Irish has a lot of words for types of people. I extracted this list from Dinneen.
WARNING: pre-reform spellings
acfuinneach, -igh, -ighe m., a person of large means. adhaltán, -áin, pl. id., m., a deaf person; a dolt. aibéis, -e, f., a slovenly person (Aran). aicídeach, -digh, -dighe, m., a sick person. áidhbheirseoir, -ora, -oiridhe, m., an adversary; the devil; a wicked person (used in pl. in this sense); pron. áirseoir. ailp, -e, pl. alpa, ailpeacha, f., a protuberance, a huge lump, a high mountain; a stout person; a bite, a mouthful; a bite of a vicious dog or horse. ailteoir, -ora, -oiridhe, m., one who plays pranks, an "arch" fellow, a frivolous person. aimh- (amh-), neg. pref., un-, in-, dis-, not. aindeiseoir, -ora, -oiridhe, m., an unfortunate person or thing, a wretch; dim. aindeiseoirín is common. aindlightheach, -thigh, -thighe, m., a lawless person, an outlaw. ainscian, -cine, pl. -ceanna, f., a large knife; fury, extravagance; a furious or wild person. airceasach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a greedy or distressed person. aithid, -e, -idhe, f., an asp, a wild beast; a peevish person; a creature, person; gach aithid againn, each one of us. aithiseach, -sigh, pl. -sighe, m., an abusive person. alpghail, -e, f., answering a person gruffly, scolding vehemently. See alpadh. alp luachra (also earc luachra, al luachra, airc luachra), a newt, a lizard. amlóg, -óige, -óga, f., a female fool, a witless person. antlásach, -aigh, pl. id., a facetious, merry fellow; a greedy person. aoinne, g. id., m., any one, any person (also éinne). aol-chrothach, -aighe, a., of lime-white appearance, of beautiful form; as subs., a beautiful person. aonarán, -áin, pl. id., m., a solitary person, one alone by himself. aonduine (aoinne and éinne), g. id., m., one person, any one; with neg. no one, nobody. aon-ghealt, -gheilt, m., a very mad person. aonraic, -aca, m., one person, a person alone or without help; tá mé 'm'aonraic, I am alone or helpless (Con.). aosánach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a young person. árrachtuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a half-naked person, a homeless wanderer, as a hare, fox W. Ker.). athchuingim, -ge, v. tr. (tr. of the request, with ar of the person besought), I beg, entreat, beseech. athlaoch, -aoigh, m., a very old person; an old soldier. baclámhach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a one-handed person; one disabled in the hands. baclámh, -láimhe, -lámha, f., a disabled hand or arm; a lame-handed person. See lámh. baillséar, -éir, pl. -éir, -éiridhe, m., an awkward person; is ionann le chéile an baillséar is a ghiolla (Con.); ag déanamh baillséir ar dhuine, humbugging one (Aran). báisín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a weakling, a person of sickly appearance (dim. of bás, death). balbh, -ailbh, pl. id., m., a dumb person. balbhán, -áin, pl. id., m., a dumb person, a mute, a stammerer. balcaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a strong, stout person. banndairne, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a disappointed person; ex., d'fhág tú mise im' bhanndairne, you left me delayed and disappointed (?) (Clare). Perhaps the same as bambainne. baoiseach, -sigh, -sighe, m., a silly person. barruidhe, g. id., m., an upstart; a haughty aspirant; a proud person; barruidhe álainn, a proud queenly woman (Don.). básán, -áin, pl. id., m., a slow, languid person. beag-mhaith, m., a useless person. bimbealóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a foolish person (Don.) bíodhbha, g. -bhan -bhadh and -bhaidh, pl. -bhaidhe, gpl. -bhadh, m., an enemy, a robber; a guilty person. bíodhgaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a lively, active person. bioránach, -aigh -aighe, m., a boy; a rakish person; a pin-cushion. bleachtaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a person that milks cows; a manager of milk; one who deaL in milk; a wheedler, a flatterer; a detective. blobaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a blubber-lipped person, a stammerer (also plobaire). blobarán, -áin, pl. id., m., a blubber-lipped person, a stutterer; one who speaks thickly or indistinctly. blocaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a strong, stout person or thing. blogam, -aim, pl. id., m., a mouthful, a sup, a small portion; blogam bainne, a sup of milk; an easy-going person (Clare). See bolgam. blomaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a boaster, a vain person. bochtán, g. -áin, pl. id., m., a poor person, a pauper; a miser; a miserable-looking person. bodhaire, g. id., f., deafness; mental confusion; a troublesome person; b. Uí Laoghaire ort, is a common imprecation in M., origin uncertain. bodhrán (bodharán), -áin, pl. id., m., a deaf person; a person of indifferent hearing; one who speaks with an indistinct voice; cf., bodhrán gan éisteacht (Don. song). See bodharán. bogadán, -áin, pl. id., m., a shaking, a quivering; an unsteady object; a soft, tender person. bogán, -áin, pl. id., m., an egg laid without the shell; a delicate or effeminate person; a quagmire (Der.). See bogánach. bolgaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a blower, a puffer, a bloater, a low-sized, corpulent person. bórach, -aigh, m., a person with crooked or ill-shaped feet. bórachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a person with crooked feet. breasaire, g. id. pl. -ridhe, m., a babbler, a flatterer, a lively person. breillín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a worthless, insignificant person; a coxcomb, a trickster. brille, the clitoris; an awkward person. briollán (breallán), -áin, pl. id., m., a senseless or stupid person. briollán sáile, a kind of shell-fish (Berehaven). brocachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a clumsy, sodden person. brocais, -e, -idhe, f., a den, a haunt of bad persons, as robbers, etc., a dirty place, thing, or person. brocóg, -óige, -óga, f., an uncleanly person. broghais, -e, -eanna, f., a cow's after-birth; any dirty, soft thing; a soiled or torn garment; an untidy person (from brogh, filth, dirt, rottenness). broinnseach, -sigh, pl. id., m., a stout-stomached, low-sized person; broinnseachán, id. bromaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stout person, a bumptious person. bronnaim, -adh, v. tr., I give, bestow, grant (with ar, gov. dat. of person; but do is used in poetry as well as in sp. l., Con.). brothallach, -aighe, a., hot, warm, sultry; comfortable, luxurious; in easy circumstances; as subs. a hot-tempered person (Con.). bruachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a miser, a mean sordid person. brudhachán, -áin, pl. id., m., an insignificant person, a miser. See bruachán. brúntóg, -óige, -óga, f., an untidy person. bruthóg, -óige, -óga, a brutish person, a glutton, a clown (Don.). buaiceas, -cis, g. id., m., the wick of a candle, a slender candle, a taper; a name for a thin awkward person (M.). buitseachán, -áin, pl. id., m., an assuming, arrogant person. bundún, -úin, pl. id., m., the fundament, esp. in a state of prolapse; a silly person, a coxcomb, a blunderer (often pron. búndún). cadar, -air, pl. id., a hermaphrodite, an effeminate person. caibéaluidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., the person who plants potatoes caimeachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a hunch-backed person. caistín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a crafty little fellow; a little girl of prematurely old appearance and manner; a vicious person; a potato shrivelled from frost or heat; the stone-chat or "chatterstone," a speckled little bird believed to spend the greater part of the year in a state of torpidity. camarán, -áin, pl. id., m., a crooked stick; a deformed person; an idiot. camhaoir, -e, f., daybreak, dawn, twilight; camhaoir an lae, the dawn of day (M.); camhaoir duine, a person of poor, ungainly appearance (B.). camhcaid, -e, -idhe, f., a crooked, lean or worthless person or thing; camhcaid rámhainne, a worthless, slight spade; camhcaidín beag, a despicable person. canntlóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a sorrowful, morose person; a crank. caobach, -aigh, pl. id., m., an ungainly, dull-witted person. caob, -a, m., a clod, a lump, a shovelful of clay, etc.; a layer; the portion of hay, etc., taken at a time by a fork; an untidy person. See scaob. caochánach, -aigh pl. id., m., an awkward, listless person. caochán, -áin, pl. id., m., a blind person, beast or bird; a mole or dormouse. caochóg, -óige, -óga, f., a nut without a kernel; a fuzzball; blind man's buff; a blindfolded person; c. ar cóisire, a stupid person at a feast who does not know what to do. caomhán, -áin, pl. id., m., a mild, gentle person. caradamhail, -mhla, a., friendly, befriended; widely connected; duine c., a person having an extensive family connection. carbadán, -áin, pl. id., m., a toothless person. carrachán, -áin, pl. id., m., the rock fish called "cobbler," more usually gréasaidhe; also the herb wild liquorice root; a scabby wretch; a person with an uneven gait. catachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a curlyheaded person; a sheep with curly wool. ceachaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a poor, stingy person. ceartachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a ragged person. ciachánuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a person suffering from chronic hoarseness; one who speaks in a hoarse, indistinct voice. ciapáluidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a quarrelsome person. cibleachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a bowlegged person, a nine-pin. cíocaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stingy person; a miser, a niggard; a crank. ciomach, -aigh, -acha, m., a lout, a clout; a slattern, an untidy person; in pl., tattered old clothes; ciomachán, id. cionntach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a wicked person. cíormhaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a fuller, a person who knaps cloth; a comb-maker, a comber. ciorrbhach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a maimed or disabled person. ciotachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a left-handed person. ciothramach, -maigh, pl. id., m., an abject person. ciotóg, -óige, -óga, f., the left hand; a left-handed person. ciuránach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a dizzard, an aimless, erratic person. clabhstar, -air, m., a cloister; an awkward person. clabóg, -óige, -óga, f., a blubber-lipped, open-mouthed person. claimhreach, -righ, -righe, m., a scorbutic person, a leper (O'N.). clamhaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a lazar, a leper; a scratcher (applied contemptuously to a child crying, M.); a wretch; a diminutive person, as c. beag millte (somet. used for cneamhaire). claoidhteoir, -ora, -oiridhe, m., an oppressor; a conqueror (also, a weak, delicate person). claonaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an unjust or biassed person. cleiteachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a quillet; met., a thin or lazy person. cleithire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a sturdy person; a large, strong animal; anything strong and vigorous; cleitire scadáin, a large herring; cleithire capaill, a strong horse; cleithire bacaigh, a strong, stout beggar; cleithire maide, a strong, stout stick. See cleathaire. cliathramhán, -áin, pl. id., m., a person or thing merely hanging together (Don.). cliobóg, -óige, -óga, f., a colt, a filly; a coltish trick or gambol; a person with long untidy hair. See gliobóg. clíodhna, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a person wasted from sickness (M.); a famous M. fairy. clipéad, -éid, -éadaidhe, m., the little cloth or leathern covering used to protect a weak or injured eye; a person (usually of females) whoso hair is always unkempt, and hanging carelessly over the eyes. cliteán, -áin, pl. id., m., a thin or narrow-chested person. clogarán, -áin, pl. id., m., a little bell: c. cléireach, the little bell rung by the acolyte (clerk) at Mass, etc.; an empty, noisy person (Meath). cluasaire, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a person with remarkable hearing. cluasán, -áin, pl. id., m., a pillow; a bothered or stupid person (Clare). clúnfairt, -e, -idhe, m., an emaciated person or animal; one prematurely born (W. Ker.). cnagadáinín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a hardy, wiry little person. cnaiste, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., the outside stretcher of a bed; a lazy person. cnápach, -aigh -aighe, m., an ugly or ungainly person; c. smulcaire (O'Ra.), cf. gearra-ch. (McD.). cnugaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a person with a round prominent forehead. coigealach, -aigh, m., the quantity of flax, hemp, etc., on a distaff; fig., an awkward, untidy person, with unkempt hair. coirlimín, g. id. pl. -idhe, m., a mean or insignificant person. cois-leathanach, -aighe, a., broad-footed; as subs., a broad-footed person. comhair, -e, f., presence; ós do ch. amach, in your very presence; ós bhar gc., over against you; im' ch., for me; fá ch. dhuine, for a person, awaiting a person; i gc. an lae, (to be used) during the day; do (a) chomhair an tighe, near the house (Don.), but ós coinne an tighe, opposite or over against the house (Don.); d'itheadar i gc. é, they ate it in company. cómhaois, -e, f., the same age; a person of the same age (in M., cómh-n-aois, also cómh-naos); mo ch., one of my own age; somet. applied to a person's passions, as tá do chómhaois ag imirt ort, your passions are too strong for you; somet. cómhaos. conablach, -aigh, -acha, m., a carcass, a corpse; carrion; a trashy person. connartach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a churl, a rough person; a large-limbed, greedy person; c. mná, a fierce, strong woman (also applied to a cow, etc.). crádhtaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a worn-out person; a useless animal (W. Ker.). crágaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an awkward person who paws and besmears everything; a mauler. craosánach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a glutton, a riotous person, a debauchee. creachail, -e, -idhe, f., a crooked, gnarled piece of wood; fig., a person of a cross, unmanageable disposition; creachaile, also in latter sense. creadal, -ail, pl. id., m., a cute undersized person (Clare). creathán, -áin, pl. id., m., a small potato; fig., a small object, as a small egg, etc.; a small person (also criochán). See creathaide. créatúir, -túra, pl. -túire and -túiridhe, m., a creature; a person to be pitied; créatúr (Don.). creidtheoir, -ora, -oiridhe m., a believer, a credulous person. crúbach, -aigh, -aighe, m., an animal having paws or claws; an awkward man, a clown; a grasping, avaricious person. crúbán, -áin, pl. id., m., a crab-fish; a crooked person or beast. crúnca, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a bent or decrepid person; one in a crouching posture; c. seanduine, a bent old man. crústa, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a crust; a clod, a missile; a close-fisted person; tá sé 'na ch. aige, he has killed him, turned him into a clod. cudamán, -áin, pl. id., m., a lout (of a person). cuigealach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a distaff, etc.; the flax or wool prepared for the cuigeal; a thin, tall person. See cuigeal. cúilfhionn, -inne, pl. id., f., a fairhaired, handsome person; most generally a fair lady; as a., fair-haired, handsome. cuimsightheoir, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a person of unerring aim, a good shot; an adapter, a measurer. cuirptheach, -thighe, a., corrupt, vicious, wicked; as subs., a wicked person. cumhachtach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a mighty person. cumhachtóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a commissioner; a person entrusted with credentials and authority. cunablach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a carcass, carrion; a lazy corpulent person; a skeleton. cúnsachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a miser, a close-fisted person (W. Ker.). dailc, m., a strong low-sized stout person dim. dailcín, id. dallamlóg, -oige, -óga, f., stupid folly; a foolish, insipid person (dallamlán, id.). dallán, -áin, pl. id., m., a blind or stupid person. dallarán, -áin, pl. id., m., a purblind person. damhna, g. id., m., the stuff or matter from which anything is produced, or producible; cause, reason, motive; cf. ríoghdhamhna, a person fit to be a king, an heir apparent; damhna tuirse, a cause of sorrow (Fer.). danar, -air, pl. id., m., a Dane, a foreigner; a savage or cruel person. daoi, g. id., pl. -the, m., a fool, a dullard, a dunce, a clown; a wicked person. daor, -oir, pl. id., m., a bondman; a guilty or condemned person. deagh-dhuine, g. id., pl. -dhaoine, m., a good man, an exemplary person; a patron. dealbhach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a poor person (T. G.). deighthreach, -righ, -righe, m., a person of good family. deireoil, g. id., pl. -e, m., a needy person. See dearóil,. diabhal, -ail, pl. id., m., a devil, an evil or wicked person; mischief, misfortune; used much in the same metaph. way as devil in English; éirigh 'san nd., to the devil; gurb é an d. do bhéarfaidh leis tú, devil take you; nach é an d. é, is he not wonderful, awful, etc. diabhalóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a devilish person; a wretched, unfortunate person (pron. diabalóir). díbearthach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a banished person, an outcast, an exile. dionnach, -aighe, f., the hair that grows on a person's body; moss at the bottom of wells. díosc, -ísce, -a, f., a barren person or animal; barrenness, dryness (as of a fountain, etc.); tá an bhó ag dul i ndísc, the cow is running dry, losing her milk; chuaidh an tobar i ndísc, the well ran dry. díthreabhach, -aigh pl. id., m., a hermit, a pilgrim; a miserable person. do-dhuine, g. id., pl. -dhaoine, m., an evil person. donán, -áin, pl. id., m., an enfeebled person; a mannikin (also dunán; P. O'C. says it is dim. of duine, but this is unlikely). dreannaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a wrangler, a contentious person. dreolán, -áin, pl. id., m., a wren; a silly person. driachaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an obstinate person, a plodding, inflexible person. droch-dhuine, g. id., pl. -dhaoine, m., a bad man; a miserly ungenerous person; a trickster as opposed to duine macánta. droich-earradh, -aidh, pl. -aidhe, -adha, m., bad wares, stuff, etc.; fig. a person of bad character. drubadh, -aidh, -aidhe, m., a name for a large, awkward cow, person, etc. dual bacach, m., a lame person. (?) dubhradán, -áin, pl. id., m., a black mote or atom; a small particle such as gets into the eye; an insignificant person. dúradán, -áin, pl. id., m., a stubborn, obstinate person. éadaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m. a jealous person. éadtromán, -áin, pl. id., m., the bladder; a football; a frivolous reason; alight, miserable, goodfor- nothing person. eagnach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a wise person, a sage. ealadhantóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a learned person, an ingenioms person, one skilled in learning, a scientist. easlán, -áine, a., sick, unhealthy; as subs., a sick or infirm person. éigcialluidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a foolish person; one who has not much sense. éin-ionad, -aid, m., one place, the same place, éinne (aoinne(ach)), anyone, any person; perhaps from éanduine. eolach, g. eolaigh, pl. id., dpl. somet. eolchaibh, m., a learned man, an educated person; a guide. fairceallach, -aigh -aighe, m., a stump, a lump; somet. applied to a stout, burly person; fairceallach talmhaighe. fallsóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a sluggish, lazy person; níorbh'fh. mé, I went on with all my strength (Mayo). fallsúnach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a treacherous person (O'N.). fealltach, -aigh -aighe, m., a murderer, a treacherous person. fhoghnamh, a useless, idle person; tá sé gan bheith ar f., he is ill; tá sé ar f., it is obtainable or ready for use (Don.). fídire, g. id., pl. -dridhe, m., a jester, a merry person, a trifler. fíréan, -éin, pl. id., m., a righteous person, a just man; na fíréin, the elect. fo-dhuine, g. id., pl. -dhaoine, m., a common man, servant, inferior person; an odd person; a person here and there. See fo. foirbeach, -bigh, -bighe, m., an elder, an elderly person. foir-éigeantóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a violent or cruel person; an obstructor. folaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a mean person; a person of small stature (M.). foraighis, -e, -eacha, f., a forest; a wild beast's lair (also a gluttonous person or beast). fostudhach, -aigh, pl. id., m., one who is hired; a strong, lazy person (in M. sp. l., fastudhach, which is very common in an uncomplimentary sense). fuadaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a rambler; a restless person. fuairthéidh, -e, m., a negligent, indifferent person; one who is usually behind time (M.); neglect or waste; fuairthéidh maoine, decay or waste of wealth (P. O'C.). fústaire, g. id., -ridhe, m., a fussy person. gadarach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a tough withe; fig., a slow, tedious, inactive person; chómh righin le g., as tough as a withe. gáibhtheach, -thighe, a., querulous, complaining, distressed; eager, fierce, pitiful (as the shouts of one in distress); dangerous; duine g., a person constantly complaining (also costly, as éadach gáibhtheach, costly clothes, P. O'Cl.). gáibhtheach, -thigh, pl. id., m., a person in want. gaige, g. id., pl. -gidhe, m., a fop, a vain person (dim. gaigín). gaimse, g. id., pl. -sidhe, m., an awkward person (Con.). gáirim, -ridhe, v. intr., I laugh; call, shout, cry aloud; gáirim fá dhuine, I laugh at a person. galrach, -raighe, a., diseased, infected, sickly, infirm, unsound; as subs., a sickly, infirm person; a little boy, an old child. gam, -a, -aidhe, m., a soft, foolish person. See gamal. gamal, -ail, pl. id., m., a silly person, a fool; a stoic. (gamal does not mean a camel, though cámal or cámhal does. P. O'C.) See aniat. gamarall, -aill, m., a stupid person (N. Con.); also gamairle. garbhánach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a coarse, tall person. geanncán, -áin, pl. id., m., a snub-nosed person. geanncóg, -óige, -óga, f., a snub-nosed person. geibléid, -e, -idhe, f., a sloven, an untidy person. géim, -e, -eanna, f., a roar, a cry, a lowing of cows; life, vigour (?); duine gan géim, a lifeless person; somet. used for English word "game." geoiste, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a lazy person. geosadán, -áin, pl. id., m., a small stalk; a shaft or arrow, fig., a slender person. See géasadán. giallachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a long-visaged person (O'N.). gilligín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a giddy little person (often gligín). giobalach, -aighe, a., torn, tattered (of a garment, etc.); dressed in tattered clothes (of a person); hairy, woolly, unkempt, untidy. gioblachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a ragged, unkempt person; a beggar. giolcaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a flippant fellow, a cad, a wavering person; one who gathers reeds. giústa, m., a stout, lazy person. gleidire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a long, thin person (often applied to fishes, M., also to sharpedged instruments, as gleidire speile, gleidire sceine, meaning a formidable-looking scythe, knife, etc.). glib, -e, -eanna, f., a lock of hair; long hair; unkempt locks of hair hanging over the eyes; a person having dishevelled hair (also gliob). glibín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., long hair; a fold or loose tress of hair; a shred of cloth, etc.; an untidy person. glincín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a silly person. gliobóg, -óige, -óga, f., a person with loose, long, untidy hair; a filly. gliomach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a lobster; a person with long limbs; gliomóg, f., id.; g. spáineach, a crawfish. gliúdóg, -óige, -óga, f., a thick-witted young person (Don.). gnásachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a hare-lipped person (O'N., etc.). gnúsachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a sour-faced, ring-nosed person (O'N.). gobachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a person with a penurious, forbidding expression of face; a little bird frequenting sea-strands. See gobadán. gogaide, g. id., pl. -didhe, f., a coquette; a giddy, foolish person; a midwife (also gogaire, Mayo). gogaille, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., a stoic (O'N.); a dotard, a fool, a silly person. See gó. goigín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a silly person, a coxcomb; a small turf heap set to dry (Con.). gortán, -áin, pl. id., m., a stingy person; a stunted or starved person. graifleach, -ligh, -lighe, m., an untidy overgrown person. gróintín g. id., pl. -idhe, m., an important person; a very pretentious person (O'N.). gruamachán, -áin pl. id., m., a sour-looking gloomy person. guag, -aige, -a, f., folly; a silly, vain, light-headed person. guagaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stoic; an imprudent person; one who hangs around tap-room doors, dining rooms, etc. guaireachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a hairy, bristly person or object; a vain, silly person. gúngaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a narrow-loined, awkward person. hé, interj. halo! used with a loud voice in calling a person at a distance: hé! a Shéamais, halo! James; often used also in speaking English. iarlais, -e, -idhe, f., an entailment, an encumbrance, a burthen; fig., a person who is useless, and only an encumbrance, as iarlais mná, a wife who is merely an encumbrance; mé 'cheangal le hiarlais, to wed me to a woman who is an encumbrance; earnest money. See iarlas. iarmhar, -air, pl. id., m., a remnant, a remainder; posterity; a person or animal of wretched appearance; an elf, left in place of a child by the fairies. ifreannach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a demon, a wicked person. iméadaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a jealous person. imreasuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a disputant, a contending person. ioldánach, -aighe, a., skilled in various trades or arts; ingenious; polytechnic; as subs., a person skilled in various trades or arts, a Jack-of-all-trades. íomháigh, -e, pl. id., f., an image, a statue, an idol; fig., a weak, inactive, helpless person. iomthnúthóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a jealous lover, an envious person. íotach, -aigh, m., a very thirsty person, laetheamhail, -mhla, a., daily: duine l., an open-mannered person (Don.). lag-chroidheach, -dhighe, a., faint-hearted; as s. m., g. -dhigh, pl. id., a feeble-minded person. lághach, -áighthe or -áighe, a., pleasant, courteous, obliging; neat, decent, tidy, orderly, friendly; duine lághach, a nice, pleasant, obliging person. laincis, -e, -idhe, f., a spancel, a rope for tying a beast by the feet; cf. nár chaithidh an mhuc an laincis, said of a highly-dressed, ignorant person. lapadán (lapán), -áin, pl. id., m., a kind of sea-fish; also a bird called "diver"; a small, inactive person (Don.); a clumsy person. léabaide, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., a silly, worthless person. leadhb, -a, pl. id., and -acha, -racha, -thracha, m., a rag, a shred, a stripe, a streak, a shaving; a scraw (of earth), a clod; an untidy, useless person, esp. a woman; leadhba bróg, worthless shoes; ag cartadh leadhbach, tanning hides (Don.); the hide of a beast. Pron. léadhb (Don.). leadránuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a slow, tedious person, a loiterer (in M. sp. l., liodránuidhe). learglaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a sluggard, a lazy person. leastar, -air, m., a cask, a vessel; a small boat; a beehive; a cask of inferior butter (Ker.); fig., a useless animal, a helpless person; leastar an aonaigh, the cup from which everybody drank at the fair (M.). leath-amadán, m., a silly person, a "half fool." léice, g. id., pl. -cidhe, m., a clown, an awkward person (Louth). leidhbín, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a little clod, a scraw; an awkward person; leidhbín deamhain, a kind of small fish, water-fish. leifteanach, -aigh, -aighe, m., flat-soled person (Don.). leisceán, -áin, pl. id., m., a lay-person. leith-eolach, -aigh -aighe, m., a smatterer; a half-learned person; a novice. liaghairne, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a lazy slothful person (Ker.). líbíneach, m., an untidy person, one dripping wet (Don.). liobar, -air, pl. id., m., anything hanging loosely or untidily; a hanging lip; an untidy person. liobasta, indec. a., slovenly, untidy, awkward; stout, unwieldy: duine liobasta, an unwieldy person (Don.). liobrachán, -áin, m., a slovenly person. liopa, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a sluggish, unwieldy thick-lipped person. liorán, -áin, pl. id., m., a mature-looking person of small stature; cf. níl leanbh ná liorán aca. liostachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a slothful person, an idler. liostathach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a lazy i person. liúduidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe m., a sluggard, a lazy person; a leering, scheming fellow (also liúdaidhe). lobhar -air, pl. id., m., a leper; a sick person, a weakling. loimíneach, -nigh, pl. id., m., a rustic, a rude, shabby person. (P. O'C. gives "a little fellow that works in loam or puddle.") lóiste, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a sluggard, a lazy person; also lúiste. lomairceach, -cigh, pl. id., m., a thin bare beast; a bare or ill-clad person. lománach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a bald man; a poor, bare person. lomarthachán, -áin, pl. id., m., an ill-clad person. lópuis, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., an untidy, bedraggled person. lorgánach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a sluggard, a lazy person, a suppliant; geimheal lorgánaigh geimhreadh gortach, a hungry winter is the sluggard's fetter. lósta, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a panel or pillion; a lazy person. See loist and lóiste. luaireagán, -áin, pl. id., m., a grovelling person. luanaisceach, -cigh, -cighe, m., a captive, a person in fetters (O'N.). ludar, -air, pl. id., m., a slovenly person. lúd, g. lúid, pl. id., m., a lazy person. luimpré, g. id., f., a piece of bare pasture; a thin, fleshless person (also luimpire). lúircíneach, -nigh, pl. id., m., a small inactive person. mac soipín, m., a miserable person (N. Con.). maighre, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a salmon; fig., a fine healthy person; often a proud woman (common in maighre mná); m. léan, salmon-trout; m. cailín, a fine, handsome girl (Om.); m. buachalla, a handsome, strong lad (Om.). mainidh, m., a mad or foolish person (O'N.). málaid, -e, -idhe, f., a bag, a saddle; a foolish person (Don.). malluightheoir, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a curser, a maligner; a peevish person. manntachán, -áin, pl. id., m., one having gapped tooth-rows; a stammerer, a lisping person. manntaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stammerer, a lisping person; one who has lost teeth. maol, g. maoil, m., a votary, a devotee, a servant, a person dedicated; used in names, as Maol Muire, etc. maoth-mhuathach, -aigh pl. id., m., a nice person, a spruce body (O'N.). marbhán, -áin, pl. id., m., a corpse, a dead body; a spiritless person, a sluggard. marbh-chat, m., a dead and alive person. marbh, g. mairbh, pl. mairbh, m., a dead person; the dead. meabhlachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a crafty, deceitful little person (O'N.). mealbhóg, -óige, -óga, f., a bag, a budget; an insignificant person. mear-aithne, g. id., f., slight acquaintance or knowledge; a smattering; an uncertain knowledge (of a person). meas-mhadra, m., a lap-dog; fig., an impudent or ill-mannered person; meas-mhaidrín, id. meathanach, -aigh -aighe, m., a declining child; a faint-hearted person; a coward, a dastard, a sluggard. meathtach, -aighe, a., perishable, decaying, soft, cowardly; as subs., a degenerate person, a coward, a dastard. mianach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a vein of a mine; a mine; a mineral ore; stuff, character (of persons); material of anything; droich-mhianach, bad stuff, badness of character, a vicious person. míchialluidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a senseless person, a simpleton. mille, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a botch, a bungler; mille maide, a botch, a good-for-nothing tradesman; an insignificant person. mío-chráibhtheach, m., an ungodly person; as a., godless, uncharitable. mionduine, m., a young person; pl. -daoine, young or small people, often applied to women and children, as opposed to warriors. mollaid, -e, f., trouble, harm; duine gan mhairg gan mhollaid, a quiet, inoffensive person (Don.); Sc. mulaid, grief. muicíneach, -nigh, pl. id., m., a vulgar person; a plebeian. muirleog, -oige, -oga, f., a stout little person. muirneach, -nigh, -nighe, m., a lovable person. mullachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a peak, a hill; a large-headed person. mursaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m. consequential person, one who domineers, a tyrant. muscaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a gross, fat person. -na (and -ne), an emphatic particle used after 1st person pl., as ar bhfear-na, our man. neimh-chionntach, m., an innocent person. ócáid, -e, -eacha, f., a foolish or awkward person (Ker.). ocrach, -aigh -aighe, m., a hungry person. ocrasán, -áin, pl. id., m., a hungry person, a glutton. ocróir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an usurer, a lender; a miser, a mean-spirited person (also ocaróir). ógán, -áin, pl. id., m., a young person; the fourth age, the seven ages being: naoidhe, leanbh, macaomh, ógán, fear, seanóir, áthlaoch. óinsín, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a foolish, silly person, esp. a woman (dim. of óinseach). oll-chlabaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., blubber-lipped person (P. O'C.). ól-thoghairm, f., challenging to drink, drinking to a person, pledging, giving a toast. otair, comp. -tra, a., dirty, filthy, foul; also clumsy, vulgar (of a person); otraidhe, id. othar, -air, pl. id., m., a sick person, an invalid; a delicate person though not actually sick; also a wounded person. othrasach, -aighe, a., sick, diseased; as subs. a sick person. páideog, -oige, -oga, f., a light or torch, made of a soft string of tow dipped in tallow; fig., an untidy house-keeper, a person untidy at meals. pataire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a soft young creature of any kind, a plump child, a well-set but small person, a hare or other small animal in good condition; p. leinbh, a soft young child; pataire girrfhiaidh, a plump hare (W. M.); a partridge (Con.); also paitire. pearsa, -an, -ana, f., a person, a soul; an individual; a body; person of a verb. pearsachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a contemptible person (O'N.). péasúr, -úir, pl. id., m., an aggressive, quarrelsome person; péasúirín, id. (N. Con.). peiliúr, -úir, pl. id., m., a pillow; a person with long, unkempt hair (Con.). peithnidheach, -dhigh, pl. id., m., a big, stout, lazy person or beast; anything stout and heavy. piteog, -oige, -oga, f., an effeminate person; piteán and piteachán, id. placaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a gobbler, a greedy person. pleibiste, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a soft quiet child; a guileless person. plubaiste and plubaistín, id. (Don. and Con.). plobaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., one who talks much and loudly; a person having very fleshy cheeks. preabánach, -aighe, a., full of patches; as subs., a ragged person. preasadóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., the person who thickens frieze (C. S., Vol. II., p. 354; Mayo). probaid, -e, -idhe, m., a reprobate, a wicked person. prósaidh, g. id., m., a stout, fat person (Don.). púca, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a "pooka," a fairy, a sprite, a hobgoblin; fig., a surly, glum person. purraire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a lank-loined, slender person. putrachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a stout, clumsy person (Don.). rábaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a strong, vigorous, athletic person; r. fir, a very active, vigorous man. racaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a repeater, a tattler; a romancer; a loquacious person, a storyteller. ragadh, -aidh, -aidhe, m., a churl, a clown; an inhospitable person; a listless, weak animal; Nóra/Sighle 'n ragaidh, the crane, the stork; tá'n ragadh ort, you are a mischievous imp; d'imthigh an ragadh air, he went to the bad (M.). ráil, g. rálach, f., an oak tree; a huge person. raille, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., a vagabond, a wretch, a rake, a dissipated person, a trickster. raispín, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a miser, a mean person; raispín áir, a miserable wretch. ramadh, m., an awkward person or beast; cf. ramadh fir, r. mná, r. bó, r. caorach. ramaid, -e, -didhe, f., a name applied to a lean meagre animal, as an ass; a miserable person (Ker.) also raimid. ránaidhe, g. id., m., a thin, lank person or animal; as a., thin, lank (Con. and U.). rangalach, m., a very thin person (Con.). raoiste, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a lazy person, an idler (Con.). raspa, g. id., m., a file, a rasp (A.); a bony old cow, etc.; a thin, wasted person. See raispín. reangach (sreangach), -aighe, a., wrinkled, welted, cord-like; sinewy, nervous; as subs., a strong, sinewy person. réidhteach, -tigh, pl. id., m., a wild or torn person; an old torn or dismantled article of furniture, etc. (Ker.). reilgíneach, -nighe, a., club-footed; as subs., a club-footed person; cf. cam reilge, and see reilig. riachtanach, -naigh, -naighe, m., a needy person; one in a difficulty, ropaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a treacherous, violent person; a robber, a thief; ropaire gaid, a villain deserving of the gallows (gad, a withe); a virago. rothaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a wild person, one fleet of foot; a child is often called a "rothaire beag" (also ruathaire). ruais, -e, -eacha, f., fickleness, giddiness, inconstancy; a giddy person; a clown, a stupid fellow. rúcach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a rook, a crow; a close-fisted person; a clown, a rustic (M.). rúnuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a confidante, any person that knows a secret. sailithis, -e, m. and f., a dirty, unkempt person. samachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a soft, quiet, credulous person. samhairle, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., a cub, a whelp, a pup; a young babe; a churl, a boor; a fat person, a fleshy animal. scaimíneach, -nigh, -nighe, m., a shabby person (Con.); the sand of a lake or river. scaipire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a squanderer, a scatterer, a dispenser, an extravagant person. scaoinse, g. id., m., a rabble; a low or despised person: im' s. ar leath-taoibh sráide ("Spailpín Fánach"); a youth, a stripling; an scaoinse clamh, the mangy lot (McD.). scáthaim, -adh, v. tr., I shade, screen; I dread or shun; I screen (a person from justice). sceanfartach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a waster, a spoiler; wild, reckless person; a wasted, miserable looking person. sceathrach, -aighe, -acha, f., a spew, a vomit; act of spewing, vomiting; a trashy person; sceathradh, id. sciolltaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a very lean person (Aran). scleoid, -e, f., a silly person, a sloven, a slattern; slovenliness, filth. scodalach, -aigh, -aighe, m., thin porridge; fig. a tall gaunt person: duine gan iomarca "teacht aniar" ann (Clare). scoduidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a good-for-nothing person, one who follows his own will. sconnaire. g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a reckless fellow; a trifler, a prater, a whiffler, a dunce; also, a tall slender young person who has grown to a height much above his age; a rash hasty per son; cf. a sconnaire an tsuilt, thou merry fellow (Condon). scraiste, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a sluggard, an indolent person; s. na díge (Mon. song). scramaide, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., an ungainly, dull person (Con.). scramuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a tall awkward person (Mayo). scrata, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a lazy person; scrata gan bhrígh, a listless, inactive person (Mayo); also a ragged, worthless person. scrathánach, -aigh, pl. id., m., a lazy person. screachaile, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., an untidy or bumptious person. scríoblún leangaire, m., a thin, emaciated person. scruigín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a neck, neck of a bottle, a name for the neck; a short-necked person; a slight, weak, delicate person. scruit, -uta, -tidhe, m., a thin, gaunt, or mangy person. seabhóideach, -digh, -dighe, m., a straying, wandering, or foolish person. seacaide, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., any object severely affected by frost; a frost-bitten potato, etc.; a person suffering severely from cold. seachaidim, -chadadh, v. tr., I hand to (do) a person, deliver, present, bestow. seacrachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a winter-nosed person; a frostbitten potato (W. Ker.). seagadh, -aidh, -adha, m., a cormorant; fig., a lean, lank person (Ker.). seanóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a senior, an old person, an old man, an elder; an old druid, a bard. sean-shoitheach, m., an old vessel, an old barrel; fig., a slovenly person. seargánach, -aighe, a., dried up, withered; as subs., a shrivelled person or thing, a consumptive person. seargán, -áin, pl. id., m., a shrivelled or dried fruit, etc.; a person that is dried up or withered (seargánach, id.). seiceadúir, -úra, -úiridhe, m., a ghost, a phantom, a skeleton-like person. seifide, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., a spiritless person; also seifid (Con.). seafaide (N. Con.). séithleach, -ligh, -lighe, m., a weakling; a driveller; an old or lazy person; a term applied to Cupid (E. R.); often applied in W. Ker. to the police because of their laziness. siabhránach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a raving person (Don.). síntealach, -aigh -aighe, m., a lanky, tall, lazy person; duine fada, fuar, fallsa (Don.). síodhbhradh, -aidh, -aidhe, m., a fairy, a weakling; a very delicate person. See siabhradh. sí, per. pr., f., she, it; emph. sise, sisi; sí seo, this; sí sin, that; sí siúd, yon, yonder (person or thing). siúscál, -áil, m., wagging (?); in phr., 'ruball siúscáil, used of a plausible, conciliatory person (Con.). slab, -aib, m., mud, mire; a soft-fleshed person. sláimín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a small flat roll of wool, etc.; a little handful; a dirty, untidy person. slaoduidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a lazy, idle person (Don.). slightheach, -thighe, a., artful, cunning, sly, fraudulent, wily, designing; wayward; resourceful; as subs., "a fly body," a tricky person (Don.). slightheadóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an artful, cunning, designing person. sluacht, -a, -aidhe, m., hoarseness; tá sluacht orm, I am hoarse; a hoarse person or beast; the Connemara people are called sluachtaidhe by the Aran Islanders. sméirle, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., a clownish person; a wretch. smíste, g. id., pl. -tidhe. m., a pestle, a mall, a club or bat; a strong person, a smiter. smugaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a person whose nostrils are given to dropping. smugairle, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., spittle, saliva; a person whoso nostrils are given to dropping; smugairlidhe róin, a kind of jelly thrown up on the beach. smulcachán, -áin, pl. id., m., one with a prominent nose; a surly-looking person. smulcaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, a person with a big nose; a dogged-looking person. smúrthannach, -aigh, -aighe, m., a half-dead-and-alive person; a dead-head (Don.). smutach, -aighe, a., short, curtailed; snouty, flat-nosed; sulky; duine smutach, a sulky person. See smóiteach. smutachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a flat-nosed person, or one with prominent lips. snámhuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a swimmer, a good swimmer; a crawler; a slow person; a thin, lanky, gritloss fellow (Don.). snáthadán, -áin, pl. id., m., a needle-case; a sand-eel; a kind of fly or insect that flits about lighted candles at night (P. O'C.); a very thin person (Don.). sobalán, -áin, pl. id., a frothy-mouthed, untidy person. sodaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stout man; a clumsy, awkward fellow; a person with an ambling gait; a trotting horse. sodán, -áin, pl. id., m., a short, thick person. sodarthóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a trotter; a fussy person. soi-chreidmheach, -mhigh, -mhighe, m., a good believer, a credulous person. soillseach, -sighe, a., bright, shining, clear, transparent, causing light, luminous, lightsome, effulgent, radiant; as a noun, a bright or beautiful person; somet. a fair female. soi-mhianadh, m., a good ore or mine of metal; good stuff; good character (of a person). sóisear, -sir, pl. id., m., a younger person, a junior; opposed to sinnsear; cf. peacadh an tsinnsir, claoine an tsóisir, the sin of the elder, the perversity of the younger (Fer.). somachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a soft, innocent child or person; a lusty, well-developed fellow. sopachán, -áin, m., the moss of which little birds' or bees' nests are made; moss or fine litter collected for a lair of any kind; an unkempt person. spadalach, -aigh, m., any soft and unshapely object, such as soft turf, etc.; a heavy, dull, awkward person. spadán, -áin, m., lea-land on which potatoes are sown by spreading them on the unprepared surface and covering them over with soil taken from the furrows (Con.); poor, fallow ground; a dull, lazy, sluggish person. spaidín, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a heavy lifeless person or thing. spideog, -oige, -oga, f., a robin; a little bird; a tiny, delicate person. splangadán, -áin, pl. id., m., a thin, cold-looking, long-legged person (Don.). splíonach, -aighe, a., hippish, splenetic; as subs. a hippish person, a poor meagre person or beast. spreasán, -áin, pl. id. m., a small twig; a wretched, good-for-nothing person; also spriosán. spreas, -ris, m., a twig or wicker; a useless heap; a useless, unprofitable, or barren person; sínte 'n-a spreas, stretched helplessly or unprofitably; cf. go mbeidh sí 'n-a spreas gan luighe le fear (O'Ra.); im' spreas 's im' spíonlach (McCur.). spriata, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a withered, gnarled log, a stump; often a tree or deal scorched or burned at one end; s. de'n phórc, a lump of pork; a wretch, a lazy person: críon-spriata, a miserable wretch (T. G.); also spreota. sprionnlóg, -óige, -óga, f., a miser, a stingy person; dim. -óigín. sprionnlóir, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a miser, a skinflint, a stingy person. sprionnluightheoir, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a miser, a stingy person. spriosán, g. -áin, pl. id., m., a small twig; a bramble; also a good-for-nothing person; a fopling. sramaide, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., a useless person; a tippler (Don.). srangaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a crane or pulley; an untidy person. sraoilleán, -áin, pl. id., m., an untidy person or thing. sraoille, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., an awkward, clownish person, a dolt. sreanglomán, -áin, pl. id., m., a person who is constantly ailing out not seriously ill (Don.); sreanglomán and ranglomán are also heard in Don., but they often signify a long, thin, awkward-looking person. srimile, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., an awkward person. sruimile, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., an awkward, untidy person. staf, -aif, pl. id., m., a staff (E. R.); a stiff, staff-like person (Ker.). staga, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a "stag;" a potato softened and spoiled by frost, or otherwise rotten and worthless; dim. staigín, applied to a horse or person in a disparaging sense; thuit sé 'n-a staga, he fell into a faint or swoon. staic, -e, -eanna, f., a stake, a post, a short stick; a stake driven into the ground to which an animal is tied; a strong, thick-set person; stiffness, obstinacy (Louth, Mon.); ex. chuirfeadh staic i n-a muineál d'á shíneadh, who would become stiff-necked when giving it (alms) (old song). stangaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a loiterer, a lazy, suspicious person (Don.); one hard to deal with; one slow in paying his debts (Con.); stangaire mná, an obstinate woman; rinneadh s. de, he was transfixed (Don.). stanuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a bold person; hussy; dá bhfeicfeá an s. 'na seasamh láimh liom. (E. U. song); some understand it as "tinker." stocaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a trumpeter; a lazy idler, interloper; a "sponger" (Don.); a person purposely left without a partner in a certain dance current in Donegal, hence a name for the dance itself. stocalach, -aigh, -aighe, m., an upright, a pillar, a standard; s. de dhuine, a person standing like a pillar in the road (Don.); s. cloiche, a standard of a stone (Don.); cf. corpalach (M.), from corp. stodaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a person with big teeth; a bold peevish person. storc, g. stuirc, pl. id., m., a large animal, a bullock, a thick-set person, a sturk; the corpse of one who dies in an upright posture (Con.). stothaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a wild, careless person. stothairín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little, wretched horse, etc., with long hair; a staigín; somet. applied to a person. stracaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a snatcher, tearer, griper, extortioner; a strong, vigorous person; one who runs or frisks about. strachaille, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., a lazy, ragged, unkempt person. stráille, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m. or f., a tall, lazy, inactive person (male or female); stráille fir, a tall, lazy, worthless man; stráille mná, a tall, lazy woman; somet. stráille involves the idea of vagrancy, delay, neglect. straoilleán, -áin, pl. id., m., a loiterer, a slovenly person. straoille, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m. and f., a girth, a belt or garter; an untidy person. streachlán, -áin, pl. id., m., a band, a gaiter, swaddling clothes; anything untidy, an untidy person (Don.). stríleomán, -áin, pl. id., m., a long, lank, nerveless person (Don.). stróinse, g. id., pl. -sidhe, m., lubber, a good-for-nothing person; s. caillighe, an untidy, useless hag (strúinse in S. Con.). stuacaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a fool, a dolt, a prying person. stuadh, -aidh, -adhacha, m., an arch, a rainbow, a volume, a text, a scroll, a sheet, a gable, a wall, a pinnacle, a ridge; a pen; a hero; a fig. expression for a tall, handsome person, esp. a female, whence stuadhaire or stuaire, and stuaidh-bhean. stuaire (stuadhaire), g. id., pl. -ridhe, f., a tall, handsome person, esp. applied to a female; a common poet. term for a beautiful and stately maiden. stúruidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a bold, impudent person (Don.). substainnteach, -tigh;, -tighe, m., a substantial person. súgha, g. id. and súghaidh, m., soot; súgha sioláin, falling soot; lán de shúgha, full of soot; ruidín súghaidh, a filthy or mean person (gs. súghaidh, pron. súghaig, M.; somet. nom. súth); cáibín súghaidh, a shabby hat (S. W. Cork). súghmaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a horse leech, a blood-sucker; a serpent, a crawler; fig. a slow, dilatory person; anything that draws or sucks in; a swallow or gulph (also súmaire). sumóg, -óige, -óga, f., a rag, a clout, a patch; a soft, lazy person. sutaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a greedy person (Clare, sup.). tailc, -e, a., strong, stout, stiff; na mbéimeann tailc, of strong blows, an epithet of a person (O'D.). támhaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a sluggard, a slothful person. teangaire, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a linguist, an orator, a loquacious person. tiughlais, -e, -idhe, a phlegmatic, thick-headed person (Clare). tnúthach, -aighe, a., envious, jealous; contentious, quarrelsome; as s., an envious person, a rival, a bigot. tobar, -air, pl. id. and toibreacha, m., a well, a spring; tobar féile, a well of hospitality (applied to a person). toghtha, p. a., selected; as subs., a choice or select person; ag toghthaibh gach parráiste, by the choice men of each parish. toicidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a person of means. tonnachadh, -chtha, m., act of cleansing, washing; act of preparing a corpse for waking; also somet. preparation of a person for death, such as closing the mouth, etc. tóruidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a pursued person, a tory, a robber, a highwayman; a persecuted person. tráigheánach, -naigh, -naighe, m., a lazy person. tratuidhe, g. id., m., an idle, helpless person (Kilk., Sup.). triúgh, -úigh, m., a wretched, miserable person. troduidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a fighter, a quarrelsome person, a disturber. truaghnairt, m., a wretched person, one deserving of pity; thug duairc mé im' thruaghnairt, which made me sad and wretched (Seaghán na Ráithíneach). tuatóg, -óige, -óga, f., a rustic, an awkward person. tuflais, -e, f., trash, corrupt matter, waste, slush; a slovenly person. túitín, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a petulant, sullen person. tulthartán, -áin, pl. id., m., a big, awkward person (Don.). uaigneachán, -áin, pl. id., m., a solitary person, a hermit. uaigneach, -nigh, -nighe, m., a solitary person. uaillmhianach, -aighe, a., ambitious;, vainglorious, arrogant; as subs. an ambitious person. umhal, -ail, pl. id., m., an humble or obedient person. ungthach, -aigh -aighe, m., an anointed person. urchóideach, -digh, -dighe, m., a wicked or perverse person. urraid, m., a principal person, a chief (O'R.). See urradh. útamálach, -laighe a., restless, wandering, roaming about; as s., a restless person, a fumbler. útamáluidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a turner about, a restless person; a fumbler, one who does work in a slovenly, awkward manner: a ransacker, a searcher. (also in progress.)
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