boc

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boc m (genitive singular buic, plural buic)

Inherited from Middle Irish boc, from Old Irish boc, poc(c) (“he-goat”), from Proto-Celtic *bukkos.


mart

mart m (genitive singular mairt, plural mairt)

mairt (genitive singular)
mairt (plural)
mart
mhart


torc

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

tuirc (genitive singular)
tuirc (plural)
torc
thorc

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).


cearc

cearc f (dative singular cearc or circ, genitive singular circe, plural cearcan)

cearc (dative singular)
circ (dative singular)
circe (genitive singular)
cearcan (plural)
cearc
chearc

From Old Irish cerc, from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.


lach

lach f (genitive singular lacha, plural lachan)

lacha (genitive singular)
lachan (plural)

From Old Irish lachu (compare Irish lacha, Manx laagh).


loth

loth f (genitive singular lotha, plural lothan)

lotha (genitive singular)
lothan (plural)

From Proto-Celtic *luto-, *lutno-, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”), ultimately from *peh₂w- (“smallness”), see also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), English foal, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”)).


bò

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bò f (dative singular bò or boin, genitive singular bà, plural bà)

bò (dative singular)
boin (dative singular)
bà (genitive singular)
bà (plural)
bò (indefinite nominative singular)
bà (indefinite nominative plural)
bà (genitive indefinite singular)
bò (genitive indefinite plural)
bò (dative indefinite singular)
boin (dative indefinite singular)
bà (dative indefinite plural)
(a') bhò (definite nominative singular)
bà (definite nominative plural)
na bà (definite nominative plural)
bà (definite genitive singular)
na bà (definite genitive singular)
bò (definite genitive plural)
nam bò (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhoin (dative definite singular)
(a') bhò (dative definite singular)
bà (dative definite plural)
na bà (dative definite plural)
bhò (definite singular vocative)
bhà (definite plural vocative)

From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.


asal

asal m (genitive singular asail, plural asalan)

asail (genitive singular)
asalan (plural)
asal
n-asal

From Middle Irish asal, from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).


tarbh

tarbh m (genitive singular tairbh, plural tairbh)

tairbh (genitive singular)
tairbh (plural)
tarbh
tharbh

From Old Irish tarb, from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”) (compare Welsh tarw, Cornish tarow, Breton tarv, Gaulish taruos), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“bull”) (compare Latin taurus).

tarbh-coille

dark cloud which when seen on New Year's Day portends a stormy season

tarbh-oighre

bull supposed to serve cows grazing near to lochs in which they are supposed to live

tarbh-tàna

parish-, district-, or herd-bull, bull which is the property of a district


mult

mult m (genitive singular muilt, plural muilt)

muilt (genitive singular)
muilt (plural)

From Old Irish molt, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).


leòmhann

leòmhann m (genitive singular leòmhainn, plural leòmhannan or leòmhainn)

leòmhainn (genitive singular)
leòmhannan (plural)
leòmhainn (plural)

From Old Irish léo, léoman, from Latin leō.

Mar leòmhann le fearachas.


muc

muc (indefinite nominative singular)
mucan (indefinite nominative plural)
muice (genitive indefinite singular)
mhuc (genitive indefinite plural)
muic (dative indefinite singular)
mucan (dative indefinite plural)
mucaibh (dative indefinite plural)
(a') mhuc (definite nominative singular)
mucan (definite nominative plural)
na mucan (definite nominative plural)
muice (definite genitive singular)
na muice (definite genitive singular)
muc (definite genitive plural)
nam muc (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhuic (dative definite singular)
mucan (dative definite plural)
na mucan (dative definite plural)
mucaibh (dative definite plural)
mhuc (definite singular vocative)
mhuca (definite plural vocative)
muc
mhuc

From Middle Irish mucc. Cognates include Irish muc and Manx muc.


cliobag

cliobag f (genitive singular cliobaige, plural cliobagan)

cliobaige (genitive singular)
cliobagan (plural)


làireach

làireach (genitive singular masculine làirich, comparative làiriche)

làirich (genitive masculine singular)
làiriche (comparative)


làir

làir f (genitive singular làire or làrach, plural làraichean)

làire (genitive singular)
làrach (genitive singular)
làraichean (plural)


searrach

searrach m (genitive singular searraich, plural searraich)

searraich (genitive singular)
searraich (plural)
searrach
shearrach
after "an"
t-searrach

From Old Irish serrach, from Proto-Celtic *stirrākos, from Proto-Indo-European *stirp- (“progeny”) (compare Latin stirps (“stock”), Lithuanian stir̃pti (“to grow up”).


capall

capall m (genitive singular capaill, plural capaill)

capaill (genitive singular)
capaill (plural)
capall
chapall

From Old Irish capall (“horse”), related to Welsh ceffyl and Latin caballus.


tunnag

tunnag f (genitive singular tunnaige, plural tunnagan)

tunnaige (genitive singular)
tunnagan (plural)
tunnag (indefinite nominative singular)
tunnagan (indefinite nominative plural)
tunnaige (genitive indefinite singular)
tunnaig (genitive indefinite singular)
thunnag (genitive indefinite plural)
tunnaig (dative indefinite singular)
tunnagan (dative indefinite plural)
tunnagaibh (dative indefinite plural)
tunnag (definite nominative singular)
an tunnag (definite nominative singular)
tunnagan (definite nominative plural)
na tunnagan (definite nominative plural)
tunnaige (definite genitive singular)
na tunnaige (definite genitive singular)
tunnaig (definite genitive singular)
tunnag (definite genitive plural)
nan tunnag (definite genitive plural)
tunnaig (dative definite singular)
an tunnaig (dative definite singular)
tunnagan (dative definite plural)
na tunnagan (dative definite plural)
tunnagaibh (dative definite plural)
thunnag (definite singular vocative)
thunnaga (definite plural vocative)
tunnag
thunnag

[ˈtʰʊ̃n̪ˠak]


sagart

sagart m (genitive singular sagairt, plural sagartan or sagairtean)

sagairt (genitive singular)
sagartan (plural)
sagairtean (plural)
sagart
shagart
after "an"
t-sagart

From Old Irish sacart, from Latin sacerdōs.


coileach

coileach m (genitive singular coilich, plural coilich)

coilich (genitive singular)
coilich (plural)

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).


gearran

gearran m (genitive and plural gearrain)

From gearr (“short”) + -an (“instrumental suffix”).


agh

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agh f (genitive singular aighe, plural aighean)

aighe (genitive singular)
aighean (plural)
agh
n-agh

agh thrì bliadhna a dh'aois

reamhar mar agh

luaithre aighe

Oidhche Fhéill Eoin theirear “aighean” ris na gamhna

on St. John's Eve the stirks are called heifers.


maoisleach

maoisleach f (genitive singular maoislich, plural maoislichean)

maoislich (genitive singular)
maoislichean (plural)


maoiseach

maoiseach f (genitive singular maoisich, plural maoisichean)

maoisich (genitive singular)
maoisichean (plural)


gamhainn

gamhainn m (genitive singular gaimhne or gamhna, plural gaimhne or gamhna)

gaimhne (genitive singular)
gamhna (genitive singular)
gaimhne (plural)
gamhna (plural)


cearc-ghur

cearc-ghur f (genitive singular circe-gur, plural cearcan-gur)

circe-gur (genitive singular)
cearcan-gur (plural)


rùda

rùda m (genitive singular rùda, plural rùdan or rùdachan)

rùda (genitive singular)
rùdan (plural)
rùdachan (plural)


coileach-Frangach

coileach-Frangach m (genitive singular coilich-Fhrangaich, plural coilich-Fhrangach)

coilich-Fhrangaich (genitive singular)
coilich-Fhrangach (plural)


cearc-Fhrangach

cearc-Fhrangach f (genitive singular circe-Frangaich, plural cearcan-Frangach)

circe-Frangaich (genitive singular)
cearcan-Frangach (plural)
cearc-Fhrangach
chearc-Fhrangach


coileach Innseanach

coileach Innseanach m (genitive singular coilich Innseanaich, plural coilich Innseanach)

coilich Innseanaich (genitive singular)
coilich Innseanach (plural)


cearc Innseanach

cearc Innseanach f (genitive singular circe Innseanaich, plural cearcan Innseanach)

circe Innseanaich (genitive singular)
cearcan Innseanach (plural)


cullach

cullach m (genitive singular cullaich, plural cullaich)

cullaich (genitive singular)
cullaich (plural)
cullach
chullach

From Old Irish cullach (“boar; stallion”).

boar or other mature male unneutered animal (cat, stallion, seal etc.)


proimsheillean

proimsheillean m (genitive singular proimsheillein, plural proimsheilleanan)

proimsheillein (genitive singular)
proimsheilleanan (plural)


màthair-ghuir

màthair-ghuir f (genitive singular màthar-guir, plural màthraichean-guir)

màthar-guir (genitive singular)
màthraichean-guir (plural)
mother of the brood (literally)

Source of infection; cause of suppuration.


cràin-sheillean

cràin-sheillean (genitive singular cràin-sheillein, plural cràin-sheilleanan)

cràin-sheillein (genitive singular)
cràin-sheilleanan (plural)

cràin (“female of any animal”) + sheillean (“bee”, lenited form of seillean)


eilid

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eilid f (genitive singular èilde, plural èildean)

èilde (genitive singular)
èildean (plural)
eilid
n-eilid

From Old Irish elit, ailit (“doe, hind”), from Proto-Celtic *elantī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. Cognate with Irish eilit. Related to lon (“moose, elk”).


coileach-dubh

coileach-dubh m (genitive singular coilich-dhuibh, plural coilich-dhubha)

coilich-dhuibh (genitive singular)
coilich-dhubha (plural)


liath-chearc

liath-chearc f (genitive singular liath-chirce, plural liath-chearcan)

liath-chirce (genitive singular)
liath-chearcan (plural)

Am faca tu liath-chearc a-raoir?

Did you see a heath hen last night? (traditionally asked of someone looking pale and worried; the bird was considered a bad omen)