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friotach

is friotach a' lá é .i. giobach, breezy with cold biting wind (CN); also of dog: madadh . . friotach, with hair standing on him (ready for fight).

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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freagairt

tá mo dhruim a' freagairt, my back is paining me (especially with reference to a rheumatic pain; an áit a bhfuil a' phian a' freagairt, where you feel the pain (CN) and (PsC).

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forach

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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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fóidín meara

fuaidh a' fóidín meara ort, you went astray (MC); tá fóidín meara air, he is wrong in the head.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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fobhthaí

fofaí ag a chéilí, an t-olc istigh acú dá chéilí (TmB); cho fofaí le madadh, ready for fight.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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fobhar

tá fobhar ar a' ngealaigh, the moon is on the wane, í ag goil siar

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fobha

a' tabhairt fobha duithe, a' ligean a' ghráin aicí, a' grán a ligean síos sa mbró (when grinding corn)

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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fiatalach

tá fiatalach air, it is going to be wild, rough, stormy (at sea); young lads liked to hear this: they would not have to go out fishing

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feistiú

chuir siad feistiú troda orthú héin, equipped themselves for fight, armed themselves with graips

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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féidhm

imthí ó fhéim, nach mbeith i n-ann dadaí a dhéanamh

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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fearb

in phr. m'fhearb, my word; 'seadh, m'fhearb, yes, indeed

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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feamainn bhuí

A: bhí tú i Meiriceá? B: bhíos, .. go bhfaca mé an fheamainn bhuí, yes, but I stayed very short, just long enough to see the sea-weed

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