Dictionary Entries
láimhíneach
angel-fish: claigeann mór millteach agus cluasa móra (air); 2ft long, edible, price a' sciata (skate)
paráiste
applied also to a dispensary district to which a doctor is appointed
toirt gan tairbhe
applied to a person getting in one's way; such a person is said to be an-amscaí
boc
'séard a bhí ann boc (AC); boc achrannach ar a mhisc, a contrary buck when drunk (HE). buck, lad (not complimentary)
séin
bhí séin leis, he had a chain (the vet.) for pulling calf chain
aighneasúil
na hAlbanaigh - na seandaoine is measa; an dream óg - tá siad níos aighneasúl' , more affable, more communicative, more sociable chatty, talkative
tiogainní
come on, I have heard teanamaí also used to address more than one person
criogaire
cricket (BS); she has the same pronunciation for 'cigire'.
coirbhthe
fear coirbthí, a cross man, would jump at you; tá sé coirbthí inniú, níl aon ghráinne tobac aige cross, short-tempered
scuata
scuata mrá agus páistí. crowd
marbh-fáisc
is iomaí mara fáisc a chuir Ned air, cursed him often, saying 'mara fáisc air'. curse
gíoscán
5 million people to feed in London - is mór a' gíoscán é, they eat a lot, there is a lot of chewing on what they need in food F
aimseógaí
'siad na haimseógaí a chuir ann é fairies
"sin í an Chaorthanach", a dúirt sé
"this is the Devil's mother", he said
bhoil anois, a deir, a dúirt an sagart
well now, says, said the priest