at present faoi lathair at the moment, as of now, at this point in time le leh with dar le according to le do thoil please leaba bed leabhar book leabhair books Leabhar Gearrthóg ScrapBook leabharlann library Leabhar Nótaí NotePad leac flat stone, slab léacht lecture léachtóir (a) lecturer léachtóir le Gaeilge a lecturer in Gaelic language(s) léachtóir le Spáinnis a lecturer in Spanish leadránach boring, tedious leag lay, place, knock down leagan amach arrangements Leagan Amach na Luibhne Key Layout leaid lad leáigh melt, dissolve léamh I read lean lyann follow lean ort continue leanacht following leanaim I follow leanbh child léann learning leann ale leannán sí lan-awn shee fairy lover lear mór lots of, a great number of thar lear abroad learg, -a plain, tract of level land léargas pearsanta personal view learscáil lair-scaw-ill map leas improvement, good, well-being, interest ba é do leas it would be in your best interests, your own good blaint leas as using leas sóisialach social welfare <seirbhísí leasa shóisialaigh> leasc reluctant is leasc le X X is reluctant is leasc liom I am reluctant is leasc léi she is reluctant is leasc leis he is reluctant is leasc linn we are reluctant is leasc leo they are reluctant leasaím I amend, improve; cure (meat, fish, etc.); manure (land) leasú amendment, reform, organic fertilizer! leasuithe amendments nár leasaíodh ó shin not amended since that time Leat with you leataoibh one side i leataoibh mo dhorais beside my door leath half, side, one of a pair a leath acu half of them leathan broad, wide leathanach (lch.) page (p.) leathanach tosaigh front page Leathaobh lah-tave Lay-by/rest area leathar leather leathchéad fifty leathóg plaice, flat-fish leathshúil one eye leathuair half-hour Léi with her leictreachas electricity leictriú na tuaithe rural electrification Leifir léigh read léighim I read leigheas cure léim jump de léim suddenly caitheamh léim jumping léimim I jump, leap léine lay-neh shirt, (a) shirt T-léine T-shirt, tee-shirt T-léinte T-shirts léinteacha shirts leipreachán lep-ruckh-awn fairy shoemaker léir: go léir entirely,all léiritheoir (a) producer (of a television programme) Leis with him, also leisce laziness, reluctance leisciúil lazy leispiach lesbian leite letch-eh porridge leith special,particular ar leith particular béim faoi leith special emphasis leithead width ar leithead in width leithéid something like a leithéid the like of it mo leithéid the likes of me leith: go leith and a half léitheóir lay-hore reader leithleach apart, peculiar, special, selfish, particular leithleachas peculiarity; standoffishness; selfishness Leithreas leh-res Toilet/Lavatory leithscéal excuse, apology gabh mo leithscéal excuse me go léir all leitir letter le linn during, in the lifetime of le linn na seachtaine seo caite during the past week le linn bhlianta X during the years of X le linn na nóchaidí during the [nineteen-]nineties le gnóthú to be won, gained le gnóthú ag X as Y to be gained by X from, out of Y Leo with them b'fhearr leo they'd rather leonta sprained leor: go leor plenty of, enough go leor enough, plenty,sufficient is leor enough leoraí lorry le tarlú to happen liath lee-a grey liathbhán greyish white; pale; wan liathchorcra lilac liathdhearg pale red; pinkish liathdhonn pale brown, drab liathghlas pale green liath-ghorn grey-blue, steel grey; pale blue; livid liathróid ball Libh with you lig let ligean air pretending ligim I let, I allow ligithe saor set free ligithe amach released, let out a ligint saor set free Lile na Cásca lile na kauska Easter Lily líne line línéadach leen-aid-ockh linen Linn with us linn pond, pool, lake linnte bainne milk lakes liofa fluent liom with me, by me, of mine is cuimhin liom I remember. líon net, fill líon na mbád the number of boats líon na lastaí the number of loads líonaim i fill lionn porter, ale lios liss fairy mound liosta list litreacha letters litríocht literature litríocht na Gaeilge Gaelic literature liús pike (fish) lobh rot lobhadh rotting loch luch lake déan locháinín do a wee wee locht fault tá locht agam ar I have fault to find with loigh lie i mo loighe lying cur ina loighe ar persuading loighic logic loiscneach parched land lóistín lodging ar lóistín in lodging Lóistín oíche low-stheen ee-heh Bed and Breakfast loitiméaracht destruction lom bare, exposed lón loan lunch lon dubh lun duv blackbird long(a) lung boat, ship(s) lonnú siting, placing lorg track ar lorg looking for, seeking losna short cord attaching hook to spiller or fishing line luach valuéworth, price luath: go luath early níos luaithe earlier lúb bend, flex lúbadh bending luch luckh mouse lucht people lucht an airgid rich people lucht ceannais leaders, top administrators lucht déanta X manufacturers of X, people who make X lucht déanta cógas manufacturers of medicines, of medical preparations lucht a n-éilithe those who demand them <demand licences, plural> lucht léite reading public lucht pleanála planners lucht taighde researchers lucht comhairle advisers an lucht siúil nomads,"Travellers" <lit. "the people who walk"> luan monday dé luain on monday luí I lie luí: ina luí in bed lúib loop, stitch Luibheanchlár Keyboard Lúnasa August má if má leanann siad if they continue, follow má leanann tú de(n) if you persist in mac son mac léinn student macasamhail equivalent machaire plain, flat stretch of land; battle-field machnaím i reflect madra modd-ra dog mada rua mod-ah roo-ah fox magadh mocking, joking maide stick, beam maide rámha oar maidin morning ar maidin in théthis morning maidir le as for, with reference to, about, as concerning máigh maw-ee maime mammy mair live, last nach maireann X that X do not survive, live maireachtáil ar an só to live the easy life maircréal mackerel mairg regret,trouble Máirt tuesday an Mháirt Tuesday dé máirt on tuesday mairteoil beef máistir master, schoolmaster máistreás mistress, shcoolmistress maith good Ar mhaith leat ceann? err voh lat ky-ann Would you like one? go maith well is maith liom I like ba mhaith liom I would like maith go leor all right ba mhaith liom I should like ar mhaith leat would you like ba mhaith leo they would like maitheas wealth, prosperity maitheas good, as in a good result aon mhaitheas any good maiteoil mutton maithim i forgive mála bag mall late, slow go mall slowly ar na mallaibh recently, lately mana motto maoin riches maol bald mapa map mar as/because, like cad é mar ? . . how . . ? mar an gcéanna the same mar gheall because mar sin then, therefore, (in that case) mar shampla for example mar sin féin all the same, even so mara unless, if not marach only for, except for marach gónach except for the fact that maraigh kill marar if not, unless marbh dead marc mark, target as marc off target, wrong marcaíocht ride, riding, lift margadh market Márta March maru marketing Má sé do thoil é may shay do hull ay Please, May I masla (an) insult máthair mother Mé may I, me meabhair mind, memory meadhair chinn intelligence meabhrach intelligent meacan dearga carrots meach bee méad: cé mhéad how much/how many cé mhéad atá ar . .? ? . how much is . ? ar a mhéad at most meadhg whey méadú (an) increase meádú mór a big increase méadú ar thrácht increase in traffic ag méadú increasing meaisín machine mealbhóg satchel, bag meall lump, mass meamram memo meán middle meán oíche midnight meán lae midday an Mhuir Meann the Irish Sea Meán Fómhair September meánscoil secondary school méaracha coise toes meas regard, esteem, think meas tú do you think ...? measaim I think measartha: go measartha fairly well measc: i measc among, amidst measc mix, stir meascán miscellany, mixture meastar it is thought, estimated meastar go estimated that méid amount an méid sin that much dá mhéid however much méid na tocsaine amount of toxin cén mhéid what size meigeachumhacht super<mega>-power an dá mheigeachumhacht the two mega-powers meigeall a goat's beard, goatee méir finger Meireacá American Meiriceánach American i bpáipéar Meiriceánach in an American newspaper meisce drunkenness ar meisce drunk, drunken Meitheamh June meon mind, character, opinion meon na ndaoine the belief, disposition, ethos of the people meon loighciúil logical mind mh'anam indeed, faith mí month an mhí seo this month mí na Samhna the month of November mí na Nollag the month of December mian desire mias a dish mil mill honey míle meel-ah a thousand, mile míleata militant, military milis sweet miliú thousandth mill destroy, ruin milleán blame cur milleán ar blaming millim I destroy milliún mill-oon a million milliúnú millionth milliúnaí (a) millionaire milliún punt one million Irish pounds milseán mill-shawn candy mílte thousands mímhúinte bad-mannered, impolite min meal mín fine,smooth minic: go minic often go mion is go minic very often ministéara min-ish-chair minister mínleach level grassy land; fairway (golf) míntír mainland mionlach minority <usual word for 'minority'> mionlaigh minorities mionn oath Míonna na bliana Months of the year miosúr tape measure miltóig glove mise emphatic form of i (me) míshaolta not of this world míshásta dissatisfied,unhappy with their lot misneach courage miste the worse for it, harm ní miste le ...doesn't mind mithid: ní mithid duit it is time for you Mná mun-awe Ladies(women) na mná seo these women mó how many is mó duine many a person Mo muh My moch: go moch early móide: ní móide it is unlikely moill delay móin turf, peat mointeán rough peaty land; reclaimed bog mol praise, recommend moladh (a) recommendation mholadh propose. can also mean praise molaim i praise, commend molann sí she recommends moltaí recommendations atá molta ag XYZ (which is) recommended, proposed by XYZ monarcha factory monatóireacht monitoring Monatóirí Monitor mór moor big, large an mór how much nach mór almost mór millteach huge mór-le-rá important, widely spoken of tá mé mór le I am friendly with níor mhór dhom I am obliged to morálta (a) moral am mhorátacht morality mórán much, many, almost morgáiste mortgage mórsheisear seven people mórsheisear ban seven women mórsheisear fear seven men mórthimpeall all round mórthír mainland (see míntír) Mosc Mosque Moslamach Moslem mothaigh feel, perceive gan mothú unconscious múch extinguish, put out, quench muic muck pig muiceoil mwick-ole pork muid we muid féin ourselves múin teach múineadh teaching múinfear x x will be taught muineál neck múinim I teach muinín confidence, trust déanamh muinín as trusting tá muinín agam as I trust in múinte polite, well-mannered muinteartha friendly an-mhuinteartha very friendly múinteoir(í) moon-chore teacher(s) muintir people <family or community grouping> múintir na háite the locals, the people of the place muir mwirr sea Muir éireann the Irish Sea ar Mhuir éireann on the Irish Sea an Mhuir Meann the Irish Sea thar Mhuir éireann across the Irish Sea Muire virgin Mary múisc vomit tá múisc orm I feel sick muise, mhuise <one way of saying 'well, well,' 'dearie me'> a mhuirnín ! voorneen dearest ! mullaigh summit mún urine Muran gorm grassy sand-dunes Murascail Gulf murlach kingfisher (bird) na plural of the ná than ná nor, neither, that not, which not Ná bac leis naw bawch lesh Do not bother (with it) Ná caitear tobac naw kath-ar tobak No smoking nach which is not, is not? nach mór almost Nach raibh mé Wasn't I? nach n-eisíonn X that X does not issue nádúrthach natural naíonán infant náire shame náireach shameful, disgraceful naisiun nation na Náisiúin Aontaithe the United Nations na mion-náisiúin the small nations na mion-náisiún of the small nations náisiúnta national <in context ='at national level'> námhaid enemy naoi nine a naoi a nee (number) nine naoi déag nee-jayg nineteen naomh saint ar oileán na naomh to the island of saints naomhóg coracle naonúr nine people naoú ninth naprún apron nár that not, which not na síogaí na shee-ogue-ee fairy folk nead nyad nest neaipicín napkin neaipicín póca handkerchief néal wink of sleep neamhcheangailte nonalaigned neamheacnamaíoch uneconomical neamhghoilliúnach too thick-skinned to recognise an insult neamhspleáchas independence neart lots of strength neimat minute neodracht neutrality Conradh Neodrachta na héireann Irish Neutrality League tíortha neodracha agus neamhcheangailte neutral and nonalaigned countries ní not nigh wash níl is not; present tense negative of tá. níl a dhath le gnóthú there is nothing to be gained Níl a fhios agam neel a iss agom I don't know Nílim cinnte neel-im keenteh I'm not sure Nílimid kneelmeed we are not. Níl mórán Gaeilge agam neel moor-aan gael-ga agom I have not much Irish Níl mé kneel may I am not. Níl sé kneel shee he is not Níl sí kneel shay she is not Níl siad kneel shed they are not. Níl sibh kneel sheev you (plural) are not. Níl tú kneel too you are not. mím i wash Ní maith liom é. nee mah lom eh I do not like it nimh poison an-nimhneacha very poisonous níochán washing níor it was not; negative of is, with past tense marker -r-. níor shéan siad they didn't deny níos doichte tighter <in context, tightening up the law> níos mó bigger/any more níos mó ná more than Ní rabhamar We were not Ní raibh mé I was not Ní raibh sé He was not Ní raibh sí She was not Ní raibh siad They were not Ní raibh sibh You were not Ní raibh tú You were not nithe ar fónamh good things Ní thosóid sí. It won't start. Ní thuigim nee higim I do not understand Nó or nó gónach until nócha no-khah ninety nóchadú ninetieth noiméad no-mayd minute Nollaig December, Christmas Nollaig faoi mhaise (dhuit)! Happy Christmas (to you <singular>)! Nollaig faoi mhaise (dhaoibh)! Happy Christmas (to you <plural>)! faoi Nollaig around Christmas Mí na Nollag December nós custom ar aon nós anyhow ar nós like nua noo-ah new nuaíochat news nuair when nuair a thiocfaidh X when X comes <NB. fut.tense: 'will come'> nósanna customs, practices <as in `folk customs'> nósmhaireacht customariness, formality, usual practice nuachtán newspaper nuachtáin newspapers nuachtáin laethiúla daily newspapers Nuacht Aisiontacht (News Agency ?) nuair when núicléach nuclear ó oh (away) from, since ó 1939 i leith since 1939, from 1939 on ó 1897 go dtí 1924 from 1897 to 1924 obair ow-ber work obair easca easy work ag obair working as obair out of work á gcur as obair being thrown out of their jobs obráid(í) operation(s) <strictly in the medical sense> ócáid occasion ócáid shóisialta social occasion ocht eight a hocht a huckht (number) eight ochtar eight people 0cht déag uckht-jayg eighteen ochtó ukh-toe eighty ochtódú eightieth ochtú eighth ocras hunger odhar dun coloured (Scots) ó dheas owe yass south óg ooge young oibrí worker oibrigh work, use oíche night oíche mhaith goodnight istoíche at night an oíche anocht tonight oideachas education Roinn Oideachais Department of Education oideachasúil educational Oifige office oifigeach eolais information officer Oifig an phoist ohfig-un-fost Post-office Oifig eolais uffig-ohl-as Information (office) oifigiúil official óige youth oileán ill-yawn island, (an) island an t-oileán the island Oileán Mhanainn Isle of Man oilte skilled oilteacht skill oinniún onion oiread much, amount, as many an oiread that much a oiread so much oiriúnach suitable, fitting, appropriate Oir-Ghearmáin in East Germany oirthear eastern ól hole drink ag ól drinking ólaim I drink ola ullah oil olann ull-un wool olc bad, evil, wicked go holc badly oll- <prefix, meaning 'big', 'mega-'> ollamh (a) professor ollamh le socheolaíocht a professor of sociology ollamh le diagacht a professor of divinity OllAmharc CloseView ollmhór huge ollstát mega-state Ollscoil ull-skol University ollscoileanna universities olltoghcháin general election ólta drunk óltar fuisce whisk(e)y is drunk óna from ór ore gold Oraibh on you oráid speech Orainn on us oráiste orange oráistí ur-awsh-chee oranges órbhuí golden yellow órdhonn auburn órga golden orlach inch orlár floor Orm on me Ort on you Orthu on them os: os cionn above, over os comhair in front of oscail floor oscailt open ag oscailt opening Ar oscailt air-oskalt Open beidh X ag oscailt X will be opening go hoscailte openly níos oscailte more openly osclófar x x will be opened ó shin since (time), ago bliain ó shin a year ago Ospidéal oh-spid-ale Hospital osta aysta old óstán ow-staan Hotel teah ósta hotel ó thuaidh owe hoo-ee north pacáil pack páí pay paidir prayer Painéal Rialúcháin Control Panel páipéar paper páirc park, large field páirceanna fields parcáil park páirtí political party páirtíthe political parties Páirtí an Lucht Oibre Labour Party Páiste paw-shh-teh a child páistí paw-shtee children paiste patch, piece paiste talún a patch of land paiteanta perfect paráiste parish parlaimint Eorpach (a) European parliament parlaimint násiunta (a) national parliament Parlaimint na hEorpa the European Parliament <official EC term> paróiste parish pé whatever pé duine whoever pé rud whatever peain frying pan peann pen pearsanra personnel léargas pearsanta personal view peata pet peictiúr picture peileadóir footballer peiliúr pillow péinteáil paint péinteáilte painted péire pair, two things péirse perch (measure); perch (fish) péist paysht worm phápa pope pholatíochta political pholatiúil political pian pain piardóg cray-fish píb uilleann peeb ill-in bagpipes pictiúr pictures pictiúrlann pick-chewr-lann cinema piobar pepper píog úll pee-owg ool apple pie pionta a pint píopa pipe pincín, minnow (fish) pingin ping-in penny pinsean pension pinsinéara pensioner pioc pick, nothing piocaim I pick pionta pint píopa pipe píosa piece, bit, patch piseanna peas piseóga pish-ogue-ah superstitions pit vulva piteog queer, effeminate man, sissy plaincéad blanket plámás flattery pláta plaw-tah plate pláta beag side plate pláta mór dinner plate plé play discuss, discussion plean plan pleananna plans a bpleananna their plans a gcuid pleananna their plans, their own plans a gcuid pleananna siadsan their very own plans, vs anyone else's pleanáil planning pléasc explode, burst pléigh discss, deal with, be connected plocóid plug plódaithe crowded pluiméara plumber pluid blanket (double width) plump bang, loud noise, peal plúr flour pobal community an pobal i gcoitinne the general public teach an phobail catholic church building pobal lonnaithe "settled people", residents pobalscoil community school poblacht pub-lucht republic póca pocket pocán gabhair he-goat póg kiss ag pógadh to kiss poiblí public rud a phoibliú to give publicity to something pointe point, point of time ar an bpointe on the spot, immediately pointeáilte punctual, precise, punctilious Poitin beer polaitíocht politics Eolaíocht Pholaitiúil Political Science polasaí policy polasaí atheagraithe policy of reorganisation, restructuring polasaíthe policies poll hole pollóg pollock (fish) port purt jig portach purt-uckh bog an Phortaingéilis Portaguese pórtar porter, stout pós marry, get married pósaim I marry post post, position posta post, job, mail, post office postas íochta pust-us ee-ukh-tah postage paid pósta married lánúin phósta (a) married couple a bheith pósta be married pota pot pótaire drunkard praghas price práinní urgent praiseach mess Praiseach a weed that propagates extremely well praiticiúil practical práta potato prátaí praw-tee potatoes Pratastúnach protestant préachán crow printíseach (an) apprentice priocadh prodding, pinching, stinging, jibing at, biting (fish) priocaim I prod, pinch, sting; bite (fish) PriontFheitheoir PrintMonitor príosún pree-soon prison priosúinigh Prisioners próiséas process pros press, cupboard prós prose puinn much púca pook-ah hobgoblin puca spread, canvas (of sail) púcán, small fishing smack punt poont pound Puzal Puzzle QuickDraw 32-Ghiotán 32-Bit QuickDraw rá I say é a rá ós íseal to say it quietly, under one's breath rachaidh future of go radharc view, sight raghad I shall go An rabhamar? were we? An raibh mé? Was I? An raibh sé? was he? An raibh sí? Was she? An raibh siad? Were they? An raibh sibh? were you? An raibh tú? were you? raidió radio ráille rail, railing, banister ráithe a season (three months) raithnéach bracken, fern ramhar fat rang wrong class rása race rásúr razor rátaí rates rátaí úis interest rates rátaí morgáiste mortgage rates rátaí boilscithe inflation rates an réabhlóid the revolution rath wealth, prosperity, good ráth, -anna rath; shoal (fish) ráthaíocht shaoling (fish) réab tear, smash, act violently réabadh tearing,smashing reachtaigh legislate reachtaíocht legistlation réadúil realistic réal sixpence reamhar fat, thick réasúnta rasonable,reasonably priced réidh ready, level, quiet réidh done, over with <in another context> fáil réidh be finished with reifreann (a) referendum réigiúnach regional (singular adj.) réigiúnacha regional (singular adj.) réigiúnda regional réimse ceadaithe permitted range réimsí ceadaithe permitted ranges, limits permissable réir order de réir in accordance with, according to de réir mar according, as de réir a chéile gradually, bit by bit comhghuaillíocht leathanbhunaithe, broad alliance. reithe ram réiteach solution, remedy an réiteach the solution, the remedy réiteach tobann quick solution (implication: not a true solution) réitheach open, unfenced land réitigh prepare, clear, solve réitím I agree, I solve reitric rhetoric reoch row-ukh frosty reoite ice cream rí ree king riachtanach necessary, essential rialta regular rialtas reel-tass government comhlachtaí rialtais government bodies Rialúcháin Control riamh ever, always riaracháin administration riasc, réisc, riasca marsh, wet land riastáil laceration, sever cutting; creating welts or folds preparing grass-land for tillage riastálaim, riastáil, riastáilte I mark with folds or welts, "score" grass-land rifi'neach ruffian rince ring-kyeh Dance rinnn, reanna point, tip; headland rís reesh rice rith rih run ina rith running i rith during rithim I run ro- too, over, excessively robar dishcloth róchaitheamh overspending rófhábharaithe well supported rogha choice roghnaithe chosen, selected focal simplí a roghnú to select a simple word roilig graveyard, cemetery roimh rowivh before roinn divide, share ag roinnt sharing ag roinnt na cistine sharing the kitchen Roinn Department an Roinn Sláinte the Department of Health Roinn Oideachais Department of Education roinnt dividing, division romhainn amach before us, in front of us, ahead of us rómhinic (all) too often ronnach mackerel rópa rope ros promontory, headland; wooded bluff róshuntasach very stisfactory rost fry, roast roth wheel rotha ray (fish) rothar ruh-urr bicycle rótharraingtheach too inviting Rua roo-eh Red-haired, fur ruachorcra puce ruaim, -eacha a long hair (as from horse or cow-tail); fishingline ruainne a little bit ruaiteach brown moor-land rud thing rudaí things rud beag a small quantity rud eile dhe furthermore, moreover sin é an rud that is the thing (point) rud ar bith anything, nothing rud a phoibliú to give publicity to something rugas I bore, I caught, I took ruibh viciousness Rúis Russia Rúiseach Russian, a Russian Rúisis Russian language Rúisigh Russians rúitín ankle rún roon secret faoi rún confidential rúnaí Secretary rusta wrist, cuff ruthar attack sa (san - with vowls) in the Sa bhaile su wollyeh At home sa dlí in law sá stick, stab, shove sábh saw sábháil save sac sack sách satisfied, enough, sufficiently Sacsan genitive plural "of Saxons, of the English" sagart sogg-orth priest saghas sort, kind sáibhéara sawyer saibhir rich saighdiúr soldier saighneoireacht seine-fishing sáil heel sáile sea-water thar sáile overseas, abroad saileach a willow sáim I thrust,push,plunge saineólaithe experts sainnithe traped saitilít satellite salach soloch dirty salachar dirt salaigh dirty salann soll-un salt sall over,across sámh sound codladh sámh a sound sleep codladh go sámh to sleep soundly Samhain Hollowtide Mí na Samhna November samhlaigh imagine samhradh sour-ah summer sampla example san that insan in the san athbhliain in the new year saoire: lá saoire holiday ar saoire on holiday saoirse freedom saol seel life os comhair an tsaoil publicly, openly saol crua (a) hard life saol na tire the life of the country déine an tsaoil the harshness of life an saol nua-aoiseach the life of the world today saor cheap/free ligithe saor set free a ligint saor set free saor cloiche stonemason saor ó cháin tax-free saolta earthly, of this world saoránach citizens <see next line> saoránaigh <1st pers. plur. masc.> Saorstát éireann the Irish Free State <now the republic> saotha(i)r liteartha literary work(s) saothraigh earn, achieve (with effort) saothrú earning, to earn sara before sara fada before long sáraím I contradict, overcome sáraíocht arguing, dispute sásamh I satisfy Sasana soss-anna England Sasanach Englishman sásar saucer sáspan saucepan sásta satisfied/pleased sástaíocht satifaction sástacht contentment ar a shástacht quite content an Satharn Saturday scabhléaracht scolding, giving out scabhtéara scoundrel scadán skod-awn herring scairt shine scaitheamh periods of time, sometimes scamall cloud scamallach scom-ull-uckh cloudy scannán scon-awn film scanradh terror, fright scanraigh take fright, frighten, scare scaoil loosen, free scaoilim I loose, set free scaoil amach let out, release, loosen, let loose scar separate, part, spread scartha óna chéile separated from each other scart entrails scáth shadow scáth fear scáthán mirror sceach hawthorn, briar scéal story scéala news, tidings scéala báis report of death scéalaí storyteller scéalaíocht a storytelling sceartadh bursting (into laughter) scéim scheme, project, plan scian shkee-un knife scian phóca pocketknife, penknife sciathán shkee-hawn wing scil skill, knowledge baint scil as examining, analyzing, diagnosing scilling shilling scioptha fast, speedily sciorta skirt sciotóg woman with skimpy dress; young connor-fish scíth rest, school holiday ligean mo scíth relaxing sclábhaí laborer sclábhaíocht laboring, hard work, drudgery scodal thin porridge, "skilly"; jelly-fish (cuttle-fish) scol shoal (fish): loud cry (of song, lamentation) scoil skull school ar scoil at school an scoil the school na scoile of the school an chéad scoil the first school sa chéad scoil in the first school scoil chónaí boarding school scoilt crack, split scoláire skull-aw-reh student scoláireacht scolarship scóp scope, freedom scór score score (in a game), twenty scóráil score scornach throat scraiste no-good loafer,layabout <in American English,`bum'> a scraiste! <something Edward G.Robinson might have said> screadach crying out scríbhneoir writer scríobh shreeve write scríobhaim I write scríte written scriú screw scrúdaigh examine scrúdú screw-doo examination scrúdaímís let us examine, let us study in depth scuab broom scuabadh sweeping scuabaim I sweep scuaine queue scuainí queues scuainí fada long queues Sé shay he (or it) Tá sé it is sé six a sé a shay (number) six sé phléasc agus dá feichead forty six explosions seachas besides, except for seachain avoid seachnaím I avoid sheachaint discourage,avoid seacht seven a seacht a shockht (number) seven seachtain a week seachtaine of the week deireadh seachtaine weekend an tseachtain seo this week an tseachtain seo caite last week <just past> sa tseachtain per week seachtar seven people seacht déag shockht-jayg seventeen seachtó shockh-toe seventy seachtódú seventieth seachtoidi seventies seachtú seventh seacláid shock-lawj chocolate seafóid nonsense seafóideach nonsensical seáibhaineachas chauvinism seaicéad jacket Séamas ó Connaíle James Connolly Shéamais Uí Chonnaíle of James Connolly Seán John a Sheáin John the vocative form Seanadóir Senator shéan deny sean- old seanachaí shan-ukh-ee storyteller seanad senate Seanad éireann the Senate Ireland Seanadóir(í) Senator(s) An Seanadóir David Norris Senator David Norris An Seanadóir ó Cinnéide Senator Kennedy seanfhocal proverb sean-fhondúirí founders(of community,etc.)<here'oldtimers'> seanmháthair grandmother seanmháthair na mná the woman's grandmother sean nós shan nose traditional style seanréimeas old regime seans chance, luck seans maith go mbeidh X there's a good chance that X will,it's probable seans gónach perhaps 'chuile sheans (gónach) most proberly drochsheans (gónach) nost unlikely an tSeapáin Japan na Seapáine of Japan searbh bitter searrach foal seas endure, last seasaím I stand seasamh standing, endurance seasamh dlithiúil legal standing, legal status seasamh morálta (a) moral stance seasca shask-ah sixty seascadú sixtieth seascaidi sixties seasmhach lasting séasúr shay-soor seasons Séasúir na bliana Seasons of the year sé déag shay-jayg sixteen seic sheck check seif shelf Seillean ruadh Honey bees seilmide snail seilp shelf seint playing (music) séipéal (a) chapel séipéil shay-pale chapels seirbhís sher-veesh service seirbhís chomhairleach advisory service seirbhísí eolais information services seirdín pilchard, sardine (fish) seisean emphatic form of he seisear six people seo sho this/these seo here is an cailín seo this girl seo an t-uisce here is water seo duit here you are as seo amach from this time on, this day forward seol sail faoi lántseol under full sail, in full swing seoladh show-lah address seomra showmreh room seomra cónaí living room dhá sheomra two rooms Seomra feithimh show-em-rah feh-iv Waiting Room seomra codlata bedroom seú sixth Sgairbh cormorants sí shéit siad sheed they siamsa sheem-sa entertainment siar sheer west sibh sheev you (plural) sibh féin yourselves sicín shick-een chicken síl think,be of the opinion síleann think(s), hold(s) the opinion sílim I think do shíleas I thought simléar chimney sin shin that/those sin that is/there is mar sin like that, so mar sin féin even so, all the same ó shin since then, ago sin nó either that or déanfaidh sin o.k., will do! an fear sin that man sin punt that's a pound sin é that is, that's what sin é atá romhainn that's what's ahead of us,what we are facing dá dheasca sin because of that sín stretch, extend singil single Sinn/muid shinn/myuid we sinn féin ourselves sínte stretched, sheer sioc frost cur sheaca frosting síocháin shee-uckh-awn peace síoda shee-dah silk síol shee-ull seed siopa shuppa shop siopaí shuppee shops tá an siopa ar oscailt the shop is open siopadóir shopkeeper siopadóireacht shopping síor- constantly, for ever, eternally síos down, downward sise emphatic form of she siúcra shoo-cra sugar siúd that there siúil shuul walk, travel ag siúl walking an lucht siúil nomads siúinéir carpenter, joiner siúinéaracht carpentry, working as a carpenter siúl walking, traveling, speed ar siúl afoot, in progress, on siúlaím I walk siúlóid walk, taking a walk siúráilte sure slachtmhar handsome, well finished sladmhargadh bargain <incredibly cheap bargain> slaghdán cold, disease Sláinte slawntche Good Health - toast slám large amount of slán safe, sound slán slwan good-bye slán abhaile slaan awolye Safe home, goodnight slán agat goodbye slán leat slawn lat Goodbye (singular) Slánaitheoir Saivour slat rod sleachta extracts (from a given text) sléachta terrible slaughters <so mind that `/' !> sleachtaim, I cut, hack, fell; clear (as woodland) sleamhain slippery, smooth Slí shlee a way,path slí éigin some way slí éigin eile some other way sliabh shleev mountain sléibhte mountains sléibhte ime butter mountains slinn slate sliotar ball <hurley ball> slogtar piollaí suain sleeping tablets are swallowed slua crowd sluasaid shovel smacht control, strict discipline smachtófar will be brought under control, disciplined smachtréim hegemony smaoineamh thought (noun) smaoinigh think (about) a gcoimeádann do smaointe whose thoughts keep (you) <your thoughts> cosc a chur ar smaointe to suppress thoughts smólach smole-uckh thrush sna plural of 'in the' sna caogaidí in the fifties sna daithidí in the forties sna fichidí in the twenties snámh swim snámhaim I swim, float snáth thread snáthaid needle, injection sneachta snow cur shneachta snowing snúda snood (as on fishing line) so this go soiléar guh sull-air clear go soiléir clearly sobhriste breakable socair quiet, steady socair ionam féin at ease with myself socheolaíocht sociology sóisialta social ócáid shóisialta social occasion sochraide (a) funeral socraigh settle, arrange socrú arrangement, deal Socrú CD SC Apple Apple HD SC Setup soibhir rich soibhreas richness, riches soill fat soir ser east sóisialach social soitheach dish, (sailing) vessel Sóivéadach Soviet na Sóibhéide of the USSR sol má before solas light soláthraím I provide, supply sompla example mar shompla for example son: ar son for the sake of ar son Dé for God's sake so-ólta easily drunk sórt sort, kind, somewhat 'chuile shórt every shrt, everything spáid spade Spáinnis Spanish language an Spáinnis Spanish Spáinn Spain na Spáinne of Spain spalptha parched spás space, (necessary) time spéaclóirí glasses/spectacles speal scythe spéir sky spéis interest <in ideas, things> speisialta special spéisiúil interesting (singular) spéisiúla interesting (plural) spiaire spy spleáchas dependence spóirt sport, fun baint spóirt as getting fun out of spraoi spree déanamh spraoi playing spréach spark spreasán big useless man, "dope" spriocdháta closing date (for applications) spúnóig spun-owg spoon spúnóig bheag teaspoon spúnóig mhór tablespoon sráid street sa tsráid in the street sráidbhaile village sreang cord srian reins sroich reach sroisim I reach srón nose sruth current, flow sruthán shruh-awn stream stábla stable stadach having a stutter stadaíl stutter stadaim I stop stádas status staighre stairs stail stallion stair history stáitse stage stáisiúin raidio radio stations stáisiúin telifíse television stations na Stáit Aontaithe the United States staithim i pluck, pull stampa stomp-ah STAMP stampaí stamps státa state <political> stát saor free state, sovereign state, autonomous state státchóras state system státseirbhís civil service státseirbhíseach (a) civil servant státseirbhísigh civil servants stéig, -eacha slice (of meat, land, leather, etc.); intestine (the colon) stoca sock stocaí socks stócach youth stócáil prepare, get ready stoirm storm stól stool stop stop stór store, treasure,darling stór storey stracaim I tear strainc grimace strainséara stranger(s) straitéis strategy straitéiseach strategic stróinséir stranger stuaim dexterity, skill suaimhneach peacefdul, tranquil suaimhneas quietness, peace an tSualainn Sweden na Sualainne of Sweden suarach miserable, mean suaraíl meanness suas upwards, up subh soo jam substaint(í) substance(s) súd that iad súd those people súgán straw rope súgradh sue-grah play suí sit i mo shuí up (out of bed) súil eye súile eyes tá súil agam I hope tá súil ag X X hopes súil le expecting, looking forward to baint l'an na súl as getting a good and proper look súileáil ceiling suím I sit suim heed, attention, interest suíochán seat suíomh site suíomh oiriúnach a suitable site suipéar sip-air supper súiste flail súlach juice súlach fáis sap tá is/are tá a fhios agam I know tá aiféala orm I regret tá aithne agam air I know him tá brón orm I am sorry Tá ceart agam I am right Tá dóchas agam I hope Tá fáilte romhat taw fall_tye root You're welcome Tá Gaeilge agus Béarla agam I know Irish and English Tá go maith tah go mah Very well Tá mé taw may I am Tá roth pollta agam. I have a puncature Tá sé taw shay he is Tá sí taw shee she is Tá siad taw sheed they are Tá sibh taw shev ye are Tá súil agam I hope Tá tú taw too you are tábhachtach important an chuid is tábhachtaí the most important part tabhair give tabhair dhom give me tabhair dom do lámh give me your hand!, let's shake on it! tabhairt ar calling (name) tabhairt faoi attacking, coming to grips with tabhairt le bringing, taking away tábhairne tavern, public house taca point of time um an dtaca so by this time tacaíocht backing, support tada anything, nothing, some tae tay tea taepait teapot tagaim I come taghd fit of anger taighde research taighdeoir researcher, research worker táilliúir tailor táilliúireacht tailoring Táimid tawmeed We are Táim anseo le trí lá anois I am here 3 days now. tairbhe good, benefit, use, usefulness, utility, worth, benefit, profit tairbheach beneficial, profitable, useful tairgeoirí producers tairg offer tairiscint ar bidding for tairgim I draw tairne nail tais tash damp taisme (an) accident taispeánaim I show taispeántas show, exhibition taispeántas ealaíne art exhibition taistil travel Taisteal go mall tash-tell guh mall Travel slowly taithí habit, practice, use taithneamh enjoyment, pleasure baint taithneamh as enjoy taithneamh a bhaint as to enjoy taithnigh please taithníonn sé liom it pleases me, I like taitneann: taitneann sé liom I like him talamh, talaimh, talún, tailte land; ground talmhaí earthly tamall a while, a space, period tamhnach a smooth spot in rough land: (also tamhnóg,) tanaí (tanaigh) thin taobh side taobh thiar beyond taobh thiar de x behind x, at the back of x ar thaobh na l'aimhe dieiséclí on the right/left hand side taobh istigh inside, withing taobh amuigh outside taobh amuigh de outside of, excluding i dtaobh concerning, with regard to ó thaobh dlí from the legal standpoint, in law ar thaobh an bhóthair on the side of the road taoibhín patch on shoe-upper Taoiseach tee-shuckh prime minister tapaidh quick tar come tar éis dó éirí as after his resignation, on going into retirement tarbh torv bull tar éis after tarlaigh happen Fé mar a tharla As it happened tarlaíonn sé it happens tarluithe happenings tarna second tarraing drawing, pulling tarraingt draw, pull, attract tarrtháil rescue tart a thirst taspáin show taspáint showing tá mé do mo thaspáint féin I am showing off tastaigh need tastaíonn sé uaim I need tathagach substandial táthar ar súil It is expected tathant urge ag tathant urging te cheh hot bainne te warm milk té chay person an té he who, a person who teach tyeach house teach tábhairne pub teach ósta hotel, public house teach an phobail church teacht tawkt come, arraival ag teacht coming teacht amach (to) come out teacht as surviving TéacsCheacht TeachText téad rope teagasc teaching teagasc na teanga teaching (of) the language teaghlach household, family teagmháil contact i dteagmháil in contact dul i dteagmháil le to get in touch with teagmháil dhíreach direct contact, direct links teagmháil dhearfach positive contact teallach household, family teallaigh households teanga tongue, language teanga a mhuineadh to teach a language teanga oibre a working language teangacha neamhfhorleathana minority languages <official EC term> a dteanga féin their own language ar theanga on language teangeolaíocht linguistics teann taut, tight, firm le teann from sheer ... teannta: i dteannta along with im theannta with me teara come téarma term teas a heat teastaíonn is lacking teastaíonn sé uaim I need it. I want it teideal title Téigh go, heat, warm teilifís television téim i go teipeann fails do theip orm i failed gan teip without fail Telefón tele-fown Telephone teoiric theory teora limit teorainn. border an teorainn a threasna crossed the border thabhairt gave a thabhairt to bring <also means 'to give'> a thabhairt dóibh to give (to) them a thabhairt os comhair to bring before thagann comes tháinig came a thaisce! [my] treasure! <after a lovers' quarrel> Thairg offer thall yonder, over there thall is abhus here and there thar beyond, over thar n-ais back thar cheann in return for thar farraige across water, over the sea thar lear overseas, abroad thar tír across the country, overland thar a bheith more than, extremely thar mar compared with tharla it happened thart over, around thart ar around theis after thiar in the west le thiocht le cheile come together nuair a thiocfaidh X when X comes <NB. fut.tense: 'will come'> cathain a thiocfaidh X when X will come, when will X come thíos below a thionscain instituted by thóin ass Thóin na'gaotha ass to the wind thoir in the east ar thóir deontais in search of a grant a thomhas to measure thrí through thrí thine on fire thrína chéile upset thrí gach scéal finally thríd through thríd is thríd all things considered, on the whole thú you thuaidh: ó thuaidh in/from the north thuar sé he predicted thuar sí she predicted thuar siad they predicted thuas above thug mé I gave <one `gives' a visit> thug mé cuairt ar Mhoscó I visited Moscow thusa you tí: ar tí about to tiarna lord Tibéadach Tibetan ticéad ticket Ticéid tick-ade Tickets tig understand tigh at the house of tilleadh more timpeall circuit, around, about, circa, in the region of timpeall ar around timpeall's around about, approximately timpeall Mhuir éireann around the Irish Sea timpiste accident tincéara tinker tine fire tinn sick, sore tinneas sickness, soreness, pain Tiobraid árann Tipperary ag tiontú turning, turning towards Tiomáin go mall tim-awn guh mawl Drive slowly tíortha countries tíortha éagsúla various countries tíortha eile an Ch.E. other countries of the European Community tíortha neodracha agus neamhcheangailte neutral and nonalaigned countries tiomáinim I drive tiománaí driver tionóisc accident tionscadal project tionscadal to'gála building project tionscal industry tíortha countries tír cheer land, (a) country Tír na nóg cheer na nohg land of youth an tír the country an tír seo this country tír mhór mainland tíreolas geograhpy tirim chirr-im dry tiscint understanding tit fall tithíocht housing titim I fall ag titim falling tiubh thick, dense tiúchan thickening tiubhaigh thicken tiús thickness, density tnúth longing thúth le longing for tobac tobacco tobann sudden, quick tobar tubber a well an todhchaí the future todhchaí na Gaeilge the future of the Gaelic language faoi thodhchaí na Gaeilge about the future of the Gaelic language todhchaí na litríochta the future of literature togáil building (work, not place) tógaim I raise, I take tógfar x x will be built, x will be taken go dtógfar x that x will be built togh choose, elect togha choosing, choice, election togha fir an excellent man (you are) tá sé togha it is excellent toghchá(i)n election(s) toib: ar thoib on the point of tóig take up, excite, record, build toil will le do thoil please más é do thoil é please toil will <as in 'free will'> tóin bottom, rear end tóir keen, desire, chase toirneach thunder toisc because toit smoke toitín cigarette tom bush tomhais measure toradh fruit, crop, result tóraigh look for tórainn boundary, limit, border tórramh wake bhí tórramh air he is waked torthaí scrúduithe results of examinations tosach beginning, front claochluithe tosaigh initial mutations chun tosaigh forward, ahead i thosach in the beginning,at first tosaigh begin,start chun tosaigh (ar Y) ahead (of Y) tosca conditions toscaí circumstances toscaireacht delegation, deputaion toscaireacht Bhascach a Basque delegation an toscaireacht Bhascach the Basque delegation tosnaím I begin tost silence trá thraw beach, strand trácht traffic, trade, mention gan trácht ar not to mention tráchtaim I speak of, I discuss tráchtaireacht commentary traein train train traglaidíteach troglodyte <I guess! NOT in OD's dictionary> traidisiún tradition tráigh strand traoiáil try, trial, experiment trasna accross threasna crossed Trasna anseo trahsnaa ansho Cross here trátaí traw-tee tomatoes tráthnóna evening fé thráthnóna by evening treabhsar pair of trousers trealamh oifige office equipment tréan strong treascairt overthrow treasna across tréimhse (a) period of time tréimhse fhada (a) long time, long stretch of time treo way, direction i dtreo in order trí through trí three a trí a tree (number) three trí fichid sixty trialacha ar ainmhithe animal experiments trialacha saotharlainne laboratory experiments triall journeying, going tríd through trí déag tree-jayg thirteen trí lá three days trioblóid trouble ní maith liom do thrioblóid (say when sympathizing) tríocha truckh-ah thirty triomaigh dry triomú drying trithí fits of laughter tríu third triúr three persons tróaire mercy troid a fight troid a bhuachtaint to win a fight troid a sheachaint to avoid a fight troid a chur suas to put up a fight ag troid fighting fonn troda desire to fight troigh foot trom heavy trosc cod-fish: ola troisc, codliver oil truaí pity trucail cart Tú too you túáille towel tuaiplis mistake, blunder, faux pas tuairim an opinion, theory, guess, estimate thuairimí lenited plural of tuairim (dhá causes lenition) B'shin an tuairim That was the opinion tuairim phearsanta (a) personal opinion tuairim an Easpaig the Bishop's opinion, view, judgment tuairisc news, account, description, report tuairiscí reports tuairiscíodh it is reported dhá thuairisc two reports Tuaisceart North ó thuaidh owe hoo-ee north an Tuiscirt of the North críocha tuaisceartacha northern lands tuaithe rural tuarascáil (a) report tuairisc níos iomláine a more detailed report tá tuarascáil á hullmhú a report is being prepared, drawn up tuarascáil rúin secret, confidential report tuarastal salary, wages dá dtuarastal of their wages tuath countryside tubaiste (a) disaster tugaim i give, i bring an-tugtha don rince very fond of dancing tuí straw, thatch tuige why tuigeann understand(s) Tuigim tig-im I see (I understand), <think of the American 'I dig'> go dtuigeann siad that they understand an dtuigeann tú? uh dig un too do you understand ? tuigtear it is understood tuilleadh more, further tuillim I earn, I deserve thuill sé a bheatha he earned his living túin urge, put pressure on tuirse tiredness tuirseach tired túis: ar dtúis at first túisce sooner, soonest tuiscint understanding a thuiscint to understand tumáil drive tumálaí driver turas journey in aon turas on purpose turasóir(í) tourist(s) tús (the, a) beginning tús na míosa the beginning of the month tustiún fourpence tusa emphatic form of you tútach mean, clumsy, awkward tútaíl meanness, clunsiness uachta will, testimony uachtar ookh-tur cream, top, surface in uachtar on top uachtarlann creamery(of cream) úachtarán ookh-tur-awn president uachtar reoite ookh-tur roe-cheh ice cream uafás terror an t-uafás tremendous amount uafásach terrible, awful uaigh grave uaigneach loney uaigneas loneliness uain time, opportunity uaine green, greenish yellow uaineoil oon-ole lamb uair oo-ar timéhour, weather, sometimes cén uair when uait an chloig an hour uaireanta sometimes ualach burden, load uamhach troglodyte <in de Bh's dict.> uan lamb uasal noble, belonging to gentry uathriail autonomy ubh egg uibheacha iv-uckh-ah eggs ubhchruth oval uchtach courage úd that údar author, reason, cause údaráis authorities na húdaráis the authorities uile all uilig altogether, entire, whole uimhir ivv-er number úinéara owner úireadas freshness Uirthi on her úis interest uisce water An uisce un ishgge the water uisce beatha whiskey úlla apple ullamh ready X a ullmhú to prepare X á hullmhú in preparation ('h' indicates feminine gender) á ullmhú in preparation (no 'h' if object is masculine) ag ullmhú tuarascála preparing a report ('tuarascáil' is feminine) ag ullmhú preparing, making ready ullmhúchán preparation um about, around um thráthnóna in the evening uncail uncle 'ur your úr fresh, new urlabhraí spokesperson urlár floor urra sponsor, financial backer urraíocht sponsorship úrscéal novel ús interest on capital <not `interesting'!> úsáid use a úsáid to use úsáidfidh SCEB SCEB will use úsc animal oil, fish oil, goose grease: resin (from wood) Vársá, Warsaw vóta vote vóta a chaitheamh to cast a vote ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Oct 91 14:20:10 GMT-1:00 From: Craig Cockburn 31-Oct-1991 1316 <cockburn@system.enet.dec.com> To: marion@irlearn.ucd.ie Subject: Some info on the dictionary I sent you From: CSSE::HUNT 29-OCT-1991 17:58:14.50 To: SYSTEM::COCKBURN CC: HUNT Subj: RE: maybe this can help Craig, I collected it over the last few years from 3 or 4 books as well as all the vocabulary Marion and others would add to the Gaelic-L memos. It could use some "cleaning up" as my lack of Gaelic grammer has allowed multiple entries. Gaelic-L may be just the place for it. Regards, Kevin