Dictionary Entries

sóntaíl

an rud is measa bhí greamuithe go dhuine riamh a' tsóntaíl.

seamair

a' tseamhair Mhuire, ceire dilleógaí orthaí (Sb), the four-leaved shamrock (AL).

scannail

is olc í an scannail sa gcóir ná san éagóir, g. to accuse someone of stealing something in the right or in the wrong (it gives scandal)

saoghal Éabha

ní bhainfeadh an saoghal Éabha anuas mé, the whole world; an saoghal Ádhaimh is similarly used.

piarsaí

ó d'anam go na piarsaín nach b'éard tá ann míol mór, your soul to the dickens isn't it a whal (POR). Ní droch-fhocal é (AL).

líne

na líntí is na líntí, generations and generations

láir

gen. lárach occurs in searrach lárach, a filly foal.

innis

is ait an innis í sin (Sb), that is a wonderful innis, i. excellent land.

glas rua léana

glas rua léana a chuireas bás ar na géabhaí

girr-scéalach

bás girr-scéalach, sudden, unexpected death.

éan corr

níl aon ál nach mbíonn éan corr orthaí, said in respect of one member of a highly respectable decent family who was not so, who turned out different

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