Dictionary Entries

deannóid

tá deannóidín beag fuar ann a cool sting in the air (especially in the evening with north wind)

saighean

ba mhór a' saighean é a great sight, a great show entirely

péice g'fhear

a half-fool of a man, a 'gom'

aithinne dearg

Ní i gcoinní aithinne a thainic tusa, said to a casual visitor who is inclined to stay too long, as a hint that it is time to be going. a live coal, as distinguished from sméarthóidí, cinders

fíor-chapall

a mare that would have eleven foals. This does not seem right; likely the word means a 'bred horse'.

sionnachóir lae

a pet day, i.e. one fine day during a spell of wet weather

ceirthín

a plaster: plástar a chuirfeá le cois tinn.

treall

treall cainte, treall gréine a while of

céiseóg

banbh céiseóige ar a' gcéad ál, a piglet of a sow's first litter. a young sow having first litter

goiriúint

the cock is said to be a' goiriúint san oíche, but a' glaoch in the daytime (PsC); nuair a ghoirfeadh an coileach, when the cock would crow, early in the morning (MC). act of crowing

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