Dictionary Entries
hurrais
call to pigs to food;
tuar
a' tuar aicíde, causing or generating disease (such as a rubbish dump) causing
cuaiseáin
tá cuaiseáin ann cavities in peat before it is cut
séin
bhí séin leis, he had a chain (the vet.) for pulling calf chain
seársadh
thug sé oram seársadh, he made a charge at me (dog) charge
créatúireacht
a déanamh c. mhór oram cheating
pluc
nár mhór an ní . . . gan aon oideas gan aon léigheann i n-a pluic, wasn't it great for her who hadn't any education and hadn't a word of learning in her head cheek
stíoc
chuck to hens, but stíoc when calling chickens is the proper word to use
coirín
coirín a bhíof acú a' fiuchadh an uisc' before they had kettles and pots
tiogainní
come on, I have heard teanamaí also used to address more than one person
seadú
(tá) an ghaoth a' seadú, continuing, not settling or abating; (duine) a' seadú, ( a person) staying on in a house (instead of going home as he should continuing, staying on
criogaire
cricket (BS); she has the same pronunciation for 'cigire'.
scuata
scuata mrá agus páistí. crowd
marbh-fáisc
is iomaí mara fáisc a chuir Ned air, cursed him often, saying 'mara fáisc air'. curse
gábhadh
níl gábh ar bith nach dtigeann duine as, there is no battle but somebody comes safe out of it (Sb); defect (of character); : ach bhí gábh ann - bheith a' caint oram-sa agus ort-sa; bhí sin go ghábh ionn, there was that fault in him, that little flaw in his character, to be talking about me and you (ML). danger, battle