Category: Irish Word of the Day

Part of speech: expression Example sentence: Amachaigí anois! Sentence meaning: You all go outside now!

Part of speech: expression Example sentence: Sin é! Tá sin ceart. Sentence meaning: That’s it! That’s correct.

Part of speech: expression Example sentence: Sin sin! Tá sé déanta. Sentence meaning: That’s that! It’s done.

Part of speech: adjective Example sentence: Tá sé fuar istigh anseo. Sentence meaning: It’s cold in here.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Tá slaghdán orm. Sentence meaning: I have a cold.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Oscail do bhéal agus ith do chuid bia. Sentence meaning: Open your mouth and eat your food.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Tá rud éigin i mo shúil agus tá sé pianmhar. Sentence meaning: There is something in my eye and

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Bhainfeadh Samantha tarraingt bheag as a srón chun draíocht a dhéanamh sa chlár Bewitched. Sentence meaning: Samantha would twitch

Part of speech: adjective Example sentence: Is duine aisteach í. Ní labhaireann sí le h-éinne. Sentence meaning: She is a strange person. She doesn’t speak

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Bhí caint ag an gcapall an tUasal Ed sa seanchlár teilifíse. Sentence meaning: In the old TV show, the

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Ní cóilí baineann ar chor ar bith a bhí i Lassie, ach madra fireann. Sentence meaning: Lassie wasn’t a

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Chuidigh Daideo liom mo rothar a dheisiú. Sentence meaning: Grandad helped me fix my bike.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Is breá liom a bheith ag fanacht ag teach Mhamó. Sentence meaning: I really like staying at Grandma’s house.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Rachaidh muid go dtí an zú le Daidí amárach. Sentence meaning: We will go to the zoo with Daddy

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: An bhfuil cead againn uachtar reoite a cheannach, a Mhamaí Sentence meaning: Can we buy ice cream, Mommy?

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Tá fiche dollar de dhíth orm, a Dhaid. Sentence meaning: I need twenty dollars, Dad.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Níl mo sciorta ró ghairid, a Mham. Tá sé díreach cosúil le sciortaí na gcailíní eile! Sentence meaning: But

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Tá, a Virginia, tá Daidí na Nollag ann. Sentence meaning: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Fuair Setanta ainm nua, Cú Chulainn, mar mharaigh sé cú de chuid Chulainn agus b’éigean dó a bheith ina

Part of speech: adjective Example sentence: Is Rúiseach é Vladamir Putin. Sentence meaning: Vladamir Putin is Russian.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Is é an sí-abhabha an madra is lú sa domhan. Sentence meaning: The chihuahua is the smallest dog in

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Is é an ‘Dexter’ an bhó is lú sa domhan; ní bhíonn níos mó ná 750 punt meáchain inti.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: An bhfaca tú taibhse Oíche Shamhna? Sentence meaning: Did you see a ghost on Halloween?

Part of speech: expression Example sentence: Dia dhuit ar maidin. Sentence meaning: Good morning!

Part of speech: expression Example sentence: Oíche mhaith! Sentence meaning: Good night!

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Grá mo chroí thú! Sentence meaning: You are the love of my heart!

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Sa seanscéal Fiannaíochta bhí ball seirce ag Diarmaid agus mar sin thit Gráinne i ngrá leis. Sentence meaning: In

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: Rachaidh mé go hÉirinn an bhliain seo chugainn. Sentence meaning: I will go to Ireland next year.

Part of speech: adjective Example sentence: Sa bhliain 1999 bhí a lán daoine buartha an mbeadh a ríomhairí oiriunach don bhliain 2000. Sentence meaning: In

Part of speech: noun Example sentence: D’imigh an punt Éireannach as feidhm sa bhliain dhá mhíle is a dó. Sentence meaning: The Irish pound went