Irish Gaelic

Irish Gaelic

n.

See Irish.

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Irish Gaelic

n

(Languages) the Goidelic language of the Celts of Ireland, now spoken mainly along the west coast; an official language of the Republic of Ireland since 1921

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I•rish

(ˈaɪ rɪʃ)

n.

1. (used with a pl. v.)

a. the inhabitants of Ireland.

b. natives of Ireland or persons of Irish ancestry living outside Ireland.

2. the Celtic language of Ireland, now largely supplanted as a vernacular by English. Abbr.: Ir

adj.

3. of or pertaining to Ireland, its inhabitants, or the language Irish.

Idioms:

get one's Irish up, Informal. to become angry or outraged.

[1175–1225; Middle English Yrisse, Iris(c)h; compare Old English Īras people of Ireland (c. Old Norse Īrar); see -ish¹]

I′rish•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Irish Gaelic - the Celtic language of Ireland Irish Erse, Gaelic, Goidelic - any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland Old Irish - Irish Gaelic up to about 1100 Middle Irish - Irish Gaelic from 1100 to 1500 Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

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Translations

Irisch-Gälisch