How to Say “Mare” in Irish

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• The word láir is quite rare in modern, everyday spoken Irish compared to the more common term each for horse. Most speakers will specify gender through context or adjectives rather than using the noun láir.
• While 'mare' is the standard term, an Irish speaker might use the term eala when speaking poetically or in specific traditional songs about a beautiful female horse.
• In much of the Irish-speaking-speaking community, specialized terms for different breeds of horses are often borrowed from English, making láir the primary indigenous term used for the gender specifically.