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baslú
a baslú fataí
barrach
a cíoradh baraigh, combing flax
bárr
tá bár míoltógaí ann, a lot of midges (out this evening), they would eat you.
bánú
bhí an t-oileán le bánú .i. na daoine le n-a thréiscint, to be evacuated.
baladh
madadh a' cur baladh, scenting, on the trail
bail
(fear) a chuirfeadh bail air héin, get married in time and set up a home for himself (MMt); go ngohadh droch-bhail orthaí, that she'd come to misfortune (a young pretty girl) at the hands of Arthur Nash (SBh)
bachlóg
chuir siad bachlóg ar a theangaidh, after which he could not speak properly or at all.
athchomair
tá sí sin ag imeacht go hathchomair, travelling fast. This was quoted for me by PsC as a Donegallism, i. the word athchomair.
ascaill sa bhfaraige
.i. lúbán isteach, tá fascadh ann.
árach
níl aon árach agam air, I cannot help it.
aoibhinn Dia
is aoibhinn Dia dhó, 'tis happy for him, well for him.
antráthach
uair antráthach, a very late hour, well after midnight
anróiteach
bhí an grá Dia ionntú, bhí siad bocht nocht anróiteach .i. na seandaoine fadó
annadh
tá annadh air .i. uair mhaith; annadh na Samhna, fine weather to the end of October, Indian summer