Dictionary Entries

coscair

chascair me ag a' diabhal é deifir a dhéanamh, I shouted at him and heaped curses on him to hurry up.

conráiteach

tá sé conráiteach go maith, troublesome

comhráidhteach

c. maith, a good conversationalist

comh-aois

comh-aois Mháire í, she is the same age as Máire

colg

'Tá colg air' adéarfaí faoi mhadadh a bheith ag goil a' troid, with the hair standing (ruffled) on him, ready for fight.

cóir

níl éinne a fhanans le cóir nach bhfánn é (sean-ocal)

coimsgear

cailín deas coimsgear, a neat and tidy girl (PsC); bláfar coimsgear, neat and tidy.

cluas

bain a' chluas duíom má thugann tú an lámh faoi'n talamh leat (ars an tAthair Mánus) (Sb). = 'mark my words'.

cleiteach

tá an garla cleiteach ar a' gcirc, the hen is in her pen-feathers

cleas

ní rabh cor ná cleas as, (the boy) was very quiet and well conducted in a strange house

cipín

lá sa gcipín .i. lá sa mbaile, a wet day when one can't do any work

ciontaí

ní rabh ciontaí ar bith aige liom-s, he had no fault to find with me

cionn

goil ina chionn, to undertake it; le goil i gcionn na Gaeilge ceart, to go into, examine, or take up correct, proper Irish

cian

níor mhallaigh (mé) le fada na gcian, I haven't cursed for ages and ages

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