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Learning the Irish Adjectives displayed below is vital to the language. Irish Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Irish Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | aidiachtaí |
| a green tree | crann glas |
| a tall building | foirgneamh ard |
| a very old man | fear an- tsean/seanfhear amach is amach |
| the old red house | an seanteach dearg |
| a very nice friend | cara an-deas |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Irish.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Irish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Irish vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Irish Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | dathanna |
| black | dubh |
| blue | gorm |
| brown | donn |
| gray | liath |
| green | glas |
| orange | oráiste |
| purple | corcra |
| red | dearg |
| white | bán |
| yellow | buí |
| sizes | méideanna |
| big | mór |
| deep | domhain |
| long | fada |
| narrow | caol |
| short | gearr |
| small | beag |
| tall | ard |
| thick | tiubh |
| thin | tanaí |
| wide | leathan |
| shapes | cruthanna |
| circular | ciorclán |
| straight | díreach |
| square | cearnach |
| triangular | triantánach |
| tastes | Blasanna |
| bitter | searbh |
| fresh | úr |
| salty | blas goirt |
| sour | géar ( as in milk ) bainne géar |
| spicy | spíosartha |
| sweet | milis |
| qualities | cáilíochtaí |
| bad | olc |
| clean | glan |
| dark | dorcha |
| difficult | deacair |
| dirty | salach |
| dry | tirim |
| easy | éasca |
| empty | folamh |
| expensive | daor |
| fast | tapaidh |
| foreign | coimhthíoch/coigríoch |
| full | iomlán |
| good | dea-/ maith |
| hard | crua |
| heavy | trom |
| inexpensive | saor |
| light | éadrom |
| local | áitiúil |
| new | nua |
| noisy | callánach/glórach |
| old | sean |
| powerful | cumhachtach |
| quiet | ciúin |
| correct | ceart |
| slow | mall |
| soft | bog |
| very | an- |
| weak | lag |
| wet | fliuch |
| wrong | mícheart |
| young | óg |
| quantities | cainníochtaí |
| few | cúpla/roinnt |
| little | beagán |
| many | go leor |
| much | a lán ..airgid (much money) |
| part | cuid |
| some | roinnt |
| a few | roinnt |
| whole | iomlán/ ar fad (the whole garden ..An gairdin ar fad) |
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