Category:Middle Irish terms by usage

Middle Irish terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Middle Irish terms with archaic senses: Middle Irish terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Middle Irish archaic terms: Middle Irish terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Middle Irish derogatory terms: Middle Irish terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Middle Irish hapax legomena: Middle Irish terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.
• Category:Middle Irish higher register terms: Middle Irish terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Middle Irish poetic terms: Middle Irish terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Middle Irish terms with rare senses: Middle Irish terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Middle Irish rare terms: Middle Irish terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.