Dictionary Entries

caoch

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

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angar

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

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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'.

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bocht

a common meaning is miserly, mean

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fíor-chapall

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

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fiar

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

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treall

treall cainte, treall gréine a while of

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maidir le

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

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tseof! tseof!

call word used for sheep

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stíoc

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

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tiogainní

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

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criogaire

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

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marbh-fáisc

is iomaí mara fáisc a chuir Ned air, cursed him often, saying 'mara fáisc air'. curse

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deabhal

in the alliterative doublet deabhal ná deamhan / diún/ devil

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brocach

tá d'éadan bróch brocach salach dirty, filthy

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