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What is your favorite Irish word?

  • 28-03-2012 7:06pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,653 ✭✭✭


    Mine is Madra (Dog).

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    Galánta.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,653 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Galánta.

    Means Elegant/Magnificent/Posh.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭marozz


    Saoirse


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 697 ✭✭✭gent9662


    timpiste a harla dom


  • Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭donalh087


    Féileacán na hoiche

    (moth)

    or

    Deora De

    (Fuschia or literally, tears of God)


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  • Site Banned Posts: 175 ✭✭jimjimjimmy


    Ludramán


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭johnayo


    Deoch an bhothar.:D


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,832 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    áilleacht (beauty) :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭number10a


    donalh087 wrote: »
    Féileacán na hoiche

    (moth)

    I really like that!

    Also:

    smugairle róin (litereally "seal snots") means jellyfish

    plubarnaigh is a verb to be used in reference to the sound that porridge makes when it is bubbling. Just love the fact that there is a word for this!!

    Francach = French person
    francach = rat :rolleyes:

    I also love showing foreigners that "Lúghbhaidh" was shortened to "Lú" because all of the other letters were silent. Baffles them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭mr chips


    Suanas. :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭franc 91


    boin dé - because there are fadas on the 'o' and the 'i', one after the other, which must be pretty rare in Irish and because it means God's little cow, which would seem quite an ironic way of describing a ladybird - perhaps it's because it has horns (antennae).
    and then there's Tadgh an mhargaidh.....


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,653 ✭✭✭Worztron


    mr chips wrote: »
    Suanas. :D

    What does it mean?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • Registered Users Posts: 8,653 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Please also put the meaning As Béarla of your favorite Irish word. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • Registered Users Posts: 11,763 ✭✭✭✭Crann na Beatha


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  • Registered Users Posts: 31 suite16


    My favourite Irish word is "neamhspleách" (independent)
    I frequently use it completely out of context, just because of the way it sounds:
    "<drops something heavy on toe> "oh neamhspleách!!!"


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Worztron wrote: »
    What does it mean?
    Presume it's suaimhneas- peace/tranquility

    óinseach=female eejit and amadán- male eejit.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,653 ✭✭✭Worztron


    suite16 wrote: »
    My favourite Irish word is "neamhspleách" (independent)

    Neamhspleách also means Freelance/Independence/Self Sufficient. ;)

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭mr chips


    "Suanas" is what happens when a special someone who loves you very much touches you in a special way and makes you feel very nice. The special someone could even be yourself!


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    Worztron wrote: »
    Means Elegant/Magnificent/Posh.

    It can mean the above but in the North it means simply
    "beautiful"....galánta


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭ziggy23


    rí rá agus ruaile buaile
    babóg :D


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  • Registered Users Posts: 45,535 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Recently came across the word 'plimp' which I think means a sudden crash or bang. I think I'm correct in saying when you add 'an' plus lenition it becomes 'an phlimp'. I love the way that sounds.

    Also recently when reading Irish found the word for breeze - 'leoithne'. I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing it right but I've been saying it like lee-oath-ne which if somewhat accurate I think sounds very nice.

    Maybe more learned learners can correct me if I'm wrong on the above.

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭dambarude


    I like the word 'spleodar', it seems very onomatopoeic.

    My favourite phrase is 'dá mba rud é', naturally:cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,653 ✭✭✭Worztron


    dambarude wrote: »
    I like the word 'spleodar', it seems very onomatopoeic.

    My favourite phrase is 'dá mba rud é', naturally:cool:

    What does Dá mba rud é mean? if?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭dambarude


    Worztron wrote: »
    What does Dá mba rud é mean? if?

    If it were a thing....

    So 'dá mba rud é go raibh sé ag cur báistí, ní rachainn ag siúl'


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,653 ✭✭✭Worztron


    My 2nd favorite word has got to be Bainne (Milk).

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Recently came across the word 'plimp' which I think means a sudden crash or bang. I think I'm correct in saying when you add 'an' plus lenition it becomes 'an phlimp'. I love the way that sounds.

    Also recently when reading Irish found the word for breeze - 'leoithne'. I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing it right but I've been saying it like lee-oath-ne which if somewhat accurate I think sounds very nice.

    Maybe more learned learners can correct me if I'm wrong on the above.

    I would think that you're dragging out the "ee" too long. Also, th is not pronounced in Irish as in English. I would say it "lyoh-neh" it is indeed a very nice word.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 439 ✭✭Ms.M


    Mmmmm..... "Suaimhneas"
    Though I wouldn't translate it as peace/tranquility. It's more like "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-ness". That's a much better translation :D

    You can pronounce it either "Soooooooov-ness" (my fave) or "Seeev-ness".

    I also love "Sult" with its t of lovely softness.
    And "deacair". Any word that ends in a narrow r actually. Because I can show off my blas! :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    Ms.M wrote: »

    You can pronounce it either "Soooooooov-ness" (my fave) or "Seeev-ness".

    ...not forgetting sue-i-nish


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭du Maurier


    Sneachta, feoil, agus ceapairi.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭The_fever


    Meadaracht


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