Irish Language/Commonly Confused Words/Vocabulary
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About the Cúpla Data Format
[edit | edit source]This data is formatted as "Cúpla" data. Each line of this file represents:
- Between two and four Irish language words
- A very brief English gloss of each word
Use this data to make flash cards containing two words each, to learn the difference between similar or easily confused words.
Each line is formatted as follows:
| Term 1 | An Irish word |
| Gloss 1 | A brief English gloss of Term 1 |
| Term 2 | A different but similar Irish word |
| Gloss 2 | A brief English gloss of Term 2 |
The pattern continues for up to 4 terms.
Preformatted Vocabulary
[edit | edit source]cathaoir chair cathain when cathair city ceathair four cabhair help comhair count ceann head céanna same cheana already ceannaigh buy coinnigh keep comhairle advice; (town) council comhaltas brotherhood, group comhartha sign, symbol comhlacht company caol slender cos leg, foot col sin, incest clog bell, clock cloch stone deas southwards, nice deir say (pr. tense of "abair") deis right (side) déag "-teen" in numbers fear man féar grass fearr better fuar cold fuair got (past tense of "faigh") fuil dependent form of "bí"; blood fei suit, be suitable ga spear gá need gé goose imir to play (a game) imigh to leave labhair speak leabhar book leaba bed leanbh baby lámh hand léamh reading leannán lover léirigh explain leathuair a half hour leathreas toilet muinteoir teacher muintir people nó or ná nor na the (pl.) post job, post pósta married pós to marry sáil heel saol life seol send saor free siúl walk súil eye seo this seó show só joy trá beach tráth time, occasion trácht beach, base, or journey timpeall round timpeallacht environment timpeallán roundabout, carousel buíocán yolk buíochas gratitude