Melissa Lois

lasair is the Gaelic word for flame. In Irish Gaelic, lasair is the word for ‘flame’ or ‘light’.

cac is the Gaelic word for excrement. The term is used to refer to excrement or feces.

Seán is the Gaelic form of the male given name Sean. Seán is used as a masculine given name.

The English phrase “postman” is fear-litreach in Gaelic. fear-litreach refers to a person whose job is to deliver letters and parcels to people’s homes.

The Gaelic word for “much” is mòran. mòran is used to indicate a large amount or number of something.

The English word happiness is translated into Gaelic as sonas. sonas is used to describe the emotion of being happy.

Irish has no single word for “yes”. Speakers repeat the verb of the question. The usual answer is Tá, “is”, for questions that begin with an bhfuil.

The Gaelic phrase for sweetheart is a ghràidh. a ghràidh is used to refer to a person who is very much liked or loved by someone.

The Scottish Gaelic word for “whisky” is uisge-beatha, which literally means “water of life”.

The Gaelic word for square (shaped like a square) is ceàrnag. The word ceàrnag is used as an adjective to describe something shaped like a square.