Grimoire Vocabulary — Home & Objects

Rosmerta basking with a book from her library.

IrishOghamHow to say itEnglishSourceNote
bordNorse loan᚛ᚁᚑᚏᚇ᚜BOHRDtableWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.2Masculine. A table. Borrowed from Old English bord, ship’s plank.
leabharLatin loanpossessionOld Irish᚛ᚂᚓᚐᚁᚆᚐᚏ᚜LYOW-urbookTatoebaeDILgaelspelleDILGrimoire XI.2Masculine. A book. Plural leabhair. Borrowed from Latin liber when the monks brought writing.
cathaoir᚛ᚉᚐᚈᚆᚐᚑᚔᚏ᚜KAH-heerchairWiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.2Feminine. A chair. Once the seat of a ruler; cathaoirleach is still chairperson.
peann᚛ᚚᚓᚐᚅᚅ᚜PYOWNpenTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Pen.
leaba᚛ᚂᚓᚐᚁᚐ᚜LAH-buhbedWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Bed. Plural leapacha.
páipéar᚛ᚚᚐᚔᚚᚓᚐᚏ᚜PAW-payrpaperWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Paper.
doras᚛ᚇᚑᚏᚐᚄ᚜DUR-usdoorWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.2Masculine. A door. The same word in every Goidelic language.
litir᚛ᚂᚔᚈᚔᚏ᚜LIT-irletterWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.2Feminine. A letter. Plural litreacha. Both the alphabetical kind and the postal kind.
fuinneogNorse loan᚛ᚃᚒᚔᚅᚅᚓᚑᚌ᚜FIN-yohgwindowWiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.2Feminine. A window. From Old Norse vindauga, wind-eye.
mála᚛ᚋᚐᚂᚐ᚜MAW-luhbagWiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.14Bag.
cistin᚛ᚉᚔᚄᚈᚔᚅ᚜KISH-chinkitchenWiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.14Kitchen. Borrowed from English.
bosca᚛ᚁᚑᚄᚉᚐ᚜BUS-kuhboxWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Box.
seomra᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚋᚏᚐ᚜SHOHM-ruhroomWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirRoom.
eochair᚛ᚓᚑᚉᚆᚐᚔᚏ᚜OKH-irkeyTatoebagaelspellFoclóirKey.
urlár᚛ᚒᚏᚂᚐᚏ᚜URL-awrfloorWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Floor.
glas᚛ᚌᚂᚐᚄ᚜GLOSSlockTatoebagaelspellFoclóirGreen of living things, the green of grass and leaves. Distinct from uaine.
balla᚛ᚁᚐᚂᚂᚐ᚜BAL-uhwallWiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.14Wall.
fónEnglish loan᚛ᚃᚑᚅ᚜FOHNtelephoneTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglannPhone.
díon᚛ᚇᚔᚑᚅ᚜JEE-unroofWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Roof.
fón póca᚛ᚃᚑᚅ ᚚᚑᚉᚐ᚜FOHN POH-kuhmobile phoneFoclóirMobile phone, literally pocket phone.
gairdín᚛ᚌᚐᚔᚏᚇᚔᚅ᚜GAR-jeengardenWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Garden.
ríomhaire᚛ᚏᚔᚑᚋᚆᚐᚔᚏᚓ᚜REE-vir-uhcomputerWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Computer.
solas᚛ᚄᚑᚂᚐᚄ᚜SUL-uslightWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Light, the kind that shines.
teilifís᚛ᚈᚓᚔᚂᚔᚃᚔᚄ᚜CHEL-uh-feeshtelevisionWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Television.
aisling᚛ᚐᚔᚄᚂᚔᚅᚌ᚜ASH-lingdreamWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14A dream or vision. Also a poetic genre, the vision-poem.
scáileán᚛ᚄᚉᚐᚔᚂᚓᚐᚅ᚜SKAW-lawnscreenWiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.14Screen.
hataEnglish loan᚛ᚆᚐᚈᚐ᚜HAH-tuhhatTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14Hat. Plural hataí. An English loanword that has fully naturalized.

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