Dictionary Entries

saighean

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

falc

falcannaí fómhair, autumn showers a heavy shower

stocán láidir go ghasúr

a strong sturdy stump of a lad

magpies

according to the number seen together at a time portend: 1, mí-á; 2, á; 3, socraoid; 4, pósadh

lán

is mór a' lán é, it is a good deal, a good lot; nach maith a' lán ráibe atá ar na slataí sin, isn't there a good deal of seed on those docks? amount

draoi

d'ólfadh sé an draoi; cf. the Westmeath Engl. Idiom: he'd drink Loch Érin dry. an unlimited quantity (of drink)

bing

bing a bheith air an upward limit or ceiling to be set to the number of cattle to be taken in from each tenant for grazing on commons land

mí-stáid

tá mí-stáid mhór ann, ní bheith aon abhail aige do chuid a mhilleadh; there's much badness in him, he'd have no scruple, no compunction, about destroying your property (TmB). aon abhail he explained as aon tsuim. badness

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