Dictionary Entries
conráiteach
tá sé conráiteach go maith, troublesome
conascar
leis a gconascar, at nightfall
comhráidhteach
c. maith, a good conversationalist
comh-aois
comh-aois Mháire í, she is the same age as Máire
colg
'Tá colg air' adéarfaí faoi mhadadh a bheith ag goil a' troid, with the hair standing (ruffled) on him, ready for fight.
cóir
níl éinne a fhanans le cóir nach bhfánn é (sean-ocal)
coinín
coincí ar a' bpuíopa cailc' i. the little stem underneath for drainage on clay pipe
coimsgear
cailín deas coimsgear, a neat and tidy girl (PsC); bláfar coimsgear, neat and tidy.
cluas
bain a' chluas duíom má thugann tú an lámh faoi'n talamh leat (ars an tAthair Mánus) (Sb). = 'mark my words'.
cluanach
a' chluanach dhearg, knot-grass, red-legs, polygonum persicaria; a' chluanach bhán, pale-flowered knot-grass, polygonum lapathifolium: spot geal air. D. gives glúineach dhearg, persicaria, which seems to be taken from N. Colgan 'Gaelic Plant and Animal Names', in Section 1 of Clare Island Survey.
cloigíneacht
a' cloigíneacht orthaí
cleiteach
tá an garla cleiteach ar a' gcirc, the hen is in her pen-feathers
cléat
a' tolladh cléat curaigh
cleas
ní rabh cor ná cleas as, (the boy) was very quiet and well conducted in a strange house
cleamáil
a' cleamáil gamhnaí, sqeezing calves, i. castrating with burdizzo.