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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 another in a series covering extracts from the entire dictionary. This issue's list is taken from PQR, although Q does not exist in the Irish language, so we have included a few more R words.

English – Irish PQR

palm bos [bos]
paper páipéar [paapaer]
parliament an Dáil [u—daal]
quarter ceathrú [kyarhoo]
queen banríon [baNreen]
quiet ciúin [kyooin]
rabbit coinín [kinheen]
radio raidió [jeroo foewir]
rain báisteach [baashchukh]

Irish – English PQR

paidir [pajir] prayer
peaca(dh) [pakoo] sin
pisín [pisheen] kitten
ramhar [row-ir] fat, thick
rí [ree] king
rith [rih] run, running
rogha [row] choice
rósaim [roesim] I roast
rua [roou] red-haired, sandy

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

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