Health - Sláinte
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Not well
Tinn - sick
Babhta tinnis - a bout of illness
a fulaingt - to bear, to suffer
Dhe bharr ghortú - from an injury
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Cough and sneezes
Slaghdán – a cold
Casachtaí - cough
Sráf - sneeze
Dia linn - Bless you! (when someone sneezes).
Deiseal - Bless you! (when someone coughs).
Racht chasachtaí - a fit of coughing
Triuf - whooping cough
Cáirseán - wheeze
Fiabhras - fever
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Muscle pains
Crambaí - cramps
Stroncadh - a muscle spasm
Stoncaith' - a muscle spasm
Anarchan leapa - a crick in your neck
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Nerve pain
Codladh driúracháin - pins and needles
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Diseases
Bruitíneach - measles
Leicneach - mumps
Skin problems
Bonnbhualadh - callous (on feet)
Oighreach - sores from cold or chafing
Spogán – little blister
Gearradh - a cut
Brúití - a bruise
Scrus - rash
Dizziness
Meadhrán – dizziness
Mearbhall - bewildered, confused
Rámhaillí – raving, delirious
Lagar – weakness, fainting, fainting fit
Níorbh ionann é sin agus mearbhall - this wasn't the same thing as being confused
Eye problems
Smálcín - pimple on eyelid
Throat problems
Piachán - hoarseness
Píoblach – hoarseness
Ceapthaí sa bpíobán - a frog in your throat
Joint pains
Tálach - wrist pain
Briongán - stiffness
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Breathing problems
Plúch – choking
Tachlaman - suffocating
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Dental problems
Daigheadh fhiacail - toothache
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Chest problems
Cléithín - ensiform cartilage
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Stomach problems
a'tiontú - vomiting
Sciodar - diarrhoea or Sciodrú - diarrhoea
Tá an bhuinneach dearg air - He is very ill with diarrhoea
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Foot problems
Drochchosaí - foot ailments
Buinniúin - bunions
Céim bhacaíl - walking with a limp
Chloígheadh sé suas bunachaí na gcos agus ní bheadh siad in ann aon bhróg a fhulaingt - It would swell up the bottom of their feet so they would be unable to bear any shoe
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Lumps and bumps
Fadharcán – a lump
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Temperature
Báití le allas - drenched with sweat
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Recuperation
Bíseach - recover, get better
go dtiocfá chugat fhéin - until you'd recover
Faoiseamh - relief
Fuairín - relief, ease
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