| Collins Gem Irish Dictionary (Collins Gem) |  | Author: Harpercollins
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 1015344
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Edition: Min
Pages: 248
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Dimensions (in): 4.4 x 3.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0004707532
Dewey Decimal Number: 491.62321
EAN: 9780004707532
ASIN: 0004707532
Publication Date: October 25, 1995
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The world's best-selling little dictionaries Have confidence -- find all the words and phrases you need Get there fast -- clear layout now with color Go further -- extra help with Irish grammar
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 Useful if you just need to understand words in a text, but lack of pronunciation limits its usefulness for learners May 7, 2008
Christopher Culver
The year was 1995. Irish music was wildly popular in the United States, spurring many to learn something of the Irish language. Luckily, Collins came out with this Gem pocket dictionary, English-Irish and Irish-English, to serve these thousands of new learners. It's a substantial dictionary, with 40,000 references and 60,000 translations. Not only are single lexical items defined, but idioms containing them are frequently given as well. In between the English-Irish and Irish-English sections there's a 27-page sketch of Irish grammar, mainly conjugations and declensions.
Though I never reached a fluent command of Irish, I have productively used the dictionary over the years to understand Irish words and short sentences in the linguistics texts I have worked with. However, a major downside of the dictionary, as other reviewers have already commented, is that it does not give the pronunciation of Irish words with phonetic transcription. The orthography of Irish is idiosyncratic, to say the least. Without phonetic transcription, you cannot be completely sure how a word is pronounced. This makes the dictionary less than ideal for self-teaching learners who do not have constant access to a native speaker who can pronounce the words.
Nonetheless, this little dictionary is economical and widely represented on the used market. While the paper on my copy has yellowed somewhat, it has not become brittle, and the vinyl cover has stood up well. Seek a copy out if you are interested in Irish.
 Collins Irish Dictionary February 28, 2006
Nancy E. Platzer (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Has both English to Irish and Irish to English sections which my older dictionay did not. Type is very small for middle-aged people.
 Collins Gem Irish Dictionary (Collins Gem August 2, 2005
Esther L. Grimes
THIS IS A GOOD ADDITION TO OUR LIBRARY WITH OTHER LANGUAGES.
WE WILL USE IT OFTEN AS WE TRY TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE.
What I use in translations August 17, 2004
S. D Haynie (carlsbad, nm United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good book, with lots of words packaged into a small space. I have run into words that I couldn't find in this book, though. However, if you are a serious student of any language you know that you can never make do with just one dictionary. I typically have about three or four dictionaries per language. Cross-reference your dictionaries to make sure you are getting the nuance you want from the word (I once heard a girl ask for "facil queso!" No, no, no!(Sorry about the Spanish reference in the middle of an Irish review. It's the point that counts, though.)).
This is a good dictionary for having on your shelf full of dictionaries.
Handy Irish Dictionary--NOT a Course in Gaelic March 19, 2003
shoutgrace (Charleston, WV United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Collins Gem Irish Dictionary, editors Seamus Mac Mathuna and Ailbhe O' Corrain is a user friendly, comprehensive up-to-date wordlist of English-Irish to Irish-English. It's a dictionary for looking up words just like the Webster or the Oxford. It does NOT contain any pronunciations of the words in Irish. It does contain abbrevations. The middle section is useful Irish grammar that includes extensive tables of regular and irregular verbs and noun declensions and key English words makes it an invaluable reference tool. The back section contains numbers used in counting and with nouns and time.
If you are learning to speak the Irish Gaelic language, I'd recommended you to try a lesson course with book that has pronunciations and a cassette to follow along. Some tips would be 'Learning Irish' by Micheal O'Siadhail, 'Irish Grammar' by Noel Mogonagle and 'Irish on Your Own' by Eamon O'Donaill. Some of these can help on the basics of learning the language. This compact source is handy to carry around with you if you're traveling. It seems to sell fairly well in Ireland where I got my copy while in Dublin. My other option to learning the language is to take a course well in a creditable school that teaches it. Also check through Eason & Sons in Ireland for Gaelic textbooks. Eason.ie is an excellent source in Irish books.
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