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tory – Originally an Irish outlaw, probably from the word tóraí meaning "pursuer". trousers – From Irish triús. turlough – A seasonal lake in limestone area (OED). Irish turloch "dry lake". uilleann pipes – Irish bellows-blown bagpipes. uilleann is Irish for "elbow". usker – From Irish uscar, a jewel sewn into an item of clothing.
Flannbhuí which is considered a shade of buí (yellow) in Irish is the proper word for the colour. Aerach meaning gay (feeling). The proper term for homosexuality is homaighnéasachas. All native non-calqued or semantically altered words relating to homosexuality in Irish such as piteog, síog, cam and gearrán all have negative meanings.
Note: the English words slobber and slobbery do not come from this; they come from Old English. [21] slogan (from sluagh-ghairm meaning "a battle-cry used by Gaelic clans") Meaning of a word or phrase used by a specific group is metaphorical and first attested from 1704. [26] smithereens small fragments, atoms.
These cute names will shamrock your world. Home & Garden. Lighter Side
Cute Irish Boy Names 71. Finney “Fair-haired” is the meaning behind this name. 72. Finley. This moniker sounds adorable and has an inspiring definition as it means “fair-haired hero.”
These lists of English words of Celtic origin include English words derived from Celtic origins. These are, for example, Common Brittonic , Gaulish , Irish , Scottish Gaelic , Welsh , or other languages.
Erin go Bragh is an anglicisation of the phrase Éirinn go Brách in the Irish language. [2] The standard version in Irish is Éire go Brách, which is pronounced [ˈeːɾʲə ɡə ˈbˠɾˠaːx]. Some uses of the phrase will use Éirinn, which survives as the dative form in the modern standard form of Irish and is the source of the poetic form ...
Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives ...