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Vocab confusion: lamh, cos

  • 04-08-2006 1:26pm
    #1
    greenteaicedtea
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭


    I'm making a list of vocab for myself, household items, family vocab, etc. Here's what I've run into: according to my dictionary, "lamh" is the same word for both "hand" and "arm", and "cos" is the same word for both "leg" and "foot".

    How would an Irish speaker refer to "foot" as opposed to "leg", also with "hand" vs. "arm"?

    If ankle is "caol na coise" and the big toe is "ordog na coise", is there a specific phrase referring to "foot"?


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  • #2
    Gael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Gael


    'Troigh' is the Irish word that refers to the 'foot' specifically. It is also the word used for the imperial unit of measurement in Irish. As regards words for the 'arm' as opposed to 'lámh' for 'hand', 'sciathán'(also means 'wing') and 'géag'(more broadly meaning 'limb') are the main ones.


  • #3
    greenteaicedtea
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭greenteaicedtea


    Thankyou!


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