Adjectives | Conjunctions | Pronouns | Verbs | People | Animals | Birds | Fish | Parts of the body | Colours | Numbers | Time expressions | Musical terms | Trees | Other words
Celtiadur - a collection of Celtic cognates (includes definitions, pronunciation, etymologies, and older Celtic languages).
Words marked with an asterisk are archaic and/or used only in place names. The Cornish words shown are in the Standard Written Form (Furv Skrifys Savonek) of Cornish. The Breton words are in Peurunvan/Modern Standard Spelling.
Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
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pobail | pobaill | pobbyl | pobl | pobel | pobl | people community |
muintir | muinntir | mooinjer | ||||
slua | sluagh | sleih | llu | lu | lu | people horde force |
duine | duine | dooinney | dyn | den | den | man husband person |
fear | fear | fer | gŵr | gour | gour | |
bean | bean | ben | benyw menyw |
ben benyn |
e-ben | woman wife |
frac* | gwraig | gwrek | gwreg | |||
mac | mac | mac | mab | mab | mab | son boy |
iníon | nighean | inneen 'neen |
daughter girl |
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smarach (lad) |
merch | myrgh | merc'h | |||
buachaill | buachaill | bochilley | bugail | bugel | bugel | boy child shepherd |
bard | bàrd | bard | bardd | bardh | barzh | bard poet |
file | filidh | feelee | seer poet |
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rí | rìgh | ree | rhi | ri* | king | |
brenin | bretyn* bryntyn* |
brientin* | ||||
mechdeyrn mychdeyrn machdeyrn |
metern myghtern |
machtiern* | ||||
roue | ||||||
tiarna | tighearna | çhiarn | teyrn | tern* | tiern | lord ruler king |
cailleach | cailleach | caillagh | old woman hag witch |
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frac* | gwrach | gwragh | gwrac'h | |||
dochtúir | dotair | doghtoor | doctor physician surgeon healer |
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lia | lèigh lighiche |
lhee | ||||
meddyg | medhek | mezeg | ||||
saor | saor | seyr | saer | ser | craftsman carpenter mason |
Adjectives | Conjunctions | Pronouns | Verbs | People | Animals | Birds | Fish | Parts of the body | Colours | Numbers | Time expressions | Musical terms | Trees | Other words
Celtiadur - a collection of Celtic cognates (includes definitions, pronunciation, etymologies, and older Celtic languages).
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Stòr-fhaclan Co-dhàimheil Ceilteach (Database of Celtic cognates)
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/scc/lorg.php
McBain's Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/
MAGUS: Multilingual Animal Glossary of Unveiled Synonyms
http://www.informatika.bf.uni-lj.si/magus-celtic&basque.html
Breton, Celtiberian, Cornish, Cumbric, Gaulish, Irish, Lepontic, Lusitanian, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Tartessian, Welsh
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