Meaning

2 senses

  1. Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.

    Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.

    irisch, irländisch

    ирла́ндскийirlándskij

    ірла́ндськийirlándsʹkyj

    of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people

  2. Pertaining to the Irish language.

    Irisch

    ирла́ндскийirlándskij

Examples

93 sentences

  1. I'm very interested in Irish folk music.

    Мене дуже цікавить ірландська народна музика. — deniko

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  2. I love Irish music.

    Я люблю ірландську музику. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю ирландскую музыку. — Lebensfreude

    deIch liebe irische Musik. — Lebensfreude

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  3. Tom doesn't like Irish coffee.

    Тому не подобається кава по-ірландськи. — deniko

    ruТому не нравится кофе по-ирландски. — Wezel

    deTom mag keinen irischen Kaffee. — Tamy

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  4. Irish is a very beautiful language.

    Ірландська — дуже гарна мова. — deniko

    ruИрландский - очень красивый язык. — Selena777

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  5. I'm Irish, but I don't speak Irish.

    ruЯ ирландец, но не говорю по-ирландски. — Ooneykcall

    deIch bin Ire, spreche aber kein Irisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people:
Русский
By meaning 1
pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people:
pertaining to the language:

Origin

From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Iris

From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πῑ́ειρα (pī́eira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीव॑री (pī́varī, “fat”).

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Forms

more Irish, most Irish
Comparativemore Irish Lesson
Superlativemost Irish Lesson

regular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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