Grimoire Vocabulary — Home & Objects
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| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bordNorse loan | ᚛ᚁᚑᚏᚇ᚜ | BOHRD | table | Grimoire XI.2 | Masculine. A table. Borrowed from Old English bord, ship’s plank. |
| leabharLatin loanpossessionOld Irish | ᚛ᚂᚓᚐᚁᚆᚐᚏ᚜ | LYOW-ur | book | eDILGrimoire XI.2 | Masculine. A book. Plural leabhair. Borrowed from Latin liber when the monks brought writing. |
| cathaoir | ᚛ᚉᚐᚈᚆᚐᚑᚔᚏ᚜ | KAH-heer | chair | Grimoire XI.2 | Feminine. A chair. Once the seat of a ruler; cathaoirleach is still chairperson. |
| peann | ᚛ᚚᚓᚐᚅᚅ᚜ | PYOWN | pen | Grimoire XI.14 | Pen. |
| leaba | ᚛ᚂᚓᚐᚁᚐ᚜ | LAH-buh | bed | Grimoire XI.14 | Bed. Plural leapacha. |
| páipéar | ᚛ᚚᚐᚔᚚᚓᚐᚏ᚜ | PAW-payr | paper | Grimoire XI.14 | Paper. |
| doras | ᚛ᚇᚑᚏᚐᚄ᚜ | DUR-us | door | Grimoire XI.2 | Masculine. A door. The same word in every Goidelic language. |
| litir | ᚛ᚂᚔᚈᚔᚏ᚜ | LIT-ir | letter | Grimoire XI.2 | Feminine. A letter. Plural litreacha. Both the alphabetical kind and the postal kind. |
| fuinneogNorse loan | ᚛ᚃᚒᚔᚅᚅᚓᚑᚌ᚜ | FIN-yohg | window | Grimoire XI.2 | Feminine. A window. From Old Norse vindauga, wind-eye. |
| mála | ᚛ᚋᚐᚂᚐ᚜ | MAW-luh | bag | Grimoire XI.14 | Bag. |
| cistin | ᚛ᚉᚔᚄᚈᚔᚅ᚜ | KISH-chin | kitchen | Grimoire XI.14 | Kitchen. Borrowed from English. |
| bosca | ᚛ᚁᚑᚄᚉᚐ᚜ | BUS-kuh | box | Grimoire XI.14 | Box. |
| seomra | ᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚋᚏᚐ᚜ | SHOHM-ruh | room | Foclóir | Room. |
| eochair | ᚛ᚓᚑᚉᚆᚐᚔᚏ᚜ | OKH-ir | key | Foclóir | Key. |
| urlár | ᚛ᚒᚏᚂᚐᚏ᚜ | URL-awr | floor | Grimoire XI.14 | Floor. |
| glas | ᚛ᚌᚂᚐᚄ᚜ | GLOSS | lock | Foclóir | Green of living things, the green of grass and leaves. Distinct from uaine. |
| balla | ᚛ᚁᚐᚂᚂᚐ᚜ | BAL-uh | wall | Grimoire XI.14 | Wall. |
| fónEnglish loan | ᚛ᚃᚑᚅ᚜ | FOHN | telephone | FoclóirTeanglann | Phone. |
| díon | ᚛ᚇᚔᚑᚅ᚜ | JEE-un | roof | Grimoire XI.14 | Roof. |
| fón póca | ᚛ᚃᚑᚅ ᚚᚑᚉᚐ᚜ | FOHN POH-kuh | mobile phone | Foclóir | Mobile phone, literally pocket phone. |
| gairdín | ᚛ᚌᚐᚔᚏᚇᚔᚅ᚜ | GAR-jeen | garden | Grimoire XI.14 | Garden. |
| ríomhaire | ᚛ᚏᚔᚑᚋᚆᚐᚔᚏᚓ᚜ | REE-vir-uh | computer | Grimoire XI.14 | Computer. |
| solas | ᚛ᚄᚑᚂᚐᚄ᚜ | SUL-us | light | Grimoire XI.14 | Light, the kind that shines. |
| teilifís | ᚛ᚈᚓᚔᚂᚔᚃᚔᚄ᚜ | CHEL-uh-feesh | television | Grimoire XI.14 | Television. |
| aisling | ᚛ᚐᚔᚄᚂᚔᚅᚌ᚜ | ASH-ling | dream | Grimoire XI.14 | A dream or vision. Also a poetic genre, the vision-poem. |
| scáileán | ᚛ᚄᚉᚐᚔᚂᚓᚐᚅ᚜ | SKAW-lawn | screen | Grimoire XI.14 | Screen. |
| hataEnglish loan | ᚛ᚆᚐᚈᚐ᚜ | HAH-tuh | hat | Grimoire XI.14 | Hat. Plural hataí. An English loanword that has fully naturalized. |