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Irish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• ī'rĭsh
• /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/
• /ˈaɪɹəʃ/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈaɪəɹɪʃ/
• īə'rĭsh
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πῑ́ειρα (pī́eira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीव॑री (pī́varī, “fat”).

Meanings

1. Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
   • My genes would best be described as a melting pot – my mother is part Bulgarian Roma, part Romanichal (English Romany), and my dad is part Romanichal, part Irish Traveller – thus, it was hardly surprising when I was born a blue-eyed milk bottle. 2013 October 25, Filip Borev, “I was a pale Roma baby – it's always been a family joke that I was stolen”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022:
   • Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.
   • A. Fink-Nottle: But it's absolute balderdash, Bertie. I mean, listen to this: "Sure and begorrah, I don't know what's after being the matter with you, Michael." I mean, what on earth is this "what's after being" stuff mean? B.W. Wooster: My dear old Gussie, that is how people think Irish people talk. 1992 April 26, “Hot Off the Press”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 5:
2. Pertaining to the Irish language.

Forms

Deriveds

Irish country hat (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · full Irish breakfast (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish soda bread (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish yew (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · weep Irish (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish goodbye (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish up (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish mile (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish bacon (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish Blue (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish joke (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish horse (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish nacho (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · full Irish (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish blight (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Northern Irish (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish exit (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish Blue Terrier (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish hospitality (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish cream (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish linen (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish Hobby (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish bouzouki (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish diamond (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irishtown (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish twin (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish hint (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish question (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish coffee (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish water spaniel (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irishly (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish Sign Language (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish wolfhound (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish harp (Terms derived from Irish (adjective)) · Irish pub (Terms derived from Irish (adjective))

Relateds

Gaelic · Erse · Wiktionary’s coverage of Irish terms

Translations (130)

eo irlandlingva (pertaining to the language) · my အိုင်ယာလန် (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · lv īru (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ky ирланд (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ur آئرستانی (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · gl irlandés (pertaining to the language) · lt airių (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · es irlandés (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · nb irsk (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · id Irlandia (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · sh ȋrskī (pertaining to the language) · he אִירִי (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · sl írski (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · sco Erse (pertaining to the language) · sv irländsk (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · mr आयरिश (pertaining to the language) · ru ирла́ндский (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ur آئرستانی (pertaining to the language) · tl Irlandes (pertaining to the language) · it irlandese (pertaining to the language) · ru ирла́ндский (pertaining to the language) · da irsk (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · de Irisch (pertaining to the language) · mn ᠢᠷᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · vi Ái Nhĩ Lan (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · lv īrisks (pertaining to the language) · tg ирландӣ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · eo irlanda (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · haw ʻIlelani (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ast irlandés (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · be ірля́ндзкі (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · af Iers (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · hu ír (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ko 아일랜드어의 (pertaining to the language) · sq irlandez (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · tk irland (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ro irlandez (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · sk irský (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · haw ʻIlelani (pertaining to the language) · nl Iers (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · mk ирски (pertaining to the language) · ca irlandés (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ga Éireannach (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · sh и̑рскӣ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fi irlannin (pertaining to the language) · sh и̑рскӣ (pertaining to the language) · uz irlandiyalik (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · br iwerzhonek (pertaining to the language) · fi irlantilainen (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ko 아일랜드의 (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ka ირლანდიური (pertaining to the language) · uk ірла́ндський (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · bg ирла́ндски (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · lo ອຽກລັງ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · km អៀរឡង់ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ur آئرش (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fo írskur (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fa ایرلندی (pertaining to the language) · sco Erse (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · cmn 愛爾蘭的 /爱尔兰的 (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · de irisch (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · af Iers (pertaining to the language) · th ไอริช (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · hi आयरिश (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fo írskur (pertaining to the language) · nb irsk (pertaining to the language) · ur آئرش (pertaining to the language) · eu irlandar (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ca irlandès (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ga Gaelach (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ka ირლანდიური (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · lv īrisks (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fi irkku- (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ga Gaelach (pertaining to the language) · az irland (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · da irsk (pertaining to the language) · uz irland (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · tr İrlanda (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · cmn 愛爾蘭語的 /爱尔兰语的 (pertaining to the language) · lv īru (pertaining to the language) · pt irlandês (pertaining to the language) · mn ирланд (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · et iiri (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · tl Irlandes (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ast irlandés (pertaining to the language) · ca irlandès (pertaining to the language) · th ไอร์แลนด์ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ca irlandés (pertaining to the language) · th ไอริช (pertaining to the language) · tg ирландиягӣ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · cy Gwyddeleg (pertaining to the language) · ja アイルランドの (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · be ірла́ндскі (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ar إِيرْلَنْدِيّ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · is írskur (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ms Ireland (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · gd Èireannach (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · nn irsk (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · sv irisk (pertaining to the language) · fi iirin (pertaining to the language) · sl írski (pertaining to the language) · sh ȋrskī (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · cs irský (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · de irländisch (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · tt ирланд (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fi irlanninkielinen (pertaining to the language) · kk ирланд (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · bn আইরিশ (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · mr आयरिश (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fr irlandais (pertaining to the language) · it irlandese (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · nn irsk (pertaining to the language) · fr gaélique (pertaining to the language) · fr irlandais (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · lt airiškas (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fi iirinkielinen (pertaining to the language) · ug ئرېلاندىيە (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · pt irlandês (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · es irlandés (pertaining to the language) · cy Gwyddelig (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · nl Iers (pertaining to the language) · ro irlandez (pertaining to the language) · mt Irlandiż (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · gl irlandés (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · ja アイルランド語の (pertaining to the language) · pl irlandzki (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · pl irlandzki (pertaining to the language) · mk ирски (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · fa ایرلندی (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people) · hy իռլանդական (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Irish en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ī'rĭsh
• /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/
• /ˈaɪɹəʃ/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈaɪəɹɪʃ/
• īə'rĭsh
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πῑ́ειρα (pī́eira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीव॑री (pī́varī, “fat”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable) A board game of the tables family.
2. (US, uncountable) Temper; anger, passion.
   • But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying. 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, Nebraska, published 1987, page 65:
   • Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom. 1947, Hy Heath, John Lange, Clancy Lowered the Boom:
   • The Priest is as fierce a fighter as I am when he gets his Irish up. 1997, Andrew M. Greeley, Irish Lace, page 296:
3. (countable, uncountable) Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.
   • 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 […] :

Forms

Deriveds

bicycle Irish

Translations (1)

pl tryktrak irlandzki (board game)

Irish en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• ī'rĭsh
• /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/
• /ˈaɪɹəʃ/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈaɪəɹɪʃ/
• īə'rĭsh
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πῑ́ειρα (pī́eira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीव॑री (pī́varī, “fat”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
   • Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland.
2. (as plural) The Irish people.
   • Many Irish are actually dark-haired as a result of the many invaders and migrants over the centuries.
   • America used to love dams... Yes, and we built those dams with ingenuity and brawn and, of course, piles and piles of dead Irish. 2015 March 1, “Infrastructure”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 4, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
3. A surname originating as an ethnonym.
4. A female given name of chiefly Philippine usage.

Deriveds

smoked Irish · Scots-Irish · black Irish · Munster Irish · Connacht Irish · Irish English · Ulster Irish · bicycle Irish · Anglo-Irish · Scotch-Irish · Scotch Irish

Translations (155)

ur آئرستانی (the language) · ar إِيرْلَنْدِيَّة (the people) · ca irlandés (the language) · ko 아일랜드 사람 (the people) · be ірла́ндская мо́ва (the language) · sh И̏ркиња (the people) · vi tiếng Ai-len (the language) · nb irsk (the language) · ast irlandés (the language) · be ірла́ндка (the people) · ga Gaoidhealg (the language) · de Gälisch (the language) · acw ايرلندي (the language) · de Irin (the people) · pl iryjski (the language) · he אירים (the people) · fo íri (the people) · frm Irlandoise (the people) · be ірля́ндзкая мо́ва (the language) · fa ایرلندی (the language) · ja アイルランド人 (the people) · mk Ирци (the people) · de Irisch-Gälisch (the language) · id Irlandia (the language) · eo irlanda lingvo (the language) · fr Irlandais (the people) · et iiri keel (the language) · fr gaélique irlandais (the language) · pt irlandeses (the people) · gl irlandés (the language) · mk Ирка (the people) · is Írlendingar (the people) · cs Irka (the people) · uk ірла́ндець (the people) · bg ирла́ндка (the people) · vi người Ai-len (the people) · fi iiri (the language) · ur آئرستانی (the people) · gv Yernish (the language) · frm Irlandois (the people) · he אִירִית (the language) · pl Irlandczyk (the people) · km អៀរ (the language) · kw Godhalek (the language) · ka ირლანდიური ენა (the language) · da irsk (the language) · ca irlandès (the language) · ga Gael (the people) · fa ایرلندی (the people) · is írska (the language) · hy իռլանդերեն (the language) · uk ірла́ндка (the people) · eu irlandera (the language) · tr İrlandaca (the language) · de Irisch (the language) · sl írščina (the language) · ga Éireannach (the people) · sco Erse (the language) · lv īriete (the people) · haw ʻIlelani (the people) · non írar (the people) · cy Gwyddelod (the people) · ru и́рландский (the language) · ga Gaelainn (the language) · nn irsk (the language) · nl Iers (the language) · ar إِيرْلَنْدِيّ (the people) · sco Erse (the people) · uk ірла́ндська (the language) · it gaelico (the language) · bg ирла́ндец (the people) · uk ірла́ндська мо́ва (the language) · af Iers (the language) · sh и̑рскӣ (the language) · hu ír (the language) · sh ȋrskī (the language) · ru ирла́ндец (the people) · cy Gwyddyl (the people) · fr irlandais (the language) · ru ирла́ндка (the people) · af Iere (the people) · ar أَيِرْلَنْدِيّ (the language) · it irlandese (the language) · ur آئرش (the people) · eu gaelera (the language) · ko 아일랜드인 (the people) · lv īrs (the people) · sv iriska (the language) · sh Írac (the people) · cmn 愛爾蘭語 /爱尔兰语 (the language) · pt gaélico (the language) · it irlandese (the people) · mr आयरिश (the people) · be ірля́ндзкая (the language) · cmn 愛爾蘭人 /爱尔兰人 (the people) · de Ire (the people) · ca gaèlic irlandès (the language) · lt airių kalba (the language) · mr आयरिश (the language) · ro irlandez (the people) · gd Gaeilge (the language) · ko 아일랜드어 (the language) · pt irlandês (the language) · cs irština (the language) · ti አይሪሽ (the language) · cs Ir (the people) · nv Dághaałchííʼ dineʼé (the people) · be ірла́ндзец (the people) · lv īru valoda (the language) · sh Ȉrkinja (the people) · el ιρλανδικά (the language) · be ірля́ндзец (the people) · sl Irec (the people) · chn ayrish (the people) · be ірла́ндская (the language) · ur آئرش (the language) · tl Irlandes (the people) · ka ირლანდიური (the language) · frm Yrlandois (the people) · es irlandés (the language) · ru ирла́ндцы (the people) · ga Gaeilge (the language) · sk Ír (the people) · br iwerzhoneg (the language) · chr ᎢᎤᎳᏂ (the language) · sh И́рац (the people) · fi irlantilaiset (the people) · mk ирски (the language) · lt airių (the language) · ja アイルランド語 (the language) · vo Lireyänapük (the language) · tl Irlandes (the language) · mt l-Irlandiż (the language) · ro irlandeză (the language) · ka ირლანდიელი (the people) · be ірля́ндка (the people) · lv īru (the language) · frm Yrlandoise (the people) · gl irlandeses (the people) · ca irlandesos (the people) · fy Iersk (the language) · ka ირლანდიელები (the people) · pl język irlandzki (the language) · ca gaèlic irlandés (the language) · mk Ирец (the people) · gd na h-Èireannaich (the people) · nv Aárish bizaad (the language) · fo írskt (the language) · es irlandeses (the people) · ga Gaeilge na hÉireann (the language) · fr Irlandaise (the people) · pl Irlandka (the people) · ga Gaedhilg (the language) · sk Írka (the people) · cy Gwyddeleg (the language)

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