Irish Phrases Starting with "B"

• leanbh
  Baby
• ar ais
  back
• Muin
  Back (as in the the part of your body where the spine is located)
• tráth dá raibh
  back in the day
• cúltaca
  backup
• bagún agus cabáiste
  bacon and cabbage
• Doineann
  bad weather, storm
• Bagáiste
  Baggage, Luggage
• císte cáise Baileys
  Baileys cheesecake
• pónairí bácáilte
  baked beans
• práta bácáilte
  baked potato
• Bácáil ar feadh 30-35 nóiméad go dtí go bhfuil fuaim chuasach le cloisteáil nuair a bhuailtear an bonn go héadrom.
  Bake for 30-35 minutes until the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
• bácús
  bakery
• liathróid
  ball
• bailéad
  ballad
• Béal an Átha
  Ballina
• Béal Átha na Muc
  Ballinamuck, Co. Longford
• An Baile Meánach
  Ballymena
• Balor na Súile Nimhe
  Balor of the Poisoned Eye
• banana
  banana
• arán banana
  banana bread
• banna
  band
• tóraí
  bandit, Tory
• bainseó
  banjo
• lá saoire bainc
  bank holiday
• bean sí
  banshee
• bairín breac
  barmbrack
• daorchluiche
  baseball
• bun
  base, bottom
• íoslach
  basement
• buntuarastal
  basic salary
• basal
  basil
• cispheil
  basketball
• seomra folctha
  bathroom
• sciathán leathair
  bat (literally, "leather wing")
• duilleog labhrais
  bay leaf
• bá
  bay, sympathy
• bí
  be
• Bí
  Be
• trá
  beach
• tránna
  beaches
• is
  be (an chopail)
• pónairí
  beans
• féasóg
  beard: grammatically feminine
• Bígí
  Be! (at multiple people)
• Álainn
  Beautiful
• álainn
  beautiful. ("Álainn" is used when it modifies a noun, as in "she is a beautiful woman.")
• galánta
  beautiful (esp. Ulster)
• go hálainn
  beautiful. ("Go hálainn is used when this word stands alone, as in "she is beautiful.")
• áille
  beautiful (plural)
• Bí cúramach!
  Be careful!
• Bígí cúramach!
  Be careful! (said to multiple people).
• Bí cúramach! Béarfaidh an madra ort!
  Be careful! The dog will bite you!
• mar
  because
• toisc
  because
• Mar tá sé ró-óg agus d’ólfadh sé an t-airgead
  Because he is too young, and he would drink the money
• toisc go raibh orm an dinnéar a réiteach
  because I had to fix the dinner
• mar tá obair tí le déanamh agam
  because I have housework to do
• de bharr go raibh sé ag cur báistí
  because it was raining
• mar bhí leadrán orm
  because I was bored
• mar bhí tuirse orm
  because I was tired
• Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beo
  Because my lively lad has left me
• mar gheall ar
  because of
• mar gheall ar an drochaimsir
  because of the bad weather
• mar gheall ar an gcluiche
  because of the game
• De bharr na bhfeithidí, agus de bharr an tsalachair. Agus mar go bhfaigheann gach planda a chuirim bás!
  Because of the insects, and because of the dirt. And because every plant I plant dies!
• de bharr na paindéime
  because of the pandemic
• mar gheall ar an aimsir
  because of the weather
• mar go bhfuil tinneas uirthi
  because she is sick
• cionn is go raibh tú as láthair
  because you were absent
• leaba
  bed
• seomra leapa
  bedroom
• seomra codlata
  bedroom
• leapacha
  beds
• mairteoil
  beef
• beoir
  beer
• gairdín beorach
  beer garden
• ciaróg
  beetle
• daol
  beetle
• biatas
  beetroot
• roimh
  before
• sula
  before
• roimh
  before
• roimh ré
  beforehand
• Roimh i bhfad, bhí an capall bán ag dul ar cosa in airde
  Before long, the white horse was galloping
• roimhe sin
  before that
• roimh an gcluiche
  before the game
• roimh an chluiche
  before the game (Ulster)
• túis a bhíonn ag athrú
  beginnings that change
• Bailigh leat!
  Begone!
• Bí istigh!
  Be inside!
• Bíodh
  Be! (in the third person)
• Béal Feirste
  Belfast
• Beilgeach
  Belgian
• Beilgigh
  Belgian people
• An Bheilg
  Belgium
• creideamh
  belief
• clog
  bell, clock
• Binn Ghulbain
  Benbulbin
• Bí ciúin, a Mháire! Tá mé ag léamh!
  Be quiet, Máire! I'm reading!