Irish Gaelic for Farmers
last added to : Oct 11, 2001
pronunciation in brackets where available

Farming

General
hayloft : lochta fŽir
hay rack : raca fŽir
hayrick : cruach fhŽir
herd (verb) : trŽad
herd (noun) : teacht la chŽile
farm : feirm (fayrm)
farmer : feirmeoir
feeding and milking place for cows : buaile (boolia)
horse trough : umar capall
stable : stabla eachra
to put a horse out to grass : capall a chur amach ar fhŽar

Land
burnt land : loisgthe (luska)
fertile meadow among marshes or woods : cluain (cloon)
green field : tamhnach (tavlaught)
plot of land in tillage : ceapach (cappa)
sod : f—d, scriath
soil : ithir
soil, rich : talamh Žadrom
tilled field : gort (gort)

Tools
saddle : diallait
hayfork : p’ce fŽir
rake : r‡ca, r‡can
scythe : speal
shovel : sluasaid
sickle : corr‡n

Milking
dairy : dŽir’
dairy farm : feirm dhŽir’ochta
dairy farmer : feirmeoir dŽir’ochta
dairy farming : dŽir’ocht
dairy maid : cail’n dŽir’
dairy produce : t‡ir geadh dŽir’ochta
mastitis : maist’teas
milk, to (verb) : crśim, bl’m, crśigh
milker : bliteoir, crśiteoir
milk can : canna bainne
milk jug : cruisca bainne
milk machine : inneal crśite
milking time : eadarta
udder : uth


Animals

General
cud : c’or
to chew cud : an ch’or a chogairt

Cows
bull : tarbh (tave)
calf : gamhan (gowan)
cow : b— (boe)
cow, pregnant : b— inolao
dairy cow : b— bainne (bo banya), loil’och, gamhnach (gownagh), b— bamne
herdboy : buachaill
hornless cow : mael (mwil)
lowing of cattle : gŽimneach
ox : damh (dauv)

Goats
goat : gabhar (gower), p—can
goat, female : minseach
billy goat : pacaroe
goat kid : mionn‡n, meann‡n
goatherd : aiore gabhar

Horses
horse : each (agh), eac (agh), capall (capull)
colt : bromach
filly : searrach l‡rach, cliob—g
foal : searrac (sharruk)
gelding : gearr‡n
mare : l‡rach (lauragh), l‡ir
stallion : stail

Pigs
pig : muc (muck)
boar : collac
piglet : banb
sow : cr‡in muice, cuirim
swineherd : muic’
weiner pig : cŽis

Sheep
sheep : caera (kwera)
ewe lamb : f—isc
lamb : uan (oowan)
lambing : breaith uan
ram : reite
shear (verb): lomadh
shearing : bearradh, lomadh
sheep dip : dip caorach
sheep fold : cr— caorach
sheep run : rŽimse caorach, b‡inseach
sheep tick : cruimh caorach
sheepdog : tŽim ar t—ir
shepherd : aoire, trŽadai
woolbearing : olannt‡irgeach

Other Mammals
donkey : asal (asul)

Birds
drake : bardal
duck , female : laca
gander : gandal
goose : gŽ (gay), gŽdh (gay)
goose, female : cr‡in ghŽ
goosegirl : cail’n gŽanna
gosling : Žan gŽ, g—isl’n
hen : cearc
pigeon : colśr
rooster : coileach
swan : eala, gŽis
turkey : turcai
to lay an egg : beir
hen's egg : ub circe


Crops

grain : gr‡inne
grass : fŽar
hay : fŽar tirim
oats : coirce (corkuh)
orchard : śllord
orchard, cherry : gort sil’n’
sheave : s’obh (sheev)
sheaver : lomth—ir bearrth—ir
sowing time : aim sir na curad—ireacht
straw : coch‡n, tu’

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