Dictionary Entries

sláimín

sláimín go bhean, a slovenly untidy "clot" of a woman; sláimín Saturday, a lazy bad housekeeper who leaves all her work, washing etc., over till Saturday.

samhlaigh

tá an intinn chéanna ag a' bhfear thoir agus ní shamhlóchá leis é, he has the same disposition (he'd take a knife to you) and you'd never think it of him

nimheadóir

nimheadóir bradach, a sour fellow who won't take fun or a joke

fuarthas

nach mór a fuarthas thú, hadn't you the "neck", the "cheek"

conráiteach

tá sé conráiteach go maith, troublesome

comhráidhteach

c. maith, a good conversationalist

búst

a thick ill-mannered fellow, a surly boor

crosta

bó chrost', a "wicked" cow. bold, ill-mannered (of children)

coirbhthe

fear coirbthí, a cross man, would jump at you; tá sé coirbthí inniú, níl aon ghráinne tobac aige cross, short-tempered

pointeáiltí

exact, tight in money matters, (even) mean

Tá muinín agam asam féin

I'm confident in myself

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