The Home
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Houses
Teach - house Tifí - houses
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The garden
Claighe - fence Claíochaí - fences
Leacrachaí - flagstones
Geata – gate
Corraíocht – vegetable gardening
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Windows
Dallóg – window blind
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Furniture
Ball trioc - piece of furniture
Mata – a mat
Cathaoir – chair
Bord - table
Stól - stool
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The fireplace
Teallach - fireplace, hearth
Toit - smoke
Bhí toit astu - they were giving off smoke
Deatach - smoke
Clabhar - the hole in the wall where they put down the fire
Bac - the walls either side of a fire (in a fireplace)
Cois na tineadh - the floor beside the fire
a'faire isteach sa tiní - staring into the fire
timire an teallaigh - tongs (for a fireplace)
Grabhar - crumbled pieces of turf
Múirín - turf crumbled into fine dust
Poll a'bhaic - pot next to the fireplace for knickknacks
Sméaróid - embers sméaróideachaí - embers
Sméaróideachaí dearga - red embers
Sméaróideachaí dubha - black embers
Aithinne - coal, ember aithinneachaí - coals, embers
Luaithe – ash
Bheadh dearg sa luaith - there'd be reddening in the ashes
Nuair a bheadh an tiní ag éirí caití - when the fire would be dying down
Súiche - soot
Gríosach – hot ashes, embers
Tiní úr - a new fire
an tiní a choigilt - banking the fire
Bior dóití - a hot poker
Graobh – the tilted edge of a constructed pile of turf
Grogán – small heap of footed turf
Simléar - chimney
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Cold and cosiness
Te teascal - warm and cosy
Ionghaoth – strong draught
Slán sábháiltí - safe and secure
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Rooms
Seomra – room
Seomra suití - living room
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Bedroom
Leabaí - bed Leapachaí - beds
Piliúr - pillow
Cionnáirt - headboard (bed)
Tic clúmhach – down mattress
Clúmhach - soft fluffy feathers; down
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The kitchen
Cisteanach - kitchen
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Bathroom
Folcadán - bathroom
Sóp - Soap
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Crockery and cutlery
Crúsca – jug
Próca – jar
Cúpán – cup
Pláta – plate
Scian – knife
Spúnóg – spoon
Buidéal – bottle
Cleanliness and messiness
a'glanadh - cleaning
a'nighe - washing
Slachtmar - tidy
Sclait - a mess
Prác - mess
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Locals
Comhairs' - neighbour Comhairseanaí - neighbours
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