Dictionary Entries

fearb

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

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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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eitigh

heitíof thú .i. ní ghlacfadh an ghearr-chaile a d'iarr tú thú.

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éisteallach

duine éisteallach, fastidious person (Sb); in particular a horse that won't drink from a smelly bucket is said to be éisteallach, or a cow (MMt), (AL).

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éisteacht

bhfuil tú ag éisteacht liom, are you listening to me?

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éan corr

níl aon ál nach mbíonn éan corr orthaí, said in respect of one member of a highly respectable decent family who was not so, who turned out different

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éadáil

is maith an éadáil í, i. the good weather, it's good to get it (JT); nach tú an droch-éadáil, said to a cross child (páiste cointinneach); plainc ná adhmad faoi thír, raic sin éadáil (TmB).

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dúrtach

(tá mé) an-dúrtach duit .i. iomarcaí cion a bheith agam ort (Sb); le dúrtacht, with affection (Sb). I have heard this word only once, and have some doubt about it.

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dul

ní féidir a dhul dóf ', it is impossible to be up to them, to get the better of them.

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dreabháird

níl dreabháird ar bith ar a' bhfear sin, níl dul amú ar bith air, there is no stray on him, i. he is well able to look after himself (said of a young lad out late at night, when his parents might be worring about him) (MMt); tá an bhó ar dreabháird, níl sí le fáil.

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draoitheadóireacht

a' draoitheadóireacht, ag coinneál eagnaidheacht leat, arguing with you

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draid

draid mhaith fhiacla aige, a good set of teeth

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dósta

lá dósta, lá sceataidh, lá a mbeith gaoth láidir is fearthainn chruaidh

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dóráinín

is tú an dóráinín, tá tú iarrth', your are the silly little thing, you're daft

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dóghín

an dóghín, the little miserable two (of diamonds), dó + ín.

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