Irish Vocabulary
Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Irish vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Irish. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components.
shirt  léine | sweater geansaí | jacket seaicéad | coat cóta |
socks stocaí | shoes bróga | trousers bríste | pajamas pitseámaí |
belt crios | underwear fo-éadaí | hat hata | skirt sciorta |
The following words are related to languages and countries.
| Language | Irish | Country | Irish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | araibis | Morocco | maracó |
| Chinese | sínis | China | an tSín |
| English | Béarla | England | Sasana |
| French | Fraincís | France | an Fhrainc |
| German | Gearmáinis | Germany | an Ghearmáin |
| Greek | Gréigis | Greece | an Ghréig |
| Portuguese | Portaingéilis | Portugal | an Phortaingéil |
| Hindi | hIondúis | India | an India |
| Italian | Iodáilis | Italy | an Iodáil |
| Japanese | Seapáinis | Japan | an tSeapáin |
| Russian | Rúisis | Russia | an Rúis |
| Spanish | Spáinnis | Spain | an Spáinn |
| Swedish | Sualainnis | Sweden | an tSualainn |
The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.
| Travel | Irish | Survival | Irish |
|---|---|---|---|
| airport | aerfort | doctor | dochtúir |
| airplane | eitleán | medicines | cógais |
| train | traein | pharmacy | cógaslann |
| taxi | tacsaí | hospital | ospidéal |
| bus | bus | ambulance | otharcharr |
| car | carr | poison | nimh |
| ticket | ticéad | help me | cabhraigh liom |
| hotel | óstán | danger | contúirt |
| reservation | áirithint | accident | timpiste |
| passport | pas | police | póilíní |
| luggage | bagáiste | headache | tinneas cinn |
| tourism | turasóireacht | stomach ache | pian boilg |
The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.
| Class | Irish | House | Irish |
|---|---|---|---|
| books | leabhair | toilet | leithreas |
| pen | peann | bed | leaba |
| dictionary | foclóir | bedroom | seomra codlata |
| library | leabharlann | furniture | troscán |
| desk | deasc | house | teach |
| student | mac léinn | kitchen | cistin |
| teacher | múinteoir | plate | pláta |
| chair | cathaoir | refrigerator | cuisneoir |
| paper | páipéar | room | seomra |
| page | leathanach | table | tábla |
| pencil | peann luaidhe | window | fuinneog |
| question | ceist | television | teilifís |
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| Irish Verbs |
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