Dictionary Entries

cóir

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

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coinín

coincí ar a' bpuíopa cailc' i. the little stem underneath for drainage on clay pipe

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coimsgear

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

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cluas

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

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cluanach

a' chluanach dhearg, knot-grass, red-legs, polygonum persicaria; a' chluanach bhán, pale-flowered knot-grass, polygonum lapathifolium: spot geal air. D. gives glúineach dhearg, persicaria, which seems to be taken from N. Colgan 'Gaelic Plant and Animal Names', in Section 1 of Clare Island Survey.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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cleiteach

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

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cleas

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

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cleamáil

a' cleamáil gamhnaí, sqeezing calves, i. castrating with burdizzo.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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cipín

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

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ciontaí

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

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cionn

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

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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cian

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

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ceann

i gceann cúnamh Dé is na Maighdine, with the help of God and the Virgin

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caimbéal

bhí mé ag ithe an chaimbéal íochtair duíom héin faoi n-a dhéanamh, I regretted very much having done it

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