Grimoire Vocabulary — Common Verbs
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| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bí | ᚛ᚁᚔ᚜ | BEE | be | Grimoire XI.3 | The verb to be, irregular and essential. Verbal noun bheith. |
| abair | ᚛ᚐᚁᚐᚔᚏ᚜ | AB-ur | say | FoclóirTeanglann | Irregular verb meaning say or speak. The form deir is what you actually use in conversation. |
| déan | ᚛ᚇᚓᚐᚅ᚜ | JAYN | do/make | Foclóir | Irregular verb meaning do or make. Like English do, it covers an enormous range. |
| faigh | ᚛ᚃᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | FY (rhymes with “eye”) | get/find | Grimoire XI.3 | Irregular verb meaning get or find. The future stem is gheobhaidh. |
| feic | ᚛ᚃᚓᚔᚉ᚜ | FEK | see | FoclóirTeanglann | Irregular verb meaning see. The form chonaic in the past tense looks unrelated, and isn’t. |
| tabhair | ᚛ᚈᚐᚁᚆᚐᚔᚏ᚜ | TOW-ur | give | FoclóirTeanglann | Irregular verb meaning give. The verbal noun tabhairt is everywhere. |
| tar | ᚛ᚈᚐᚏ᚜ | TAR | come | FoclóirTeanglann | Irregular verb meaning come. Verbal noun teacht. |
| téigh | ᚛ᚈᚓᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | TAY | go | Grimoire XI.3 | Irregular verb meaning go. Verbal noun dul. The two forms barely look like the same verb. |
| clois / cluin | ᚛ᚉᚂᚑᚔᚄ ᚉᚂᚒᚔᚅ᚜ | KLUSH | hear | Grimoire XI.3 | Irregular verb meaning hear. Two forms in different dialects. |
| ith | ᚛ᚔᚈᚆ᚜ | IH | eat | FoclóirTeanglann | Irregular verb meaning eat. Past tense d’ith mé, I ate. |
| cuir | ᚛ᚉᚒᚔᚏ᚜ | KIR | put/send | Foclóir | Regular first-conjugation verb meaning put or send. One of the most common in the language. |
| buail | ᚛ᚁᚒᚐᚔᚂ᚜ | BOO-ul | strike/hit | Foclóir | First-conjugation verb meaning strike or hit. Also used idiomatically for meeting (bualadh le). |
| léigh | ᚛ᚂᚓᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | LAY | read | FoclóirTeanglann | First-conjugation verb meaning read. Cognate with the Latin lego. |
| scríobh | ᚛ᚄᚉᚏᚔᚑᚁᚆ᚜ | SHKREEV | write | Foclóir | First-conjugation verb meaning write. Borrowed from the Latin scribo when the monks arrived. |
| ceannaigh | ᚛ᚉᚓᚐᚅᚅᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | KAN-ig | buy | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning buy. From ceann, head, originally meaning to take by the head. |
| ól | ᚛ᚑᚂ᚜ | OHL | drink | Foclóir | First-conjugation verb meaning drink. Verbal noun also ól. |
| imir | ᚛ᚔᚋᚔᚏ᚜ | IM-ir | play (game) | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning play, of games. Sport and music both use it. |
| oibrigh | ᚛ᚑᚔᚁᚏᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | EB-ree | work | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning work. The verbal noun is oibriú. |
| cabhraigh | ᚛ᚉᚐᚁᚆᚏᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | KOW-rig | help | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning help. |
| fan | ᚛ᚃᚐᚅ᚜ | FAN | wait/stay | Foclóir | First-conjugation verb meaning wait or stay. Imperative fan!, often heard. |
| siúil | ᚛ᚄᚔᚒᚔᚂ᚜ | SHOOL | walk | FoclóirTeanglann | First-conjugation verb meaning walk. |
| rith | ᚛ᚏᚔᚈᚆ᚜ | RIH | run | FoclóirTeanglann | First-conjugation verb meaning run. Verbal noun also rith. |
| labhair | ᚛ᚂᚐᚁᚆᚐᚔᚏ᚜ | LOW-ur | speak | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning speak. Distinct from abair: labhair is the act, abair is the words. |
| éist | ᚛ᚓᚔᚄᚈ᚜ | AYSHT | listen | Grimoire XI.3 | First-conjugation verb meaning listen. |
| oscail | ᚛ᚑᚄᚉᚐᚔᚂ᚜ | US-kull | open | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning open. Imperative oscail!, the door-knock answer. |
| dún | ᚛ᚇᚒᚅ᚜ | DOON | close | Grimoire XI.3 | First-conjugation verb meaning close. The model regular verb in every grammar book. |
| tuig | ᚛ᚈᚒᚔᚌ᚜ | TIG | understand | FoclóirTeanglann | First-conjugation verb meaning understand. Tuigim is I understand. |
| creid | ᚛ᚉᚏᚓᚔᚇ᚜ | KREJ | believe | Grimoire XI.3 | First-conjugation verb meaning believe. |
| cónaigh | ᚛ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚔᚌᚆ᚜ | KOH-nig | live/dwell | Grimoire XI.3 | Second-conjugation verb meaning live or dwell. Tá mé i mo chónaí, I am living. |