Breathanach Dictionary

This page was copied from http://www.cix.co.uk/~morven/lang/breath_dict.html and serves primarily as a notebook for it.

Aideicht proisceamh: 23 Iúil 2004

Last update: 23 July 2004

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Words are indexed here by their most usual LN forms; LF forms, where they differ, are given in [square brackets]. Nouns are preceded by the article to show their gender; note that the initial letters of feminine nouns are therefore lenited. Articles, numbers, names of months and days, and comparitive forms are omitted.

Mutations are indicated by -h for lenition, -n for eclipsis, and -* for non-mutation.

Aichir

a-h to, towards

eall acal eagle

aibhéir to have (past obhuí [úthuí])

ill aichir maple

airteasc artificial

eall airghill clay

eall airéanath mortar

eall ainceall maid [aigeall]

albh white

alt high, tall

amháir to like, love

Béathal

bas low

beall beautiful

eall bhéathal birch [béal]

bein well

boireáil north

bon good

Castain

ca-n that (conjunction)

ill cabhall horse [cóll]

caidhéir to fall [caéir]

ill cain dog

ill camp field [cab]

cantáir to sing [cadáir]

ill caol sky

caorail blue

eall chaos cheese

ill caph head [cóth]

eall chás box

eall chas house

eall chastain chestnut

codh because

coimpréindir to understand

comúin common

confaindir [cobhainnir] to confuse (past confuidhí [cobhuí])

ill corn horn

créidhéir [créir] to believe (past créidhí [crí])

cu-n with

ill cuas thing (masc in some dialects, fem in others)

cucáir to cook

curt short

Dúmh

de from, of

déisir to desert, forsake (past déisearuí)

ill Dia God

díchir to say (past díscí)

dispirghir to spread (past dispisí)

doirmhír to sleep

ill dors back

dúichir to lead (past dúiscí)

dumh while

ill dúmh bramble

dúr hard (fem dór)

Eibh

eannáir swim

eall eibh fir

éificheáir to build

eil other; saoi-eile each other

eilean foreign, strange

éiséir to be (past faí)

eith and [e]

ill eoch game

eall eóghlan walnut [eólan]

Eóinn John

Fáigh

eall fhac cow

eall fháich face, surface

faichir to make, do (past féichí)

fáidhir [faéir] to go (past ibhí)

eall fháigh beech [féith]

ill feann wind

ill fearbh word (plural eall fhearbh)

eall fheast feast

eall fhéath life

feathal [féal] old

eall fhéil cat

féilisc happy

eall fhéimhean woman

feinír to come (past féiní)

feispir evening

eall fhidh faith [fíth]

fidhéir to see (past fídhí; LF fír)

ill fin end

ill fior man

firidh green

flábh yellow [flóth]

eall fhlóir flower

eall fhoil page, leaf

fóiléir to want

foirt strong

folgáir common, vulgar

fusc brown (fem fosc)

Geineast

eall gheil helmet

eall gheineast broom, gorse

ill gleidh sword [gléith]

grand large, big

Ilisc

ibh there

eall ílisc holly

impoisibh impossible [iboisibh]

i-n in

infeinír to find (past inféiní) [ibheinír]

ill inith start

Lairisc

labháir to wash

labhóráir to work [lóráir]

ill laicht milk

ill laiph stone

eall lairisc larch

ill laithir brick [láir]

láth broad, wide

ill leaph hare (plural leiph)

leann slow

léibh light (opposite of heavy)

leighír to read (past léighí, léiscí)

líbhir free

ill libhir book

eall liong language, tongue

Mór

ma-* but

maith-* more

mann great, large

mal bad

meirídh south [meiríth]

mion-* less

mitir to send, to put

ill moinn mountain

eall mhór mulberry

mótháir to change

moinéir to remind (past munuí)

ill mund world [mun]

Nusc

ill nás nose

neighlighir to neglect [néilír]

níl nothing

nioghr black [níorr]

nobh new [núth]

nóibhil noble

ill nóimh name

eall nusc nut

Oistír

eall oc water

oichidheann west [oichíonn]

oidh today

oirinn east

eall oistír hop-hornbeam (from ostrya)

eall ond wave

ill ór gold

ill ort garden

ósáir to use

oth or [o]

Píon

ill páin bread

eall phaoll girl

eall phaon guilt

parbh small

peascáir to fish

ill peathr stone [péarr]

peirdhir to lose

piasáir to think

eall phíon pine

ill plán plain

pléan full (fem plian)

póch small

póiphir poor

poithéir to be able, can (past puthuí [puí])

ill pophal people

eall phóphúl poplar [pól]

por for

porcha in order to

príomh first

ill punn fist

purphair purple

Róbh

eall róbh oak [rúth]

eall roth wheel

ruimpir to break [ruibir] (past part rucht)

ruibhir red

Sailisc

eall shailisc willow

saiphéir to know (past sophuí [súthuí]

scríbhir to write (past scrísí)

seachand second [scunn]

seidh but

sich thus, therefore

sinn sign

so on

sól only (fem sual)

eall shorbh rowan

steithir to set down (past steathuí)

striocht narrow, slender

subh under [súth]

suibhir on, upon, above

Til

taingir to touch (past tíghí)

teinéir to hold

eall thil lime, linden

tirt third

tóth all (fem tuath)

eall thuirr tower

Ulmh

uaráith speech

ill úbh egg [óth] (plural eall uabh [óth])

eall ulmh elm

ill urbh city