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

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

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