deiseal

deiseal! (canonical)
deiseal (mutation mutation-radical)
dheiseal (lenition mutation)
ndeiseal (eclipsis mutation)

From Old Irish dessel, from dess (“right, south”) and sel (“turn”).

bless you (said after someone has sneezed)


ara

Alternative form of arú (“Ah! No! So! Indeed!”)


bú

bú! (canonical)
bú (mutation mutation-radical)
bhú (lenition mutation)
mbú (eclipsis mutation)


ó

Basically onomatopoeic, but compare English O, Latin ō, Ancient Greek ὦ (ô), etc.


maise

maise! (canonical)
maise (mutation mutation-radical)
mhaise (lenition mutation)


fáilte

fáilte (mutation mutation-radical)
fháilte (lenition mutation)
bhfáilte (eclipsis mutation)

/ˈfˠɑːlʲtʲə/

/ˈfˠɑːlʲtʲə/

/ˈfˠɑːl̠ʲtʲə/

/ˈfˠaːl̠ʲtʲə/

From Middle Irish fáilte, from Old Irish fáilte, from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.


lá breithe maith agat

/l̪ˠɑː bʲɾʲɛhə mˠa ˈaɡət̪ˠ/


cac

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā.


póg mo thóin

desc

→ Irish English: pog mahon, pogue mahone


timcheall

timcheall! (canonical)
timcheall (mutation mutation-radical)
thimcheall (lenition mutation)
dtimcheall (eclipsis mutation)


soraidh

From Old Irish soraid (“smooth, easy; agreeable, pleasant”), from so- + réid.

inh

Soraidh libh, a dhís tréanfhear.


muise

Possibly from más ea (“if so”), or a euphemistic alteration of Muire (“Virgin Mary”).


sláinte

sláinte (mutation mutation-radical)
shláinte (lenition mutation)
tsláinte (lenition mutation)

/ˈsˠl̪ˠɑːnʲtʲə/

/ˈsˠl̪ˠan̠ʲtʲə/

/ˈsˠl̪ˠəin̠ʲtʲə/


slán

/sˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/

/sˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/

From Old Irish slán, from Proto-Celtic *slānos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”).


ách

Alternative form of ach (“ah! och! ugh!”)


amás

Alternative form of ambaiste (“Indeed! Really!”)


Dia linn

God bless you (said after someone has sneezed)


timpeall

timpeall! (canonical)
timpeall (mutation mutation-radical)
thimpeall (lenition mutation)
dtimpeall (eclipsis mutation)

/ˈtʲiːmˠpˠəl̪ˠ/

/ˈtʲiːmʲpʲəl̪ˠ/

/ˈtʲɪmʲpʲiəl̪ˠ/

From Old Irish timchell, verbal noun of do·imchella (“go around, surround”).


abú

Onomatopoeic in origin, first attested in the fourteenth century.

Corcaigh abú!


go raibh maith agaibh

[ɡərəˈmˠahəɡəvʲ]

[ɡərəmˠəˈhaɡəvʲ]


dorr

dorr (mutation mutation-radical)
dhorr (lenition mutation)
ndorr (eclipsis mutation)

an expression of encouragement used to a dog


vrác

caw! (the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven)


améan

améan! (canonical)
améan (mutation mutation-radical)
n-améan (eclipsis mutation)
haméan (mutation prothesis-h)


áiméan

áiméan! (canonical)
áiméan (mutation mutation-radical)
n-áiméan (eclipsis mutation)
háiméan (mutation prothesis-h)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”).


amuí

amuí! (canonical)
amuí (mutation mutation-radical)
n-amuí (eclipsis mutation)
hamuí (mutation prothesis-h)


GRMA

go raibh maith agat
go raibh maith agat#Irish

Abbreviation of go raibh maith agat (“thank you sg”).

go raibh maith agaibh
go raibh maith agaibh#Irish

Abbreviation of go raibh maith agaibh (“thank you pl”).


aililiú

aililiú! (canonical)
aililiú (mutation mutation-radical)
n-aililiú (eclipsis mutation)
haililiú (mutation prothesis-h)

From Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (hal'lúyah, “praise God”).

הַלְּלוּיָהּ


airiú

airiú! (canonical)
airiú (mutation mutation-radical)
n-airiú (eclipsis mutation)
hairiú (mutation prothesis-h)


amachaigí

amachaigí! (canonical)
amachaigí (mutation mutation-radical)
n-amachaigí (eclipsis mutation)
hamachaigí (mutation prothesis-h)

From amach (“out”, adverb) + -igí (second-person plural imperative ending).

(second-person plural imperative) out you go!


andaidh

Alternative form of don daighe! (“indeed! really!”)


dhé

Alternative form of dhe (“Indeed! Really!”)


tuth

tuth! (canonical)
tuth (mutation mutation-radical)
thuth (lenition mutation)
dtuth (eclipsis mutation)


a thiarcais

A minced oath for a Thiarna (“oh Lord”).


a Thiarna

a (vocative particle) + tiarna (“lord”).


slán a bheas tú

/ˈsˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ ə ˈvʲɛsˠ t̪ˠuː/

Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú? — Go maith, slán a bheas tú.

thank you, thank you for asking (after a response to 'how are you?')


slán codlata agat

/sˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ ˈkɔl̪ˠət̪ˠ aːd/

goodnight, sleep well (to one person retiring to bed)


slán codlata agaibh

/sˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ ˈkɔl̪ˠət̪ˠ aɡiː/

goodnight, sleep well (to more than one one person retiring to bed)


faraor

/fˠaˈɾˠiːɾˠ/

/fˠaˈɾˠɯːɾˠ/


hurais

sooey (cry to get the attention of swine)


háidí

→ Yola: adee


mhaige

Taboo deformation of Mhuire, vocative of Muire (“(the Blessed Virgin) Mary”).


monuar

* Middle Irish mo + n- + úarán "my wellspring"

Mo chreach is mo léun thú, a Bhéul Átha na Cairrge,
tairnig do ré ó thréigis h'annsacht,
beannacht uaim monuar ar h'anmuin

1653 "Tuireamh Philip meic Aodha Uí Raghallaigh", in Poems of the O'Reillys, ed. James Carney (Dublin 1950) p. 139

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

's maith fhuairis, a nuachair Fhearghna.

2002 Bo Almqvist "An Bráthair Liam P. Ó Caithnia (1925-2001)" Béaloideas no. 70 p. 216

Monuar mar a d'fhág an bás sinn in uireasa dea-laoch, an Br Ó Caithnia, duine de phríomhéigis Éireann.

Is cuimhin liom go maith an uair dheiridh a raibh Éire ag imirt i gCorn an Domhain (2002 monuar!) go raibh na meáin chraolta is cló breac le beannachtaí ar nós Konichiwa agus Sayonara.

2011 May, Maitiú de Hál, "Thall is Abhus : Konichiwa mar atá tú?" Beo.ie no. 121