Dictionary Entries

oirthear

laithe 'r n-a n-órthaí, next day but one.

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lúth

This is not a word I have heard in Erris, but it is common in the Hiberno-English of Westmeath-Longford: the ewe is putting out her loo, i. has prolapsed uterus; cf. Ó Cadhain, An Braon Broghach, notes, pp. 30, 32 lamb-bed

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ceathramha caorach

lamb's quarter, common orache (D); slat a' fás ins na fataí, ar thalamh gainí; á bruith ar fheóil, it is boiled with meat (CN); called 'fat hen' in England (PsC).

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deireannach

an ceann deireannach gon tSathairne, late Saturday evening lately, of late

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rachtáil

a' rachtaíl gáirí laughing loudly in outburst

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bliain chorr

chaon cheathrú bliain a bhíons bliain chorr ann. leap-year

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boglus

leaves of ragwort

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sraith

sra' ghainí, light loamy soil with sand through it (TmB); ar a' tSra' riabhach, n.loc., on the top of Cnoc a' tearmainn, ó thuaidh ón 'look-out' (an áit ar mharaigh fear go Chathánach an rón) (PsC). level ground

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céim

bhí céim ann, bhí sé bacach; céim bhacaíl', a lame step limp

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brochán

limpets boiled with flour

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cuan

cuan pisíní litter (of pups or kittens)

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dubh i dtalamh

long dead and buried

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siod é

look at it over there

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aiteall

lull in the rain

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fuarcán

lump on animal (esp. on shin)

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