Book I

leath-uair tar éis	lah hoor thraesh	half-past
leath-uair tar éis a dó	lah hoor thraesh a dho/	half-past two
ceathramhadh tar éis a ceathair	kahroo thraesh a kaher	a quarter past four
ceathramhadh chun [roimh] a trí	kahroo hun [riv] a three	a quarter to three
fiche nóimeád tar éis a h-aon-déag	fiheh no/maedh thraesh a haen djaeg	twenty minutes past eleven
trí nóiméid is fiche chun a deich	three nomae-idh iss fiheh hun a djeh (deh)	Twenty-three minutes to ten o'clock
seacht nóiméid déag chun a dó-dhéag	shochth no/mae-idh djaeg (daeg) hun a dho/ yeag	Seventeen minutes to twelve.

Airgead

ginidh	ginih	a guinea
punt, púint	poonth, poointh	a pound, pounds
sobhron	sovrun	a sovereign
leath-shobhron	lah-hovrun	a half-sovereign
coróin	kuhro/in	a crown
leath-choróin	lah-khuhro/in	a half-crown
giota [píosa] dhá sgilling	githa [peesa] ghaw shkilling	a two-shilling piece
sgilling, sgillieacha	shkilling, shkillacha	a shilling, shillings
réal	rael	a sixpenny bit
se pingne	shae pee-ing-eh	sixpence
tuistiún	thishthoon	fourpence
pinginn, pingne	pee-ing, pee-ing-eh {ping-in)	a penny, pennies
leith-phinginn	leh-fee-ing (leh-fing-in)	a halfpenny
peoirling	f-yo/r-ling	a farthing

pinginn go leith	pee-ing (pingin) guh leh	1 1/2 d
trí sgillieacha, réal, is leith-phinginn	three shkillacha, rael iss leh-fee-ing	3s. 6 1/2 d
Dhá phúnt, ocht sgillieacha déag, cúig pingne, is trí feóirlinge	ghaw foonth, uchth shkillacha djaeg (daeg) kooig pee-ing-eh iss three f-yo/r-ling-eh	L2 18s 5 3/4 d.

tonna	thunna	a ton
céad	kaedh	a hundredweight
cloch	kluch	a stone
púnt	poonth	a pound
únsa	oonsa	an ounce
galún	goll-oon	a gallon
cárt	kawrth	a quart
pionta	pintha	a pint

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

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