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  2. List of Irish words used in the English language - Wikipedia

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    hooligan – (from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as Hooligan or Hoolihan). keening – From caoinim (meaning "I wail") to lament, to wail mournfully (OED). kern – An outlaw or a common soldier. From ceithearn or ceithearnach, still the word in Irish for a pawn in chess. Leprechaun – a fairy or spirit (from leipreachán)

  3. List of English words of Irish origin - Wikipedia

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    The craic spelling, although preferred by many Irish people, has garnered some criticism as a faux-Irish word. [18] cross The ultimate source of this word is Latin crux, the Roman gibbet which became a symbol of Christianity. Some sources say the English wordform comes from Old Irish cros.

  4. Lists of English words of Celtic origin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Learn these phrases to sound authentically Irish on Saint ...

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    Sláinte, Banjaxed, Stall the ball? Anyone can wear green on Saint Patrick's Day, but do you know what these Irish words mean and how to say them?

  6. English loanwords in Irish - Wikipedia

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    dabht: "doubt" (the Irish words are: ambras, gó) The word péint may have been borrowed directly from English "paint" or from Old French peint. The verb pinntél ("to paint") appears in some Old Irish works. [6] Other words are actually Celtic roots that have entered English: carr: "car" (Old Irish carr, "wagon", from Proto-Celtic *karros) [7] [8]

  7. Category:Irish words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This is for words and phrases in the Irish language. It is not for Hiberno-English words or phrases (except where those originate from the Irish language). Subcategories

  8. Category:Irish language - Wikipedia

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    Irish words and phrases (3 C, 42 P) Irish-language works (4 C) Pages in category "Irish language" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.

  9. Irish words used in the English language - Wikipedia

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