JUST AS WE Irish have a lot of words for potato, we have a lot of words for having drink taken.
Behold the poetry…
1. Ar meisce – drunk
2. Óltach – intoxicated
3. Ar stealladh meisce – dead drunk
4. Bhí dhá thrian mesice air- he was three parts drunk
5. Caoch ar meisce – blind drunk
6. Ar deargmheisce – mad drunk
7. Súgach – merry
8. Ar bogmheisce – tipsy
9. Dallta leis an ól – blind with the drink
10. Ar stealladh na ngrást – drunk as a lord
11. Are meisce agus go mí-iomprach – drunk and disorderly
12. Meisciúil – drunken
13. Babhta óil – a drunken bout
14. Gan féith ná comhaireamh a bheithe agat – without sinew or counting at you (dead drunk)
15. Gan chos faoi – legless
16. Ar na stoic stártha – blind drunk
17. I do chiafart – in a state
18. Leathbháite – drowned
19. Ní fheicfeadh sé poll sa dréimire – Completely blind drunk
Terms via Transparent Language, Pota Focal, Teaglann.ie
