Irish Adjectives
Learning the Irish Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Irish language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Irish.
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 |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Irish has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Gaelic.
List of 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) |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Irish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Gaelic Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Irish lessons here: Learn Irish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.