If you're trying to learn Irish Feminine which is also called Gaelic, check our courses about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Irish grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Irish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Irish Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Irish feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Irish Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Baininscneach |
| he is happy | Tá sé sásta |
| she is happy | Tá sí sásta |
| he is American | Is Meiriceánach é |
| she is American | Is Meiriceámach í [ An Chopail - The Copula ] |
| man | fear |
| woman | bean |
| father | athair |
| mother | máthair |
| brother | deartháir |
| sister | deirfiúr |
| uncle | uncail |
| aunt | aintín |
| bull | tarbh |
| cow | bó |
| boy | buachaill |
| girl | cailín |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Irish.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Irish? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Irish vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Irish Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | rudaí |
| bathroom | seomra folctha |
| bed | leaba |
| bedroom | seomra codlata |
| ceiling | síleáil as in house/building (uast.. = limit in figures/calc etc} |
| chair | cathaoir |
| clothes | éadaí |
| coat | cóta |
| cup | cupán |
| desk | deasc |
| dress | gúna |
| floor | urlár |
| fork | forc |
| furniture | troscán |
| glass | gloine |
| hat | hata |
| house | teach |
| ink | dúch |
| jacket | seaicéad |
| kitchen | cistin |
| knife | scian |
| lamp | lampa |
| letter | litir |
| map | léarscáil |
| newspaper | nuachtán |
| notebook | leabhar nótaí |
| pants | bríste |
| paper | páipéar |
| pen | peann |
| pencil | peann luaidhe |
| pharmacy | cogaisíocht |
| picture | pictiúr |
| plate | pláta |
| refrigerator | cuisneoir |
| restaurant | bialann |
| roof | díon |
| room | seomra |
| rug | ruga/ mata urláir |
| scissors | siosúr |
| shampoo | foltfholcadh |
| shirt | léine |
| shoes | bróga |
| soap | gallúnach |
| socks | stocaí |
| spoon | Spúnóg |
| table | tábla |
| toilet | leithris |
| toothbrush | scuab fiacal |
| toothpaste | taos fiacla |
| towel | tuáille |
| umbrella | scáth |
| underwear | éadaí |
| wall | balla |
| wallet | sparán |
| window | fuinneog |
| telephone | guthán |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Irish. Once you're done with the Gaelic Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Irish lessons here: Learn Irish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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