Dictionary Entries

Níos mó ná thig leis a freastail, corruair.

More than he can attend to, sometimes

Déanann sé deifir, le fios

he works fast, to be sure

's chuid acu dhéananns obair sa bhaile

and some of them do work at home

bhuel, chuid acu théanns go Sasana

well, some of them go to England

te teann

rug siad ar a chéilí go te teann

sméarthacht

a' sméarthacht a cinn, rubbing her head, fingering her hair

lorg

a lorg, nothing, following a dhath, finally - a dhath . . . a lorg (negatively)

fuath

tá tú a' tabhairt fua dúinn, deserting us, not visiting us of nights as you used to

féidhm

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

deóiríneacht

i gcónaí a' deóiríneacht, always whining, whinging

conascar

leis a gconascar, at nightfall

caimbéal

bhí mé ag ithe an chaimbéal íochtair duíom héin faoi n-a dhéanamh, I regretted very much having done it

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