Lingua Irlandese

Detti Popolari in Ogham

Proverbi irlandesi tradizionali e colloquialismi moderni — scritti nell'antico alfabeto Ogham.

Traditional Irish Proverbs

ᚔᚄ ᚃᚕᚏᚏ ᚌᚙᚔᚂᚌᚓ ᚁᚏᚔᚄᚈᚓ ᚅ ᚁᚐᚏᚂᚐ ᚉᚂᚄᚈᚓ

Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla clíste

"Broken Irish is better than clever English"

ᚔᚄ ᚋᚔᚅᚔᚉ ᚐ ᚁᚆᚏᚔᚄ ᚁᚐᚂ ᚇᚗᚅᚓ ᚐ ᚄᚆᚏᚅ

Is minic a bhris béal duine a shrón

"Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose"

ᚅᚂ ᚄᚐᚖ ᚌᚐᚅ ᚂᚑᚉᚆᚈ

Níl saoi gan locht

"There is no wise person without fault"

ᚔᚄ ᚐᚔᚈ ᚐᚅ ᚋᚐᚉ ᚐᚅ ᚄᚐᚑᚂ

Is ait an mac an saol

"Life is strange"

ᚅ ᚅᚕᚏᚈ ᚌᚑ ᚉᚒᚏ ᚂᚓ ᚉᚆᚔᚂᚓ

Ní neart go cur le chéile

"There's strength in unity"

ᚅᚂ ᚐᚑᚅ ᚈᚔᚅᚈᚓᚅ ᚋᚐᚏ ᚇᚑ ᚈᚆᚔᚅᚈᚓᚅ ᚃᚔᚅ

Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin

"There's no fireplace like your own fireplace"

ᚔᚄ ᚈᚏᚓᚔᚄᚓ ᚐᚅ ᚇᚉᚆᚐᚄ ᚅ ᚐᚅ ᚖᚂᚔᚔᚅᚈ

Is treise an dúchas ná an oiliúint

"Nature is stronger than nurture"

ᚅ ᚈᚆᚐᚌᚐᚅᚅ ᚉᚘᚂᚂ ᚏᚖᚋᚆ ᚐᚖᚄ

Ní thagann ciall roimh aois

"Sense does not come before age"

ᚈᚄ ᚋᚐᚔᚈᚆ ᚂᚕᚈᚆ ᚅᚐ ᚆᚖᚁᚏᚓ

Tús maith leath na hoibre

"A good start is half the work"

ᚔᚄ ᚐᚅᚂᚐᚅᚅ ᚋᚐᚔᚈᚆ ᚐᚅ ᚈᚑᚉᚏᚐᚄ

Is anlann maith é an t-ocras

"Hunger is good sauce"

ᚉᚆᚑᚋᚆ ᚉᚔᚑᚈᚐᚉᚆ ᚂᚓ ᚋᚒᚉ ᚔ ᚄᚉᚘᚋᚆᚂᚐᚅᚅ

Chomh ciotach le muc i sciamhlann

"As awkward as a pig in a parlour"

ᚅ ᚇᚆᚑᚂ ᚇᚑ ᚉᚆᚕᚏᚉ ᚐᚏ ᚂ ᚃᚂᚔᚒᚉᚆ

Ná dhíol do chearc ar lá fliuch

"Don't sell your hen on a wet day"

ᚋᚔᚇ ᚉᚖᚏᚅᚐᚂ ᚂᚓ ᚋᚂᚐ ᚋᚔᚅ

Méid coirnéal le mála móin

"As many corners as a bag of turf"

Modern Irish Colloquialisms

ᚉᚏᚐᚔᚉ

Craic

Fun, gossip, good times — "What's the craic?" is the Irish equivalent of "What's up?"

ᚌᚏᚐᚅᚇ

Grand

Fine, okay, acceptable. The Irish "grand" covers everything from "I'm fine" to "that'll do."

ᚁᚐᚅᚇᚐᚕᚓᚇ

Banjaxed

Broken, ruined, or exhausted. "The car is banjaxed" or "I'm absolutely banjaxed."

ᚌᚐᚄ

Gas

Funny, amusing. "He's gas" means "he's hilarious."

ᚔᚑᚉᚓ

Yoke

A thing — any object whose name you can't remember or can't be bothered saying.

ᚓᚓᚇᚔᚈ

Eejit

An idiot, a fool — but usually said with affection rather than contempt.

ᚄᚂᚐᚔᚅᚈᚓ

Slainte

Cheers — literally "health." The Irish toast when raising a glass.

ᚄᚒᚉᚉᚔᚅᚇᚔᚓᚄᚓᚂ

Suckin diesel

"Now we're suckin' diesel" — now things are going well, now we're in business.

ᚚᚂᚐᚋᚄ

Plamás

Flattery, empty talk, blarney. Someone giving you plamás is buttering you up.

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