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irish

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name/ˈaɪɹɪʃ//ˈaɪəɹɪʃ//ˈaɪɹəʃ/
  1. 1

    The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.uncountable

    • Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland.
  2. 2

    The Irish people.

    • Many Irish are actually dark-haired as a result of the many invaders and migrants over the centuries.
  3. 3

    A surname originating as an ethnonym.

  4. 4

    A female given name of chiefly Philippine usage.

noun/ˈaɪɹɪʃ//ˈaɪəɹɪʃ//ˈaɪɹəʃ/
  1. 1

    A board game of the tables family.obsoleteuncountable

  2. 2

    Temper; anger, passion.USuncountable

    • But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying.
    • Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
  3. 3

    Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.countableuncountable

    • Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night, and proposed that we should go out and have a smile, saying that he had found a place, round by the square, where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking.
adj/ˈaɪɹɪʃ//ˈaɪəɹɪʃ//ˈaɪɹəʃ/
  1. 1

    Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.

    • Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.
  2. 2

    Pertaining to the Irish language.

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