Irish English Tags Audio
deabhal in the alliterative doublet deabhal ná deamhan / diún/ devil Folklore Language Idioms Objects Adjectives Log in to hear
gábhadh níl gábh ar bith nach dtigeann duine as, there is no battle but somebody comes safe out of it (Sb); defect (of character); : ach bhí gábh ann - bheith a' caint oram-sa agus ort-sa; bhí sin go ghábh ionn, there was that fault in him, that little flaw in his character, to be talking about me and you (ML). danger, battle Feelings Arguments Abstract nouns Activities Adjectives Log in to hear
coirbhthe fear coirbthí, a cross man, would jump at you; tá sé coirbthí inniú, níl aon ghráinne tobac aige cross, short-tempered Feelings Adjectives Everyday phrases People Personality Log in to hear
baltaí na bó cow's baren (note the first a is short) Animals Farming life Everyday phrases Adjectives Feelings Log in to hear
seadú (tá) an ghaoth a' seadú, continuing, not settling or abating; (duine) a' seadú, ( a person) staying on in a house (instead of going home as he should continuing, staying on Activities Feelings Everyday phrases Verbs Adjectives Log in to hear
gaéthe is fuar a' gaéthe é sin (TmB); tá gaéthe beag fuar a' tíocht aníos annsin. cold sting, breeze Adjectives Weather Feelings Conversation Everyday phrases Log in to hear
ruacan bia rí ruacan, agus bia bodach báirneach (sean-ocal). cockle Food and drink Folklore Animals Everyday phrases Adjectives Log in to hear
páinéid tá an phláinéid athruí, (our) climate has changed, we now get a different kind of weather climate Abstract nouns Adjectives Everyday phrases Weather Life & death Log in to hear
pluc nár mhór an ní . . . gan aon oideas gan aon léigheann i n-a pluic, wasn't it great for her who hadn't any education and hadn't a word of learning in her head cheek Feelings Everyday phrases Education Adjectives Activities Log in to hear
créatúireacht a déanamh c. mhór oram cheating Activities Feelings Adjectives Everyday phrases Verbs Log in to hear
aighneasúil na hAlbanaigh - na seandaoine is measa; an dream óg - tá siad níos aighneasúl' , more affable, more communicative, more sociable chatty, talkative Adjectives Comparatives Feelings Everyday phrases People Log in to hear
cáilidheacht (chuile shórt) a' rith le na cháilidheacht héin, everything in nature follows its own instinct (Sb); rinne mé é do réir mo cháilidheacht, mar facthas dom go mba chóir a dhéanamh; 'tá cáilidheacht trom ort' adéarfaí le duine a bheith a' tuitim i n-a cholladh lá fliuch (TmB). character, nature Abstract nouns Feelings Folklore Nature Adjectives Log in to hear
caipín a't-sonais an té a mbíonn a' caipín seo ar a cheann nuair a thigeann sé ar a' tsaol, ní féidir a bháthadh (Sb); ní bheith sé gearr i n-airigead (MMt). caul Adjectives Everyday phrases Feelings Verbs Proverbs Log in to hear
boc 'séard a bhí ann boc (AC); boc achrannach ar a mhisc, a contrary buck when drunk (HE). buck, lad (not complimentary) Colloquialisms Adjectives Feelings People Everyday phrases Log in to hear
cruach Pháraic broad-leaved plantain Plants Objects Adjectives Countryside Geographical terms Log in to hear