Irish Word a Day - Bándearg - Pink

bándearg

pink

Example Sentence

Is maith liom béaldath bándearg.
I like pink lipstick.

The Irish word for pink - bándearg - is a mixture of the two words bán (white) and dearg (red) - just as the colour is a mixture of these two colours.
Irish for lipstick is also a mixture of two words - béal and dath. Use the blog comments section to translate these words or to add more 'mixture' words.

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Posted Feb 11 2012
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