Hibernian Words & Phrases
Endearments
a-chaoidh (always, forever)
�illidh (beautiful)
b�idhchead (beautiful) {n}
b�idheach (beautiful, pretty) {adj.}
caomh (dear, beloved) {adj.}
m'eudail! (my dear!)
gaol (love) {m}
a ghaoil! (darling!/my love!)
gaolach (beloved) {adj.}
a ghr�idh! (love! dear!)
a luaidh! (my love! darling!)

Exclamations
aig Sealbhtha brath! (Heaven knows!)
air do shocair! (steady on! Go easy!)
air mo ch�ram (Under my responsibility)
a sh�orraidh! (for Heaven's sake!)
beannachd leibh! (goodbye!)
caidil gu math/mhath (sleep well!)
carson a chiall? (why on earth?)
ceud m�le f�ilte! (100 thousand welcomes!)
ceud taing! (many thanks!)
cha ruig thu leas (You don't need to.)
cobhair orm! (Help! Help me!)
c�m ris! (keep it up! Stick to it!)
dad ort! (Nevermind! Don't worry!)
d� fon ghr�in'? (What on earth?)
dhuine! dhuine! (Oh dear! Oh dear!)
d�reach! (quite! Exactly! Just so!)
tha mi duilich! (I'm sorry!)
eist! (hush! Be quiet!)
f�ilte oirbh! (you're welcome!)
falbh (leave/go away)
fiach! (Lo! Behold!)
f�ghnaidh! (That will do!)
fortan leat! (Good luck!)
tha grain agam air (I hate him/it)
greas ort! (Hurry up!)
gu sealladh saelbh oirnn! (Heaven preserve us!) gu sealladh orm! (My goodness!)
is duilich sin! (That's a shame!)
ist! (hush)
is d�cha gun! (Perhaps!)
mac an donais! (Damn it!)
mar sin leat/leibh! (Goodbye!)
math dh�-r�readh! (Excellent!)
math thu-fh�in! (Well done! Good for you!)
mo thruaighe! (Woe is me!)
mo thruaigheort! (Woe unto you!)
mo n�ire! (For shame!)
mo n�ire ort! (Shame on you!)
obh! obh! (Oh dear! Good Heavens!)
sin thu! (Well done!)
siuthadaibh! (On you go! Get on with it!)
taing dhut/dhuibh! (Thank you!)
tapadh leat/leibh! (Thank you!)
tha an t-eagal orm! (I'm frightened!)
tha mi duilich! (I'm sorry!)
thoir an t-siteagort! (Get out! Outside!)
thoir do chasan leat! (Get the hell out of here!)
a Thighearna! (Oh, Lord!)
tiugainn! (Come along! Let us go!)
tog ort! (Stir your stumps! Get a move on!)
ud! ud! (Now, now! Tsk, tsk!)

Parts of Speech

chuca (to them) {pp}
chugan (to you) {sing.}
chugaibh (to you) {pl.}
chugainn (to us)
chugam (to me)
chuice (to her; to it) {f}
chuige (to him; to it) {m}
dh� (to him) {pp}
tro (through) {prep.}

Titles
a Mh�ighdeann [name] (Miss [name])
a Mhaighstir [name] (Mr. [name])

Extra Sayings

�s d'aonais (without you)
cuine? (when?)
d� a tha thu ris? (what are you up to?)
d� do chor (How're you doing?) {fam.}
gu d�? (what?)
is fheudar dhomh (I must; I have to)
is miann leam (I wish)
Shady Language and Insults
air d�ir (in heat, rutting)
baoghalta (stupid)
baoghaltachd (stupidity)
bides (bitch)
a bhidse! (sod it!)
burraidh (fool, blockhead)
diolain (bastard, illegitimate)
droch isean (brat)
ge�caire (glutton)
guanag (scatter-brained girl)
mac an donais! (damn it!)
�inseach (fool, idiot) {f}
stalcaire (fool, blockhead)
toll (arsehole)
truaill (pervert)
�maidh (blockhead, dolt, fool) {m}

Miscellaneous Words

adhar (air, sky)
�illidh (shining)
balgair (fox, rogue)
bana-bhuidseach (witch)
ban-dia (goddess)
bean-shithe (fairy woman)
beul-oideachas (lore)
b�id (oath; swearing)
boilisg (glitter; shine, gleam {v})
boilisgeach (gleaming, glittering)
breugaire (liar)
buidseach (wizard)
carragh (rock) {m}
clach uasal (precious stone)
cladh (kirkyard, cemetery)
draoidh (druid; magician)
draoidheachd (wizardry; magic)
draoidheil (magic, magical)
droch chainnt (bad language; swearing)
faileas (shadow, reflection)
fallsa (false, deceitful)
fear-allabain (wanderer)
fear-cinnidh (clansman; fellow clansman)
fear-ealain (artist)
fear-fuadain (wanderer; exile)
fear-siubhail (traveler)
gallan (standing stone) {m}
gealach (moon) {f}
gealach-an-abachaidh (harvest moon) {f}
gath-gr�ine (sunbeam) {f}
grod (rotten)
gu s�orraidh (forever)
gu s�orraidhbr�th (forever and ever)
lomnochd (naked)
meadhan-oidhche (midnight) {m}
meallach (beguiling, bewitching)
mionnaich (curse; swear) {v}
olc (evil; wicked) {adj.}
olc (evil, wickedness) {m}
�rain luadhaidh (walking songs)
�ran (song)
na h-�rainmhora (classical songs)
p�obaire (piper)
rach air iomrall (wander; go astray)
rach air seachran (wander; go astray)
rach �s mo chuimhne (be forgotten)
rach 'na lasair (go up in flames)
rach thar a ch�ile (quarrel) {fam}
r�idh ri (on good terms with)
R�gh nan D�l (Lord of the Universe/God)
saoil (think, believe; suppose)
seun (spell; charm, amulet) {m}
sg�il (shade, darken, eclipse) {v}
sg�il (veil, mist) {v}
sg�il (shade, shadow, covering) {f}
sg�il (ghost, spectre) {occas.}
srainnsear (stranger) {m}
taghta (chosen, elected) {adj.}
taghta (great, perfect) {fam.}
taibhse (ghost) {m/f}
taibhsearachd (second sight) {f}
t�irbhich (contemptible) {adj.}
tannasg (ghost) {m}
tr�cair (mercy) {f}
trom-laigh (nightmare) {m/f}
tursa (standing stone) {m}
t�rsach (sorrowful) {adj.}
tuireach (mourning; lament) {m}
tuit (fall)
uilebheist (monster) {m}
Urnaigh an Tighearna (The Lord's Prayer)
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