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Names in Irish to describe a person (characteristics etc.)

  • 11-01-2011 03:07PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭


    The huge selection of words for describing people and their character in Irish is one of the aspects in which the language is very rich. I've found that using an electronic dictionary like WinGléacht has made it much easier to find the appropriate ones (Type in 'person' and see the huge number of examples that will come up). I think it'd be worth a thread for people to post the ones they know. Feel free to check a reference and enlighten the rest of us.

    Here's the first one:

    Drochairteagal - bad article, a bad and dangerous person.*


    *Foclóir Uí Dhónaill (WinGléacht)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Krusader


    Maróg - pot-bellied person (actually is the word for pudding aswell, i.e. maróg Nollag)

    Blióg - camp man, pansy

    Alpaire - person who eats too much

    Súdóg - a woman with big chats

    Leibide - a messy/careless person (hear this on RnaR a bit)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Gael


    Crosáidí wrote: »

    Leibide - a messy/careless person (hear this on RnaR a bit)

    From my experience, that seems to be the word most used to called someone an idiot/gobshíte etc. especially in Connemara.

    Here's a few relating to women:

    Míneog -a gentle woman

    Stuaire - a handsome woman

    Áilleagán mná - a useless pretty woman (a bimbo, I suppose)

    Banchealgaire - Seductive woman, a siren

    Loirgneach - Long-legged woman

    Síodóg - Suave/soft-spoken woman


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