in irish we don’t say “i love you” we say “mo bod é arm gnéasach” which means “i want to hold you until the end.” i think that’s beautiful.

  • Gaelic Professor: Wherever there's a bhfuil, there's a...
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  • Gaelic Professor: Umm... no. There's a Tá or a Níl. But nice try.

Here a thumblr, have some words for people.

Abhlóir - baffoon, fool, confused bewildered person

Áilleánach - dressed-up useless person

Ainrialaí - undisciplined disorderly person

Bacláimhíneach - a person crippled in hand or arm

Bodóg - hefty young woman

Bodalach - big ungainly young person

Boitseachán - short thickset person, assertive bumptious person

Bodóinseach - lusty foolish woman

Bristeachán - lanky long-legged youth

Bolstaic - sullen morose person

Breoille - naked person

Brúchtóir - belcher

Caibíneach - sunken-lipped person, small-mouthed, prominent-chinned

Clabaire - open-mouthed, garrulous person

Claiséir - flat-buttocked person

Cogáiste - soft, fat person

Cluasachán - long-eared person or animal

Crágaí - person with long hands

Crupach - shrunken, stiff-jointed person or animal

Cadhnaí - bold, headstrong woman

Claimhseog - mangy dirty female

Cráiteog - tormented, miserable woman

Crándúir - withered old man

Cársánaí - wheezy person

Canúnaí - person interested in / addicted to, dialect

Céilíoch - person fond of social visits

Cideog - person who is easily imposed upon

Cithineach - lively happy woman

Clochrán - recluse, one confined to house or bed

Críonán - old wizened person

Croithleán - shivering cold-looking person, weakling

Cúlchearrbhach - onlooker at a card game

Léigh anois go cúramach ar do scrúdpháipéar na treoracha agus na ceisteanna

List of words for people, cuid 2.

Dalbóg - saucy girl

Dallmhargaí - unwary buyer

Dromhlaíoch - stooped, gaunt, old person

Drúiseach - lustful, lascivious person

Dúdaire - long-necked person, eavesdropper

Fiannaí - teller of stories of ancient Fianna, one versed in ancient lore, romancer

Fiannachtaí - big, gaunt, raw-boned person

Finíoch - small but useful worker

Eachtraí - adventurer, wanderer, traveller, exile

Eaghbás - dead-and-alive person

Fánneoir - a person who rings animals, wearer of fáinne

Fuaramán - a person susceptible to cold

Fuathaitheoir - a hater

Gárthóg - screaming excitable woman

Gastóg - small saucy girl

Geanasóg - modest likeable girl or woman

Geolbhachán - flabby-jawed double-chinned person

Giústa - big-bottomed lazy person

Gobachán - sharp-featured person, beak-nosed person, sharp-tongued inquisitive interferer

Gormaire - livid-faced person, cold-blooded lethargic sit-by-the-fire

Guaireachán - bristly creature or thing, person with a stubbly beard

Gúngaire - narrow-rumped person with an awkward gait

Ioscadán - spindle-shanked knock-kneed person

Láirigeach - large-thighed person or animal

Leathéan - one of a pair of birds; lone bird/bachelor/old maid

Leiciméir - pretended fool

Meamhlachán - mewing child or cat, whimperer

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