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The Irish Dictionary

This selection from the Irish Dictionary contains English words and phrases, followed by Irish words and phrases: the translations are included. This is the second in a series covering extracts from the entire dictionary. This issue's list is taken from DEF. The next edition will cover GHI.

English – Irish DEF

damp tais [tash]
dance damhsa [dowsu], otherwise rince
danger contúirt [kuNtoorch], otherwise dúinséar
each: each day gach uile lú [khili Laa]
ear cluas [kloous]
early luath [Loou]
face aghaidh [ie-u]
I face (a person) tugaim aghaidh (ar dhuine) [tugim ie-u (er—ghini)]

Irish – English DEF

dú [daa] if (with meaning ‘would’)
daichead [ghiehyud] forty
daigh: daigh fhiacal [do eeukul] toothache
ag eitilt flying
eolas [oelus] knowledge (of place, subject)
Eoraip: an Eoraip [u—noerip] Europe
fad [fad] length
ar fad altogether
i bhfad ó far from

The second in a series of extracts from the Irish Dictionary by Seosamh Watson, published by Appletree Press.

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