Irish Language/Commonly Confused Words/Vocabulary

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Preformatted Vocabulary

cathaoir	chair	cathain	when	cathair	city	ceathair	four
cabhair	help	comhair	count				
ceann	head	céanna	same	cheana	already		
ceannaigh	buy	coinnigh	keep				
comhairle	advice; (town) council	comhaltas	brotherhood, group	comhartha	sign, symbol	comhlacht	company
caol	slender	cos	leg, foot	col	sin, incest		
clog	bell, clock	cloch	stone				
deas	southwards, nice	deir	say (pr. tense of "abair")	deis	right (side)	déag	"-teen" in numbers
fear	man	féar	grass	fearr	better		
fuar	cold	fuair	got (past tense of "faigh")				
fuil	dependent form of "bí"; blood	fei	suit, be suitable				
ga	spear	gá	need	gé	goose		
imir	to play (a game)	imigh	to leave				
labhair	speak	leabhar	book	leaba	bed	leanbh	baby
lámh	hand	léamh	reading	leannán	lover	léirigh	explain
leathuair	a half hour	leathreas	toilet				
muinteoir	teacher	muintir	people				
nó	or	ná	nor	na	the (pl.)		
post	job, post	pósta	married	pós	to marry		
sáil	heel	saol	life	seol	send	saor	free
siúl	walk	súil	eye				
seo	this	seó	show	só	joy		
trá	beach	tráth	time, occasion	trácht	beach, base, or journey		
timpeall	round	timpeallacht	environment	timpeallán	roundabout, carousel		
buíocán	yolk	buíochas	gratitude