Dictionary Entries
mac a' pheata
chuile mhac a' pheat' acú, every one of them, every mother's son of them
léine
i n-a léinidh (ag obair), in his shirt-sleeves (ML); alb, surplice: is geal í do léinidh indiu agus is dubh í seachtain ó 'ndiu, your alb is white today but it will be black a week from today. This from the back was Brian Rua's answer to the priest who called his name from the altar (SBh).
Leám
n. pr. : cuimhnigh ar Leám (adéarfa) le fear a' bualadh asail. Bé' tú sách luath ag droch-mhargadh, Leám adúirt é sin leis a' bhfear a bhí a' bualadh an asail; bhí deifir mhór air a' goil 'un cogaidh
láir
gen. lárach occurs in searrach lárach, a filly foal.
giortaigh
giortaigh an bóthar, shorten the road; this is what the Gobán Saor's daughter-in-law told his son to do
foiliucht
they were going to school till they were big boys and girls - bhí a fhoiliucht /el ´ǝxd/ orthú, bhí siad i n-a scoláirí maithe, sign's on them, they were good scholars (PR).
fiatalach
tá fiatalach air, it is going to be wild, rough, stormy (at sea); young lads liked to hear this: they would not have to go out fishing
éan corr
níl aon ál nach mbíonn éan corr orthaí, said in respect of one member of a highly respectable decent family who was not so, who turned out different
dearc
an, n. L. Ua(igh) na Deirc (thíos faoi tower Acl) is the mid-day mark for the people of Faulmore, i. when the sun is directly over it
deara
in phr. thug mé faoi ndeara, I noticed (MR). fá deara 'caused' does not seem to be used in Erris.
coimsgear
cailín deas coimsgear, a neat and tidy girl (PsC); bláfar coimsgear, neat and tidy.
cloigíneacht
a' cloigíneacht orthaí
cleas
ní rabh cor ná cleas as, (the boy) was very quiet and well conducted in a strange house
ceann
i gceann cúnamh Dé is na Maighdine, with the help of God and the Virgin
Breathnach
Riocard a' Bhreathnaigh, Riocard a' Tower, was a well known seanachai