Dictionary Entries

scrachóg an mhadaidh uisc'

spaga a dhéanamh de, agus bé' do phócaí lán i gcónaí, the otter's bladder (?), make a purse of it and your pockets will be always full (of money)

práinneach

práinneach asad féin, leitheadach; práinneach as a chlann, as rud ar bit a bheith aige, proud of, thinks a lot of (AL); bhí sé a cho práinneach as a gcat. he was so very fond of the cat (CN).

dath

a dhath, with neg. nothing, gan a dhath, free, gratis.

comhráidhteach

c. maith, a good conversationalist

am

i n-amanna, eidir amaí, occasionally, sometimes.

stocaire

níor tóigeadh ar stocaireacht (é) a cadger cadging for money or drink

pointeáiltí

exact, tight in money matters, (even) mean

mar duine eile, mar a chuid eile

like someone else, like the rest of them

M'airgead, d'airgead, a airgead, a hairgead, ár n-airgead, bhur n-airgead, a n-airgead

My money etc

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