Dictionary Entries
hata Acla agus naprún Chliara
ná déan hata Acla dó .i. den chasúr, don't treat it like hata Acla, that is to say make common property of it (MMt). There was only one hat in Achill and only one apron in Clare Island, and everybody wore it in turn according as he or she needed it. The same was said of brógaí Iorruis, there was only one pair which was used by everybody or so the saying goes.
griúil
tá griúil ar a' tsúp (hare's soup) le teann mathas, it is so rich and full of goodness
glafar
chuirfeadh sé glafar as
giortaigh
giortaigh an bóthar, shorten the road; this is what the Gobán Saor's daughter-in-law told his son to do
gaoiséal
tarnneó mé na gaoiséil asad, I'll pull the wind-pipe out of you
friotáiltí
uibh friotáiltí, fried egg
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).
fobha
a' tabhairt fobha duithe, a' ligean a' ghráin aicí, a' grán a ligean síos sa mbró (when grinding corn)
fídeáil
a' fídeáil cearc, feeding hens
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
feistiú
chuir siad feistiú troda orthú héin, equipped themselves for fight, armed themselves with graips
feamainn bhuí
A: bhí tú i Meiriceá? B: bhíos, .. go bhfaca mé an fheamainn bhuí, yes, but I stayed very short, just long enough to see the sea-weed
éisteacht
bhfuil tú ag éisteacht liom, are you listening to me?
draoitheadóireacht
a' draoitheadóireacht, ag coinneál eagnaidheacht leat, arguing with you
díth dóich
na préacháin a' déanamh dí dóich air ann, the crows doing destruction to his crops there (Sb); a' déanamh dí dóich ar do chómhars, wronging your neighbour, rash judging him (MMT); a' déanamh dí dóich air, éagóir (TmB); dí dóich, rud mí-chéart (AL). Cf. Béaloideas, xiii, 224: bhí siad a' dianamh dí-dóich thart i nÉirinn (.i. arm Shasanaí) in a story from Ballycroy, and glossed 'outrage, harm', by the sgéaluí.