thread // day 4

~ a collection of some of the most beautiful words the Irish language has to offer

Let's make this a collaborative thread!!

I'll share my top 10 favourites, but please add some of yours as well :))

By the end of the day, we'll have a big beautiful collection of stór focal na Gaeilge

#1

suaimhneas ~ peace, tranquility rest

- suaimhneas síoraí ~ eternal rest
- faoi shó agus faoi shuaimhneas ~ in peace and comfort

#2

anord ~ chaos

- I like this one because, like chaos, 'anord' is short and succint, but at the same time very loaded with meaning

#3

tromluí ~ nightmare

- trom ~ heavy
- luí ~ to lie

- another very evocative Irish word, with quite a suffocating sense to it

#4

plámás ~ flattery

#5

saoirse ~ freedom

- both as a name and a state of liberation, I am truly in love with this word

#6

dóchas ~ hope

- túr dóchais ~ beacon of hope

- what has been a beacon of hope for you over lockdown?

#7

taisce ~ treasure, hoard

however...
- 'a thaisce!' - my dear!

- having done Economics for the Leaving Cert, I would have only associates 'taisce' with the dreaded 'cuntas taisce' (deposit account)... but now I can see the beauty in the word :))

#8

misneach ~ courage

#9

anfa ~ storm, tempest

- ciúnas roimh anfa ~ calm before the storm

- can be used to refer to January to mid-March of this year...

#10

niamh ~ brightness, lustre

- niamh na gréine ~ the brightness of the sun

Over to you now!!

Share some of your favourite words and imagine the collection we could have by the end of the day

liosta le háireamh // an endless list