A website dedicated to the Irish language in County Mayo
Feitheade - animal Feithidí - animals
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Peata - Pet Peataí - Pets
Cat - cat Cait - cats
Pisín - kitten Pisíní - kittens
a'crónán - purring
a'scamhaíl – meowing
Chuir sé scamh as - it miaowed
Scriach na gcat - a place where cats gather
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Mada - dog Madaí - dogs
Dhá mhadú - two dogs
Coileán - puppy Coileáin - puppies
Gadhar – dog, mutt
a'tafann - barking
Drantánacht – growling
Farm animals
Asal - donkey Asail - donkeys
a'grágaíl - braying
Pardóg – basket (on a donkey)
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Beithíoch - horse Beithigh - horses
Beithíoch capall - mare
Gearrán - gelding
Searrach - foal
Bromach – colt
a'seitreacht - neighing
a'seitríl - whinnying
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Bó - cow Ba - cows
Gamhan - calf
Bullán – bullock
a'géimneach - mooing
Tarbh - bull
Bodóg – heifer
Adharc - horn
úth - udder
a'búiríl - bellowing
Buarach - stall rope (for tying livestock)
a'bleán na mba - to the milk the cows
cogaint na círe - chew the cud
Bhí an bhó sa mbradaíl aréir - the cow was wandering last night
Sa mbradaíl - wandering, straying
Cacbó - cowpat
Buinneach - diarrhoea (in cow)
Scabhar - diarrhoea
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Caoire - sheep Caoirigh - sheep
Uan - lamb
a'méileach - bleat (sheep)
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Gabhar - goat
Gabhar boireann - nanny-goat
Meannán - kid
a'méilí - bleating (goat)
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Muc - pig Mucaí - pigs
Cráin – sow
Banaicín – A young piglet
Banbh – piglet
Sabhán – a small thin pig
a'gnúiseacht - grunting
Faill muice - pigsty
Trach – trough
Lúchóg – mouse Luchógaí - mice
Francach - rat Francaigh - rats
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Parts of a mammal
Smut - snout
Crúb – hoof
Ladhar – claw Laghraí - claws
Mútóg – a flipper Mútógaí - flippers
Ruball – tail Rublaí - tails
Fionnadh - fur
Potógaí - entrails
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Wild mammals
Coinín - rabbit Coiníní - rabbits
Cheap sé an oiread seo coiníní dhe corr amháin - he caught many rabbits in one go
Giorrai - hare Giorriachaí - hares
Dhá ghiorraí - two hares
Súileachaí – snares for hunting hares or rabbits
Súil ribe - wire snare
Procháin – burrowing
Gráinneog – hedgehog
Sionnach – fox
Broc – badger
Fia - deer
Iora rua - squirrel
Madú uisc' - otter
Rón - seal
Easóg - weasel
iallach - droppings
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Éan - bird Éanachaí - birds
Lupar - a fledgling
Luparán - a small bird
Coileach - cockerel Coiliú - cockerels
Sprochaille – wattle of a cockerel
Cearc - hen Cearcaí – hens
Sicín - chick
a'grágaíl - squawking
a'breith - laying (eggs)
a'gor - hatching
Cró na gcearc - hen house
Peiliceachaí - laying coops
Tiuc tiuc! - calling the hens
Gob - beak
Sciathán - wing
Ubh – egg
Gog - a child's name for an egg
Nead - nest
Cleit' - feather
Cleitiú – preen, feather
Cleiteach - moulting feathers
Gé - goose Géabhaí - geese
Gandal - gander
Gosilín - gosling
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Wild birds
Préachán – crow
Traighean seagal - corncrake
Faoileáin – seagull
Prántach – black-back gull that hasn't left the nest
Crotaigh - curlews
Roilleach - oyster catcher
Iolar – eagle
Eala - swan
Seabhac - hawk
Scúid - bird droppings
Insects
Fíodóir - spider
Cuilleog – fly
Meach - bee Meachain - bees
Seangán - ant
Snáthaid mhór - daddy-long-legs
Criogaid a'bhaic - house cricket
Criogaid - cricket
Ciaróg – beetle
Dealgdaor – coach horse beetle
Creabhar – horse-fly
Féileacán - butterfly
Leamá - moth
Míol - tick
Snáighe - flea
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Annelids
Péist - worm Péistí - worms
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Molluscs
Seilmide – snail
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