Following on from my last post, I decided to look at words for difficult, and related words, in Irish today.<\/p>\n
There are a number of different words for difficult in Irish:<\/p>\n
– deacair<\/strong> = hard, difficult; difficulty; hardship, distress; (used in Connacht<\/em>) Here are some examples of usage:<\/p>\n – Is deacair ceann cr\u00edonna a chur ar cholainn \u00f3g = You can\u2019t put an old head on young shoulders In Scottish Gaelic words for difficult include:<\/p>\n – doirbh<\/strong> [d\u0264r\u02b2\u0264v] = difficult, hard; tricky In Manx words for difficult include:<\/p>\n – doillee<\/strong> = difficult, hard, stiff, ticklish, uphill Sources: focl\u00f3ir.ie<\/a>, teanglann.ie<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Fockleyreen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following on from my last post, I decided to look at words for difficult, and related words, in Irish today. There are a number of different words for difficult in Irish: – deacair = hard, difficult; difficulty; hardship, distress; (used in Connacht) – doiligh = hard, difficult; hard to bear, distressing; hard to deal with; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,127,10,23,56,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-irish","category-language","category-manx","category-scottish-gaelic","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– doiligh<\/strong> = hard, difficult; hard to bear, distressing; hard to deal with; difficult, intractable (used in Ulster and Munster<\/em>)
\n– crua<\/strong> = hard; Firm, solid; difficult; strenuous; tight; forceful; severe; harsh, unfeeling; stingy; hardy
\n– dian<\/strong> = intense, vehement; hard, severe
\n– duaisi\u00fail<\/strong> = laborious, difficult, troublesome, distressing
\n– d\u00fashl\u00e1nach<\/strong> = challenging
\n– casta<\/strong> = twisted, wound; complicated, intricate, involved; gnarled, bent; wizened
\n– ciotach<\/strong> = left-handed; Awkward, unhandy; difficult, troublesome; inconvenient<\/p>\n
\n– Is deacair a bheith suas leis = He is a very tricky person to deal with
\n– Is doiligh ciall a bhaint as = It is hard to make sense of it
\n– Is doiligh corr\u00e1n maith a fh\u00e1il do dhrochbhuana\u00ed = A bad workman quarrels with his tools (It is hard to get a good sickle from a bad reaper)
\n– Ceist chrua = A difficult question
\n– Fadhb chrua le r\u00e9iteach = A difficult problem to solve
\n– Bh\u00ed saol crua aici = She had a hard life
\n– T\u00e1 m\u00e9 ag staid\u00e9ar go dian = I am studying hard
\n– T\u00e1 t\u00fa m\u00f3s dian air, = You are a bit too hard on him
\n– Obair dhuaisi\u00fail = Tedious, wearing, work
\n– Aistear duaisi\u00fail = Weary\/wearying journey
\n– Sc\u00e9al casta = Complicated story
\n= Ceist chasta = Knotty question<\/p>\n
\n– bruaill<\/strong> [bru\u0259l\u032a\u02b2] = difficult; intractable
\n– duilich<\/strong> [dul\u026a\u00e7] = sorry; difficult, hard; regrettable; sad
\n– doilidh<\/strong> [d\u0254l\u026a] = sorry; difficult, hard; regrettable; sad
\n– deacrach<\/strong> [d\u02b2axgr\u0259x] = difficult, hard; mournful, sad
\n– cruaidh<\/strong> [kru\u0259j = hard, firm; difficult; painful, distressing; scarce<\/p>\n
\n– doccaragh<\/strong> = arduous, grievous, hard, inconvenient, laborious, painful, uphill
\n– condragh<\/strong> = difficult, mischievous, wicked
\n– creoi<\/strong> = adamant, difficult, distressing, hardy, heartless, obdurate, severe, stubborn
\n– neuaashagh<\/strong> = awkward, difficult; discontented, restless, uneasy<\/p>\n