mac

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mac m (genitive mic, nominative plural mic)

Irish: mac

Manx: mac

Scottish Gaelic: mac

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, increase”).


fer

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fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

fir (genitive)
fir (nominative plural)
fer
ḟer

Irish: fear

Manx: fer

Scottish Gaelic: fear

From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed.

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 13:

Each man who came along the way would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)


seiche

Irish: seithe, seiche

From Proto-Celtic *sekess, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) (compare Icelandic sigg (“callus, hard skin”)).


cur

cur m (genitive curad, nominative plural curaid)

curad (genitive)
curaid (nominative plural)
cur
chur

Irish: curadh

From Old Irish caur, from Proto-Celtic *karuts.

Fo chích curad
 crechtaig, cathbuadaig, at comsa mac Findchoeme frim. […] Magen curad,
 cride n-ega, eithre n-ela,
 eirr trén tressa, trethan ágach,
 cain tarb tnúthach.

c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 15:

Under the breast of the hero
 covered in wounds, victorious in battle, you are the son of Findchoem who is equal to me. […] Dwelling of a hero,
 heart of ice, plumage of a swan
 strong chariot-hero of battle, warlike sea,
 beautiful fierce bull.


aile

Irish: eile

Manx: elley

Scottish Gaelic: eile

From Old Irish aile, from Proto-Celtic *alyos (“other, second”).

Mani·tucad immurgu ní din chéttadall ni·bered a n-aill.

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 15:

If, however, he did not take anything at (literally “from”) his first thrust, he did not bring the second.


boga

Irish: bogha

Manx: bow

Scottish Gaelic: bogha


clann

Irish: clann

Manx: cloan

desctree

Scottish Gaelic: clann
→ English: clan (see there for further descendants)

From Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.


fuil

Irish: fuil

Manx: fuill

Scottish Gaelic: fuil

From Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.


aite

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aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)

aiti (genitive)
aiti (nominative plural)
aite (nominative singular)
aite (dual nominative)
aiti (nominative plural)
aiti (singular vocative)
aite (dual vocative)
aitiu (plural vocative)
aite (accusative singular)
aite (accusative dual)
aitiu (accusative plural)
aiti (genitive singular)
aite (dual genitive)
aite (genitive plural)
aitiu (dative singular)
aitib (dative dual)
aitib (dative plural)
aite
n-aite

Irish: oide

Manx: gedjey

Scottish Gaelic: oide

From Old Irish aite, from Proto-Celtic *attyos, related to Welsh tâd, Breton tat. From Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), ultimately a nursery word. The d in Modern Irish oide may be due to the influence of English daddy.

onomatopoeic

nursery word


Albanach

Irish: Albanach

Manx: Albinagh

Scottish Gaelic: Albannach


rí

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rí m (genitive ríg, nominative plural ríg)

Irish: rí

Manx: ree

Scottish Gaelic: rìgh

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”), which is derived from *h₃reǵ-.


Dagda

From Old Irish Dagdae, from Proto-Celtic *Dago-deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn; hot”) + *deywós (“divinity”).

inh

(Irish mythology) An important god in Irish mythology.


ó

From Old Irish áu, from Proto-Celtic *ausos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws; cognate with English ear and Latin auris.


duine

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duine m (genitive duini, nominative plural doíni)

duini (genitive)
doíni (nominative plural)
duine
later /ɣ-/
later /ɣʲ-/
nduine

Irish: duine

Manx: dooinney

Scottish Gaelic: duine

From Old Irish duine, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”).


ceithern

Irish: ceithearn

Manx: kern

Scottish Gaelic: ceatharn, ceatharna

→ Middle English: kerne

English: kern

From Old Irish ceithern (“band of soldiers”), borrowed from Latin quaterniō (“group of four soldiers”).

der

A band or troop of soldiers or fighting men, kern

ceithearnach

ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”)


persa

Irish: pearsa

Scottish Gaelic: pearsa

From Old Irish persan, from Latin persōna.


Eithne

Irish: Eithne

Scottish Gaelic: Eithne

The name is from eithne (“grain, kernel”).


duille

Irish: duille

Manx: duilley

Scottish Gaelic: duille

From Old Irish duilne, from Proto-Celtic *dolinyā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Welsh dail and Breton delienn, which are from a variant Proto-Celtic form *dolyā, and more distantly with Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”).

cog

something resembling a leaf, especially a leaf of a book


nó

Irish: nae

From Old Irish nau, from Proto-Celtic *nāwā, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.


fés

Irish: féas (“coarse hair, beard”)

No exact Celtic cognates, but seemingly related to find (“head hair”), which is hypothetically from Proto-Celtic *wendom (“(single) hair”); thus, from Proto-Celtic *wenso-, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-so- (“~facial hair”), from the root *wendʰ-, and distantly cognate with Old Prussian wanso (“first beard”), Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ (“moustache”), Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “downy hair, first beard; root of hair; eruption on the face, acne”) (if earlier *ϝί-ϝονθος (*wí-wonthos)), and the first element of Old High German wint-brāwa, Middle Dutch wint-brauwe (“eyelash”) (Proto-West Germanic *windabrāwu).


frac

From Proto-Celtic *wrakkā, probably related to *grúac (“hair”); for similar sense development, see Scottish Gaelic gruagach (“maiden, woman”), which evolved from gruag, as unmarried women did not cover their hair.
Compare Welsh gwraig and Breton gwreg.


grís

Irish: gríos

Manx: grees

Scottish Gaelic: grìos

Same source as grían (“sun”). Matasović specifically reconstructs Old Irish *gʷrīnsos for this term, deriving it from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).


ecla

Irish: eagla

Manx: aggle

Scottish Gaelic: eagal

From Old Irish eclae, from ess- + gal (“valor”). By surface analysis, ecal + -e.


rétlu

Irish: réalta

Manx: rolt, rollage, roltag, rolteen

Scottish Gaelic: reul


cóiced

Irish: cúigiú

Manx: queiggoo

Scottish Gaelic: còigeamh

From Old Irish cóiced, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷetos.

Is ⟨s⟩í sin in chōiced bruden ro·boī i nHērinn isind aimsir sin, ocus bruden Da-Derg i crích Cūalann ocus bruden Ḟorgaill Manaich ocus bruden Me[i]c Da-Rēo i mBrēfni ocus bruden Da-Choca i n‑īarthur Midi.

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 7:

That is one of the five halls that were (lit. “That is the fifth hall that was”) in Ireland at that time, [the others being] also the hall of Da-Derg in the territory of Cúalu, and the hall of Forgall Manach, and the hall of Mac Dareo in Bréifne, and the hall of Da-Choca in the west of Meath.


bás

Irish: bás

Manx: baase

Scottish Gaelic: bàs

From Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”).


cích

Irish: cíoch

Manx: keeagh

Scottish Gaelic: cìoch

From Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).


lenbán

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lenbán m (genitive lenbáin, nominative plural lenbáin)

lenbáin (genitive)
lenbáin (nominative plural)

Irish: leanbán

Scottish Gaelic: leanaban


reód

Irish: reo

Manx: rio

Scottish Gaelic: reòth

From Old Irish réud, from Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-. Cognate with English freeze and Latin pruina (“hoar-frost”).


Colmán

Irish: Colmán
→ English: Colman

→ Old Norse: Kalman
Icelandic: Kalman

From Old Irish columb (“dove”) + -án (diminutive).


ceól

Irish: ceol

Manx: kiaull

Scottish Gaelic: ceòl


secht

Irish: seacht

Manx: shiaght

Scottish Gaelic: seachd

From Old Irish secht, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori.

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, lines 10–12:

[There are] seven doors in the hall and seven paths through it and seven hearths and seven cauldrons.


rígan

Irish: ríon, banríon

Manx: rein, benrein

desc

Scottish Gaelic: rìghinn, banrìghinn, rìbhinn

From Old Irish rígain, from Proto-Celtic *rīganī.


Bretnach

Irish: Breatnach

Manx: Bretnagh

Scottish Gaelic: Breatannach


tech midchuarta

Irish: teach míochuarta


tech n-óil

Irish: teach óil


filidecht

Irish: filíocht

Manx: feeleeaght

Scottish Gaelic: filidheachd

/ˈɸʲilʲəðʲəxt/

From Old Irish filedacht. By surface analysis, fili + -acht.


úar

Irish: uair

Manx: oor

Scottish Gaelic: uair

From Old Irish úar, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).

der

I n‑oen uair dana tancatar ocus techta Conchobair mic Nessa do chungid in chon chetna.

c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

At the same time, then, messengers came also from Conchobar Mac Nessa to ask for the same dog.


aimser

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aimser f (genitive aimsire, nominative plural aimsera)

aimsire (genitive)
aimsera (nominative plural)
aimser
n-aimser

Irish: aimsir

Manx: emshir

Scottish Gaelic: aimsir

From Old Irish aimser, from Proto-Celtic *amsterā (“time, moment”) (compare Middle Welsh amser), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mh₁-eh₂, from the root *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap, harvest”). Stifter suggests derivation from Proto-Celtic *ammansterā or *ammanstero, related to Old Irish amm (“time”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂etmn̥ (“wandering”), from the root *h₂et- (“to go”), thus cognate with Latin annus (“year”) and Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌽 (*aþn) or *𐌰𐌸𐌽𐍃 (*aþns, “year”) (attested in 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌹 (ataþni, “year”)).

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 8:


Espáinech

Irish: Spáinneach

Manx: Spaainagh

Scottish Gaelic: Spàinneach


forrúad

/ˈɸor͈uːa̯ð/

/ˈɸor͈uːa̯ɣ/


úachtarán

Irish: uachtarán

Manx: eaghtyrane

Scottish Gaelic: uachdaran


brécaire

Irish: bréagaire

Manx: breagerey

Scottish Gaelic: breugaire

From bréc (“falsehood, lie; deception”) + -aire (agent noun suffix).


ócán

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ócán m (genitive ógáin, nominative plural ógáin)

ógáin (genitive)
ógáin (nominative plural)

Manx: aegan

Scottish Gaelic: ògan


ógán

Irish: ógánach

Manx: aegan

Scottish Gaelic: ògan, òganach


Aengus

Irish: Aonghas

Manx: Anghus

Scottish Gaelic: Aonghas, Aonghus

From Old Irish Oíngus, from oín (“one”), from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“single, one”). The etymology of the second element is disputed; most likely it is gus (“strength, vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustu-, or it may be from Proto-Celtic *gus- (“choose”).

inh

Túatha Dé Danann
Túatha Dé Danann#Old_Irish

(Irish mythology) The Gaelic god of love, youth, and poetic inspiration, son of the Dagdae and Boann of the Túatha Dé Danann.

a male given name, corresponding to Angus


amrán

Irish: amhrán

Manx: arrane

Scottish Gaelic: òran, amhran

amar (“singing, wailing, moaning”) + -án


grúac

Irish: gruaig

Manx: gruag

Scottish Gaelic: gruag

→ Faroese: grúkur

From Proto-Celtic *grunkā, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to twist, bend”), the source of Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“crooked”).


fésóc

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fésóc f (genitive fésóice, nominative plural fésóca)

fésóice (genitive)
fésóca (nominative plural)
fésóc
ḟésóc

Irish: féasóg

Manx: faasaag

Scottish Gaelic: feusag

From fés (“lip; body hair”) + -óc (diminutive suffix).


fésócach

Irish: féasógach

Manx: faasaagagh

Scottish Gaelic: feusagach


pipur

Irish: piobar

Manx: pibbyr

Scottish Gaelic: peabar, piobar

Borrowed from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).


nóedenán

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nóedenán m (genitive nóedenáin, nominative plural nóedenáin)

nóedenáin (genitive)
nóedenáin (nominative plural)

Irish: naíonán

/ˈn͈ɤːðʲənaːn/

/ˈn͈ɯːɣʲənaːn/


nóin

Irish: nóin

Scottish Gaelic: nòin

Borrowed from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).

midafternoon, the period preceding sunset

(late use, paralleling English development) noon, midday

late use; paralleling English development; late use; paralleling English development


flann

Irish: flann

Scottish Gaelic: flann

From Proto-Celtic *wlannos, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, hit”). Related to fuil (“blood”).


lethar

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lethar (gender unknown, genitive lethair, no plural)

Irish: leathar

Manx: liare

Scottish Gaelic: leathar

From Old Irish lethar, from Proto-Celtic *letros (compare Welsh lledr), from Proto-Indo-European *létrom (compare Old English leþer, Old Norse leðr).


botach

Irish: bodach

Scottish Gaelic: bodach


día lúain

Irish: Dé Luain

Scottish Gaelic: Diluain

/dʲiːə̯ ˈl͈uːə̯nʲ/


lúan

Irish: Luan


basc

From the root of modern baithis (“top, crown (of head)”, literally “baptism”).


prinnsa

Irish: prionsa

Scottish Gaelic: prionnsa

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin princeps.


prím

(Christianity) prime, the first canonical hour


gáethmar

Irish: gaofar

Scottish Gaelic: gaothar, gaothmhor


lipting

Irish: lifting

Borrowed from Old Norse lypting (compare Norwegian Nynorsk lyfting), a diminutive of lopt (“attic”).


sibal

Irish: siúl

Manx: shooyl

Scottish Gaelic: siubhal


fichetmad

Irish: fichiú

Manx: feedoo

Scottish Gaelic: ficheadamh


maccoím

Irish: macaomh

→ Middle Welsh: makwyf

Welsh: macwy

From Old Irish macc coím. By surface analysis, macc (“boy”) + cóem (“dear, gentle”).


sabdán

Irish: sabhdán

From Middle French sultan (assimilated to the suffix -án), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan) and/or Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).


ferg

Irish: fearg

Manx: ferg

Scottish Gaelic: fearg

From Old Irish ferg, from Proto-Celtic *wergā, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵéh₂, from the root *werǵ- (“to make, to work”).


literda

/ˈl͈ʲitʲərðə/

/ˈl͈ʲitʲərɣə/

From liter (“letter”) + -de, from Latin litera.


literdacht

Irish: litríocht f

From Old Irish litredacht. By surface analysis, literda (“literary”) + -acht.


persanda

Irish: pearsanta

Scottish Gaelic: pearsanta

From Old Irish persandae. By surface analysis, persa + -da.


sacartacht

Irish: sagartacht

Manx: saggyrtaght

Scottish Gaelic: sagartachd

(religion) priesthood, the office of a priest


sacerdóite

(religion) priesthood, priestly calling or rank


snechtaide

/ˈɕn͈ʲextəðʲə/

/ˈɕn͈ʲextəɣʲə/


gúala

Irish: gualainn

Manx: geaylin

Scottish Gaelic: gualann

From Old Irish gúalu, attested in 9th-century glosses on Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend”), see also Ancient Greek γυιός (guiós, “lame”), Proto-Germanic *keulaz (“ship, vessel”).


derbsiur

derbṡiur (canonical feminine)
derbṡiur (nominative singular)
derbṡiair (dual nominative)
derbṡethir (nominative plural)
derbṡiur (singular vocative)
derbṡiair (dual vocative)
derbṡethra (plural vocative)
derbṡiair (accusative singular)
derbṡiair (accusative dual)
derbṡethra (accusative plural)
derbṡethar (genitive singular)
derbṡethar (dual genitive)
derbṡethar (genitive plural)
derbṡiair (dative singular)
derbṡethraib (dative dual)
derbṡethraib (dative plural)
derbṡiur
later /ɣ-/
later /ɣʲ-/
nderbṡiur

Irish: deirfiúr

(Christianity) sister (in a religious community)


cenn

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cenn m (genitive cinn, plural cenna or cinn)

cinn (genitive)
cenna (plural)
cinn (plural)
cenn
chenn

Irish: ceann

Manx: kione

Scottish Gaelic: ceann

From Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.


saigteóir

saigteóra (genitive)
saigteóir
ṡaigteóir

Irish: saighdeoir, saighdiúir

Manx: sideyr

Scottish Gaelic: saighdear


bogatóir

Irish: boghdóir

Manx: bowder, boweyder

Scottish Gaelic: boghadair


saigetbolc

saigitbuilc (genitive)
saigetbolc
ṡaigetbolc

Irish: saigheadbholg


saigtech

saigtech m (genitive saigtig, nominative plural saigtig)

saigtig (genitive)
saigtig (nominative plural)
saigtech
ṡaigtech


saigteóracht

Irish: saighdeoireacht


gafann

Irish: gafann

Scottish Gaelic: gafann, gabhann, gagan

Likely a Brythonic borrowing, possibly through Old Cornish gahen, from Proto-Brythonic *gahoɣwon, from Proto-Celtic *gasogʷonā, a dissimilated reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂n̥so-gʷʰon-éh₂ (“goose killer”); compare Proto-Celtic *gansis.


metrapolitan

Borrowed from Latin mētropolītānus, from mētropolis (compare metrapoil).


Northmann

Borrowed from Old English Norþmann (“Norseman, Dane”). Compare Norwegian nordmann.


afost

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אוּפָז (ʾûp̄āz, “Uphaz”), a region mentioned in the Bible as famous for its gold.


barún

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barún m (genitive barúin or barún, nominative plural barúin)

barúin (genitive)
barún (genitive)
barúin (nominative plural)

Irish: barún

Borrowed from Old French baron, from Latin barōnem.


beóir

Irish: beoir


Conchobar

Conchobair (genitive)
Conchobar
Chonchobar

Irish: Conchobhar, Conchúr

→ English: Connor

Manx: Conchoor

Scottish Gaelic: Conchobhar


soiscél

Irish: soiscéal

Manx: sushtal

Scottish Gaelic: soisgeul

so- (“good”) + scél (“news”), a calque of Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion). See also Old Irish soiscélae.


cláirseóir

Irish: cláirseoir

Manx: claaseyr

Scottish Gaelic: clàrsair


cruittirecht

Irish: cruitireacht

Manx: cruitçheraght


cláirsech

Irish: cláirseach

Manx: claasagh

Scottish Gaelic: clàrsach


óen

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.


brága

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brága f (genitive brágat, nominative plural brágait)

brágat (genitive)
brágait (nominative plural)
brága
mbrága

desc

Irish: brá (“captive, hostage”), bráid (“neck, throat”)

Scottish Gaelic: bràigh (“captive, hostage”)

From Old Irish bráge (“neck”), from Proto-Celtic *brāgants. The sense “captive” derives from the phrase gaibid ar brágait (“to take captive”, literally “to take by the neck”).


mían

Manx: meain

Scottish Gaelic: mèinn


míanach

Irish: mianach (“ore; mine; stuff, material, substance, quality”)


derbchomalta

derbchomalta
later /ɣ-/
later /ɣʲ-/
nderbchomalta


comalta

Irish: comhalta

From Old Irish comaltae, from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos. By surface analysis, com- (“with”) + ailte (“fostered”).

comaltar

co-fosterage, joint responsibility for fosterage

comaltas

foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage


tinne

Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri.

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 12:

[There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.


clíamain

Irish: cliamhain

Manx: cleuin

Scottish Gaelic: cliamhainn


mómint

Irish: móimint

Scottish Gaelic: mòmaid


scáeth

Irish: scaoth

Manx: skeih

Scottish Gaelic: sgaoth


búar

Irish: buar


ithid

Irish: ith

Manx: ee

Scottish Gaelic: ith

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 14:

Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)


míanaige

/ˈmʲiːə̯nəɣʲə/


cathaigecht

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cathaigecht f (nominative plural cathaigechta)

cathaigechta (nominative plural)
cathaigecht
chathaigecht

/ˈkaθəɣʲəxt/

From cathaige (“fighter, warrior”) + -acht.


trímad

Irish: tríú

Manx: treeoo

From trí with -mad by analogy with the higher ordinals.


Amergin

a male given name borne most notably by two poets in medieval Ireland.


áe

áe (nominative plural áoi, genitive plural áoi, dative plural áoibh)

áoi (nominative plural)
áoi (genitive plural)
áoibh (dative plural)

Irish: ae

Manx: aane

Scottish Gaelic: adha

From Old Irish óa, from Proto-Celtic *awV-.


seissed

Irish: seiseadh

Scottish Gaelic: seiseadh

Is í sein int ṡeised bruiden ro·boi i n‑hErind in tan sin […]

That is one of the six halls that were in Ireland at that time […]


sechtmad

Irish: seachtú

From Proto-Celtic *sextametos. By surface analysis, secht + -mad.


nómad

Irish: naoú


tríchatmad

Irish: tríochadú


sescatmad

Irish: seascadú

Scottish Gaelic: seasgadamh

/ˈɕeskədβ̃əð/

/ˈɕeskədβ̃əɣ/


cétmad

Irish: céadú

Manx: keeadoo

Scottish Gaelic: ceudamh

[ˈkʲeːdβ̃að]

From Proto-Celtic *kantometos. By surface analysis, cét + -mad.


minúit

Irish: mionóid

a period of six minutes (a tenth of an hour)


Tadg

desctree

Irish: Tadhg
→ English: taig, Teague
→ Yola: Thieg

Manx: Taig

→ Old Norse: Taðkr

From tadg (“poet”), from Proto-Celtic *tazgos (“poet, storyteller”).


áes side

Irish: aos sí

From Old Irish áes síde. By surface analysis, áes (“folk, people”) + side (“fairy hill or mound”).


fidchell

head

fidchell f (genitive fidchille, nominative plural fidchella)

fidchille (genitive)
fidchella (nominative plural)
fidchell
ḟidchell

Irish: ficheall

Manx: feeal

Scottish Gaelic: fidhcheall

→ English: fidchell

/ˈɸʲiðxʲəl͈/

From Proto-Celtic *widukʷeislā (literally “wood intelligence”), from *widus (“wood”) + *kʷeislā (“sense”), cognate with Welsh gwyddbwyll, Cornish gwydhbol, and Breton gwezboell.

der

An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess.


Finnabair

Irish: Fionnabhair

From Old Irish Findabair, from Proto-Celtic *Windo-seibaris; cognate with English Guinevere and Jennifer.


Medb

desctree

Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh
→ English: Maeve

From Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.

Tancas o Ailill ocus o Meidb do chungid in chon.

People were sent from Ailill and from Medb to ask for the dog.

a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle


tigerna

Irish: tiarna

Manx: çhiarn

Scottish Gaelic: tighearna

/ˈtʲiɣʲər͈n͈ə/


breithemnas

brithemnasa (genitive)
breithemnas
mbreithemnas

Irish: breithiúnas

Manx: briwnys

Scottish Gaelic: breitheanas

/ˈbʲrʲeθʲəβ̃nəs/


íarthar

head

íarthar m (genitive íarthair, no plural)

Irish: iarthar

Is ⟨s⟩í sin in chōiced bruden ro·boī i nHērinn isind aimsir sin, ocus bruden Da-Derg i crích Cūalann ocus bruden Ḟorgaill Manaich ocus bruden Me[i]c Da-Rēo i mBrēfni ocus bruden Da-Choca i n-īarthur Midi.

c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 10:

That is one of the five halls that were in Ireland at that time: [the others being] also the hall of Da-Derg in the area of Cualu, and the hall of Forgall Manach, and the hall of Mac Dareo in Brefne, and the hall of Dachoca in the west of Meath.


áel

Irish: adhal

Manx: aall

Scottish Gaelic: adhal

From Old Irish áel, perhaps from the same source as Proto-Germanic *ēlō (“awl”). See also Sanskrit आरा (ārā, “shoemaker's knife”).


boingid

desc

⇒ Irish: bain (“to take, reap, dig out”)

/ˈboŋʲɡʲəðʲ/

/ˈboŋʲɡʲəɣʲ/

From Old Irish bongaid, from Proto-Celtic *bungeti.


Gall-Goídel

head

Gall-Goídel m (genitive Gall-Goídil, nominative plural Gall-Goídil)

Gall-Goídil (genitive)
Gall-Goídil (nominative plural)
Gall-Goídel
nGall-Goídel

Irish: Gall-Ghael

→ English: Gall-Gael

Scottish Gaelic: Gall-Ghàidheal

⇒ Scottish Gaelic: Gall-Ghàidhealaibh

→ English: Galloway

Manx: Goal-Ghael

→ Middle Welsh: gallwydel

Welsh: gallwyddel

/ˈɡal͈ˌɣɤːðʲəl/

/ˈɡal͈ˌɣɯːɣʲəl/

From Gall (“non-Gaelic settler in Ireland”) + Goídel (“Gael”).

af

A Norseman who settled in Ireland and adopted the native culture.


Cuilén

Irish: Coileán

Scottish Gaelic: Cailean

From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.


Beóllán

Irish: Beollán

⇒ Irish: Ó Beolláin

→ English: Boland

→ Old Norse: Bjólan
Icelandic: Bjólan


Cíchmuine

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐᚋᚔᚅᚔ (ccicamini), equivalent to cích + min literally 'having small breasts'.


aitire

Literally, “being between”, or more loosely translated as “one who stands between”.

lit

Dotéit aitire ar ḟer feras in fuil.

He goes surety for the man who inflicts the wound.

(law) hostage surety who guarantees the performance of an obligation with themselves (as opposed to a ráth, who guarantees it with their property); guarantor


oirid

Perhaps a contamination of ailid (“to suit”) with foirid (“to help”).


Fódla

Irish: Fódhla

(Irish mythology) name of a tutelary deity of Ireland


carrac

head

carrac f (genitive cairrce, nominative plural cairrce)

cairrce (genitive)
cairrce (nominative plural)
carrac
charrac

desctree

Irish: carraig, carraic (Mayo, Ulster)
→ English: Carrick, Carrig, Craig, crag
→ Yola: carrick

Manx: carrick

Scottish Gaelic: carraig

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).