Grimoire Vocabulary — People & Family
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| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fear | ᚛ᚃᚓᚐᚏ᚜ | FAR | man | Foclóir | Masculine. Plural fir. |
| bean | ᚛ᚁᚓᚐᚅ᚜ | BAN | woman | FoclóirTeanglann | Feminine. Plural mná, irregular. Lenites the next adjective: bean bhán, white woman. |
| páiste | ᚛ᚚᚐᚔᚄᚈᚓ᚜ | PAW-shtuh | child | Grimoire XI.1 | Masculine. Plural páistí. The everyday word for a child. |
| leanbh | ᚛ᚂᚓᚐᚅᚁᚆ᚜ | LAN-uv | baby/child | Grimoire XI.1 | Masculine. A baby or very young child. More literary than páiste, the word a poet would choose. |
| buachaill | ᚛ᚁᚒᚐᚉᚆᚐᚔᚂᚂ᚜ | BOO-uh-kull | boy | Grimoire XI.1 | Masculine. A boy. Plural buachaillí. |
| cailín | ᚛ᚉᚐᚔᚂᚔᚅ᚜ | KAL-een | girl | FoclóirTeanglann | Masculine in grammar despite meaning girl. The diminutive ending -ín always carries that gender quirk. |
| duine | ᚛ᚇᚒᚔᚅᚓ᚜ | DIN-uh | person | Foclóir | Masculine. Plural daoine, irregular. Used for a person in general. |
| athair | ᚛ᚐᚈᚆᚐᚔᚏ᚜ | AH-hir | father | FoclóirTeanglann | Masculine. Father. Genitive athar. |
| máthair | ᚛ᚋᚐᚈᚆᚐᚔᚏ᚜ | MAW-hir | mother | Grimoire XI.1 | Feminine. Mother. Genitive máthar. |
| mac | ᚛ᚋᚐᚉ᚜ | MOCK | son | Grimoire XI.1 | Masculine. Son. Plural mic. The word that begins half of Ireland’s surnames. |
| iníon | ᚛ᚔᚅᚔᚑᚅ᚜ | ih-NEEN | daughter | Grimoire XI.1 | Feminine. Daughter. Used in Irish legal documents and on grave inscriptions. |
| deartháir | ᚛ᚇᚓᚐᚏᚈᚆᚐᚔᚏ᚜ | JRAH-haw-ir | brother | Foclóir | Masculine. Brother. The dr- cluster takes a moment to land in the mouth. |
| deirfiúr | ᚛ᚇᚓᚔᚏᚃᚔᚒᚏ᚜ | JER-uh-foor | sister | Grimoire XI.1 | Feminine. Sister. Plural deirfiúracha, properly tongue-twisting. |
| cara | ᚛ᚉᚐᚏᚐ᚜ | KAR-uh | friend | Foclóir | Masculine. Friend. Plural cairde. |
| múinteoir | ᚛ᚋᚒᚔᚅᚈᚓᚑᚔᚏ᚜ | MOON-tyor | teacher | Grimoire XI.1 | Masculine. Teacher. From múin, to teach. |
| dochtúir | ᚛ᚇᚑᚉᚆᚈᚒᚔᚏ᚜ | DUKH-toor | doctor | Foclóir | Masculine. Doctor. A modern loanword that has fully naturalized. |