I hope it's okay I started a new thread for this after touching on it in another.

I need an insult for a woman (a fictional woman--I'm not using this on someone in real life ). Somewhere (probably not here), I got "dearg-bhitse" which was corrected to "dearg-bhitseach" in that other thread. My dictionary says bitse is a variant of bitseach. I need to know which is more common in Conamara, or if either are common at all.

It need not be vocative--this is being said about a woman, not to her.

Can anyone confirm either of these will work, or maybe suggest something that might be better? (Bríd??) This needs to be a real nasty insult. But short and sharp. I love the sound of dearg-bhitse. It's perfect if it works.

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Bitseach is "standard". Bitse (or even just bits) is more common in Conamara.

Dearg-bhitse "red (= utter) bitch" is perfectly okay.

Other options:

Glan-bhitse "clean/pure (= 100%) bitch"
Dubh-bhitse "black (= evil/intense/downright) bitch
Rí-dhubh-bhitse "ultra-black (extreme downright) bitch"
Dubh-dheargbhitse "black-red bitch" (downright utter) bitch"

(Source: The Irish of Iorras Aithneach County Galway, Brian Ó Curnáin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 2007 - translations added by me)

Take your pick ...

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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).

Another insult (one Tadhg on Ros na Rún is fond of) is "striapach": "whore."

Redwolf

If you'd like a few more choices (drawn from a very long list I have of terms for people, male and female, based on their characteristics or personalities):

abarlach slovenly person, slut, slattern
agóid crabby person
bean ultach witch
cailleach ultach witch
cuachán untidy woman
cuileachán. unkempt person
cuimleachán miserable, insignificant person
cuimleálaí slovenly person
cuitléir harlot
donóg wretched woman
dúrapóg surly woman
eachlais slattern
fia-chailleach hag, witch, unruly woman
fuachaid witch, hag
gairmneach big uncouth woman
gáirseach lewd woman
gárthóg screaming, excitable woman
giobóg untidy woman; idle, worthless woman
glámhánach complainer, grumbler; abusive person, scold
graostach lewd person
léabóg untidy woman,
liúdaí idler, shirker, good-for-nothing
lúidseach slattern, slut
magarlach doltish woman
málóid silly, chattering woman
múiscealach slovenly woman
óinseach foolish woman; fool (variants óinsín, óinseacháin, óinseog, óinsichín
otrachán dirty, vulgar, person
sciodar contemptible, worthless, person
sciodramán worthless person
sciolladóir abuser, scold, reviler
scleoid slattern
seanchailleach old woman; crone, hag
slapóg sloppy, slovenly, woman
spleantar cantankerous person
sporaí goader; nagger, fault-finder
striapach harlot, fornicator
tóiteog sit-by-the-fire, lazy woman
truailleachán mean person, miser, wretch
truailleán mean person, miser, wretch
truailleánach mean person, miser, wretch
truán miserable person
tuaifisc bad-tempered, uncouth person

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So many great options!!!!

Thanks, all! (I might be back for some pronunciation help later...)

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I'm very much a beginner learner. Don't hesitate to correct me, as long as you explain why. This is how I learn best!

Caoimhin,

Could you possibly share the entire list?

I think he did so previously here:

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1569&p=13645

Of course, there is also the possibility that the list may have grown since then.

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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).

, Gallaxyrocker, I bet your sorry you asked now!

You know its a long day of learning vocab when Caoimhín says

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

lol

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I'm very much a beginner learner. Don't hesitate to correct me, as long as you explain why. This is how I learn best!

Yes, that's the list. I thought I had posted it, but couldn't find it.

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.