Dictionary Entries

ciontaí

ní rabh ciontaí ar bith aige liom-s, he had no fault to find with me

bail

(fear) a chuirfeadh bail air héin, get married in time and set up a home for himself (MMt); go ngohadh droch-bhail orthaí, that she'd come to misfortune (a young pretty girl) at the hands of Arthur Nash (SBh)

airicis

tine chnámh in ' airicis, to receive him, to welcome him home.

fiar

fiar tugthaí dhó, it put on a slant; ar fiar, on a slant a slant

stocán láidir go ghasúr

a strong sturdy stump of a lad

céiseóg

banbh céiseóige ar a' gcéad ál, a piglet of a sow's first litter. a young sow having first litter

magpies

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

forseamálaí

an awkward woman about a house

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

ach ab ea gur chuir sibh cuireadh orm

but it was because you invited me

"sin í an Chaorthanach", a dúirt sé, "a bhí istigh agaibh"

you had the Chaorthanach in with ye

"sin í máthair an Diabhail" ar ndóiche

"this is the mother of the devil" of course

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