The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Irish language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Irish (Gaeilge) |
| I | mé |
| you (singular) | tú |
| he | sé |
| we | sinn |
| you (plural) | sibh |
| they | siad |
| this | seo |
| that | sin, siúd |
| here | anseo |
| there | ansin, ansiúd |
| who | cé *(interrogative)* |
| what | cad, céard *(interrogative)* |
| where | cá *(no movement, interrogative)* |
| when | cathain *(interrogative)* |
| how | conas, cén chaoi *(interrogative)* |
| not | ní |
| all | uile |
| many | a lán |
| some | roinnt |
| few | beagán |
| other | eile |
| one | aon |
| two | dó |
| three | trí |
| four | ceathair |
| five | cúig |
| big | mór |
| long | fada |
| wide | leathan |
| thick | tiubh |
| heavy | trom |
| small | beag |
| short | gearr |
| narrow | cúng |
| thin | tanaí |
| woman | bean |
| man (male) | fear |
| man (human) | duine |
| child | leanbh, páiste |
| wife | bean chéile |
| husband | fear céile |
| mother | máthair |
| father | athair |
| animal | ainmhí |
| fish | iasc |
| bird | éan |
| dog | madra |
| louse | míol cnis |
| snake | nathair |
| worm | péist |
| tree | crann |
| forest | coill |
| stick | bata |
| fruit | toradh |
| seed | síol |
| leaf | duilleog |
| root | fréamh |
| bark (of a tree) | rúsc |
| flower | bláth |
| grass | féar |
| rope | téad |
| skin | craiceann |
| meat | feoil |
| blood | fuil |
| bone | cnámh |
| fat (noun) | saill |
| egg | ubh |
| horn | adharc |
| tail | eireaball |
| feather | cleite |
| hair | gruaig |
| head | ceann |
| ear | cluas |
| eye | súil |
| nose | srón |
| mouth | béal |
| tooth | fiacail |
| tongue | teanga |
| fingernail | ionga |
| foot | cos |
| leg | cos |
| knee | glúin |
| hand | lámh |
| wing | sciathán |
| belly | bolg |
| guts | inní |
| neck | muineál |
| back | droim |
| breast | cíoch |
| heart | croí |
| liver | ae |
| to drink | ól |
| to eat | ith |
| to bite | bain greim as |
| to suck | súigh |
| to spit | caith seile |
| to vomit | aisig |
| to blow | séid |
| to breathe | análaigh |
| to laugh | déan gáire |
| to see | feic |
| to hear | cluin, clois |
| to know | a fhios a bheith agat |
| to think | smaoinigh |
| to smell | bolaigh |
| to fear | eagla a bheith ort |
| to sleep | codail |
| to live | mair |
| to die | faigh bás |
| to kill | maraigh |
| to fight | troid |
| to hunt | seilg |
| to hit | buail |
| to cut | gearr |
| to split | scoilt |
| to stab | rop |
| to scratch | tochais |
| to dig | tochail |
| to swim | snámh |
| to fly | eitil |
| to walk | siúil |
| to come | tar |
| to lie (as in a bed) | luigh *(state)* |
| to sit | suigh *(state)* |
| to stand | seas *(state)* |
| to turn (intransitive) | cas |
| to fall | tit |
| to give | tabhair |
| to hold | coinnigh |
| to squeeze | fáisc |
| to rub | cuimil |
| to wash | nigh |
| to wipe | cuimil |
| to pull | tarraing |
| to push | brúigh |
| to throw | caith |
| to tie | ceangail |
| to sew | fuaigh |
| to count | áirigh |
| to say | abair |
| to sing | can |
| to play | imir |
| to float | snámh |
| to flow | sruthaigh |
| to freeze | reoigh |
| to swell | at |
| sun | grian |
| moon | gealach |
| star | réalt |
| water | uisce |
| rain | báisteach |
| river | abhainn |
| lake | loch |
| sea | muir, farraige |
| salt | salann |
| stone | cloch |
| sand | gaineamh |
| dust | deannach |
| earth | cré |
| cloud | scamall, néal |
| fog | ceo |
| sky | spéir |
| wind | gaoth |
| snow | sneachta |
| ice | oighear |
| smoke | deatach |
| fire | tine |
| ash | luaith |
| to burn | dóigh |
| road | bóthar |
| mountain | sliabh |
| red | rua, dearg |
| green | glas, uaine |
| yellow | buí |
| white | bán |
| black | dubh |
| night | oíche |
| day | lá |
| year | bliain |
| warm | te |
| cold | fuar |
| full | lán |
| new | nua |
| old | sean |
| good | maith |
| bad | olc, droch |
| rotten | lofa |
| dirty | salach |
| straight | díreach |
| round | cruinn |
| sharp (as a knife) | géar |
| dull (as a knife) | maol |
| smooth | mín |
| wet | fliuch |
| dry | tirim |
| correct | ceart |
| near | gar, dlúth |
| far | i bhfad |