Dictionary Entries

uair

ar uair an dó dhéag, at twelve o' clock.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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uain

tá lot ar uain a cinn, there is a wound on the back of her head.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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turus tuaithbheal

turas a chuireas daoiní ar dhaoiní eile le spit

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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turachán

níl ann ach turachán, páiste (ná colapach) nach mbeith aon fhás faoi

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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trom-chúis

le trom-chúis adúirt sé é, for fun, humbugging (bean AOS); trom-chúis - grataí magaidh (AL). Contrast D.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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triúr

tá siad triúr Gallachúraí ann, there are three of those Gallaghers (EOM); muid triúr, the three of us (ML). Cf. libh-se ceathar, with the four of you (ML).

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good

triomaigh

níor thriomaigh sé ar aon charraic ariamh (an foightheach), always in the water, never seen on land or on a rock (great northern diver)

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good

trioll

in idiom thit a' trioll ar a' treall agam, I was completely non-plussed

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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treóir

go múinfe tú treóir dúinn, give us guidance, direction, nuair a bhethá amú ar a' gcroc

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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tom

tom a' t-éideadh as an uisce caisc (Sb), dip the scapular in the holy water.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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tolladh

a' tolladh, butting with horns, "pucking" (of cattle).

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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tóin

tifí as tóin a chéilí, houses built one at the end of another

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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téigle

(tá sé) i n-a chalam téigle, it is perfectly calm (said of the sea on a fine day); stoirim shamhraidh ná téigle gimhridh níl aon tseasamh orthaí (sean-ocal) (MMt), a summer storm or a winter calm will not last long.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good

teannta

a choinneál i n-a theannta, to keep it together (money), not to spend any of it

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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