Dictionary Entries

díon

níl díon deór sa teach, tá fearthainn anuas ann

conascar

leis a gconascar, at nightfall

cipín

lá sa gcipín .i. lá sa mbaile, a wet day when one can't do any work

bun

tá bun gon uair seo air, seasfa sí, it will stand, i. the weather will remain fine, Tá bun maith orthú, they are well off, well to do.

béal

tá tú cailltí púnáiltí i mbéal síogáin lá gimhridh (SBh), said of a person who has not the comfort of a hayshed, and has to stand in the face of a rick getting out fodder on a wet windy winter's day.

bárr

tá bár míoltógaí ann, a lot of midges (out this evening), they would eat you.

annadh

tá annadh air .i. uair mhaith; annadh na Samhna, fine weather to the end of October, Indian summer

aintiléad

cuirigí suas aintiléad, (said) when there is big wind, to keep the roof (thatch) from blowing.

deannóid

tá deannóidín beag fuar ann a cool sting in the air (especially in the evening with north wind)

falc

falcannaí fómhair, autumn showers a heavy shower

sionnachóir lae

a pet day, i.e. one fine day during a spell of wet weather

sinneán gaoithe

níl ann ach a' sinneán sin, his bark is worse than his bite blast of wind

páinéid

tá an phláinéid athruí, (our) climate has changed, we now get a different kind of weather climate

gaéthe

is fuar a' gaéthe é sin (TmB); tá gaéthe beag fuar a' tíocht aníos annsin. cold sting, breeze

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