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What is the Celtic word for life?
It is derived from the Old Irish uisce (“water”) and bethu (“life”). The Scottish equivalent is rendered uisge beatha.
What is the Celtic word for island?
There are two primary words in Gaelic which mean island: eilean and innis.
What is the Gaelic word for cuddle?
cuddle
| English | Irish |
|---|---|
| cuddle | muirnigh |
What is the Celtic word for lady?
This is a list of English language words from the Celtic Irish language. Bean (/bæn/) is the Modern Irish word for woman.
What is the Scottish word for beautiful?
Bonnie
Bonnie. Female | A quintessential Scottish name that will never go out of fashion, Bonnie is the Scots word for beautiful, pretty, stunning and attractive. Bonnies tend to have an inimitable personality.
What does Innis mean in Gaelic?
as a name for boys (also used as girls’ name Innis). The name Innis means “island”. Innis is an alternate form of Innes (Scottish, Gaelic): place name from inis.
What does Inis mean in Gaelic?
Ennis or Inis can mean either an island or land by a river. Ennis-, Inish- and Inch- (more often -inch), which all appear in english versions of names, are pretty much the same thing and which meaning applies is easily discerned from the location of the place. Ennis Inis.
What does Gies a Bosie mean?
Give us a hug
Gie’s A Bosie is Doric dialect for ‘Give us a hug!
What is a Bosie?
Bosie may mean: Northern Scottish dialect (Doric) for a hug. an alternate name for New London Hall, Connecticut College’s new science center. a googly, a type of delivery in the game of cricket. a nickname for Lord Alfred Douglas, the lover of Oscar Wilde, addressed as such in Wilde’s letter from prison, De Profundis.
What is Irish slang for girl?
Cailín
“Cailín” means “girl” in the Irish language. A lot of Irish people still use this word even when speaking in English. The plural, “Cailíní,” is also commonly used, for example, “I’m meeting up with the cailíní later on.”
Do the Irish say Lassie?
As far as I know, “wee” & “lassie” are Scottish not Irish. “Aye” is an older form which lingers on in some places/contexts (but, again, more of a Scottish thing, to my knowledge).