Dictionary Entries

iogallach

bhí iogallach ar a' bhfaraige (PR); iogallach nuair bhíos a' t-ionradh agus a' ghaoth i n-aghaidh a chéilí go do dhalladh sa gcurach (AL).

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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girr-scéalach

bás girr-scéalach, sudden, unexpected death.

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garastainceam

bhí sé i n-a gharastainceam aige .i. bhí sé bun os cionn aige, nó i n-aimhréidh; ní thiocfadh leis a dhéanamh.

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foiliucht

they were going to school till they were big boys and girls - bhí a fhoiliucht /el ´ǝxd/ orthú, bhí siad i n-a scoláirí maithe, sign's on them, they were good scholars (PR).

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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bruídeáil

bruídeáileann sé .i. anfíogach (Sb), meaning that the dogfish is viviparous, giving birth to its young alive and not by laying eggs.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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beir

bhéarfadh sé scian ort, he would take a knife to you (ML); bheir sé air, the dog bit him (MC); bheir a' chearc, the hen laid (MR)

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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bail

(fear) a chuirfeadh bail air héin, get married in time and set up a home for himself (MMt); go ngohadh droch-bhail orthaí, that she'd come to misfortune (a young pretty girl) at the hands of Arthur Nash (SBh)

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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anróiteach

bhí an grá Dia ionntú, bhí siad bocht nocht anróiteach .i. na seandaoine fadó

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adhlacadh

'was buried', (occurs only in prayers.)

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buacall

a creeping plant growing in sand, somewhat like scutch-grass; it is used a' ceangailt na mbaoití ins na potaí (gliomach).

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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cáithleán

a kind of sea-grass: a' fás ar a' milliúir

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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'.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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