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