| 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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