Dictionary Entries
salann
'sé an salann soir é géadhaí Iorrais thíocht go hEacaill (MC), it is like coals to Newcastl (sean-ocal).
rúscadh
a' rúscadh le fataí, a' baint fataí (cf. a' plé le fataí i n-áiteanna eile); a' rúscadh leóf, playing with them (children).
reimhe
is raimhe fuil 'ná uisce
plancadh
tá sí a' plancadh féir anois, of cow eating her hay with gusto, or ravenously (AL). mhoithigh mé plancadh ó mhaidin .i. loscadh gunnaí (TmB).
péic
an phéic, fox's brush is recorded by C. Bairéad from the Achréidh in Béaloideas, xxvii, 125. Cf. i bpéic an mhadra alla in Dic Buiréad's Tarraingt na Mónadh, IE, t. 532.
oirthí
an oirthí mhór /ǝN´ er´hi: wo:r/ agus an oirthí bheag seem to refer to two particular pieces of land, i. they are the names of two pieces of rich fertile land. Cf. the Erris adj. for fertile 'oireamhail' / ˡer´hu: l´/, D. Additions I, aireamhail.
muc
a' mhuc rua agus a' mhuc mhín: muca rua, scaly fish, bréams i mBéarla; dath silvery orthú: cho geal le scudán; same name in French (Wm) (perh. he had heard 'roussseau' from a French fisherman). a' mhuc mhín has no scales: níl aon lannach' orthú
luinsgeóracht
a' l., a' bogadaigh ar a' mbóthar, staggering from drink
luimreóg
aliter luimneóg, a kind of crab (found out in the deep?): luimreógaí, portáiníní beaga glasa; bhéarfadh siad ort; nimhneach go maith
liabrán
cloch liabráin, sharpening stone
leac a' bhladair
is tú leac a' bhladair (adéarfá) le páiste a bheith a' dúil le sweets
griúil
tá griúil ar a' tsúp (hare's soup) le teann mathas, it is so rich and full of goodness
galfach
cf. gorta, great hunger.
friotáiltí
uibh friotáiltí, fried egg
fobha
a' tabhairt fobha duithe, a' ligean a' ghráin aicí, a' grán a ligean síos sa mbró (when grinding corn)