Glas is green when green is alive....like féar, duilleoga, crainn, súilibh GM

Uaine is green in most other situations...geansaí uaine. Altho, "glas" used to mean, green, blue and grey once and still does to a certain extent as in horses as redwolf pointed out. It is misused often and as a result has become pejoritivised and the meaning is changing as we text.

Tá an fharraige ag glasú farainn.

Colours in Irish are not simple.

Báinín (which is grey/white)- the natural wool yarn and the jumper knitted with that yarn is called "glas".
But that is probably because it is natural colour not dyed.
Bréidín - the tweed is often natural too.

And people have "gruaig liath" "grey hair" but horses have "fionnach glas".


I think if one said "cóta glas" it would be understood as "green coat".

Uaine - is not ambiguous. That is definitely green.

In Conamara we often just say "green".




But if you want it shorter I think you could simply say - "Na Clócaí Glasa".
(without "lucht" or "dream")

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I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
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Cool info about the colours Bríd!

I second Bríd's suggestion and Breandán's correction of Redwolf's suggestion.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

I've used the word glas to mean green on a game of colour dominoes I've created - you've now got me thinking that I shouldn't have.

gríon? grín? graon? (grinn? )

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