Dictionary Entries
builte ar
bhí an caisleán buailte air, the castle was beside him, quite near him. beside, close to
bréan-lóib
black rotten bog matter under blown sand at sea-edge. The slip (céibh) should have been built on rocks, but instead it was built on the bréanlóib, consequently had no proper foundation and did not last.
crosta
bó chrost', a "wicked" cow. bold, ill-mannered (of children)
drís
talamh an dris, smior a' talaimh. An Sean-dall Glic always knew good land from the bramles or briars that were growing on it (MMt). (the best of land). bramble
bríce
chomh díreach leis a' mbríce brick
cruach Pháraic
broad-leaved plantain
boc
'séard a bhí ann boc (AC); boc achrannach ar a mhisc, a contrary buck when drunk (HE). buck, lad (not complimentary)
caipín a't-sonais
an té a mbíonn a' caipín seo ar a cheann nuair a thigeann sé ar a' tsaol, ní féidir a bháthadh (Sb); ní bheith sé gearr i n-airigead (MMt). caul
cáilidheacht
(chuile shórt) a' rith le na cháilidheacht héin, everything in nature follows its own instinct (Sb); rinne mé é do réir mo cháilidheacht, mar facthas dom go mba chóir a dhéanamh; 'tá cáilidheacht trom ort' adéarfaí le duine a bheith a' tuitim i n-a cholladh lá fliuch (TmB). character, nature
aighneasúil
na hAlbanaigh - na seandaoine is measa; an dream óg - tá siad níos aighneasúl' , more affable, more communicative, more sociable chatty, talkative
créatúireacht
a déanamh c. mhór oram cheating
pluc
nár mhór an ní . . . gan aon oideas gan aon léigheann i n-a pluic, wasn't it great for her who hadn't any education and hadn't a word of learning in her head cheek
páinéid
tá an phláinéid athruí, (our) climate has changed, we now get a different kind of weather climate
ruacan
bia rí ruacan, agus bia bodach báirneach (sean-ocal). cockle
gaéthe
is fuar a' gaéthe é sin (TmB); tá gaéthe beag fuar a' tíocht aníos annsin. cold sting, breeze