Irish
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Etymology[edit]
Middle English Irisce (12th c.), from Old English Īras, from Old Norse írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Éire (“Ireland”)), from Proto-Celtic *Īwerjū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *pi-wer- (“fertile”), literally "fat," akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit [script?] (pívarī, “fat”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Irish
- The Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
- Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland
- A surname.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the language
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Noun[edit]
Irish (uncountable)
- (as plural) The Irish people.
- (obsolete) A board game of the tables family.
- (US) Temper; anger, passion.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, Nebraska (1987), page 65:
- But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying.
- 1947, Hy Heath, John Lange, Clancy Lowered the Boom:
- Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
- 1997, Andrew M. Greeley, Irish Lace, page 296:
- The Priest is as fierce a fighter as I am when he gets his Irish up.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, Nebraska (1987), page 65:
- whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.
- 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men In A Boat:
- Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night, and proposed that we should go out and have a smile, saying that he had found a place, round by the square, where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking.
- 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men In A Boat:
Usage notes[edit]
- Use Irishman or Irishwoman for one singular person.
Translations[edit]
the people
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board game
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Adjective[edit]
Irish (comparative more Irish, superlative most Irish)
- Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
- Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.
- Pertaining to the Irish language.
- (Derogatory) Nonsensical, daft or complex.
- "A number of derogatory nicknames began to emerge, including "Irish confetti" for thrown bricks, and "Irish kiss" for a slap" (Wisegeek.com)
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from Irish
Translations[edit]
pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
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pertaining to the language
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See also[edit]
- Erse
- Gaelic
- Wiktionary's coverage of Irish terms
- Appendix:Irish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Irish
External links[edit]
- Irish–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
- ISO 639-1 code ga, ISO 639-3 code gle
- Ethnologue entry for Irish, ga
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Old Irish
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English proper nouns
- English surnames
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
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