Dictionary Entries
mí-stáid
tá mí-stáid mhór ann, ní bheith aon abhail aige do chuid a mhilleadh; there's much badness in him, he'd have no scruple, no compunction, about destroying your property (TmB). aon abhail he explained as aon tsuim. badness
gabháil
má mbeitheá a' goil go bhata ar a' ngaoith ní thóigfeá é, if you were to beat the wind with a stick (do your very utmost), you would not be able to lift it beating
tionnscain
cé thionnscain é, who started it (fight)? (TmB); is tú a thionnscail a' troid (EOCn); v.n. a' tionnscaint. begin, start
builte ar
bhí an caisleán buailte air, the castle was beside him, quite near him. beside, close to
chugad
chugad a' luaith! said by a woman when putting out ashes; chugad a' púc', beware of the pooka! common in the phr. níor úirt siad chugad a' púc' liom (I met them on the road) and they said not a word, spoke not a word to me beware! look out!
sinneán gaoithe
níl ann ach a' sinneán sin, his bark is worse than his bite blast of wind
crosta
bó chrost', a "wicked" cow. bold, ill-mannered (of children)
caindéal
bottom of barrel (stanna)
docsa
bhuail sé le docsa mé, he struck me a box on the ear box
boc
'séard a bhí ann boc (AC); boc achrannach ar a mhisc, a contrary buck when drunk (HE). buck, lad (not complimentary)
bóbha
call to an ass to stop, halt
lot
cancer (inward)
caipín a't-sonais
an té a mbíonn a' caipín seo ar a cheann nuair a thigeann sé ar a' tsaol, ní féidir a bháthadh (Sb); ní bheith sé gearr i n-airigead (MMt). caul
cáilidheacht
(chuile shórt) a' rith le na cháilidheacht héin, everything in nature follows its own instinct (Sb); rinne mé é do réir mo cháilidheacht, mar facthas dom go mba chóir a dhéanamh; 'tá cáilidheacht trom ort' adéarfaí le duine a bheith a' tuitim i n-a cholladh lá fliuch (TmB). character, nature
seársadh
thug sé oram seársadh, he made a charge at me (dog) charge