Dictionary Entries
gúiseóg
gosling - bliain d'aois
gorta
tá gorta oram, I am ravenous with hunger (PsC); cf. galfach /galfǝx great hunger
liaití
go dtiocfadh na liaití go luath, that grey hairs would come early in life (this was part of Brian Rua's prophecy) grey hairs, greyness
cú
greyhound
cáir
anc a' cáir atá air = draoch / dri: x/ grimace
brochán lom
gruel
ridire caorach
had so many sheep he did not know how many he had
folt
tá folt mór ar a' mbó sin hair (on animal)
féasóg
for a full flowing beard the term is 'cab'. hair on face as before shaving, e.g. two days' beard;for a full flowing beard the term is 'cab'
toisigh
half-soles (of shoes)
gnaoidhiúil
níl sí beag gnaoidhiúil ná mór gránna, she is neither small and handsome nor big and plain, she has nothing attractive in her favour. Contrast the meaning 'pleasant, hospitable' in Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway. handsome, good-looking:
a' tárlú
happening
dolaidh
said of weather: níl aon dolaidh air, it won't rain much harm, damage
giobach
tá sé giobach. harsh, with biting north wind
cead a'bhealaigh
have nothing to do with him, let him alone, don't heed him