Remember how the teachers never taught us swear words, and so you could not learn the only Irish that really held your attention?

This COOL website rectifies that!

http://www.insultmonger.com/swearing/irish_gaeilge.htm

Níl an litriú thar mholadh beirte i gcúpla cás, áfach:

"Díul mó bhad" (Suck a lot of boats?)
"Focal leat" (A word with you?)

Some of them are genuine Irish insults. A lot of them are just weak attempts to gaelicise English ones though. Beware.

Is fearr go mór an leabhar seo:

500 Mallacht

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Nach suarach an mhaise daoibh? Cad chuige an bhfuil sibh ag iarraidh focail mhaslacha a chur isteach sa teanga bhinn seo againne? Sílim gurb é sin an difear idir an Béarla agus an Ghaeilge ná nach bhfuil na mallachtaí seo sa Ghaeilge. Tá tobar shaibhir againn de litríocht thar na blianta na scrios seo. Éire tír na naomh is na n-ollún? Ní doigh liom é anois!

Ara gabh suas ort féin!!

Bhí mallacht dheas ghonta nó dhó ag ár sinsir:

http://www.sengoidelc.com/node/25

http://www.sengoidelc.com/node/26

Is 'Feisigh leat' not the Gaeilge for f-uck off?

"Feisigh", as far as I can tell, is a word that Gearóid Mac an Bhainisteora made up for his Slang Dictionary. I assume it's based on the noun "feis", which today generally means "festival", but whose original sense was "spending the night" -- either sleeping with someone, or simply being entertained for the night with good food and a soft bed.

Hey Guys-
I'm a novelist and I have an Irish character who needs to say something along the lines of F-me or F-off. I would prefer an authentic curse, but I'm not having much luck online. Any help you can offer would be appreciated.
B

"Gabh suas ort féin" is a genuine Irish insult, meaning "Go fuck yourself".
Using "Feisigh" as an Irish equivalent of "Fuck" is a bad case of Béarlachas.

That was extremely helpful. I'm trying not to make the entire character Béarlachas (if that's how one uses the word), but I'm running into a few snags (like swearing). Thanks for the help!

Hello...

Could anyone help me with a simple translation??

"Peace and Plenty" was our family motto a few hundred years ago.. would it be "Síocháin agus flúirse" or are there some other possibilities ??

And... can any one help me with the pronouciation of
Caomhánach

Thanks :)

michael

Bhuel Micheal!

Id pronounce that "q-way-von-och" and as for the motto id say there's probably a more accurate way of putting it but im not sure what!

In every language there's a need to curse. If Irish is a real language, there should be ways of cursing on it. I find it interesting that on TG4 they swear away in Irish and nothing happens, even on kids shows. Eg. on Spongebob Squarepants they spent one episode constantly repeating 'Bualfidh mé an cac asat'(I'm going to kick the shit out of you).

Since we're on the topic. How would one use interjections in Irish, for instance if something bad happens and you yell 'Ah shit' or saying 'Fuck yes' or similar. A real list of proper Irish words for this would be helpful. I find they never teach you in school what you might actually need when speaking the language.

Uaillbhreasa or exclamations:

There's huge selection of them in the bi-lingual thesaurus "Focail i bhFócas" by Seán Mac Cionnaith. Well worth buying.