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Capall / Horse (masculine noun, 1st declension)
Nominative plural: Capaill
- Rásaíocht Chapall / horse racing
- Crú capaill / horseshoe
- Cnó capaill / Horse Chestnut (conker / buckeye)
- Cac capaill / Horse shite (insult)
- Capall na Traoi / the Trojan Horse
- Is é capall na hoibre an bia / Food is vital (Lit: Food is the workhorse)
- Ná déan paidir chapaill de / Don’t be long winded (in telling a story) (Lit: Don’t make a horse’s prayer of it)
- Is minic a rinne bromach gioblach capall cumasach / Many a ragged colt made a noble horse
- Ní dhéanfadh an saol capall rása d’asal / Life won’t make a racehorse of a donkey
- Bíonn grásta Dé idir an chapall agus an talamh / Grace is found between the horse and ground
Each is also a word for horse, but is seldom used anymore (in Irish):
- Each cogadh / War horse
- Each-chumhacht / horsepower
- Cuir an diallait ar an each cóir / Place the blame where it belongs (Lit: Put the saddle on the proper horse)
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