Dia dhuit I need a help. I'd like to know different variations of "baby" word like baby, infant, toddler........
I'd like to know singular and plural for them.
Is there any good website/translator online?

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks a lot!

Some of these terms have only regional usage:

naíonán (pl. ~áin) "infant"
babaí (pl. ~aithe) "baby" (GU?)
béibí (pl. ~ithe) "baby" (GC)
leanbh óg (pl. leanaí óga) "baby"
lapardán (linbh) (pl. ~áin) "toddler"
leanbh (pl. leanaí) "child"

páiste (pl. ~í) "child"
gasúr (pl. ~úir) "child" (GC)
déagóir (pl. ~í) "teenager"


naí (pl. naíonna) "infant, babe"
bunóc (pl. ~a) "infant"
leanbán (pl. ~áin) "baby"

diúilcach (pl. ~igh) "suckling baby"
piodarlán (pl. ~áin) "toddler"

Other terms for kids:

tachrán (pl. ~áin) "small child, kiddy" from "orphan, waif, stray"
lorán (pl. ~áin) "youngster, child"
pataire (linbh) (pl. ~í) "chubby child"
somachán (linbh) (pl. ~áin) "plump youngster"
napachán (linbh) (pl. ~áin) "lump of a child"
miorcaí (linbh) (pl. ~aithe) "chit (of a child)"

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Thanks Breandán. That's a lot of information. I appreciate your help.
What does GU ang GC mean?

What about word báibín? What does it mean?

GU and GC are two dialects of Irish.

GU = Gaeilg Uladh - Gaeilge Uladh - Ulster Irish
GC = Gaeilge Chonnacht - Connacht Irish

If you click on the 'Board Index' up towards the top left of this page, you will see the last set of items is 'Canúintí - Dialects'. These refer to two of them.

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Those meanings are as Saoirse has explained above. Saoirse has also posted some useful links relating to raising kids in Irish in our Useful Links section.

I've tried to keep the more useful words at the top of the list I gave you. I think naíonán is the official word for "baby, infant". Leanbh and páiste get equal work out for "child".

Báibín also means "baby" and is derived from báb an older word for "baby, babe". A bábóg, on the other hand, is a "doll".

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I came across this today in Harry Potter. I bought the book during the summer and only started it this week.

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I've considered buying Harry Potter in Irish just to stare at it in all it's glory wishing I could read it and translating maybe a line or two a day XD haha

It's going to be slower than I'd like. I'll read one chapter at a time. Resisting the temptation to grab a dictionary for every word I don't understand, but it's hard to find the right balance of how often to do that without destroying the flow for me.

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You just described he half year I spent reading the French version of Les Mis XD !!!! Hahaha