Iasacht
Is focal tógtha ó theanga amháin agus tugtha isteach i dteanga eile gan aistriúchán é focal iasachta.
Samplaí as Gaeilge[cuir in eagar | athraigh foinse]
Tá an chuid is mó de na focail iasachta sa Ghaeilge tógtha ón mBéarla. Fuair an Ghaeilge stór mór focal freisin ó Laidin, Fhraincis (go mór mór ón Normainnis), agus ó Lochlainnis.
Béarla go Gaeilge[cuir in eagar | athraigh foinse]
| Focal Béarla | Focal Gaeilge | Brí |
|---|---|---|
| zoo | zú | Páirc ina gcoinnítear bailiúchán ainmhithe fiáine |
Gaeilge go Béarla[cuir in eagar | athraigh foinse]
| Focal Gaeilge | Focal Béarla |
|---|---|
| bainsídhe/beansídhe | banshee |
| bogach | bog |
| bóithrín | boreen |
| bróg | brogues |
| clábar | clabber, clauber |
| cailín | colleen |
| drom/druim | drum (ridge), drumlin |
| drisín/drúishin | drisheen |
| eiscir | esker |
| Fianna | Fenian |
| gallóglach | gallowglass |
| go leor | galore |
| griscín | griskin |
| Ó hUallacháin (ainm teaghlach) | hooligan |
| caoinim | keening |
| leipreachán/leath bhrogán | leprechaun |
| Luimneach | Limerick |
| loch | lough |
| póitín | poteen |
| seamróg | shamrock |
| sean-bhean bhocht | shan Van Vocht |
| síbín | shebeen |
| sailéala | shillelagh |
| slíghbhín/slíbhín | sleveen, sleiveen |
| sluagh | slew |
| slab | slob |
| sluagh-ghairm | slogan |
| tuilleadh | tilly |
| tur loch | turlough |
| uisce beatha | whiskey |