Dictionary Entries

pláigh air

a common curse

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bocht

a common meaning is miserly, mean

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deannóid

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

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buacall

a creeping plant growing in sand, somewhat like scutch-grass; it is used a' ceangailt na mbaoití ins na potaí (gliomach).

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cnuas

a crowd (at hay-making)

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drúchtín

in gearradh drúchtín a cut between the toes from grass (féar eidir na méaraí)

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sleámóg

a dark-brown seaweed which hangs in long snake-like strips like a skirt cut with scissors; sleámógaí were formerly used for kelp, and were put out as manure for potatoes (though they gave too much tops). In Conamara they are called stiallachaí according to MMt, and cabhrlleach according to MCd.

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coirceóg

a doubled stook of corn

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saighean

ba mhór a' saighean é a great sight, a great show entirely

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péice g'fhear

a half-fool of a man, a 'gom'

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falc

falcannaí fómhair, autumn showers a heavy shower

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sál-bhrú ar bhó

a heel-bruise on a cow

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portán iarainn

a huge crab, spread all round

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