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cléat a' tolladh cléat curaigh Activities Food and drink Verbs Folklore The seashore Log in to hear
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. Plants Animals Geographical terms Food and drink Everyday phrases Log in to hear
crainn siar cuirfe muid crainn siar, we'll cast lots, using a long straw and a short one Activities Objects Everyday phrases Food and drink Games Log in to hear
déin in phr. faoi dhéin(t), for, to get, collect especially animals: faoi dhéin caorach, to collect sheep (on mt): faoi n-a ndéint (to go) for them, i. cows on hill. ar fháirnis, to get, is used in reference to eggs: be' mé ag goil suas ar fháirnis uibheachaí, to get some eggs (at a house) Activities Animals Everyday phrases Food and drink Verbs Log in to hear
díth dóich na préacháin a' déanamh dí dóich air ann, the crows doing destruction to his crops there (Sb); a' déanamh dí dóich ar do chómhars, wronging your neighbour, rash judging him (MMT); a' déanamh dí dóich air, éagóir (TmB); dí dóich, rud mí-chéart (AL). Cf. Béaloideas, xiii, 224: bhí siad a' dianamh dí-dóich thart i nÉirinn (.i. arm Shasanaí) in a story from Ballycroy, and glossed 'outrage, harm', by the sgéaluí. Activities Feelings Arguments Folklore Food and drink Log in to hear
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 Activities Feelings Geographical terms Everyday phrases Food and drink Log in to hear
fídeáil a' fídeáil cearc, feeding hens Activities Food and drink Animals Everyday phrases Work Log in to hear
fobha a' tabhairt fobha duithe, a' ligean a' ghráin aicí, a' grán a ligean síos sa mbró (when grinding corn) Activities Food and drink Verbs Everyday phrases Farming life Log in to hear
friotáiltí uibh friotáiltí, fried egg Food and drink Objects Adjectives Activities Everyday phrases Log in to hear
galfach cf. gorta, great hunger. Abstract nouns Feelings Historical Terms Disaster Food and drink Log in to hear
griúil tá griúil ar a' tsúp (hare's soup) le teann mathas, it is so rich and full of goodness Food and drink Feelings Adjectives Everyday phrases Activities Log in to hear
leac a' bhladair is tú leac a' bhladair (adéarfá) le páiste a bheith a' dúil le sweets Everyday phrases Feelings Food and drink Activities Adjectives Log in to hear
liabrán cloch liabráin, sharpening stone Objects Tools Everyday phrases Activities Food and drink Log in to hear
luimreóg aliter luimneóg, a kind of crab (found out in the deep?): luimreógaí, portáiníní beaga glasa; bhéarfadh siad ort; nimhneach go maith Animals Food and drink Adjectives Everyday phrases Feelings Log in to hear
luinsgeóracht a' l., a' bogadaigh ar a' mbóthar, staggering from drink Activities Feelings Food and drink Adjectives Everyday phrases Log in to hear