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díth

gan díth ná dolaidh a dhéanamh go dhuine ar bith, to do no harm to anyone

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deóiríneacht

i gcónaí a' deóiríneacht, always whining, whinging

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déin

in phr. faoi dhéin(t), for, to get, collect especially animals: faoi dhéin caorach, to collect sheep (on mt): faoi n-a ndéint (to go) for them, i. cows on hill. ar fháirnis, to get, is used in reference to eggs: be' mé ag goil suas ar fháirnis uibheachaí, to get some eggs (at a house)

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cúb

tá cúb aicí, said of a pup lying between the forelegs of its mother.

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crapaim

(1) roll up (sleeves/clothes): bhí a chuid éadaigh crapthaí suas go dtI a chuid glúnaí (JL); (2) contract: fan go gcrapa sé na méaraí.

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crainn siar

cuirfe muid crainn siar, we'll cast lots, using a long straw and a short one

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coscair

chascair me ag a' diabhal é deifir a dhéanamh, I shouted at him and heaped curses on him to hurry up.

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conascar

leis a gconascar, at nightfall

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colg

'Tá colg air' adéarfaí faoi mhadadh a bheith ag goil a' troid, with the hair standing (ruffled) on him, ready for fight.

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coinín

coincí ar a' bpuíopa cailc' i. the little stem underneath for drainage on clay pipe

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cléat

a' tolladh cléat curaigh

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cleamáil

a' cleamáil gamhnaí, sqeezing calves, i. castrating with burdizzo.

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cipín

lá sa gcipín .i. lá sa mbaile, a wet day when one can't do any work

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cionn

goil ina chionn, to undertake it; le goil i gcionn na Gaeilge ceart, to go into, examine, or take up correct, proper Irish

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cian

níor mhallaigh (mé) le fada na gcian, I haven't cursed for ages and ages

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