Grimoire Vocabulary — Additional Verbs
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| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oibrigh | ᚛ᚑᚔᚁᚏᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | EB-ree | work | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning work. The verbal noun is oibriú. |
| glan | ᚛ᚌᚂᚐᚅ᚜ | GLAN | clean | Grimoire XI.15 | Clean, both as a verb and an adjective. |
| siúil | ᚛ᚄᚔᚒᚔᚂ᚜ | SHOOL | walk | FoclóirTeanglann | First-conjugation verb meaning walk. |
| bris | ᚛ᚁᚏᚔᚄ᚜ | BRISH | break | Grimoire XI.15 | Break. |
| rith | ᚛ᚏᚔᚈᚆ᚜ | RIH | run | FoclóirTeanglann | First-conjugation verb meaning run. Verbal noun also rith. |
| caith | ᚛ᚉᚐᚔᚈᚆ᚜ | KA | throw/wear/shoot | Foclóir | Throw, but also wear (clothes) and shoot. One of those overworked verbs. |
| tiomáin | ᚛ᚈᚔᚑᚋᚐᚔᚅ᚜ | CHUM-awn | drive | Grimoire XI.15 | Drive. |
| tóg | ᚛ᚈᚑᚌ᚜ | TOHG | lift/build | Grimoire XI.15 | Lift or build. |
| eitil | ᚛ᚓᚔᚈᚔᚂ᚜ | ETCH-il | fly | Foclóir | Fly. |
| fás | ᚛ᚃᚐᚄ᚜ | FAWSS | grow | Foclóir | Grow. |
| snámh | ᚛ᚄᚅᚐᚋᚆ᚜ | SNAWV | swim | Foclóir | Swim. |
| gearr | ᚛ᚌᚓᚐᚏᚏ᚜ | GYAR | cut | FoclóirTeanglann | Short. Same word also means cut, as a verb. |
| léim | ᚛ᚂᚓᚔᚋ᚜ | LAYM | jump | FoclóirTeanglann | Jump. |
| múin | ᚛ᚋᚒᚔᚅ᚜ | MOON | teach | Grimoire XI.15 | Teach. |
| suigh | ᚛ᚄᚒᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | SIH | sit | Grimoire XI.15 | Sit. |
| foghlaim | ᚛ᚃᚑᚌᚆᚂᚐᚔᚋ᚜ | FOH-lim | learn | Foclóir | Learn. |
| seas | ᚛ᚄᚓᚐᚄ᚜ | SHASS | stand | Grimoire XI.15 | Stand. |
| croch | ᚛ᚉᚏᚑᚉᚆ᚜ | KRUKH | hang | Foclóir | Hang. |
| codail | ᚛ᚉᚑᚇᚐᚔᚂ᚜ | KUD-il | sleep | Grimoire XI.15 | Sleep. |
| croith | ᚛ᚉᚏᚑᚔᚈᚆ᚜ | KRIH | shake | Foclóir | Shake. |
| dúisigh | ᚛ᚇᚒᚔᚄᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | DOO-shih | wake up | Foclóir | Wake up. |
| pós | ᚛ᚚᚑᚄ᚜ | POHSS | marry | Grimoire XI.15 | Marry. |
| can | ᚛ᚉᚐᚅ᚜ | KAN | sing | Grimoire XI.15 | Sing. Sean-nós is the unaccompanied tradition. |
| guigh | ᚛ᚌᚒᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | GIH | pray | Grimoire XI.15 | Pray. |
| damhsaigh | ᚛ᚇᚐᚋᚆᚄᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | DOW-sih | dance | Grimoire XI.15 | Dance. |
| buaigh | ᚛ᚁᚒᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | BOO-ig | win | Foclóir | Win. |
| caoin | ᚛ᚉᚐᚑᚔᚅ᚜ | KEEN | cry | Grimoire XI.15 | Cry. The keening tradition. |
| caill | ᚛ᚉᚐᚔᚂᚂ᚜ | KILL | lose | Foclóir | Lose. |
| ceannaigh | ᚛ᚉᚓᚐᚅᚅᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | KAN-ig | buy | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning buy. From ceann, head, originally meaning to take by the head. |
| oscail | ᚛ᚑᚄᚉᚐᚔᚂ᚜ | USS-kil | open | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning open. Imperative oscail!, the door-knock answer. |
| díol | ᚛ᚇᚔᚑᚂ᚜ | JEE-ul | sell | FoclóirTeanglann | Sell. |
| dún | ᚛ᚇᚒᚅ᚜ | DOON | close | Grimoire XI.3 | First-conjugation verb meaning close. The model regular verb in every grammar book. |
| íoc | ᚛ᚔᚑᚉ᚜ | EE-uk | pay | Grimoire XI.15 | Pay. |
| nigh | ᚛ᚅᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | NIH | wash | Foclóir | Wash. |
| maraigh | ᚛ᚋᚐᚏᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | MAR-ig | kill | Foclóir | Kill. |
| dóigh | ᚛ᚇᚑᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | DOH | burn | Grimoire XI.15 | Burn. |
| póg | ᚛ᚚᚑᚌ᚜ | POHG | kiss | Grimoire XI.15 | Kiss. Both noun and verb. |
| leáigh | ᚛ᚂᚓᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | LAW | melt | Foclóir | Melt. |
| troid | ᚛ᚈᚏᚑᚔᚇ᚜ | TRIJ | fight | Grimoire XI.15 | Fight. |
| pléasc | ᚛ᚚᚂᚓᚐᚄᚉ᚜ | PLAYSK | explode | Foclóir | Explode. |
| bolaigh | ᚛ᚁᚑᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | BUL-ig | smell | Grimoire XI.15 | Smell. |
| brúigh | ᚛ᚁᚏᚒᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | BROO | push | Foclóir | Push. |
| blais | ᚛ᚁᚂᚐᚔᚄ᚜ | BLASH | taste | Grimoire XI.15 | Taste. |
| tarraing | ᚛ᚈᚐᚏᚏᚐᚔᚅᚌ᚜ | TAR-ing | pull/draw | FoclóirTeanglann | Pull or draw. |
| feic | ᚛ᚃᚓᚔᚉ᚜ | FEK | see | FoclóirTeanglann | Irregular verb meaning see. The form chonaic in the past tense looks unrelated, and isn’t. |
| iompair | ᚛ᚔᚑᚋᚚᚐᚔᚏ᚜ | UM-pir | carry | Grimoire XI.15 | Carry. |
| éist | ᚛ᚓᚔᚄᚈ᚜ | AYSHT | listen | Grimoire XI.3 | First-conjugation verb meaning listen. |
| biathaigh | ᚛ᚁᚔᚐᚈᚆᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | BEE-uh-hee | feed | Grimoire XI.15 | Feed. |
| lean | ᚛ᚂᚓᚐᚅ᚜ | LAN | follow | Foclóir | Follow. |
| scríobh | ᚛ᚄᚉᚏᚔᚑᚁᚆ᚜ | SHKREEV | write | Foclóir | First-conjugation verb meaning write. Borrowed from the Latin scribo when the monks arrived. |