Dictionary Entries

conráiteach

tá sé conráiteach go maith, troublesome

cionn

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

caoch

bhí sí á dhalladh caoch le draoidheachta, she was beating him blind with magic.

angar

.i. droch-seileadh bróch (MCd); seileadh agus angar .i. diachair (MMt)

amháin

in phrase h-é amháin from ní h-é amháin, not to mention, even: d'ólfainn sláinte madadh as Éire, h-é amháin amadán as Éire; bhéarfainn punt dó h-é amháin sciling, I'd give him a pound not to mention a shilling. h-é amháin is often used finally at the end of an utterance meaning 'even'.

fíor-chapall

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

fiar

fiar tugthaí dhó, it put on a slant; ar fiar, on a slant a slant

treall

treall cainte, treall gréine a while of

maidir le

maidir le cúrsaí truipéad dó, well, as for truipéad as regards

stíoc

chuck to hens, but stíoc when calling chickens is the proper word to use

tiogainní

come on, I have heard teanamaí also used to address more than one person

criogaire

cricket (BS); she has the same pronunciation for 'cigire'.

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